In addition to all the good advice you’ve been given lemme throw in being EXTREMELY careful with your joints as well. Especially shoulders with knees coming in a close second. I got a bit over enthusiastic when I got back into training once the progress started.
I took a 13 year detour down self destructo lane myself and started training again a year and a half ago just for my health. After being shocked when I started getting bigger and stronger again I went too heavy too fast and hurt both my shoulders 2 seperate times (once apiece). I’m 10 years younger than you too. There’s nothing more sucky than getting motivated and back on track and then having to nurse injuries. I’ve got em both under control, but they still bother me.
“There is a lot of controversy about flax. What isn’t disputed is that lignan binds to testosterone. Bound testosterone isn’t available to testosterone receptors. That’s all I need to know about flax. Any of the supposed “health benefits” of flax can also be found in foods that don’t bind testosterone.”
As to flax: I’m not trying to be argumentative, but rather to learn more about it. There are so many benefits ascribed to flax, including anti-cancer, positive effects on HDL, and anti-inflammatory properties, that I would hate to miss out on them.
Your statement makes it sounds as though it is a provenfact that the lignan in flax binds to testosterone, though there are other sources that would dispute that. Here are two references I found in a matter of minutes that would argue counter to your assertion (granted, one of them is from a flax grower’s association).
www.flaxcouncil.ca/english/pdf/FlaxPrimer_Chptr4.pdf
www.johnberardi.com/articles/qa/afc/afc_jul272001.htm
Could you provide a reference in support of your statement? Thanks.