All over 50’s should be doing some form of weight training. It will help slow the ageing process and really improve their quality of life as they age. By setting up healthy habits now, it can maintain youthfulness for a longer and a happier, more active lifestyle.

This blog has been inspired by a hard training client of mine. He is going away for a couple of weeks and is worried about losing his ‘gains’. I felt this would make a good topic as if it worries him, it also probably worries a lot of you.

Exercise, weight training and specifically muscle building isn’t rocket science. Whilst it is true to say everyone responds slightly differently, there are some general ‘go-to’ rules that will help maximise the results from your efforts. Here are the things I wish a 16-year-old me had known all those years ago which would have certainly sped up my progress.