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Certainly cutting excess fat will help in that you're not carrying that extra weight, I personally wouldn't try to lose and muscle to get weight down. As we get older we just need to adjust weight used, sets, reps, etc...to be able to continue. Your body will tell you what to do if you listen. And you don't have to sacrifice progress. Theres a few ways to make , say 50 lbs feel like 70 without hammering your joints.
still trying to get back to fightin shape i was in say.....6/8 months back. At that point i just had slight neck issues, limited range of motion. Now shit, i worry about trying to get back and what i do ends up killing me later on.
But i am not moving too much weight now and not pushing to do too much too quick. Just seeing how sore i can get with lighter amounts of weight, but the biggest thing now is just conditioning. 12min of a warm up doing cardio, 50 min of lifting and a 12min cardio cool down beats me up pretty good at the moment. I just dont want to start doing things now i will later regret.
All you guys still do squats & deads with legit weight or are those in the past..? Do you do heavy shoulder presses...?? My shoulders pop and click when going up and down with the dumbells badly, so i try to keep it to just machines. But should i just focus on iso movements or can i still do presses..??