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Second Exercise Rule to Break After 50: You Have to Keep Up
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You don't have to keep up to get stronger.
After 50, one of the most important exercise rules you can break is the belief that you need to keep pace--with an instructor, a workout video, the person next to you, or even the person you used to be.
In Rule #2 of my five-part Exercise Rules You’re Allowed to Break After 50 series, we're talking about what happens when “keeping up” becomes more important than muscular control.
Your muscles don't know how much weight someone else is lifting or how many repetitions they're completing. They respond to the challenge placed on your…
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