Originally Posted by
Gerald Boggs
You're just ahead of me, at 58 I'm already having to balance lifting with recovery, work and play. My plans are as soon as I get to the point of diminishing returns, is to shift to maintenance with an occasional strength cycle. In time the strength cycle with fade away.
I have a friend my age that's an outdoor sport athlete and he does quite well with mostly training sets of 10 in the 135 range for the squat, bench press and dead lift. For him, the weights are a supplement to his activities.