Next Starting Strength Radio Q&A - Drop your questions here

[stef]

A new Q&A is going to be recorded this week. Post your best questions here today and tomorrow and they just might be answered, discussed, and/or chewed up and spit out on the next Starting Strength Radio podcast Q&A episode.

[N.B. - If you're shy, send them to radio@startingstrength.com]

[Barry Halls]

I haven’t heard any “how much should I weigh” questions for exceptionally short dudes. Have the coaches worked with any dudes on the far left of the bell curve? If so, what body weights do they like to see for short guys?

What tendencies, strengths, or weaknesses have they seen in these unfortunate souls?

You can skip this or include it:

I am 40 years old, 5’1” and 150 lbs - up from a starting weight of 132. Initially my goal was to weigh 170 but once I hit 150, the weight gain ground to a halt. At 150 lbs, my best numbers are

305 bench for a single
432.5 squat for a single
205 press for a single
420 deadlift for a single

Should weight gain be a priority or do I have Rip’s blessing to hold the course?

[s.oliver]

Rip, you mentioned in your article "Form Creep" that perfect technique in any movement is virtually an impossibility.

What is the tolerance zone for each lift where technique is imperfect - but what could be called "acceptable" - mostly in the sense of minimising risk of injury?

Many of my clients are 60yrs+. Some challenges in their movement I have come across: in the press, bar cannot be locked out above mid-foot due to limitations in shoulder mobility; some clients with a history of back injury/surgery having difficulty setting the lower back into extension in the deadlift.

The goal of coaching is to improve the technique of a lifter to get him to move closer to the criteria of a model. How close is "close enough"? Is there such a thing?