In my late teens/early 20s I could throw weight up with abandon as long as I was wearing a belt lol. Yeah, now not so much. I do the wrong thing and I've actually ended up with a slipped disc, torn rotator cuff, etc.
Now it's slow, easy and strategic. You can still stimulate hypertrophy (muscle growth) by progressive overload (doing more than your last workout) but I fully realize I'm on the downward slope with diminishing returns. It'll go from growing to maintaining to slowing down the inevitable.
I'm going positive failure on each set in an 8 - 12 rep range then double-dosing on protein shakes right afterwards. Also upping my carb intake to 100g per day to have enough energy to lift regularly.
Now it's slow, easy and strategic. You can still stimulate hypertrophy (muscle growth) by progressive overload (doing more than your last workout) but I fully realize I'm on the downward slope with diminishing returns. It'll go from growing to maintaining to slowing down the inevitable.
I'm going positive failure on each set in an 8 - 12 rep range then double-dosing on protein shakes right afterwards. Also upping my carb intake to 100g per day to have enough energy to lift regularly.