I really started lifting heavy back in 2010 or so until about 2016. Power lifting, cardio, and olympic weightlifting was my goto for 3 days a week. I got quite strong and in 2016, at 43, I started BJJ and stopped lifting. Now at 51, I'm in the best shape of my life and all I do is BJJ. I lost some strength but still strong. My cardio is great. I weigh 225 at 15% body fat. I can live with that. Not putting the stress on my joints by the heavy lifts is helpful. I can keep this up for quite some time.About four years I got pretty big into fitness after breaking my ankle, and of course, I mainly focus on strength based training. Because, Ooga booga me like lifting heavy circles and putting them back down. But, I do try to have a more rounded training regimen with some cardio/endurance training.
Practically I'd say strength endurance is most important, because whats being able to lift 200lbs if you can only do it for 30 seconds. Although I've been told 30 seconds is too much sometimes.
But I wanted to hear from the people who have more experience on the topic. Whats most important, and more importantly, whats more sustainable as you get older? Also I wanna hear what your guys workouts look like and if you have any tips and tricks to pass along to anyone who stumbles across this thread.
I really like this explanation and ranking. For the average person's day to day I think this checks outEndurance is the single most important fitness attribute there is. Both aerobic and anaerobic endurance are equally important. I’d put strength second and flexibility third.