Thanks for all the answers! Jarvan, you understood it wrong, I actually HAD to neglet doing excersice for 16 years because of my back problem (my back problem was before, not a consecuence of my inactivity), before that I used to lift for 20 years “recreational” (this means, completly drug free or even suplementation of any kind, and not following any diet but INTENSE training). It came to a point that I couldn´t lift at all ANYTHING because of my back condition (I was 43 back then) so I stop and the pain stop. I never got fat or really too out of shape, just like an average guy in these years.
I actually love bodybuilding and find swimming really boring (but has been very helpful), the story is the following, I met a girl (highly trained in different sports, BB, swimming, running, etc,) and she suggested me to start swimming (I haven´t done any swimming since probably 48 years and was only recreational, kids stuff). Thing is it worked out and have some benefits on me. I wanted to go beyond and try out the weights again, I did some atempts (during these 10 months) but completly unsuccesful, all kinds of back pains with really small weights, until 3 weeks ago that I was able to “open a little door” and train a bit…
Because of my past envolvement (20 years doing weights at main gyms in different countries) I know very well how to train, what was difficult was/is to find the exact excersise that would not agraviate my back and the load to use…
OH, by the way, I don¨t take any medication for pain, because I HAVE NO PAIN. Again, I stop Bodybuilding in 2002 because I had pain from lifting the weights. After that I have just events only.
Oh by the way, I found swimming excellent for the back, because the “events” I had are a thing of the past. It was only when I got “brave” and tried out BB that they return (just for two days) as a sign of warning, again, I didn´t take any medication they just “fade” in 1-2 days. But now the good news is that I “opened a little door” and can train again (but not with heavy weights, and some body parts not even with baby weights) but anyway…I know is probably and ODD case, I was pretty much thinking what member scrubsman was saying · …it’s going to be damn near impossible to gain any mass at your age and condition" but may be I was too pesimistic…
Actually, since I¨m “coming back” I´d been reading a lot about diets and as you know there are a lot of contradictions. I did some calculations (not sure if they are OK), and I found a counter that sais that I have to eat about 2600 calories per day to gain weight. Does this looks correct to you?
Again my stats are:
weight 62 Kg (136 pounds)
height: 166 cm (5¨4)
age: 58
A counter I found says I expend 600 calories in my actual swimming session (I do 3 per week). I¨m not sure the percentage of protein, carbs, fat. Do seem that at least I should have at least 120 grams of protein per day.
Other than that the only phisical activites I do are walking (sometimes crazy distances, since I don´t have a car and what I have is plenty of time), and now these little sessions of Bodybuilding, so far I been succesful in traing back (upper) and biceps… I started there because my biceps are some of my weakest ¨though before they were one of my strong parts (lost 8 cm since my training days), but since the swimming style does not attack this muscle they are tinny, otherwise my triceps are OK…
Thank you all, specially for your patience, advice and for reading this!