Originally Posted by
Kyle Aaron
Rosemary, 58kg 64yo school teacher, previous herniated lumbar discs, this morning sqautted 25kg 5x5 and deadlifted 60kg for a single.
These are not lifts I'd expect to impress anyone here. But when she started she couldn't do a single goblet squat with anywhere near good form, it was a goodmorning squat with knee valgus collapse etc. She sees me once a week, this was week 18; we could have progressed more quickly, but I like to be slow and steady when it comes to previous injuries, especially in the back. She's dedicated, repeats our workouts during the week, the session is just to step things up and/or introduce a new exercise.
Given that a quarter of people over 70 can't sit down and stand up without using forward weight shift and their hands, nor pick 5kg off the ground and walk with it, I think if she keeps this up she'll be doing well.
Her school is having everyone do a "reflections" presentation, she's doing it on "resilience" and strength is part of that obviously, she had me take pictures, if she sends them I'll post them up.