“Built for Life”. An interesting title, if you think about it, because it has two meanings. The first is staying in attention-grabbing muscular shape for as long as you’re alive and capable to workout—you will remain “built” your entire life. This mean never feel embarrassed to peel off your shirt at the beach, lake or pool.
The second interpretation is that you’re mentally and physically strong, prepared for anything life throws at you. You’re “built” to endure the stress, pressures and difficulties that come your way throughout your time on this planet. Almost like you’ve created a bulletproof mental and physical fortress, capable to deflect any negatives, that attitude-altering artillery shot at all of us every day.
Correct weight training can give you both of those—and opposite to popular belief, it doesn’t take joint-busting, spine-crushing poundage to make it happen.
Actually, exercise with max weights can be a negative, especially as you get older. Sure, if you’re a young ego-driven dude searching for a monster bench press, heavy training is the way. Low reps and lots of sets will build your strength to the extreme (but not necessarily lots of muscle) just be careful. There’s a accumulative cost. Some people still dealing with injuries sustained during early powerlifting years.
I’m not expressing powerlifting or power bodybuilding are bad training models. Just that throwing around heavy weights is NOT necessary for you to build an impressive bodybuilder-type physique, a body so muscular that people comment on the size of your arms or the width of your back or the vascularity streaking down your forearms. You can get a muscular look for life, and it doesn’t take soft-tissue damage or as much work as you may think (if you train smart).
Whether you’re 18 and just starting the muscle-building journey, or a 50-something trainee who’s been lifting for decades, lifting smart means exercise in the most efficient, safest and fastest ways to build muscle and burn fat.
I my opinion, Old School New Body is a no-B.S. program. I believe its goal is you to have all the ammunition you need to own a physique that turns heads and raises eyebrows and one that supports your health and wellbeing.