Fit After 50, Part 2

[@tedknight1676]

Pat Mac is a best friend to all us seasoned guys.

[@50PlusWarriorFitness]

AMEN!!!

[@ShepherdToLostSheep]

“In the transverse plain of motion lives life saving & ass kicking” Freakin brilliant, I love this shit!!🤙

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

I will be doing the other series Fat after 50🤣🤣🤣.

[@dusty7264]

Hey thanks Pat, I wrestled and was on the rodeo team in High School and then was a pro motocross racer….. my joints are a mess at 65 years of age. You got me into resistance bands 👍 they are really helping. Have a great day

[@brendanmorey4308]

As ex NZ Army and French Foreign Legion now a cop who is 51. Pat your work outs and just general shit inspire me to go harder along with Goggins. Keep up the good work mate from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@stephenpreble2446]

Time under tension. I'm 66 years old and only use bands after 40 years of free weights. Yes, easier on the joints and I usually do it as a HIIT workout. I use one piece bands and I love them!

[@chriscroley9279]

Absolutely with the front loading for squats and for the overall useful movements. Great content for us mid-trip down the road of life guys. Check ego's at the door, we still got a way to go yet.

[@hughjones1383]

Thanks so much Pat. You have taught me so much about working out for life instead of ego. As I'm getting older and older that's more important every day.

[@AJ13B]

The amount of information in this video is priceless!

[@willbedone777]

Pat is exactly how I thought of Spec Forces operators, misson oriented, unlimited strength body, mind and spirit. An inspiration. Basic Dude Stuff. Thank you

[@HPLNTV]

Thank you, great video! I think after 50 I began seeing the path to the best shape of my life! Like you said, I had to adjust and modify some things. But I don't have time to waste on feeling sorry for myself.

[@josephpozega4981]

At almost 59 and at this game since I got out of boot camp in 82. I still use free weights and I incorporate band work. Arthritis in both knees from being an athlete my whole life doesn’t stop me. You just have to lift smarter. Squats are king if done correctly! “Let your booty do it’s duty!” You can use that Pat! Just give me some props. I do RDL’s instead of traditional dead lifts. I agree with the transverse plane work. Strong core and erectors equals less injury. Listen to your body as you age! You’ll need more recovery as you get older. Especially as you approach 50. Stay disciplined, humble and never give up! Semper Fortis.

[@nadonailer]

My knees are shot but I still can do squats with a swiss ball against the wall.

[@markwheat2668]

Took a winter job in Northern MN, outdoor hockey rink manager. Pushed a snowblower operated the m1a1 shovel all winter plus snowblower my own driveway. 63 years old and definitely getting dumber! Shoveling snow is great for hockey when fighting for the puck in the corners! Chore on boys! Good for the soul!

[@anaMoc1038]

Come fall, I’ve got a half acre of timber to clear. Some oak, and sweet gum. Split the oak, and stack the sweet gum into bonfire. Cut my logs into around 100lb wet pieces. I roll the logs onto my feet. Rise chest and hips same time, then carry 25 -40 meters. I try and kimchi squat , rather than bend also in daily life.

[@fubr11]

Mac has been a real motivator for me, love to workout with him sometime. I'm 64, former 11E...6'3" 205- maintained 10% ish bf all of my adult life. Almost all of my workouts are outside in the South Florida sun in my backyard with a tractor tire, kbells, bands, 16lb sledge hammer, sprinting, bag'o'body parts drag, etc

[@timydegreat]

Great video! Doing strength training mixed with some form of yoga or stretching is the fountain of youth

[@fubr11]

Iron Infidel rates their bands by the range for beginning weight to fully extended. For example 20lbs to 40lbs. They seem pretty tough, I only got them a few weeks ago but I havent broken any yet...yet.

[@GruntProof]

Oustanding

[@ICXC_33]

Sleep is a huge factor to athletic performance that isn’t talked about nor emphasized enough. Sleep and diet. You cannot eat like garbage as you age, and you cannot neglect your sleep.

[@hugtango]

Real Man, Real Talk.... From a 46 injured at 24 still training. More functional than ever. Resistance Bands, front squat, rotation, you summarized it all. Tons of vitamin C and hydrolyzed collagen too ;-D

[@stevefournier6375]

Great informative video, 55 years old, bands and front squats, still like my Sunday, deadlift day, never for time between reps or sets. Something doesn't feel right, I back off, for a while.

[@christianbolt5761]

I like cables for the same reason. Smooth and multiple angles. Nice TRD Pro BTW

[@chrisoffutt8968]

back squat is about building strength as well as building muscle. Most people do it because they can move more weight with a back squat than a front squat. A lot of people who body build also do front squats to better target quad growth.

[@chkpnt-fq5rv]

Tom Brady also uses bands as part of his TB12 Sports conditioning program.

[@thecorkgrahamchannel]

This is excellent content for those of us over 50…Wish I paid attention to this after I left specops and entered the corporate exec world, poundage leaping and bounding up my belly-uphill battle as the years ad on!

[@joshuamelby]

Cool. Get fit and stay fit folks.

[@billcoleman9144]

I really appreciate this series and the wisdom shared. Thank you!

[@wildseedtheron]

Thanks brother!

[@simpleman8644]

I love the bands man! I got mine set up in the basement and I use them daily!

[@brianbachmeier34]

Thanks

[@ckkevin9620]

I think the best workouts are the ones you'll actually do. LOL I tell people all the time just do something and do something that's fun to you. I grew up playing football, baseball, and wrestling and am now 52. Started playing tennis after college (would workout 1x/wk also) and all the rotation and movement finally took a toll on my hips and knees and I stopped playing about 4-5 years ago. I only do CrossFit now but try to listen to my body regarding how hard I go in workouts. I think it's tremendously important as you age to do some sort of resistance training to build and/or maintain muscle mass. Muscle is pretty much a cure-all for a lot of things. At 52 I'm the strongest I've ever been by far but there's a limit to how far I'm going to push that. I'm at a point now I want to try and maintain strength and improve aerobic capacity. Good stuff Pat Mac!

[@cedrik9]

Did you want to make a video on James Yeager? @Pat Mac

[@tudyk21]

Bands. The harder you push, the harder they pull.

[@GiacomoRavioli]

true story.

[@jaeNeck]

Great stuff! Not many helpful sources on dynamic life fitness like Pat. Thanks 👍

[@armisteadlucascolemanii7256]

Just hurt my back installing a window in the house. I so need to do this...

[@paladinezrah4874]

Yeah I'm not waiting till I'm 50 to do this. 😂

[@mosin9105]

Thank you

[@onlymybest9162]

this series is awesome keep up the great work

[@3Pillers]

👍keep fit for the life you live.

[@JasonVladimir]

Awesome stuff! keep it coming!

[@aarongolub2790]

Good info, thanks for sharing

[@chadshriver2952]

Badass GTO back there!

[@tuomashaanpaa8209]

Pat has great mobility! Especially your squats are b-e-a-utiful.💪

[@frankfrombrooklyn1827]

Love the GTO!!!

[@donparker1823]

I wish I had known how much damage I was doing to my shoulders when I was maxing out on the bench press when I was younger. It's almost comical to see all the guys my age in the gym with the same shoulder surgery scars that I have. I'm 68 now and my shoulders and knees are a mess. I hired a trainer to show me non-impact and non-shoulder/knee hurting movements. Yes, there's bands.

[@Voxclamantis]

Love my bands!

[@m.a.cm.a.c9308]

Motivated dedicated!

[@bs431980]

This is a great series

[@simonchalk9386]

Pat - If you weren't aware, you have a following in the UK ! I aim to train in the same spirit as you - ego in the back pocket and with the strength and flexibility that you have, rather than what you used to have or wish you had. Difficult sometimes if you were very fit back in the day.... (I was in the British airborne forces and subsequently the police in London). I always start with stretching, shadow boxing and flexibility exercises borrowed from yoga to warm up the hips, groin, legs and upper body before moving to bodyweight (press ups, Russian twists etc.) and kettle bells. I warm down at the end the same way. May not work for everyone but does for me and it's good to still be in shape at 62. Hang in there mate. Warm regards Simon, London England.

[@patmcnamara]

Right on

[@50PlusWarriorFitness]

I'm a 61 year old CST practitioner having purchased the program four months ago and I'm loving it! A little confused here though....The program includes the bench press, back squat, and deadlift, as well as other strength building exercises involving weights which I am doing. They are even demonstrated in the explainer videos in the program. Here we're told to get away from those exercises. Can you clarify? Thanks! Jack.

[@cainmorano4956]

The problem isn't so much the movement, it's that they can quickly become tests where our ego takes over and we're trying maximal weights (like a 1 to 3 RM). Then, if you're not used to doing these or have injuries, these lifts can become more dangerous than others. Barbell movements are useful because they can be loaded heavily but that's also the danger. So barbell movements are ok but use lighter weight. You don't have to do high reps either. You can use light weight and do low reps - practice technique and speed which will generate power.

[@Tarin331]

He states “…at a certain age stop doing…”

[@50PlusWarriorFitness]

@@cainmorano4956 Thanks for the response! Great advice. I'm a small guy at 5'5" and 150 lbs. Been following the CST Program 4 months now. I've been doing the 5X5X5 method varying the exercises all the time as Pat suggests. On strength day, my last set of bench is 175 lbs. X 5, last set of back squat is 190 lbs. X 5, and deadlift is 200 lbs. x 5. I'm not having any pain or problems at this juncture, so I now plan to just keep the weights where they are and not go any heavier on any of them. I'll hold what I have while I'm still ahead. It's true about ego lifts. In my 20's I was benching 325 weighing 150 lbs. Damn lucky that I quit that before I hurt myself. I do love this program though, and I feel so much better and stronger since I stopped crushing myself every workout. I keep hearing Pat in my head as I train...."IT'S FITNESS, NOT BROKENESS!" Thanks Cain, and all the best to you! Jack

[@50PlusWarriorFitness]

@@Tarin331 You are correct sir! I had to re-watch and catch that point. Thank you! 😅

[@cainmorano4956]

@@50PlusWarriorFitness And if you do want to keep going, you can get stronger with the same load. You can go faster, slower, concentrate on one phase of a contraction, shorten rests, use a variation, add instability, and a bunch of other stuff. That's awesome you lifted so much and made it out unscathed! Stay healthy sir!

[@18ipmg]

All correct ✅

[@moneyball136]

Pat mac. What brand are your bands and where do you get them? I love bands and have been using them for several years now.

[@josephmoore977]

Fitness & training is ambiguous. Pick a modality that you can adhere to & stick to a regimen, because consistency is key.

[@steve03260]

Patrick Coy here how about a injury after 57 recovery, lower back injury day 3 suckfest going on today.

[@dejesus4082]

Testosterone or Collagen ? If your not on it you need to be. I don’t doubt you have plenty testosterone ( probably more than me and I’m 23) but it still supplementation that is very practical. You said your aim is protecting the joints.

[@scottfredenburg924]

Man I would love to go back to my 30s-40s lol

[@Kawboy65]

If I could go back in time and do it over again, I would have spent far less time working on "beach muscles" and more time working on "ass kicking" muscles.

[@nathanielchambers348]

Pat Mac looks like the guy you see who is over tanned at the Hooters or at a Sturgis bike rally.

[@markhc4581]

Git you some!

[@vladi4748]

If you all like resistance bands, you'll love steel springs!

[@NPow94]

Let’s see an Aqua Bag workout!

[@mikevaughn2074]

I know you always stress the combat chassis during your workout programming. Have you seen or do you do “heel taps” over a pull-up bar? My opinion one of the best real world body control movement…

[@tedknight1676]

Hey Pat Mac I think it would awesome if you did a fitness podcast with Varg Freeborn, it would be ratings Juggernaunt.

[@TheShantry]

Hey Mac, do you have any advice on how to keep the Testosterone levels high after 50? Got the nutrition and exercise going but years of drinking and hootenannies got my levels down. I tried cutting the sleeves offy shirts, heavy metal, muscle cars etc but they didn't work.

[@stansdad1]

Get rid of belly fat. Tons of studies show correlation between belly fat and low t.

[@fluffyrider9467]

For joint health and longevity look into “Knees Over Toes Guy” on KZbin and his program. Fixed my back, shoulder and knees.

[@M3tz124]

Mark Rippetoe wants a word with you

[@rickyl9540]

This man looks like he was born and crawled out from hot embers!

[@phillippearce9680]

👍

[@orsotheshadowspear7424]

These sorts of workouts arent quite masculine enough for me.I only slang iron.Come at me bro.

[@bobwatson9290]

I’m a lazy pos and my core is weak. Been on my ass too long.

[@justinwalker9056]

Comment

[@flashgordon1262]

😆

[@Assureddominance]

I’m salty

[@JW-gb6hq]

👍