Does doing 30 pushups a day impact your upper body strength a lot?

[rehmwa]

You can get absolutely shredded with a good diet and exercise program.

absolutely.  right now I'm doing all that except for the last two things......

[Slice of Life]

absolutely.  right now I'm doing all that except for the last two things......

hehe

[Zeph]

I currently do a strength program, with various goals in my workout.

For the future, I might want to focus more on mobility, bodyweight excersises and focusing on keeping the body as useful as possible. If I lift 250 pounds in deadlift, that's fine and dandy, but it doesn't have a huge practical use. Although I would say that keeping the body strong is good and can prevent injuries (given that you don't get injured from the actual lifting).

I see some elders on the gym I go to, and they are definitely more mobile and up-and-going than others at their age. I can only imagine working out in some form to be useful for those wanting to play golf as long as possible.

I highly recommend having goals and a purpose with a workout. There are too many examples of people just going to the gym, doing some stuff and then going home, without really knowing what they are trying to achieve, or why.

Want to build muscles, get stronger, increase mobility, increase O2 intake, avoid injuries etc?

[No Mulligans]

I currently do a strength program, with various goals in my workout.

For the future, I might want to focus more on mobility, bodyweight excersises and focusing on keeping the body as useful as possible. If I lift 250 pounds in deadlift, that's fine and dandy, but it doesn't have a huge practical use. Although I would say that keeping the body strong is good and can prevent injuries (given that you don't get injured from the actual lifting).

I see some elders on the gym I go to, and they are definitely more mobile and up-and-going than others at their age. I can only imagine working out in some form to be useful for those wanting to play golf as long as possible.

I'm 56, 57 this December. Lifting weights for me is mostly about maintaining muscle mass, strength, and flexibility (as opposed to increasing my strength).  For me lifting light weights works well because it's easy to work into my life.  If I make exercise too difficult it's hard for me to get motivated enough to do it.

My workout is a circuit using just dumbbells, lunges, squats, push-ups, bent over row, shoulder press, curls, tricep extensions, crunches. I do this every other day, pretty much a full body workout.

And, I walk a lot every day.  And stretch every day.

I have health issues that have affected my strength and flexibility.  I consider this to be both exercise and physical therapy.

[rehmwa]

My workout is a circuit using just dumbbells, lunges, squats, push-ups, bent over row, shoulder press, curls, tricep extensions, crunches. I do this every other day, pretty much a full body workout.

this is a great cycle at any age and I had FANTASTIC results when I added yoga and interval training to it.  If there is a heavy ab load to it, then I'd also balance with lower back work

personally, I'm a fan of keeping records and always trying to push to new person records as my goals - it helps to look back a few months and realize that progress continues and is significant.