It’s Never Too Late for Starting Strength by Victoria Holt | May 12, 2026 I’m a 53yr old grandmother and I started strength training on the advice of my healthcare provider. That’s the short version. When I first visited my provider, I had a laundry list of complaints, nearly all of them stemming from perimenopause. Some were obviously related to my age... Continue reading
Mike's Story by Steve Ross, SSC | February 11, 2026 [S]trength isn’t just what happens under a barbell. It’s what lets you get up when everything in you would rather stay down. It’s what lets you tolerate discomfort long enough to do what needs to be done. It’s what keeps you participating in your own life when things get hard, instead of slowly disappearing from it. Continue reading
Confessions of a Fat SSC by Michael Jones, SSC | October 02, 2025 There is a reputation. A bad reputation. A dirty cliché of a reputation that is hurtful and untrue. Well, mostly untrue. And it is that we are all fat. Strong and fat, at least. And there is a good reason for it: many of us are, or have been at one time. And there is a good reason for that: gains. Continue reading
Cardiac RehabilitationCase Study of a Patient That Sustained a Myocardial Infarction and Subsequent Congestive Heart Failure by Alexander Pisanello, DPT | September 25, 2025 The subject of this case study is a 76-year-old male that sustained a myocardial infarction and underwent a left anterior descending artery bypass graft on January 5, 2025. As a result of the infarction and subsequent surgical procedure, he had a left ventricular ejection fraction of 25%. Continue reading
No One Cares About Your PRs by Phil Ringman | August 12, 2025 One of the advantages of not beginning weight training until later in life, versus starting at a young age, is that virtually everything you do – at least for a while – is a Personal Record. Now, at age 71, PRs don't come as often or as easily as they used to, but I recently pulled a lifetime PR on the deadlift, a month later topped that with another PR of 347.5 lb, and I'll likely top that again in the next few weeks. Continue reading
