Notes On Midlife Fitness

This should be interesting. 3 Orthopedic Surgeons with 60 years of experience between us. We have a lot to say… and a lot to share.

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Attention to detail before surgery has a significant impact on your ability to recover and your risk of complications.

Exercise is the risk you take to avoid the consequences of being still.

In the past, I often had issues or injuries related to improper load management, either ramping up too quickly or adding too many activities into a day. Some folks tolerate amazing load rates…, but that’s never been me. I learned many lessons in the past because of these injuries… but I still have some work to do.

My middle son got me into rock climbing a while back. It’s a lot of fun… a terrific challenge… and a great way to maintain full-body fitness.

I monitor my load often… using my watch and a HR strap to record most exercises. But heart rate isn’t a great way to assess the load of a workout or a climbing session.

I ended up sustaining a tear in a tendon of my elbow. And it wasn’t healing— although it’s safe to say I wasn’t allowing it to heal. I ignored it for as long as I could. The red in the US picture is the tendon. The blue is the bone that the tendon should attach to. The yellow is the tear.

I had a PRP injection last week… those hurt ;-)! But in a few months, I’ll be back climbing. Hopefully, with lessons learned about technique, how often I should climb and what positions I should try to avoid.

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Zone 2 training is an overused term. It is important, especially for people with poor endurance abilities. More importantly, low heart rate training is the best way to improve overall health and limit the consequences of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance.

Google recently released NotebookLM, a fascinating AI platform that can synthesize various sources and produce a two-host podcast. I fed NotebookLM my writings on low heart rate training, which resulted in this 20-minute podcast.

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