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hey, ttiros1,
I read your reply to a post I entered a week or so ago on another topic and while browing the forum I just came across this one of yours. So now it's a second year! I hope you have found it beneficial to keep at it. A lot of folks don't realize that us older guys can benefit from the ...

ttiros1
well there are times I get away from being as regular as I imagine I "should" be, but over the long haul what keeps me at Atlas exercises is lack of injuries (which is a lot more likely when overdoing it with weights), and the experience of just feeling better when I exercise regularly than ...

I'm afraid I'm not very disciplined at the Atlas program. Now that I'm 72 I couldn't do twice a day workouts if my life depended on it. Some days I don't do anything other than take a walk. But often I do a "mini workout" at odd times during the day such as you guys are mentioning. Dips, deep knee ...

When I've been injured, or on days when I'm feeling tired or weak (more a low mood than actual fatigue) I begin with "wall push-aways". I stand about 2 feet out from a wall and do "vertical pushups" or push-aways from the wall. It's super low resistance, and I find it's a good way to warm up or to ...

I haven't been to this site in awhile. I'm glad I checked in. This topic is a couple or 3 years ago yet I find it very helpful. Great to read your experiences with the lessons schedule. I got my original course in 1968 and thought it was a 3 month course. Most helpful, though, his how you guys ...

I'm 71 and I began the Atlas program when I was 28. There have been times, sometimes as long as a couple years, when I've not done the course. But I keep coming back to it. I've tried weights, bodylastics cables, isometrics, you name it. But nothing has worked for me all around and over the years as ...