Starting Strength Forums - The Elderly

More Proof Old Guys Rule

ColoWayno — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:53:40 GMT

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/05/0...-gardner-home/

Quote:

�He came in and that�s when I grabbed him by the throat and slammed him down on the floor and told him to stay on the floor and not to put his hands in his pockets. I didn�t know if he had a knife or a gun on him,� Salame said.

Nagging knee and (hopefully) a fix

God of Thunder — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:13:34 GMT

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Current lifts

Packard — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:39:42 GMT

I will be 65 in August. I am listing my current lifts:

Bench Press: 275 pounds x 4 reps
Dead Lift: 315 x 2 reps (just started dead lifting last month).

No squats, because of creaky knees.

But I do leg presses on one of those machines that pushes up on a 45 degree angle.

I am hopeful to reach 300 pounds on the bench by August 12 (my 65th birthday)

Attitudes towards 'elderly' correlate to eventual risk of stroke or heart attack

Titanium — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:38:04 GMT

The researchers don't explain the correlation but it's an interesting find. They rated folks on the Attitudes Towards Older People Scale in 1968 and followed their outcomes over almost 40 years.

The people with negative "views towards older people" had greater likelihood of stroke or heart attack.

http://www.ergo-log.com/looking-down...rt-attack.html

Carson pulls 185

Jonathon Sullivan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:31:08 GMT

67 yo; started training barbells with us in February. Still trying to get him to keep his elbows straight and chest up, but he's made good progress from his 75 lb dead 2 months ago. No signs of slowing down...this set looked pretty easy to me.

Still trying to get his shoulder/elbow flexibility to where he can LB squat. For now he's a deadlift specialist.

Dealing with schedule interruptions

pkelly54 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:28:59 GMT

What programming do you use when you are faced with commitments which prevent a normal workout frequency? That is when workout frequencies are limited to once per week or less. Geezers generally move from the SS linear progression to the Texas Method. After some time on the Texas Method, many geezers may move to a TM with 72 hours between workouts, or even a twice a week program. Dr. Sullivan�s blog had such a program for a while.

I notice Mark recently said he does one set of squats and one set of pulls every other week. I know from other advanced lifters do heavy workouts as infrequently as once per month. They may do lighter workouts in the time between the heavy ones.

I am not advanced and I would guess most geezers would not consider themselves advanced lifters, so once a week workouts are not for us. However, life seems to wreak havoc on plans to workout anywhere close to three times a week for either LP or TM. Would you please share how you can successfully handle periods where you can not do a scheduled program? How to you attempt to maintain your gains? What do you do for recovery when you can get back to a more regular schedule?