Great video and great channel. I absolutely agree with you - I'm 49 this year and lift more than most 20 year olds I know. Strength is practical for daily life and helps increase bone density and alot more
@socrayes2010
3 ай бұрын
Thank you Doc! Paramedic FF out of Oregon here working hard toward that SSC and made my first trip to WFAC this April. I'm running my own gym full time now, this is my new healthcare. Bamm!!!!
@raywatlington5651
3 жыл бұрын
What an inspiring commentary.
@everydaycopd9309
4 жыл бұрын
outstanding. Getting seniors to understand their potential is very rewarding. Keep up the good works I will be sending folks your way.
@GreySteel
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you and thanks for watching!
@daleh1234
Жыл бұрын
I like your vibe, Doc! You ooze professional confidence and competence. And God bless your dedication to helping those in extreme need. At the same time I very much disagree with your embrace of lifting heavy...not only for seniors, but for everyone regardless of age. Why? Basically because at the end of the day we are bipedal primates that are born to run, not born to do heavy lifting. The biomechanics of balancing on two feet with the spine vertical is a structural nightmare of a trade off that comes at the very high price of chronic back pain, herniated discs, sciatica, scoliosis, etc. and any variety of hip, knee and ankle problems that often result from constantly having to keep our balance while walking and standing on two feet. As regards lifting heavy the vulnerability created by bipedalism is the concentration of all weight lifted down into the lumbar spine. Thus from a biomechanics point of view deadlifting 300 lbs is imprudent in the extreme. Why do it when a pair of 25 or 35lbs. kettlebells is all the weight one needs to get fit and stay as strong as the normal demands of an active life requires? Judging from your biceps you look pretty strong and you can probably deadlift well more than 300lbs. Congratulations, but how will this serve you in the long run? Please check out how the chronically aching joints of Arnold at age 76 and Frank Zane at age 80 rue ever having lifted heavy. Consider please that as a "mesomorph" yourself your built-in physiological bias is to lift heavy to build big muscles, but at the same that this bias would not well serve a 77 year old "ectomorph" like me. I have nothing to prove regards my physical strength and I am as pleased as punch that my joints are still in good shape because I balance HIIT sprinting with light kettlebells workouts. I wish you good luck even though, with respect, I deem your heavy lifting approach misguided.
@GreySteel
Жыл бұрын
I don't suppose you've actually read the book Here's a question: Is it REALLY your position that people who train for strength get arthritis...but cardiobunnies DON'T? Here's another question: Is it REALLY your impression that the forces experienced by our skeleton, like our lumbar spine, are limited to what we weigh and carry? Do you have any conception that the physical forces applied to our spine can reach far in excess of 300 lbs, even without lifting 300 lbs? Yet another question: Is it REALLY your impression that we just tell people to lift heavy weights without a very gradual approach called "training" that permits steady adaptation and progressive increases in strength, and it is REALLY your impression that the available biomedical evidence and our own clinical experience shows that this is anything but incredibly safe--safer, in fact, than running or tennis? One more qustion: Is it REALLY your conception that we are promoting bodybuilding or powerifting a la Zane or Arnold? Never mind. You clearly HAVE NOT read the book, which means you haven't been exposed to any of the voluminous published data that might challenge what you've been told by people who know not whereof they speak. You've just made assumptions about our approach and welded them onto your unsubstantiated preconceptions without bothering to actually investigate and evaluate what we're really talking about. We see this all the time. So while I'm feeling expansive today, I'm not going to engage with this further until you've actually done some homework. Thanks for your post.
@daleh1234
Жыл бұрын
@@GreySteel Have a great day!
@MrJake719
7 жыл бұрын
Hello Dr. Sullivan, I had a question about your programming. Do you coach cleans with this age group? I recently got started with Starting Strength and my coach doesn't coach it with over-40s. Thank you, the videos look good!
@GreySteel
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr. Jake! The short answer is: It depends. It depends on the trainee's aptitude, desire, and ability to tolerate the movement. Cleans can be hard on Masters. They apply impulsive stresses to joints, and PROBABLY result in more tweaks and minor injuries, from which Masters are slower to recover. And most Masters will not be able to clean the same percentage of their dead that a younger lifter can, which calls into question the utility of the lift for this population. But some just LOVE the clean (I do), and some older lifters tolerate them pretty well. IF they have the aptitude and the desire to train cleans, and IF the movement doesn't beat them up or interfere with recovery, I coach them. I'm training a lady who does very nice snatches and clean-jerks at 67, and a 54 year-old gentleman who trains the power snatch. So they aren't absolutely contraindicated, but they must be used with great care and caution in the over-40 athlete. .
@MrJake719
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the reply. This fits with my reaction, which was "I'll do 'them if I want to!".
@BrianPatrick-rj3bm
7 ай бұрын
New sub here in Ireland fantastic to find you're channel I am a 60yo with a goal 👍
@nitrokale7045
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. I actually get very emotional watching this because I know the power of this training and I wish everybody knew about it!
@GreySteel
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Nitro.
@tim2015
Жыл бұрын
I have sent Dr Sullivan's 'Barbell Prescription' video to many online penfriends... perhaps everyone watching knows someone who might be interested or might benefit from this.
@gmpaulmiller
2 жыл бұрын
Great to be an athlete of aging… training for the physique stage to celebrate turning 70 in two years.
@karenjagers2197
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. I wish you were closer to me.
@jbjb4411
4 жыл бұрын
Great work sir
@Roro-dr7bg
6 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!!!! Thank you !
@sullydawg
6 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@oldnatty61
9 ай бұрын
Oh!...you're a Starting Strength disciple? Now I understand.
@GreySteel
9 ай бұрын
Natty, we've all known, for a long time, that you don't understand ANYTHING.
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