Longevity and health are my long term goals. Six years ago I changed my training and stopped driving myself nuts with size and strength.
I stopped pulverizing my body with compressive barbell exercises, which means no back squats and no standard deadlifts. Leg training has been mostly unilateral exercises such as reverse lunges, split squats, single leg RDL’s, GHR’s, back extensions, and trap-bar deadlifts. Everything else is dumbbells and weighted calisthenics (including ones on rings or Blast Straps). I also do some med ball exercises to maintain some power.
I do a total of 150 to 180 min per week of Zone 2 cardio per week, either jogging or Panata treadmill, some swimming in summer. I lift three times per week.
I’m weigh 30 pounds less than my biggest but I feel amazing in my mid 40’s. When I was my biggest I felt the shittiest.