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So I've worked out my whole life, doing a mix of hockey and light weightlifting/calisthenics. The last few years I quit hockey but still do some light weights/pushups/pullups etc. a couple times per week.
I've developed a few bad joints. (but not that you could directly attribute to the exercises. They started to hurt when I was doing other things.) The shoulder doctor said that "at your age" people shouldn't be doing ANY weights or pushups anymore. I should just be doing cardio/swimming/yoga. Another doctor was horrified that I was deadlifting 100 lbs once or twice a week for reps. I thought I was being extremely conservative. I feel like I need to keep up a minimum of strength and muscle tone because I sit at a desk all day long.
I thought most guys can keep doing the basics a couple times per week until at least their 50s. Any advice?
I'd cut the weights down by 25% MINIMUM but closer to 35%
You'd still be doing strenuous exercise.
Yoga?? Swimming? You're not 75, you are 35
You should be cycling in order to get good cardio while enjoying yourself, you may need to move. Within 101-5 min from our house, you've climbed 1200+ feet to the Summit where it snows 2x more. Kinda nice to live so close to trails and mountains, lakes and rivers. But the city has never appealed to me, flatlanders can have it. Though I enjoy swimming, it isn't cardio to me. Enduring a heart attack in the water is one of my greatest fears. Good luck!
Sounds nuts unless you have some sort of degenerative issue? I'm in my 50's and I lift regularly, mostly free weights and I'm stronger than I've ever been. You do have to watch your form though, bad form will get you injured at just about any age. If you're unsure if you're using proper form, there are lots of good videos on youtube.
Myself, I would go with the cardio through cycling as the primary exercise and do some walking and save your joints because they need to last a long time. In between, some light weight lifting may be okay but nothing excessive. I worked a lot of manual labor jobs when younger and I can feel the effects of it now. My knees started giving me trouble in my early 30's. I am headed towards 60 now and I bike quite a bit and my goal is to maintain cardiovascular conditioning for as long as I can.
OP - I think your doctors are stuck in the dark ages, unless you have a medical condition that you didn't tell us about. Physical activity and appropriate resistance training should be done for as long as possible. I am 60 and work out with weights every other day; the "weight-less" days, I go for a run. As a physical therapist, I treat a lot of older adults who are in very poor shape because they were not active and did not work on their strength when they were younger.
So I've worked out my whole life, doing a mix of hockey and light weightlifting/calisthenics. The last few years I quit hockey but still do some light weights/pushups/pullups etc. a couple times per week.
I've developed a few bad joints. (but not that you could directly attribute to the exercises. They started to hurt when I was doing other things.) The shoulder doctor said that "at your age" people shouldn't be doing ANY weights or pushups anymore. I should just be doing cardio/swimming/yoga. Another doctor was horrified that I was deadlifting 100 lbs once or twice a week for reps. I thought I was being extremely conservative. I feel like I need to keep up a minimum of strength and muscle tone because I sit at a desk all day long.
I thought most guys can keep doing the basics a couple times per week until at least their 50s. Any advice?
Thanks.
Nobody can offer any opinion without specificity about the "bad" joints, but you're dropping a clue that the problems are chronic if you say they're "bad". Also would help by specifying the doctors' specialities, if any.
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in order to get good cardio while enjoying yourself, you may need to move. Within 101-5 min from our house, you've climbed 1200+ feet to the Summit where it snows 2x more. Kinda nice to live so close to trails and mountains, lakes and rivers. But the city has never appealed to me, flatlanders can have it. Though I enjoy swimming, it isn't cardio to me. Enduring a heart attack in the water is one of my greatest fears. Good luck!
