Foreword. i
Introduction. v
Why We Wrote This Book. v
What Makes You Awesome After 40?. ix
01 Start With Your 'WHY'?. 1
The 3 'whys' exercise. 2
02 Assessment 6
What do you need to do & be?. 6
How 'healthy' are you?. 9
What about blood tests?. 14
03 Exercise. 20
Intensity is a thing... but not the only thing. 23
Concepts & strategies. 30
Minimum & optimal effective training doses. 39
Prioritise strength training. 42
Intensity. 44
Deep practice. 45
Things I would tell myself as a young lifter. 45
Training structure. 51
To split or not to split?. 53
Balance in training. 59
Do you need to periodise?. 60
What about deloads?. 61
How long can you take a break?. 63
04 Cardio. 64
Cardio definitions. 66
05 Mobility. 70
Do you need to do mobility training?. 70
Types of mobility training. 75
Sample mobility tests. 77
06 Weak Points & Postural Issues. 78
Corrective Rx for common issues. 79
07 Injuries & Chronic Pain. 86
What are some of the predictors of injury?. 87
Nutrition status and injury. 88
Take-home messages. 93
Chronic pain. 94
08 Training by Cliff. 99
Terminology. 99
Full body training. 100
One lift per day. 108
Cross-training. 109
Bodyweight training. 110
Cardio-crossover training. 112
And more! 114
09 Training by Daz. 115
OTM workouts. 118
Progression. 119
AMRAP ladders. 121
Density training. 123
50s &100s. 124
10 Nutrition. 126
Concepts & strategies. 127
A modular approach to meal planning. 134
To track or not to track?. 137
Autoregulation: Nutrition on autopilot 139
Quantifying nutrition. 150
Supplements. 153
Cliff's key nutrition tactic. 156
11 Modifications. 160
Maximum fat loss. 160
Limitations of carb-restriction. 165
Muscle gain. 169
Good food, bad foods..... 169
Alcohol 178
Coffee. 180
12 Sleep. 182
What happens when we sleep?. 182
How much sleep should we get?. 185
The effects of sleep deprivation on health. 186
How to improve sleep. 189
Sleep: A summary. 199
13 Stress. 201
What is stress?. 201
The Role of work-related stress in health. 204
Stress & body composition. 205
How to deal with stress. 206
14 The AA40 Day. 211
Cliff's day. 212
Daz's day. 213
15 Awesome After 40 in 40 Words. 217
The Authors. 218
Darren Ellis MSc. 218
Cliff Harvey PhD. 220
References. 223