{"id":14796,"date":"2020-02-14T07:05:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/?p=14796"},"modified":"2022-08-18T09:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:12:04","slug":"why-its-never-too-late-to-start-with-olympic-lifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-fitness-training-blog\/why-its-never-too-late-to-start-with-olympic-lifting\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it\u2019s never too late to start with Olympic lifting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic weightlifting takes years of training<\/a> and practice to master. Even if you are in your 30s, 40s or even older, it\u2019s not too late to start Olympic lifting. It does, however, mean that you need to start from a different point than younger lifters.<\/p>\n

No matter how old you are, though, the benefits of Olympic weightlifting still apply.<\/p>\n

Strength<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you reach your middle ages, your physiological system starts to decline. Your muscle gains also slow down. In men, it also means that your testosterone starts to decrease.<\/p>\n

Olympic weightlifting builds muscle and increases the density of your bone tissue. It can also help to remedy years of poor posture and immobility. For men, it also stimulates the production of testosterone and growth hormones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Its anaerobic quality requires very short durations of energy. It engages more muscles and enables you to recruit muscles for stability rapidly.<\/p>\n

This is beneficial because, as you get older without exercising, your body becomes week and prone to falling.<\/p>\n

Speed<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As you get older, along with other muscle mass, your \u2018fast-twitch\u2019 muscle fibres also disappear more rapidly. This makes it more challenging to train reactive speed.<\/p>\n

You can still develop these \u2018fast-twitch\u2019 muscle fibres at an older age. You will, however, need to start light and with partial movements.<\/p>\n

Experts recommend starting with building mobility and strength and then working into reactive speed training. This can be done by placing the bar at the top of your thighs in power positions and starting clean pulls from there as you progress toward the floor.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t catch the weight from there, options like an explosive pull onto the balls of your feet with a strong shrug can also work.<\/p>\n