Not much progress

[Guest guest]

I'm 58 years old and though I used to train with light dumbells and

do bodyweight exercises to keep fit, I'd done very little for a

couple of years.

Then three months ago I decided I needed to get back in shape. First,

I tested my strength with my old dumbells and measured my chest and

upper arm and then followed the BW2 program religiously with an X5

ie. training 5 days a week, isometrically for 7-10 seconds at 70%-80%

I did no other exercise during that time, apart from walking. The

numbers on the BW scale crept up week on week but then I tested again

with the dumbells after the three months were up using the same

weight and found I had increased the reps in the lateral raise from

12 to 17, the forward raise from 9 to 13, curl 13 to 15 and overhead

press from 14 to 19. My measurements were exactly the same.

I realise in this rep range I may be testing endurance rather than

strength but I was still a bit disappointed by the results and also

surprised that my measurement didn't change.

Any thoughts/suggestions/interpretations?

Bob