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Here is what Karl from Florida wrote in response to my most recent
mailing.

> Mr Kurz
> I posted once before about getting my last inch in my split using
> your book. Email has changed. I do amateur acrobatics and teach it
> and trampoline.
> I know how you feel. I'll be 51 in December. I had to start changing
> my lifting routine around 35. At 50 I'm doing two sets 5 reps or less,
> not to failure, usually twice a week. I can do three days but
> drop the weight on the middle one (it doesn't seem to be necessary).
> At the moment I'm about 2 % stronger than I've ever been. I do a
> combination of walking and running with a heart rate monitor. I've
> dropped my my walking heart rate 10 beats per minute since I started.
> Our group is from 11 years old to mid 80's. The guy in his 80's does
> and coaches Olympic lifting. My Dad walked one mile every day till
> two weeks before he died. I had a 72 year old trampoline student that
> walked to class with a 4 legged walking stick and carried it when she
> left.
> Some people believe: Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse
> I believe : Live long and die strong. If we're lucky quick and
> painless.
> Karl

Answer:
Congratulations Karl--that's the spirit! Great crew too!

But going back to what I wrote about in my last e-mail: I have not
reduced reps so much but rather have changed some exercises--in
effect I accomplish more in less time. And yes, just like you I get
more strength with less work.

My motto is: streamline, combine, and observe.

Streamline: Leave only the most effective exercises.

Combine: Put together exercises (or just moves) so together they
are more effective than separately.

Observe: Watch how you feel during and after each workout and
adjust--do only what makes you feel stronger, so no work until
failure or until it becomes tedious.

If you haven't read Ben MacCormack's article on knee injuries, do
it. Even if you have no injuries you will see some exercises you
may want to add to your training program.

And if you do have knee troubles, read this opinion from one
Canadian reader:

> beautiful. gives me more to go on than the physiotherapists
> i've been seeing. and the doc (standard medical doctor) who
> first told me i have patellofemoral syndrome. ever got the
> "touch on the thing and brush the patient off" disease? never
> believe the med care program in this province gives full
> treatment unless you are important or have bags and handcarts
> full of money. bruce

So much for today.

Sincerely,

Thomas Kurz

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