Milo Bryant is a performance coach as well as an experienced journalist. He is also 50 years old, and his book Unstoppable after 40 gives you the roadmap to do more than just stay active as you “mature.” Milo trains hard and recovers even better so he can do what he wants, when he wants. Get ready to use his methods to become unstoppable. This is not your father’s middle age.
The following is an excerpt from Unstoppable After 40.
Movement. Affairs.
We have to make more time for the movement. And specifically, we need to relearn how to move. Movement is more vital to our health and well-being than anything else besides good nutrition. Not just practicing but perfecting the movement puts life into living.
Sound fanatical? Well, call me converted. I am a faithful and devoted follower of what I like to call the First Church of the Human Movement. His Word is healthy and powerful. Bending, reaching, squatting, twisting, balancing – this, folks, is what will keep us healthy for the next 40 years.
I am what many might stereotype as a “functional fitness” trainer. However, what I do is all about performance, no matter the activity. I do whatever it takes to help athletes move and perform better. If that means Olympic lifts, I teach the clean-and-jerk and snatch and all the exercises that go with them. If that means sprinting, athletes will find themselves repeating everything from figure-4 cycles to high-speed hurdle jumps.
Folks, I’ve done a lot of “cave” work and done more than my fair share of National Bench and Triceps Days. All of that, the bench, squats, and deadlifts, are great. But there’s nothing I do or want to do that requires me to lift weight off my chest (there was actually a two-decade span, from 1999 to 2019, in which I didn’t bench press) or put ungodly amounts of stress on my back.
I still deadlift (mostly with a trap bar) because that elevator checks a lot of functional boxes. The older I’ve gotten, the smarter I’ve become about my training. You don’t have to prove anything to young people in the gym. You just need to be ready to play.
I am training to kitesurf in Tarifa, climb Mount Kilimanjaro and learn Bachata and Kizomba. After all, why would we train to get in the best possible shape if not to increase the joy of living?
The 2 Types of Moves Every Man Over 40 Needs
You might think that the key to never slowing down is to maintain as much muscle as possible. But that power will wear off if you get hurt easily. Test your body by focusing on movements in two key categories: mobility and stability.
Mobility
Your body needs to move every day to keep working the right way. But over the course of more than four decades, it has likely limited its daily movement to just a handful of positions. Ignoring all the other potential ways your body can move leaves you susceptible to injury. That’s where mobility exercises come in handy.
Mobility It is the ability of a joint to move freely through its full range of motion without pain. exercises like the spider man lunge either superman hold can help you preserve ease of movement. They will lubricate tight hips, relax your back, and also prevent neck pain. Best of all, they don’t take long to make. Want more mobility moves? Verify this 30 day challenge.
Stability
Stability is your foundation. It is your ability to remain balanced. We all learned it when we were kids, but it requires maintenance as we get older. Research shows that stability training can significantly reduce your risk of injury, plus it makes building strength much easier. The less stable you are, the less force you can produce.
Stability movements, like the series of lunges you’ll learn in Unstoppable after 40, challenges your balance and helps you stay grounded as you go about your daily life. Work these into your regular routine and you’ll be unshakable.
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