age 50 plus woman - looking for strength videos

[Anonymous]

When starting Caroline Girvan, how heavy were your dumbbells and how did you know when to adjust up? Did you diligently do 5x/wk for ten weeks at one size or nearly so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd strongly suggest you find a personal trainer, and tell them very succinctly that you want to learn "proper form for exercises you can do with x-type of equipment".

Either at a gym, or with what equipment you have at home if you are not able to go to a gym or don't want to go to one.

Once you learn proper form, then you can start trying different routines.

OP here. I don’t belong to a gym (I go to a yoga studio twice a week and walk the other days). Are there trainers who will come to your house? Yes. Do you have a recommendation? No. Ask around at some local gyms.

In my lifetime I have used free weights as part of fitness classes, but never more than an 8-10 lb weight, and not in at least 5 years. Then you better start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have access to the Peloton app, why not start with the strength workouts labeled as “Beginner”?

This. The peloton classes are worth the money $13 a month.

[Anonymous]

My trainer will either come to your home or do Zoom training, whichever you prefer. I LOVE HER.

https://dmvprotrainers.com/about-us-professional-bodybuilder/

Also, I started at HRT, and between that and weightlifting, I’ve seen some improvement between my last two DEXA scans (2 year apart).

I’m also 50 in osteopenic…

Neli is awesome. She trains my teen athlete daughter and she works out with my 80-year-old dad when he visits (muscle free, lifelong desk jockey who walks with a cane). I know she looks scary in the photos because she’s so crazy buff, but she’s actually almost too nice. She’s extremely knowledgeable about fitness because she’s a former Olympic athlete, has a degree in some sort of exercise science and currently does some bodybuilding/fitness competitions, so she’s also good at working around 50-year-old’s aches and pains.

[Anonymous]

Tim Henriques will come to your house, and I know he trains older people.

https://toptierpt.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have access to the Peloton app, why not start with the strength workouts labeled as “Beginner”?

This. The peloton classes are worth the money $13 a month.

+1. There are great beginner classes on Peloton and also a basics series that helps with form.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When starting Caroline Girvan, how heavy were your dumbbells and how did you know when to adjust up? Did you diligently do 5x/wk for ten weeks at one size or nearly so?

I don’t remember exactly but maybe roughly 8-10 upper body, 12-15 lower body and back. Now i am 15-20 upper and 22.5-30 lower body/back. I moved up when it got easy. Lighter/ heavier for me also depended on format of workout and time of rest between each exercise or set.

[Anonymous]

If you live near Bethesda, I’ve had good experience with Fitness Together. They don’t come to your house but you train in individual bays so there’s some privacy.

[Anonymous]

Caroline Girvan! Get her app because she guides you through in her beginner series. She doesn’t talk in the other series and you’ll want to make sure you are doing it correctly.

Start with low weights, 5 for upper body, 10 for lower. I’ve been doing her for few years and I match her weights in kilos in lbs. so if she is using 8 kilos, I do 8 lbs.

During Covid, I was able to do 5 x week but I no longer have the time. From what I’ve read, three times a week is good enough.