The SECRET to Healthy Aging with Barbells
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- What's it all about? Dr. Jonathon Sullivan (aka Sully) explains why exercise is the best medicine for older adults, why the best FORM of exercise medicine is strength training, and why the best ROUTE of strength training medicine is through barbells. If you're over fifty, it's time to enter the Iron Age and get strong with The Barbell Prescription.
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I am 77 and have been lifting since I was 14. Health and fitness are the key to longevity, plain and simple. Investing in a exercise routine is definitely one of the most important things a person can do. It doesn't have to be long or too hard but enough to stimulate a positive response. I even have a Schwinn Aerdyne Bicycle next to my recliner. I hop on it at night while watching tv. Just for the sake of movement.
Thanks Sully. I reside in Arizona but I've been to Greysteel before. Don't stop spreading the good word about barbells!
Was impressed with the amount of weights everyone was lifting. Good for them, and inspiration for me.
Thanks, Sully! Age 86, and doing what I can, most every day.
That, good Ken, is what AN ATHLETE DOES.
Thank you Doc. I watched your videos 3 years ago and bought your book. I am 54 with hip a replacement 3 years ago.
Thanks to your work/influence, I have been lifting solid for 3 years now. My physique is beginning to look better than most around me, including younger folks. I feel great and I am rather strong at this point.
People are coming to me about training advice.
I can run, squat, dead lift even kick box. Your explanation of why we must resistance train for health and aging as well as your ,"dosing explanation" of lifting really helped.
Your video popped up and I wanted to say thanks.
David.
Great job, David! Thanks for the kind words.
I have your book and I can say that things really started changing for me when I started lifting and exercising. Health improved. Remission. Nice dexa results. Skeletal muscle growth. Grip strength. Stress and anxiety dissolved in the gym. Im 63 and the barbell has been the best medicine for me.
Thank you. So glad we could play a role.
Thank you so much for this video, Jonathan. Everyone, no matter what age needs to watch this. My wife has always shunned strength training, even though I am a former competitive powerlifter. I bought your book just 3 months ago and it has revolutionised my own training at age 58. I just showed my wife this video and she was so impressed that she immediately asked me if I would help her begin her strength training journey in our home gym. Now, how powerful is that? I can't thank you enough.
@@andyjsmallwood excellent.
This is the real revolution. Barbell training will change the world and will make humans to exploit their full potential. Keep on the great work for changing the world , Sully!
Turning 50 tomorrow and cannot agree with the content here more. Adding barbell as a core strength and conditioning aspect of my martial arts training made all of the difference in ability to train, recovery, and performance. So much so, that it’s now a key facet of the open source martial arts framework I’m developing and releasing in modules. Love the channel, keep on evangelizing the needful! 👏🙌
I discovered SS 4 years ago. As a now 58 year old….this changed my life. I’ll never stop.
Another great video, Sully. Note the confidence and delight in the faces of the men and women in this video - what an outcome!
All you say here is right based on my experience. All. When I took up heavy dead lifting in my 40s, my back pains disappeared. At age 75 I deadlifted a personal best and at 76 I deadlift 2 1/2 times my body weight 8-10 times a week. No back pain, no injuries that are more than occasional one or two-day niggles, no soreness after exercise. I can do 8 hours yardwork non-stop. And I enjoy it as much as the people depicted in this video.
You are KILLING IT! Great job.
I'm 59 and living the dream in my garage gym! Train on everyone!!
Excellent, everyone needs to be doing this to the best of their ability. It works!
Sully, thanks very much for this priceless video and super motivating
At 63, I fully believe lifting weights is real medicine. I always love your message. Keep on lifting folks!
Thank You Sully.
I'm sending this video to everyone i know!
THAT's what I'm talkin' 'bout. Thanks.
Dr. Sullivan, I first heard about Starting Strength via The Barbell Prescription which I found in our local library (copy since MIA). Been doing the program now for 3.5 years (via YT videos and the like), and age 64, strongest in my life, setting PRs. I FINALLY picked up a copy of Rip's Blue Book and fairly soon will get a copy of your book as well, Many thanks.
Thanks for watching and commenting, Robert.
I like the success stories you do. They inspire us to get up and move.
Thanks!
Been preaching the Barbell Prescription since 2017,, met you in Baltimore on your book tour. I work for your local Y and have given your book to more than a few to review. SADLY the book comes back and they go right back to their machines. Unfortunately the Y doesnt embrace barbell strength training for ANY demographic,, trust me i've tried. Maybe I can convince ONE to take the leap and change their lives,,, I'll keep the faith !!!
Great stuff thanks for sharing.
Exercise is a medicine.
I Totally agree
Fabulous. Thanks for restating this information and the clips of Greysteelers pushing weights. I am 63 and lifted for the last 2 years after a 30 years hiatus. I have loved the gym since being introduced to it, but life eventually got in the way. It is great to be on the road to health again.
I am 76; 77 in early July. Started lifting in August 2023, weighed 210 then, weigh 179 now at 5'10.5" (not optimal for 82 5kg class, lol). Doing competition bench lifts with pause at start, bottom, and lockout, have a personal best of 102.5kg (226lb). Am not willing to concede anything to old age; goal is 1.5x. Would love to do deadlifts and/or squats in competution, but 4 knee operations and arthritis prevent me from meeting standards. My feeling is we should always look to lift more, not just maintain. The body always wants to do just a max of 95% of your peak; if all you try to do is maintain,you will actually do less than what is needed to maintain. Try for that 105% or 110% or you will decline, imo.
Always inspiring and educational. Thank you Sully.
Excellent session.....Thankyou
Love those platforms!
Yeah, we're proud of them! Thanks for watching.
nicely done
You’re all stars. Those Olympic lifts, wow.
I am over 50 and wonder if dumbbell training would be a good alternative as I age since I have a full set of dumbbells or if I should join a gym so I can do barbell training. Is barbell training superior for me over dumbbells as I age? Please give your prescription, and thank you in advance.
That's an individual decision to be made by you, your coach, and perhaps your doctor, depending on your circumstances and the availability of good facilities and coaching. The book will perhaps help you make up your mind before you go out looking to make changes. Let us know what you decide.
Hi Sully. Im in my mid 40's how does calories requirements differ for guys in their 40s and beyond? Is the aim still to slowly gain body weight per week? Thanks
It differs. In general you can handle calories and protein less efficiently as you age, which is a nice way of saying it doesn't take as many calories to make you fat. No surprise: you stopped growing, in the developmental sense of the word. If you're underweight, you want to gain muscle without adding TOO much fat. If you're overweight, you'd like to build muscle AND burn fat, which is absolutely possible. The most important thing is to track your body comp and macros and train.
Thanks. So really there is a fine line between eating enough to perform, recover and adapt and getting overly fat.
@palmlifeuk3553 Fraid so--but it's not so much a tightrope as you might think. It just requires some basic vigilance and maintenance.
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You don’t have to lift barbells for healthy aging. Acquiring muscle mass does not ensure for a healthy longevity. The exercises shown lack mental stimulation, social engagement & life enjoyment while exercising., unless your definition of life enjoyment is looking at the mirror & admire your muscular physique. I have been dancing for 40 yrs to. Variety of dancing styles. Like Ballroom, Latin including Salsa Bachata , Argentine Tango, West Coast Swing, Hustle, etc. I am now 86 yrs old, male, I still dance & attend dance parties 4 to 5 times a week, for at least 2 hrs. Attending dance parties enabled me to reach this old age, enjoying life while exercising without LIFTING Barbells.
I'm glad you've been taking care of yourself and I love the variety in your lifestyle. But...you don't know what you're talking about.
If you actually knew what you were talking about, you wouldn't have said anything so INCREDIBLY MISINFORMED as:
"The exercises shown lack mental stimulation, social engagement & life enjoyment while exercising., unless your definition of life enjoyment is looking at the mirror & admire your muscular physique."
This sentence is nothing but very strong evidence that you've never had any experience with anything like what we're talking about. Even at 86, one can endeavour to learn new things: Like, for example, the wisdom of educating oneself on a given matter before spouting a contentious opinion on that whereof one knows nothing.
@@GreySteel No that is not by my ignorance, I have met a lot of muscular people & they tend to have a narcissistic attitude. There are others who are not. My statement that the exercise lack mental stimulation, social engagement , Here is the reason why I chose Dancing as an exercise from an excerpt from Scientists in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.” Dancing can actually reverse brain changes that occur due to aging. People in the study who did a variety of dancing styles for an hour 3 times a week had healthier white matter in a part of the brain linked with memory. Scientists believe that the combination of exercise(Dancing), mental stimulation & social engagement make dancing a good choice for holding off the effects of aging” Are the Scientists wrong in Their assessment .they never mentioned lifting barbells or strength training. Every person has a different perspective in , my purpose in exercising is to enjoy while doing it. As to your statement that even at 86 yrs old, one can learn new endeavor for WHAT? I am all ready enjoying my life by dancing 4 to 5 times a week. I am NOT INCREDIBLY MISINFORMED. Most of the people who post exercise videos forget about life enjoyment.
@@kwikstep-1you make stupid generalizations and completely ignore Sully, all the while projecting about narcissism lol. Nothing we say will change your mind though so good luck.
@@sleepteam I reached the old age age of 86 yrs by just attending dance parties. While you are lifting barbells I am dancing with 10 to 20 different beautiful women. So what can you say to change my mind. Keep on lifting barbells & I keep on Dancing. END of Story. We are done.
Thoughts on the injury risk of heavy compound lifts (barbell) later in life? Seems like there are safer, yet nearly as beneficial, methods.
This is discussed at length in the book and our many publications, including peer-reviewed publications. We've been using the heavy compound lifts in this population for many years, and we've never had A SINGLE serious injury. Our Athletes and their doctors are delighted with the results, and since people who use barbells just DO get stronger than people who use other methods, and since there's no data supporting your contention that other methods are "safer..."
Well....those are my thoughts. We'll stick with what works. Check it out.
@ appreciate the insight. Will check out the book.
@@GreySteel What exactly are" heavy " lifts defined as? Is it solely person dependent?
@@mainj54 Pretty much, yeah. Intensity is relative to the athlete. That's why we have weight and age classes.
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You like to cite " peer reviewed studies" , but part of such research is stating and being aware of conflict of interest.
You have a SEVERE conflict of interest when you say regimented barbell strength training should be your most serious, regimented exercize training, while saying you should " just go for a bike ride, have fun" to add to an exersize regimen.
You sell barbell strength coaching, and count your success on selling those programs. That's the rub with all of the starting strength opinions. Other forms of exersize should be no more or less regimented than barbell strength training, and barbell strength training is not head and shoulders better than many other forms of exersize to aid in aging, in my opinion
You know nothing about my metric for success. You think I do this for the money?
Read the comments. Are they biased? What are they selling?
Look at the people in the vid. What are they selling?
Also: Thanks for your opinion--and for specifying that it's just your opinion. Yes, I DO like to cite dem dare studies. What are you citing, other than your admitted opinion?
Finally, it did not escape my attention that you, without any personal knowledge of me or my business, how I conduct my affairs, or my motivations, impugned my personal and professional integrity, in a completely insubstantial and objectionable way. So, yeah. After you look at the comments and check out the folks in our vids, you can just fuck right off.
@@GreySteel No one inpugned your personal intergy, calm down and try not to be so offended. I was just adding context to the opinion that barbell weight training, and only barbell weight training should be coach and regimented, and all other forms of exersize " just go have fun" (starting strength philosiphy) It's like asking a chiropractor if chiropracty is a scam or not. The chiropractor care may be very beneficial, so would that give the chiropractor "inpugned integrity" I think not. But he's the wrong guy to ask, following science.
@@MikeBarbarossa And now you're putting words in my mouth. Nobody said "only barbell wt training should be coached and regimented." In fact, if you were even a LITTLE familiar with our content, you would be well aware that such has NEVER been our philosophy.
Excellent, everyone needs to be doing this to the best of their ability. It works!