Need some opinions.

[Iuri]

Hello all, I´m 24 years old and have done a lot of strength training throughout my life, I´ve developed quite a good level of strength, hypertrophy and conditioning (most tham almost anybody I know) but I´ve come to the point where I´m feeling "kinda old". I dunno maybe I´ve forced my body too much. Anyway now I want to "settle down" a little bit and I want to stop trying to get stronger at everything and just specialize in the kind of strength/training I like the most, and alongside that get a good cardio conditioning, not anything great, just a little bit of walking, running and sprinting.

 

Back to the point, I want to specialize, and for me that means overhead lifting,  pick up a weight on the floor and raise above the head. I like to do these both with barbells and stones (careful with those, REALLY, until now I´ve only raised above my head a stone that is light in relation to my shoulder strength level), I really like doing those and I´m quite strong at them naturally so they give me joy, also I Iike the kind of strength and hypertrophy they build, well, at least supposedly, because, to tell the truth, I haven´t trained this movement too much(almost nothing). This is not bad actually, because its something fresh to work on.

So I decided I want to develop this kind of strength into my thirties the most I can them retire, of course I´m doing some other exercises as well, to even things out a little bit.

 

What do all of that have to do with gymnastics? Well, to do the kind of movement I described the most important muscles that I noticed are biceps, forearms and shoulders, for the barbell, and hand, forearms, biceps, pectoralis and shoulders, for the stones. So when planning to strengthen these muscles I decided to maybe doing planche work since planche strengthen biceps, shoulders and pecs a lot. I´m still undecided though because I´m afraid of something, since I´m a little bit heavy(and slight overweight), I´m afraid to hurt my elbows or get hyperextension(is that possible?).

 

I would greatly appreciate if someone with experience with planche training would give me some insight on this, is it dangerous, even slighty, to do planche work when a person is a little heavy? I don´t want to rush on anything, in fact I was planning on getting it in five years of consistent work. I think its important to say that any planche work I do would have to be on a dip bar or paralettes because both of my wrists get a lot of pain whenever I do push up/kind of work.

 

My body data: 180 cm(5.9 ft); 94 kg(207.23 lbs)[i have both muscles and fat]

[Iuri]

Nevermind guys, I don´t need answers to this topic anymore, decided to quit strength training, thanks.

[Christian Sørlie]

Hmmmm, not the smartest decision I would say. What makes you arrive at that?

 

24 old? Time to specialize and not get stronger?

 

Here's a different opionion.

 

You are YOUNG and it's time to get as good as possible in as much as possible. Start with a good (Foundation) program that will give you all the all round athleticism you need. Find a cool sport and some other physical hobby and GET TO WORK!

[FREDERIC DUPONT]

(...) I´m 24 years old and (...) I´m feeling "kinda old" (...) I want to (...) retire (...)

 

(...) I (...) decided to quit strength training (...).

 

Sounds like a plan, good luck

[Iuri]

Thanks for the feedback, I´m already at a very good overall strength level because I´ve done so much exercise throughout my life, but yeah, maybe a good program could reanimate me. The "retiring" thing is just about strength training and I´m saying that because everytime I do some high volume of strength work I don´t feel kinda "well", feel more tired tham I used to feel, hopefully that is just a bad moment.

I could see myself following the Foundation strength program, start fresh, is that viable using only paralettes? As I said, my wrists can´t take punishment.

[Deins Drengers]

Old people should do swimming its low impact on joints

[George Vere]

He's 24. That's not old. Still, 8 years my senior.

Foundation 1 would be good for you - doesn't really require anything that can't be improvised, but rings are a worthwhile investment for it.

 

So far as wrist go kit's wrist and hand series is really good. Don't work around a problem, fix it (unfortunately in my case, only time heals broken bones      )

[Vincent Stoyas]

Nooo. I'm 24, I don't want to retire to swimming yet!

[Iuri]

Thank you all for your opinions!

[Deins Drengers]

Nooo. I'm 24, I don't want to retire to swimming yet!

You should prepare for it then !

Like me - I already have my grandpa gear ready ( walking stick, farmer pants, farmer hat, some beers and a big pipe ) 

That should be enough for the start ! 

[Kate Abernethy]

It's normal to feel tired/ not well after a heavy strength training session. It could be that you need to back off it and stick to a maintenance level that you're happy to keep whilst developing your baseline fitness (for faster recovery). Look at your nutrition and sleeping situations - are they more than adequate?

 

No matter how strong you are, you start at the beginning with the GB Foundation course - personally I think that it will re-animate you and keep you connected to achieving strength/ form/ function goals. Weight training is boring after a few decades. Gymnastics training leads to several interesting strength functions.

 

Good luck!

[Iuri]

Thank you guys very much for all the replies, help and opinions, gonna stay away from the post now.