Skip the bicep curls. Train your joints to stay athletic as you age: plyometrics, isometrics, and moves like Spanish squats and banded terminal knee extensions keep you running fast and jumping high into your later years, not just looking good.
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Just don't build muscle. Build a very functional and capable physique in the sense how a lot of people go to the gym, but how many people do you really see training their joints, doing isometrics, doing plyometrics, stretching-shortening cycle? A lot of people, they want to look good, rightfully so. You should want to look good, but you should also know that there's more to just looking good. You know, the overall end goal is longevity. You know what I'm saying? I obviously, for one, want to be able to still be able to run fast, Jump high. Obviously, as you age, things will slow down, but you can still keep it at a progressive level. You know what I'm saying? So I always tell people, just don't try to look good. You know what I'm saying? Definitely try to train your joints. You need strong joints. You know what I'm saying? I want to be able to play with my grandkids. You know what I'm saying? Who doesn't want to? You know what I'm saying? I want to be able to beat my kids in any athletic endeavor out there. And I mean every. You know what I'm saying? I want to be the dad that just to beat me in something, bro, you have to Sweat, blood, tears, and all that, you know what I'm saying? So I always advise people, like, just don't go to the gym doing bicep curls and all that, you know what I'm saying? Try to train your knees and all that. Banded TKEs, Spanish squats. I'm talking about calf raises, you know what I'm saying? Isometric holds, overcoming ISOs and all that. Just try to be very functional and capable because in the long run, we're chasing longevity, not just to look good overall. Looking good is good, don't get me wrong, but overall you want to be very functional and capable, a very functional and capable human being.
