Very helpful, article, Coach Lewis. Am I correct in assuming that for a significantly older adult male, the DE-training effect would be increased—in the sense that the older trainee would be more likely to need to go back even further than the last workout—or last workout minus one?
Anecdotally, (I am 74)—after 5 weeks of 2 training days a week doing the program as well as possible without a coach—I had to be away for 18 days. Upon returning, I dropped back 5 workouts—literally half my progress to that point. The result was that I realized I definitely needed the drop-back—but I feel fairly sure I could have made it only 3 weeks.
Thanks again for the article.
Russ