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hey, ttiros1, I read your reply to a post I entered a week or so ago on another topic and while browing the forum I just came across this one of yours. So now it's a second year! I hope you have found it beneficial to keep at it. A lot of folks don't realize that us older guys can benefit from the C...

ttiros1 well there are times I get away from being as regular as I imagine I "should" be, but over the long haul what keeps me at Atlas exercises is lack of injuries (which is a lot more likely when overdoing it with weights), and the experience of just feeling better when I exercise regul...

I'm afraid I'm not very disciplined at the Atlas program. Now that I'm 72 I couldn't do twice a day workouts if my life depended on it. Some days I don't do anything other than take a walk. But often I do a "mini workout" at odd times during the day such as you guys are mentioning. Dips, d...

When I've been injured, or on days when I'm feeling tired or weak (more a low mood than actual fatigue) I begin with "wall push-aways". I stand about 2 feet out from a wall and do "vertical pushups" or push-aways from the wall. It's super low resistance, and I find it's a good wa...

I haven't been to this site in awhile. I'm glad I checked in. This topic is a couple or 3 years ago yet I find it very helpful. Great to read your experiences with the lessons schedule. I got my original course in 1968 and thought it was a 3 month course. Most helpful, though, his how you guys handl...

I'm 71 and I began the Atlas program when I was 28. There have been times, sometimes as long as a couple years, when I've not done the course. But I keep coming back to it. I've tried weights, bodylastics cables, isometrics, you name it. But nothing has worked for me all around and over the years as...