Having never picked up a barbell before my 40th birthday, I don't always get the training right; or maybe I do, I don't really know. I have been reading and studying Rippatoe, Wendler, Simmons and so on. All of that is a ton of info and they have some really great programs. So, I'm told. I don't always follow the programs, but I try to understand what and why they do what they do. I don't think they address often enough the 40 year old guys and women who are, like me, just getting started. At any rate, I'm exhausted. I live on coffee and probably too many diet sodas, if 2 or 3 a week is too many. I try to eat well, but in my household it's just me that's trying to eat with training in mind. So, it's difficult sometimes between work and home and the million other things I do. Honestly, I do everything but paint. I write, I book shows for my band, I play shows for my band, I work at the local gym, I train newcomers at the local gym, I recently left a