Injury comparison by program
Brief intro, first time posting here:
52 year old ex LSU defensive back, been lifting all my life. In the past have done HIT, Mentzer, Nautilus, IART, a bit of Hatfield programs. Ran a Nautilus gym back in the day, found SS last year, got the book and DVD, been having a ball. Redoing power cleans after 34 years brings back many memories. :)
Please do not think of this post as an attempt at being inflammatory, but an honest question of safety and longevity. I hope it comes across that way.
Since having to answer this question to several folks of all ages recently, I thought it best to get the facts straight from the coaches on this board. This is not in reference to younger folks, but us older guys and gals.
Let's say our subject is an out of shape, 45 year old male. After 5 years, now at 50, he has a 500 lb deadlift, 400 squat, 300 bench, 200 press. All good. But what price did it come at? SuperSlow and their gang say he will have zero injuries on their protocol and equipment. I have seen it and agree, their injury rates are pretty much zero. For HIT, depends on who you ask. In the Hatfield, Weider, et al camp, my guess is the guy is torn to shreds and probably cannot lift anymore.
What say ye of SS? I have found in the manual references to "a life time of heavy benching is hard on the shoulders" and "even if you do everything right you still can get hurt", etc. And we are not talking about competitive lifting, but just SS workouts done to protocol. Would you "expect" there to be injuries, acute or chronic? Or is the expectation that if done correctly this older guy should be injury free?
Thanks for all input.