Why 60+ Don't Train For Strength- SS Radio Clips
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- Rip talks about why 60+ don't strength train. See the whole episode here.
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I am 67 years old my son got me into weight lifting when he came home from college. Took me to the gym and got me training, dead lifts, squats, bench press, rows and overhead press. I always had a good diet (although I tend to overeat). Really enjoyed Mr. Rippetoe's book Starting Strength and just ordered The Barbell Prescription. I'll turn 68 in a few days and have been training the basic lifts for about 2 months now, before I did a hodgepodge of cardio/bodybuilding/calisthenics irregularly. I feel great. One thing I noticed is moving a 40 lbs bag of dog food is a lot and I mean a lot easier. Could hardly pick it before, now it's like a bag a groceries. Thanks to my son for setting me in the right direction and to Mr. Rippetoe for all the training knowledge.
Impressive, cheers
Reading this comment made me smile, you stay strong on journey man, people like you give the rest of the world HOPE.
that's awesome
keep it up
outstanding!!!
I will hit that 60 Benchmark later this year and will continue with the weight training and USPA competing. Strength training has made me so much healthier.
I’m 96 and will be deadlifting in space next year .
But you're a woman!
I am 57. Was diagnosed diabetic. Started lifting and eating right. Dropped 60 pounds and gained muscle mass. Am now at pre-diabetic A1C.
That's as cool as it gets. Hang in there.
I am a female close to 60, been lifting heavy for a few years now. I am healthy, do not take any medications. I plan to lift forever, it's part of my life just like brushing teeth and having shower every day. It's true people over 60 need to strength train. I know many people who need it badly, they understand that it's beneficial but I cannot convince them to do it, I even offered to train them, for free! Yet, I have failed so far. I have watched my mum and other elders wither away slowly. The lack of iron from the gym and the lack of iron from red meat is a recipe for weakness and frailty. Yes, red meat, women and the elderly do not consume enough of it due to all the scaremongering and misinformation. The war on red meat, dairy, eggs and veganism is a scourge in our society. Many women live on soy milk and kale/berry smoothies thinking it's healthy and many elderly are on the tea and toast diet even though they can afford good food, I actually know people on the age pension who spend $100-$150 per week on cigarettes. Most people are lazy, they wont even walk, even though walking is a lot easier that lifting heavy weights. I agree with what you say, some people will get the message and take action but the vast majority will not, they prefer to rely on pharmaceutical companies to save them with a magic pill, I actually know someone who prefers to inject insulin rather than train and eat better.
I'm a few weeks into Starting Strength and my horrible back pain vanished. I bit the bullet and bought a half-rack, a bar and some plates for my home-gym. Best investment in my health/mental well-being ever. The Starting Strength crew is making the population less dependent on medication. You guys are awesome!
my shoulder pain went away when. I started squats and presses !
I am 73 and 6 months into the training. The gym I go to is 24/7 and I arrive at 3 am. Most of the time I am the only one there. The training and solitude is is great. Life is good.
I'M 70 & HAD A TOTAL GYM ALMOST AS LONG AS CHUCK NORRIS -- TRIED THE GYM BUT JUST WASNT FOR ME
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You know that someone know a thing or two about what they preach when they stick around in their field for decades. Respect.
At 59 I'm just under the discussed age limit, but I'd
been using your SS system for 4 months before the UK lockdown and found it a big improvement over 90% of the other types of weight training. Now we've eased the guidelines here, I've returned to the gym and reset my goals to carry out the SS program. Thanks Mark.
Started with The Barbell Prescription about a year ago and turned 60 in Feb. I can't imagine not lifting again, I love it and what it does for me. My wife is also into it which is great, we turned the garage into a home gym, just waiting on a new garage door so we can fit a full-size power rack in there for better safety over the squat bench/stand we have, now the weights are getting heavier and heavier. Due in a few days and can't wait!
Thanks Rip, keep up the good work man and keep leading those dumb horses to the water, some of 'em will take that drink eventually.
I like the shorter outtakes. I value your comments, but I just can’t hit play when I see the video is an hour long. Thanks.
I love the long videos
*jingles keys*
I don't agree, but I think this will reach people better, as your comment highlights.
I quite like his longer videos. I usually play them when I go to sleep. Something about his mellow voice helps me fall asleep.
You know you can come back to a video you started earlier, right?
I will be 66 in July. What works best for me is just one set to near failure of the compound exercises you recommend in Starting Strength. I tried my old 5x5 program and had recuperation problems from the volume of that regimen. Thanks for all you do in educating the public about weight-training!
Yes, in the end (no pun intended) the recovery and volume issues are the most manageable things we can manipulate to continue with this. Intensity becomes a relative issue, connected again with recovery, and volume. So 5x3 at first, then 3x5, then 5x3 at 80%, then max day every two weeks, then 5x3 for light day, then 3x5 for volume to force adaptation... and so it goes
I am just glad that no matter what I do I sleep and shit great; all that starts to go wrong as soon as I stop working out for more than a week.
I would look into Wendlers 5-3-1 program,, I'm 64 and have been using this program for quite awhile. The perfect combination of intensity and valume!
volume
When I retired my insurance began paying for gym membership so I joined the Y.
I began getting stronger and just short of my 73rd birthday I had a lifetime record of 230 pounds on the Smith bench press at body weight of 167.
I also had a lifetime record of 115 pounds dumbbell for 5 reps on a seated, behind the back, tricept extension. I'm hoping to make it to a 250 pound bench press and a 120 pound dumbbell tricept extension for reps (120 is the heaviest db in the gym).
- how about a thumb up for seniors !
I listened to Dr. Sullivan’s talk about what happens on a cellular level when you squat, deadlift, and press. Unbelievable! I tell everyone in my age group that, there are probably a million “gym bras” on the internet hawking their particular “system” of building abs, but when at least 5 different doctors have taken this program and ran with it, that’s impressive. I’m in my early sixties and still working full time, and don’t always feel like taking my ass into the hot or cold garage in the morning, but I’ve never regretted doing it.
I'm 63 been squating and deadlifting for 40 years. The greatest moments of my life other than being with my family have been in the gym. I hope to die on the deadlift platform. It's not unpleasant for me.
Rip, I am 67 years old and found you when John Lovell came to visit you. I am on my third week in the program, interrupted by the Oregon shut down in Nov 2020. Last Monday was my hardest day ever. Felt like I was at my limit getting all 3 working set completed. Yet later that day I felt fantastic and no soreness or even fatigue at all. Thanks for the program and all your videos. I look forward to the new Portland SSG getting up and running in January.
I’m 63 .I have been weight training since 17.I can’t imagine my life without lifting weights and martial arts.I’m now the old man at the gym and when I tell people how old I am they are shocked!
I'm 60 and I did a set of 5 365 pound rack lifts this morning - 315 off the floor last week
I am pretty addicted to lifting now. Can't see myself stopping. I am definitely in the "masters" group.
what are your lift totals?
Hell yeah! Hope you still going!
@@HazeLmaofor bench I can get 315 for one. I rep 5x5x275. OHP 225 1rm rep 4x5x200. Squat no max just 5x5x405. I don't have a DL number to report right now. 54 years old been lifting 4 years 10 months. Still gaining.
@@gregorymccoy6797 🤔
@@gregorymccoy6797 Damn. Good stuff. I hope to be as strong as you one day. I’m a sub-masters lifter (35) and I’m addicted to barbell training as well. Been at it 2 years today.
"we're narrow casting..."
It is actually worse than that, we are narrow casting in the ALREADY NARROW section of the population who actually lifts doing deads and squats... a subset of a subset.
Doing voluntary hard things which are not monetarily and immediately rewarding is not appealing for most, precisely because they re hard and uncomfortable.
most people simply are too busy being shaken down for every last penny they have and toiling their life away in order to afford to keep living, dealing with general life stuff to have the inclination or ability to pay for a home gym or gym membership and work lifting for 2 or 3 hours 3 or 4 times a week into their schedule which is already as full as it can be. mark is really wrong to propagate this idea that most people are just lazy and dont do anything hard. maybe some very rich people. but most people, working class people, spend the entirety of their life doing things they dont want to do and none of it is a benefit to their health weather you move furniture or are an office worker. to have the free time and extra money to pour into improving yourself like I do is a privelage. and rip laces his legitimate information about strength training with a bunch of bullshit propaganda that has a really negative perception of most people as lazy people and that comes with his elitist mentality.
@@Alejandro-te2nt A home gym is cheap. You can set up a home gym for 100 dollars. And you can set up a home gym for free with bodyweight exercises.
No excuses.
My wife and I are 71. We started doing SS about 5 1/2 years ago at home. I love it. It's a necessary part of my life. There was a SS gym not too far from us in Woodmere, NY but it closed and I think it catered more toward women. I'm surprised there isn't another one somewhere in Nassau county (I live in Queens county, NY btw) Come on Rip let's get that goin! A lot of people live around here.
Rich, have you looked into Dr. Rori Alter (Progressive Rehab and Strength) in Farmingdale?
@@sidrow11 No, I have not but will check it out, thanks.
I am 67 years old and have a PR deadlift of 280. I started about 4 years ago. I recently went to the 5 x 5 routine from doing each set to failure and have seen gains. Plus, the 5 x5 develops a plateau whereas lifting to failure differs almost every time. As I do not like the feeling of a bar on my back, I do lumberjack squats which I believe gives me most of the benefits of a conventional squat.
I am a sample size of one that proves strength training is essential. I take no medications, have no back or shoulder issues. When my back feels a bit out of wack because of household chores, a few deadlifts put it right.
To Rip's point. I lift weights because I enjoy it. People will not do what they don't enjoy. It is as simple as that. I am so fortunate that I actually enjoy picking something heavy off the ground. I do not enjoy golf so I don't play.
One disagreement I have with Rip is Yoga. I do Yoga most days, and I will not lift heavy weights until I have loosened up with yoga. Again, I am a sample size of one, but it makes sense to me. I rely on yoga for body awareness which transcends to weightlifting. Men do not know how to bend over. I learned that at age 60 in yoga. I consider yoga my protective shield against injury. I have the confidence that if I tweak something whether lifting or other activities, yoga will straighten me out.
Give it a try Rick. Or, perhaps you don't want to, just as many men don't want to lift. (ha).
Well and strong at 80 doing the barbell prescription. Thank to the founder Reppetoe/Baker and Sullivan.
56, started walking 5 km to and from work. Started lifting with my squat rack in the basement. Dumbbells, Bench, deadlifts, squats, amongst other exercises. I have raised my protein intake, lowered my processed foods, and carbs. Intermittent fasting, and supplements. Along with getting rid of diet sodas etc etc. In 4.5 months I am lifting heavier and heavier, I can now do pull ups. I am down 28 lbs and feel much better about myself. Life is good. I am never hungry as I eat for satiety. Dr Jason Fung, Dr Sullivan and many more are a great start to a better life without Pharma. Cheers to you sir.
Please open a gym in Worthing, West Sussex, UK. It's full of people in the age limit your talking about.
My goal is to complete my 1-2-3-4-5 by the time I'm 60.
1 plate barbell curl
2 plate press
3 plate bench
4 plate squat
5 plate dead lift.
I've got 3 years to complete my goal, and am pretty close to some of them right now.
At your age they're all unattainable. Unless you're on steroids.
@@paulchristie3306 naaa, no juice. No artificial ingredients. All clean.
I’m 60 and have doing all the main compound lifts for around 32 years. However it’s only the last 1
15 that I’ve been lifting properly. I firmly believe he’s
By lifting is one of, if not the best thing you can do physically to keep healthy and disease free. I absolutely love it. Love the SS program!
Rip, I believe in continuing training until the day I explode Please include a healthy diet as well as exercise in your podcasts. I’m 55 and still working out. Now eating very healthy, with the occasional cheat day. You know me as the rugby player. There are injuries we cannot correct, retina, head, broken vertebrae etc. that being said, continued strength and cardio training in our latter years keep us healthy. With a does of a healthy low sugar and carb diet.
Ha, not so easy to do. There are experts out there that will tell you that a vegan diet is super and at the other end of the spectrum you have health experts that will tell you carnivore is tops. I lean carnivore. I don't think ancestral man would pass up the kill of an animal for that green weed growing out of the ground. Just saying.
Couldn't AGREE more,, I work at your local YMCA and see this played out everday,, seniors using machines and walking ,,, at 63 I try to be a role model for the Barbell Prescription but only get glares when they see me squatting and deadlifting.
I'm a petite 62 yr old and Starting Strength is the best thing I ever did. I already out lift the personal trainers at my gym and they're half my age. And it's a busy gym and I've only ever seen 1 or 2 other people squatting or deadlifting correctly. It's the usual half squats with gloves and bar pads. Even one guy who wraps a towel around the bar. And nobody has proper belts, lifting shoes, or knee sleeves.
Thanks Rip: I am 67 and wanna train for Strength. I have ( had) your book, I got injured at my job 35 yrs ago, had to have my knees operational on! And I am having problems with my knees now..but I wanna train
Mark, I've been lifting since 1984 and I'll be 64 this year. I've lifted in powerlifting meets Doug Patterson ran from MAC barbell out of grand prairie tx. You've been a judge in some of those meets. At 64 I will sat I've never had high blood pressure or have to take medication like people younger than me. I attribute this all to lifting weights. I've always said that they will carry me feet first out of a gym. I honestly don't know what I would do if I had to stop lifting.
63 been lifting most of my life. Its an enjoyable part of my day. Even do cleans and snatches
59 years old. Discovered Starting Strength 10 months ago. Love doing squats, deadlifts, presses and bench. Still adding a little more weight each time. Thought I could never pull 405. 385 is my best single deadlift.
It wont be long. Squats are 370 for 3 triples. Pressing 140 3 sets of 5.
Chins and pushing the sled twice per week as well. Went from 185 to 250. Doing 5 sets of 5 chins. This program is fun.
Good for you. I'm turning 52 in a few weeks. I've trained most of my life since about 13, with a few years off here and there, but more on than off. At nearly 52 I'm flat benching 325, squatting 435 and deadlifting 450. Hope to hit 500 on deadlift! It's a lifestyle and has been for me for a long time. Lifting is as much a part of my life as work, eating and sleeping.
@@dickjohnson7845 I stumbled on starting strength when I was 58. I gave up the biking and just lift. I really enjoy seeing how much I can lift.
I'm 58 and benching more than 3 plates (315 pounds) and I'm setting a planned milestone (not a goal, a milestone) of 405 (4 plates) before 60. And I intend to continue to increasing my strength and getting a larger but excellent physique as long as I am capable of doing so. I also do squats and deadlifts but I'm currently more focused on my upper body than on my legs which are quite solid at this point. (I do not skip leg days.)
I am trying to get more folks into lifting. Many older folks think the barbell is dangerous and that machines are safer.
Rippetoe needs to be cloned, for the sake of humanity! Thanks Mark your videos help us all.
I have been weight training since I was 12 years old.. I am now 68. All the people in my life who have been life-long weight trainers are, without exception, the most health people I know. These are not "body builders" who use a lot of extras - these are just people who have watched their diets and lifted 3-4 times/week.
Amen Brother Rip.I am a female right at that 60 mark and intend to always lift. I do try and pass on the message of how awesome strength training is for us older folks. Some people listen....but most do not. And lady's, it really good for bones. Try this before you do those "bone building" injections they try to sell you.
Yes, yes, yes! I'm approaching the 60-year mark and am a USPA powerlifter. Strength training completely changed my health and my body for the positive.
What happens when you get stronger carries over into every aspect of your life! Damn straight. Been lifting since my 20s but have really seen incredible changes over the last 5 months of SS and I’m 58!
SS= social security?
@@jamesgilmore1684 = Starting Strength
Wow! that is some hard truth that you're sharing. People have so much time to waste every day, but they can't find the time to exercise. For crying out loud, you can actually watch Dancing With the Stars while you exercise.
'The opposite of love is not hate, it is laziness'. M Scott Peck. This is derived from his positing that love is not a feeling but an action.
I can’t even get my friends or family to take up training. People want instant results and the furthest most get is some light dumbbells or a gym membership. I’m consistently asked ‘why’ I want to lift heavy weights, or I’m told that it’s ‘silly’ at my age, or that I will hurt myself, or some such. I watch friends of my age curling up like dry autumn leaves, legs and backsides wasting away and shoulders rounding - some will ask what they can do about it, but they don’t mean to do anything. I’ve even shown a few how to lift, but not one of them continued to regular lifting. Once I used to evangelise the benefits, but not any more; if they wanted to lift they’d be lifting.
Statistically it's the safest sport you can do. It's one of the best things I ever did. And yes it requires dedication and hard work, people only want quick fixes. People don't know what they don't know. I hate running and I suck at ball sports. I love lifting, you just stand there, lift the heavy thing and put it down again. Simple. Hard. Effective. And you get stronger physically and mentally every week.
@@SueRosalie People are just lazy. My friend has goute and I suggested it might be time to lose the belly fat and start a program of exercise and diet. Nah, he prefers to pop a pill because it works and saves him from having to reduce his treats. Some of us just have focus and are prepared to work hard to achieve better health, strength and aesthetics - we enjoy the work and for whatever reason they don’t.
That's true, people don't want to do hard stuff, I have a colleague who is all skin and bones, has a history of health issues etc, and often wears something for her hurting elbow. I told her about loaded rotation exercises doing wonders for golfer/tennis elbow issues (saved me when I experienced it from chin ups, still doing it regularly for prevention), I think she literally didn't hear it. There is this persistent belief that if you have something wrong you need to go especially easy, rest, avoid using, etc.
Edit: actually some people DO want to do hard stuff, but hey are misled, for example this colleague will do cardio etc, which is great but there is definitely a stigma around "heavy" weight (using quote and quote because when you show a 12 kg kettlebell to people they freak out)
I do. Age 70, do squats, Deadlifts, Bench and Press. Works fine with me.
Turning 58 in a few days, can't imagine life without strength training.
For me I rather be healthy and do the bench squat and deadlift and Ohp
This guy is the best in the business.
Hay Marc great job on this video I have been stringth training for about 5 years steady and doing well well with it thanks 🏋️ and yes iam 60 years old
youre funny Mark love listening and proud to be part of the narrow subset , 54 now and lifting heavier all the time 4 years in and following your method is definitely best for us older people, ive tried higher volumes and crash and burn every time but 5x5 realy works and im PR ing all the time
I'm 57 and planning on starting powerlifting.
67 here. Started SS. Getting stronger. Getting better.
Truth is, it’s hard work. Most people don’t want to work hard. Toot my own horn a little, 5’7, 170. Still do, the 110 dumbells for 10 reps on flat bench. 235 seated military press for 2 reps. 7 plates on leg press for 8, wrapped. Do you want to lift heavy? Then you have to lift heavy. Work hard man!
Old man, sorry you don't train for endurance or strength. 66 years old, work out 7 days a week, bench 155lb every day. Max was 175 before a month off the recover from eye surgery, will be back at that soon enough. At 155lb after a week back in the gym. Started low and just worked back up to be safe. Will try 165lb this week, and aim for 185 by fall and 225 by end of the year.
I was a “personal trainer” for just under 20 years.
My clientele were 85% 60+ and 85% females. I had the powerlifting and throwing in cleans and farmers walk with sled drags and they THRIVED!
I misunderstood the title of this video. After decades of intense strength and cardio, X-rays show bone on bone in shoulders, knees and getting there in hips. Pain is almost continual and prevents good sleep. That's why this guy's training is dramatically altered. To train intensely in elder years, you either had to start late or have fabulous conformation and supreme capacity for articular cartilage regeneration.
I guess I have lived my entire life Bass ackwards. I am 65 and now deadlift 450 and front squat 250. Seated hammer strength machine row, 1 arm 225 x 10 for sets. Can’t load more weight. I love training with heavy weight. ( note: I’m 70% disabled vet, effects squats deadlifts the most). Curl 165 strict x 1. My bench is weak. Working on shoulders. Now 70 x3 dumbbells is my max. This is frustrating, because back in the day at Ft. Hood, I could bench 405 just walking into the gym. Enjoy the process. Work. All the best. Always.
I never liked your term "WE" are narrowcasting. I'm glad you kinda corrected it here. You broadcast no matter what it is, then even if it's only a few who pick up on it, will find it. But you gotta broadcast so people can find it.
I am receiving the message Rip.
I could not agree more. Less pain, more energy and an overall great feeling is why I lift, row, walk/jog, hit the bags and soon will have a Concept 2 BikeErg at the age of 65.
Love a workout plan already in good shape 68 years old
Brothers sports science text book. A 92 year old guy added 50% diameter to his thighs from 92 to 94. I dont know his starting condition or the workout but still amazed me at that age could still add muscle mass.
I’m 68 and although I’ve done conditioning of some sort almost all of my adult life I’m 10 months into weightlifting programs. I have definitely had amazing results in those 10 months. I’m going home to my country in a few weeks with further ambitions. I will be joining a gym and starting the 5x5 program. My off days will be minimal cardio because if I do nothing I get bored and my diet goes to hell. The way for seniors is to lift heavy for fewer reps. There’s enough scientific studies out there to prove this. I have no pain or injuries anywhere in my body..which is bs luck considering all that I’ve done in my life. I can hardly wait to begin the 5x5.
I'm not 60+, but I enjoy the hard work precisely because it's the rewarding work. Rewarding work is never hard for me because of this. At least, this is my mentality at 30. I'll have to see how or if this changes at 60.
I'm 67 female trainer .mostly training with barbell... squats, bench ,overhead press deadlift( my favorite) power clean bucep curls scull crushes bent over row ....you are right older people rather walk traidmil 😡 or do water exersises it makes me angry
Young people are even worse! My gym is full of healthy young girls in their prime and what are they doing? Strolling on the treadmill; throwing in a few lightweight bicep curls; some silly hip thrusts and stretches then that's it, they go home! All they care about is looking thin and not getting strong. Meanwhile at 62 I'm 1.5-2 hours going through my Starting Strength program and getting stronger every week.
0:38 TO YOU AND *ME*
I'm 69, 6' 4', 180lbs. Body fat is good, respiration good. I've had a hip replacement for nine years. The only thing it limits me in is running/jogging. Can a person like me do deadlifts and squats ?
Don’t see why not
'Til the wheels fall off
I am 60 and having been working out off and on since high school. The past 5 years I turned it up. Everyone cannot believe I am 60. I squat, Dl, Pull ups, ring dips/push ups/rows 2--3 week. and I feel great. I use rings highly recommend them.....My GF is happy too, LOL
How would I persuade my father that strength training is important? He's 60 years old in the gym 1-3 times a week but seems to have completely missed the memo on progressive overload and has not progressed from a 115 lb bench press and thinks walking is the best leg exercise for old age. I know he is physically capable of training to much heavier weights, but he insists that he's "doing enough" and that his "goals are different" so it's not beneficial for him to develop a competent level of strength to stave off aging. I love my dad and I want him to be physically free as long as possible.
Do you think weight lifting will help older folks strengthen their hips with arthritis?
70 here, been exercising for 32 years, recently got into kettlebells ,great workout , mix it with some dumbbell movements ,planks and feel great.( messed up my pects with excessive weight but not the end of the world).
what do the engineers from prometheus deadlift at 60 years old?
63, jiujitsu and judo 2 x a week, lift 4 x per week. The heavy lifts coupled with time under tension ( I do my 3x5, : 5 down : 5 hold : 1 up ) and isometrics ( example holding my squat in the bucket : 20 ) have greatly enhanced my grappling. The Transverse Plane / Coiling work should be a big focus as well as you get older. Stay rotational my friends.
Excellent Information Video !!
Every major and midsize city in Florida should be a gold mine.
I used to train for bench press contests. I used to powerlift. I used to lift heavy heavy weights. I am getting older and I still train bodybuilding with heavy weights. I do cardio (biking) and I lift weights. You aren't talking to me.
64 years old. I do 500 reps with 70 lbs of kettlebell’s every other day of the week. On that other day I do overhand pull ups and Turkish get ups. On kettlebell day, do double swings, double snatches, double press’s and double squats. And then a set of push ups. All this repeated 5 times.
"Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder but nobody wants to lift damn heavy weights." - I think Ronnie Coleman said that. Yeah, buddy!
You should hope OK comes along. It’s what you call Strategic Depth. Without them you’re on the front line.
I would like to deadlift but my knees are screwed.
Been doing body weight most of my adult life (just turned 72) and kettlebells the past 3-4 years. Would like to add some power lifting to my training but don’t know where or how to start. Suggestions for a book for beginning weight lifting? Would like to work the big 3: squat, bench, deadlifts
barbell prescription
Thanks for the video. I’m told to just walk. Like to lift, walking is boring. Need to lift before it’s too late
walking is just the bare minimum to keep your heart going. You need to train to lift heavy to maintain bone and muscle mass in your later years. It's never too late to start.
Happy to be a narrow sub-set.
63
Thanks!
I would love for my dad to start lifting with me
I have 2 client over 60 who come in and really put in great numbers. The always say oh yeah I forget I'm okd
Doesn't have to be a Starting Strength gym, either. Running, mobility training, and strength training with the floor, a pullup bar, and gymnastic rings work just fine, if what you're after is health in your 60s and beyond. There are lots of options for a healthy lifestyle, so you need not feel bound by a dislike of some particular activity, as long as you're willing to get active consistently.
I have bp and take medication. Can I do strength training? Need your help.
.....for God's sake, open one in Metro Virginia please.
Mr. Rippetoe, do you reccomend people over 60 take more rest days between workout days? Thank you.
refer to the Barbell Prescription textbook - there is lengthy discussion of recovery times and programming for each age group
@@SueRosalie Ty!
Would love to have you guys in Europe
The first problem is that human aren't able to take care about they health situation in the future already today. The human nature isnt defined through the capability of planning for the far future. The second problem is that the most people had sport last time at school and forgot about how it feels. So there is only way to prevent the immobility or other issues of older persons to educate and to train soon enough. I'm sure it is possible to change the human behavior in general and In my opinion schools would be the perfect place to start.
Planks? Good for 65+ ?
Yes
We need one in central Arkansas
It doesn't take that long, every other day, less than an hour, done.
Wow....... So true and so sad as well
I'm interested in Miami How do i get the wheels started?
Your such a sweetie pie rip
I love mark Rippletoe
Very informative, Coach. I am 50, doing heavy compound stuff, training every day. Hope to keep being able to train at 60... I see ppl my age doing isolation fluff n pump, it's crazy. How come they think chest flyes machine, pec dec, biceps curl, upright row, leg extension are so popular? They are easy. Fluff
If you continue, you will be able to continue.
dont train every day, starting strenght is full body every other day
@@Luke41lol I agree, I don't do heavy compunds every day. On active recovery days I do gymnastics, pullups, mobility, swimming, barbell complexes etc... Cheers
Strength is 5x5 linear progression, program A: strict OHP, squat, rows + accessories, Program B: Close grip paused bench, front squats, weighted dips, deadlifts
@@lawrencehamm1478 cheers
@Lars Rye Jeppesen - Same to you. Keep up the great work!!!
HOLY ACK....get on with it...JESUS stop rambling on