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Robert Martin toured and recorded as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and Musical Director for the top names in entertainment. While traveling the world, he created the Look Great Naked At Any Age comprehensive fitness system to stay in superb condition using just his own body weight. Now in his 60’s and looking better than ever, Robert is a tireless researcher in all areas of health and fitness, in order to bring the reader the latest and best information.
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Robert
Hey Martin, your information is great, but I have two questions about your training techniques (burpies, triple jumps, hindu pushups….)
I consider burpies, hill sprint to be cardio, and hindu pushups to be strength training. I choose to training hindu pushups for about 20 minutes on one day, then the cardio the day after that. Then cardio again the next day. Is that a correct routine? Am I giving my muscles enough rest? Or is giving muscles rest a total myth? Just wondering.
Can I also mix in my own training like handstand? (I do a handstand everyday, so I wonder if that affects performance). That’s all. Sorry for too many questions.
No problem, good questions. Why limit yourself to only Hindu push-ups for strength training? That’s just one of many exercises I do on strength training days, and even with all the other exercises, my workout is still only 19 minutes. I would strongly suggest a more complete, full body workout. It doesn’t have to take a long time.
As for recovery, i do full body strength training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and high intensity interval cardio training on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I never do body part “split” training like body builders, just full body, functional strength training three days a week. My cardio routines are even shorter than my strength workouts, and I have no problem with recovery since there’s always a day of cardio in between strength days. You can do handstands every day with no negative affect on your workouts. Check out my handstand at age 60 here:
http://lookgreatnakedatanyage.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/you%E2%80%99ve-got-to-see-this-video/
Make it a great day.
Robert
hello robert. Its me again. I’ve been following your advice and training myself hard. I think I need another tip from you. I’ve been doing a lot of your training, and I’m not really sure if my body is just training resistant. Since May, my previous comment, I’ve been trying hard to train with hindu pushups, burpies, triple jumps (this triple jumps are seriously difficult, especially the last jump of the set), regular pushups, negative incline pushups, hand stand, power wheel for the abs, horse stance (martial arts), hill sprints, pull ups (I can’t do that many, and when I do it with negative I drop too fast making kind of non productive), monkey bars (trains my fore arm I think).
I did all these, but here’s my point. I think I ran into a wall, again. I rotate my training routines like this monday, arms, tuesday abs, wednesday legs, repeat. (abs is meant to cheat by giving my body rest on a day. That didn’t really work). My body starts overtraining (I think) after two weeks of doing this. I start feeling sick, weak, my belly got bigger (I didn’t eat more. Same amount every day). I have to wait one or two weeks for these symptoms to go away or I’ll have no strength to do my training. I have short breathing. I’m asking for medical advice, but what do you think I am doing wrong? Is it because of mental strength because I sit in the office all day. I only train in the morning before work. Oh yea, I forgot to mention that the bones between my thigh and foot is slightly fractured from running too much few years ago. Whenever I over train it cracks and hurts me. Wait, nevermind that. Anyway I can train better? Maybe sleep more? I sleep approximately 8 1/2 hours. Sorry for asking so much. Just wondering what minor adjustments I can make to make the workouts work. I really hate the fact of sitting around doing no training. It makes me very unproductive. Thanks advice would help. Thank you.
I watched your latest video many times about bringing the most out of your training by doing small sets and repeat every hour during the day technique. It doesn’t make me over train anymore. I’ll keep trying that to see if I get good results and wait for your response. Thank you.
Judging by your previous post, I’d say you were definitely over training. I train exactly what I teach in the LGNAAA system, which is strength on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and high intensity interval cardio on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. My strength workouts take only 19 minutes and I work my entire body in each workout. I don’t do certain body parts on certain days, each workout is full body. The “grease the groove” technique is not meant for the entire workout, just one or two exercises where you want to improve your maximal strength. I really suggest you get the DVDs for yourself on my website so you’ll know exactly what to do. Be well!