I had one of my periodic medication and blood pressure reviews yesterday and my regular doc is on vacation. The one I saw is my age, 60 and we were...

I heard this on the news driving into work today. http://martial-arts-sources.blogspot.com/2011/08/fukuda-sensei-10th-dan.html She is the...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802125549.htm ScienceDaily (Aug. 2, 2011) — Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have...

Dearest StartingStrength Community, If you would please remove the ignore feature from this forum, it would be greatly appreciated. Regards, ...

Did any of you older fellas gain much bodyweight on SS novice program? I'm 42 yo. I started SS Novice about 10 weeks ago at 215 pounds and almost...

Today I went to the gym. I planned to squat and do chins + the lying french press ( I wanted to give it a shot because I like it but it has always...

Has anybody here bought the book, "Gray Hair and Black Iron" by Brooks Kubik. If so, is it worth the 35 bucks to buy it? It's specifically directed...

I did this some months back when the elderly were less populous than now. It must have been the full moon but all of a sudden more old guys are...

I usually just have to put up with the usual "don't squat", "don't break parallel", "you'll blow your knees" (BOOM!), etc... when I squat. Our Y has...

I tore the annulus to a disk in my lower back deadlifting and took 6 weeks off. Ate what I wanted, got an extra hour of sleep in the morning, and...

Hi guys, a quick advice about Clean and its variations: I'd like to incorporate it into my routine but since I've never tried it I don't know...

I don't know if you have been following the minor ferment among us gathering gaggle of geezers here, but we've been trying to sort ourselves out in...

This showed up this morning on my Journal Watch service, which I have set to scan for new articles on brain ischemia, stroke, insulin, AKT,...

OK--did SS novice version (54, 6'1",270) got to 332 squats, 379 deads, 185 bench, 115 press. Time to lean-out. Any advice suggestions as to what...

I have typically worked out either first thing in the morning before work, or early in the evening after work. Most of the people I see working out...

and lifting on and off for yrs...should i squat 3x week or 2..? my max is only 250ish but has dropped of late. seems that if i sq and dl weekly one...

Hi guys, just passed a vety sad period lately: I had a strange tendonitis in both hands and a carpal tunnel that is slowly recovering (I don't know...

I'm 40 and was making pretty decent progress on SS. Day before yesterday I hit a new PR on the squat and felt good about it. I went to deadlift and...

Hi, I'm new here but I have been lurking for a month or two. I'm 51 years old and I started SS about 2 months ago. My problem is that I can't...

Check out this video of Rich Sediv. He's in his late 40´s, doesn't look like he's ever been in a weight room, and can deadlift 670 at a body weight...