Just want to say Hi, Rip from one old man to another. Glad to report that at 70 years of age I'm still powerlifting. But, to be honest I have not been lifting for nearly as long as you. In fact I discovered powerlifting late in life. That is why I'm still competing. As a matter of fact, last weekend, at the Alaka'i Reel Steel Lift Off I Squated:374, Benched:281 and Deadlifted:424. Won Best Master's Lifter and Age group( but again, let's be honest, everyone in my age group,70-74, is either dead or in prison ). Just saying Thanks from this old man for getting me interested in strength training.
Kudos Stefano! As an old lifter (and bodybuilder) myself, I love to here these stories. Such a great testament to a lifetime of training. Thanks paisan!
Thanks for this one Rip...Your authenticity really shined through on this episode and was greatly appreciated. You were brutally honest and may I say, it almost looked like you were going to get a bit emotional when thinking back on your life. You’re a good man and I wanted to thank you for your experiences and your teachings.
have you seen that grandma that got jacked at like 75 or something ? shes on hormone replacement but b4 that she was as good as dead. really inspiring ruclips.net/video/R-d7_Ij4geE/видео.html
@@davidjd123She has claimed to not be on hrt where are you getting your misinformation from? If you are just gonna accuse her of it then I will do the same and accuse you of being a methhead, cause you are just as hollow skulled as ome
The difference between 62 and 78 which is my age now is night and day . I train 6 days a week and could lift super heavy if I wanted but the joints say no the muscle says yes . The strongest ever was 55 - 60 , so be careful about the joints 🤔
50 years old here. I started training for strength last year and it's been a fountain of new youth for me. I deadlift 160 kg, OHP 55 kg. I squat 120 kg for 3 sets of 5. Pendlay row 90 kg for 5. Numbers are still going up. I wish I had started that earlier in life. But it's never too late. I enjoy your podcasts and appreciate your honest, realistic outlook of life! Thank you, Mark!
Really .... the exceptions prove the rule man. There are a few adults, but they are a bunch of boring unimaginative assholes. And really, if you lose the young spirit what is left worth a damn!! Do make a difference between "adult" and "mature" though. Elon Musk is a mature person, but he still has that hunger for knowing that is normally there with kids and young people. Schools normally do a great job of KILLING that side of people. Still, you say it took you from late teens to early twenties to realize that... a bit slow to see something like that says something about you too.
Hands down, the most honest truthful trainer there is. Getting older is hard to accept, however I believe you can always become a smarter lifter. I will turn 60 in July and still plan on hitting a 1000 pound total for squat, bench, and deadlift via 360, 250, 390. I have hit all 3 of these in the past and hit 300X10 on the squat at age 58. Keep training stretch warm up eat well and get rest.
Rip, THANK YOU! I’m about to turn 51 and I started weightlifting in my early 20’s, and have had one surgery (rotator cuff & labrum repair) and everything you stated is SPOT ON! I ran into some of the very issues you mentioned- overtraining for one. I feel as strong as I did in my late 20s/early 30s but over the last 6 months just started dragging and losing motivation to go to the gym. I was trying to push through my workouts attempting to do what I was doing 20 yrs ago. Now common sense should have told me otherwise but you know that inner ego can get the best of you. I started easing off on my volume and noticed I was looking and feeling better and actually feeling stronger. It wasn’t making sense to me other than I was giving myself more recovery time. You have applied sanity to what I had tripped up on and was trying to figure out the “why” it was working. Thanks again for all the great content, and as one of the minority older guys still trying to figure out how to do things better I appreciate you taking some time to focus on lifting as you get older. Young dudes pay attention to Uncle Rip he’s trying to educate you so hopefully you age better than our generation.
Rip you have been an inspiration to me since I started utilizing StartingStrength in Afghanistan 2008-2010. I am almost 67 years old and I’m listening to you Christmas morning as I’m lifting weights. I have spoken to you by phone since I returned from Afghanistan in 2010 regarding advice on squats and bad knees. I have since had both knees replaced and I’m still squatting and deadlifting. The weights are not heavy but I’m lifting because I like it and most men my age can’t do what I do. I look around me and they’re not there. Keep doing what you’re doing for guys like me. Btw, regarding your gut, if a man didn’t have a little loose skin in the middle he would break when they bent over. C.E./Elkland, Mo.
Greeting Mr. Rippatoe. I am 53 now.... have competed as a raw powerlifter. my best numbers were 600, 410 and 620 at around 44, now 9 years later with busted back due to a motorcycle crash and with "Semi" regular training i can still do 540, 375 and 550. You are a legend and i wish you all the best
This is what I have been experiencing lately at 51. A little less on reps and more rest and my joints feel better and I actually feel stronger. Great advice.
I'm 61 and do more sets and reps now than when I was young. I can't go heavy anymore, so more volume and lower intensity, and less rest between sets is my mode of training. I chase the pump and do exercises that don't hurt. :-)
I really like what you have to say, a lot of wisdom. Having only picked up a barbell 2 years ago and I am only 61 years old. Thanks for the reminder to change the oil in my lawnmower. I'm going to keep moving as long as I can.
Rip - I count you as one of my best friends Im 55 a long term lifter and a bad shoulder and everything you say resonates with me. Youre my go to podcast for mental wellbeing because you speak sense and like a lot of us guys dont give a -- about what the joe public thinks. Anyone who knows anything knows you know and haters don’t. Love you and the team man
I really appreciate this episode. My shoulders are shit. I'm 49 and I haven't been sleeping well lately. It was only recently that I realized that I've been saying that for about two years now. Shit just creeps up on you and never really goes away. I've never completely healed from any injury I've sustained since I was 40. Not only do you heal more slowly, you never really completely heal (and my numbers aren't even what Rip's are at 63). I also really relate to the therapeutic/stress-release theme. The most hectic and the darkest times in my life were the times I was out of the weight room. For a long time, I thought I wasn't in the weight room because my life was hectic or depression had a hold of me but it was really the other way around: I was a mess because I was out of the gym. For whatever reason that's the thing that centers me.
49 as well and been in your gym since I was 12 competed in OL PL and rugby. I am still in "good shape" but I feel your shoulder pain. I would definitely change they I approached training if I had a time machine. I would also have not compared in PL till I was 41 . I would have shut it down at 35 when I knew that was the moment my body changed but I kept pushing and even took up a notch jumping in PEDS for the first time in my training career because I reasoned with myself that is what I needed to get over the "hump"...that was an unreasonable decision. To all the young guys pay attention to the old guys . Young bull old bull 💪
Hello Mark, really hit home, just turned 60, trained for over 40 years.I haven't trained for the last six months(daughter fighting cancer) Thank you, inspired me to get back into the gym.
Wisdom. Thanks Rip. I'm an old guy just starting this journey with the NLP. You've convinced me of how careful I need to be in dosing my program while not succumbing to being a pu**y. This is a very encouraging, timeless video for us older folks. Total repsect for you, brother.
Thanks for talking on this, I'm 56 had both knees and hips replaced and still hitting the gym 5-6 days a week. I enjoy it, I shifted from deadlifting everyother day to rack pulls, trap pulls, RDL's through the week and deadlifts once a week to everyother week. I use my pins and lighter weights to breakdown the movement's down to manageable volume. Benchpress, same thing I use my pins, I move my Max 3 inches at the top and press for reps off the pins at different parts of the movement. Young people look at me funny but I'm being smarter and hopefully I'll still be enjoying hitting the gym for years to come
At 58 years old, I agree and understand your comments. It won’t get any easier for sure as the years go by, and my sleep is not good even without the injuries. However, I’d rather do some training and stay in reasonable shape and strength, than nothing. I also enjoy a Vespa Martini, Gin and Tonic, and beer etc. so a belly to some extent in inevitable. So for me, train to live life, not live life to train 😀👍
60 years old, bone on bone in both knees, both shoulders and hips on their way. Disc degeneration in my back caused me to shrink 1.5 inches since my twenties. Almost 50 years of intense training under my belt, forty years of boxing/working the bags, CSCS and a Master's in exercise science from a prestigious university. You absolutely nailed the aging process! Totally spot on. Sleep sucks and then one has to wake up at 04:45 to go to work... with snot nose kids.
I’ve only recently discovered this guy. I went from nothing to six days of CrossFit per week for going on two years. I cannot get enough of this guy’s insight. Even listening to him is a pleasure. It makes me wonder if he’d even tolerate me as a client for more than a week. Also, I can’t remember the time that I spent this much time watching a dude pontificate. And I don’t want it to end.
Good show, Rip. I am 53. Been lifting 3 years and I will never go back. I am still getting stronger and I truly enjoy improving. Even when I decline, I will still stick with it.
Great stuff. I just turned 61 and have been lifting in some form or another for 30 years, but never to a level of real strength when I had the chance. Not sure why, just not very intelligent I guess. Now I really have the drive and intelligence but my body keeps getting injured when I really go for it. So, I have to be really smart and back off and go slower to avoid injury. Won't stop thought, I realize I have to lift until I drop dead.
Great episode-appreciate your willingness to share your wisdom. I’ve recently adjusted my routine to incorporate the SS approach-it’s made a very positive difference. Thank you.
62 Years old here.. Retired Marine, Never really lifted but as you've mentioned when you're older, life's past experiences played a toll on parts of us that have limited the mobility aspects of movement. Been learning to lift now for over 3 months. Listening to and watching Alan Thrall's channel and you and your channel, bought the starting strength book and have access to my police department full gym to practice. This has forced me to leave my ego at the door since I don't have any spotters and get to practice the process. I'm a lucky man. I don't have any bad habits since I've never done this before. 6.4 240 lbs. when I hurt, I know when to stop. Hurting pain and soreness are different. I have goals - My goals are just to get stronger, NOT OVERNIGHT. I have stress and make myself go to bed every night at a decent time don't worry about my diet to any degree, feel strong BUT I only go as far as my body allows me. I have a lot of work to do to get stronger and I've realized I won't get very much more. I had someone tell me just yesterday that I'm in better shape than most that come to the gym. I want to thank you for giving us the insight to do the right way of lifting. I have put on muscle already and I have benefited.. Lastly, your insight on beating spotters with a hammer that don't spot correctly was priceless. Semper-Fi Jerry
Hi Jerry, Thanks for this comment. I'm seventy and went back to the gym 3 months ago as well. I've been fit all my life. I'm an Army vet and retired FDNY Lieutenant. For the last 15 years I've practiced and taught a vigorous style of hot yoga. It's a nice retirement gig, I have a small studio in Bangkok, Thailand. It's kept me fit. But other than push-ups and sit-ups, I've only done yoga for about a decade. I always tell my students to cross train. But I didn't. What I've discovered is our bodies want to get old. It's natural. We can't stop it. But we can slow it down. I decided to go for whatever peak fitness is for a guy my age. I finally took my own advice and began cross-training 3.5 months ago. I swim 20 minutes as a warm up, push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups (pull ups are freakin hard) and then about 70 minutes lifting. I do that routine twice a week and practice my 90 minute hot yoga routine (Bikram method) four times a week. So I'm working hard. I've eliminated rice and other starches; I eat carefully. Results are slow; I'm old. And I'm careful; no injuries so far. I am getting results. I'm psyched. I do leave my ego at home and do the best I can in the gym. My weight levels are less than half of what Mark is doing. But I'm feeling pretty good. I too am a lucky man. And thank you Mark. I'm getting my tips on lifting from your videos. Sensational at Seventy:) Charlie
@@TWCH this is amazing and inspirational to say the least. I'm sure that there is more to this than we have time to type and keep up the awesome job of staying fit. What EVER YOU DO, don't stop and let me catch up to you and have to carry that life baton.. LOL.. The hardest part for me is getting through the initial cold flexibility movement on knee joints. Warm ups are a MUST. Other than that, like Alan and Rip says, it's nothing but excuses. Semper-fi. Jerry
This is easily one of the best and earnest videos Rip has ever done. As a 61 year old "older" lifter, I enjoyed and can relate to Rip's comments regarding the aging process. When we are young we think we will maintain the same level of physical activity, strength, and recovery as when we are young. I started to really feel the difference in my late 50s. While I am still relatively strong (405# bench at 203 lb bodyweight), my lower body strength really took a hit over the past few years. A set of "fives" at what used to be 550 lbs is now 405#. I still watch my diet and look "jacked" (according my daughters and their boyfirends) but the years have taken their toll. Sore shoulders and knees and lower energy levels are the new norm. I can also relate to not getting a full night's sleep. Besides the aches and pains, having to eliminate myself every few hours is the major factor! Anyhow, will keep pushing and lifting since the alternative is not an option. As Rip says, just trying to keep from dying at this point.
@@stefanomagaddino6868 I read your other post Stefano and at your age of 70 you are extremely impressive! I am certainly not making any gains at my age and can only hope to be close to your lifts when I reach 70! Don't tell Rip, but my routines are more bodybuilding focused these days. While you are competing in Masters powerlifting contests I am eyeing a Masters Level (>60) bodybuilding show in the near future.
After over 40 years in gym I can tell you, this is the best relationship of my life. And I promise, to stay together till end of my life. Gym is the best doctor as well. It heals all my physical, mental and emotional pain. And make me hapy and strong too.
Hey Mark, thanks for the wise words. I value your ideas and I respect you as a man. I am 27 and am fairly confused what I ought to be doing on a lot of fronts in my life, but your guidance helps relieve some of that stress. Take care Mark, looking forward to the next one.
You know, I really hope people appreciate what rip has done for the industry and health/fitness/strength when he’s gone. All this guy has done was try and tell us the fucking truth to the best of his ability.
Thanks Mark.. I'm an older lifter myself and found that low impact HIT like a stationary bike or even the row machine works very well for visceral fat when joints are an issue. Thanks again for all your work and information.
I’m 78 starting back training after 15 years. I’m older and wiser. I have been following a formula for 3 months and just started noticing what you are talking about. I have not hurt myself yet. I need to readjust away from the many sets and reps and do heavier and less reps. Thanks this was invaluable,
Just recently found your channel. I'm 64 and started lifting for the first time in my life about 1.5 years ago. I have a personal trainer and hit the gym 5 days a week (4 lifting days and 1 HIIT cardio day). I've had 5 spinal surgeries (1 lumbar and 4 cervical) and have a heart stent. I love the gym experience and I still consider myself a novice lifter. I'm here to tell you that i feel better than I ever have. I have not been sick a single day in the last year and a half. I'm off all my medications except the blood thinner for the stent (no more blood pressure, cholesterol or diabetes meds). I think being and older lifter is a great thing. I encourage everyone to lift on a regular basis to as you say "stave off death". Thank you for addressing the older lifter topic even though my perspective is different from yours and other lifters that have been in the gym for 40+ years.
I'm 80 and am stuck on the novice program once a week. "I hear you ! Good Talk" . But your numbers and heavy weights you lifted in the past scare me and its hard to relate to you other than the age! You were the exception not the rule ! I am not a hater. Love to hear you reminisce old fella". Keep it up!
"You need to see how little work you can do to get stronger" ...meanwhile everybody is training non-stop to get stronger I first started watching Rippetoe's videos about 13 years ago. I'm still amazed how good a coach this man is and how much his advice goes against the conventional wisdom. Thanks Rip!
Ya WORK is what ITS ALL ABOUT,Thanks Rip. I’m HANGING IN THERE,you got many good IDEAS! Got the books,and boy do you have the Videos!!!! 65 and LIFTING!
A lot of wisdom in this one for those who will hear it. One of the best pearls for the abs-youth is witnessing someone who fully knows who they are and incapable of being shamed by someone else's flawed standard. It is such a freeing experience to not care about being judged.
"When I tell you something that I've learned, I've learned it the hard way. And that's usually the best way." The following is just a different perspective, not criticism. I used that as an excuse so many times, but it's just a delusion to make yourself feel better for the suffering you've endured. You don't have to go through excruciating pain (physical or mental) in order to learn your lesson in life. The gut never lies and there are always cues you can listen to, and avoid getting yourself in trouble. Some mistakes will be with you for the rest of your life so the sooner you can be more mindful and open for the voice of truth inside you, not your ego, the better off you will be in the long run. This "epiphany" came to me after an accident that I shouldn't have been in the first place, but I put myself in regardless. I say all this with respect and appreciation, Rip.
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” ― Otto von Bismarck Lot of us have been, and often sadly still are, the fool. Rather than learn something from another person's experience, we think we know it all. It's generally worse the younger you are. The older you get, typically the more you realize how fucking stupid you really are and you start paying attention to others more.
STEM CELLS!! Im 74. Been in the gym almost daily since I was 19. I got stem cells in Panama in 2019. No pain anywhere anymore. Im stronger now than ever before.
Great discussion. As a 42 year old, I really appreciate hearing this perspective about how things change and, significantly, the impact of accumulated injuries.
The biggest thing the kids today don't understand is that 99% of youtube fitness folks are on drugs and those are their influences. They don't understand what a natural lifter looks like or goes through with recovery and aging. Love the content all these years.
I'm 56 and started training at 14 I'm still going strong and I'm one of the strongest lifters at our local YMCA in Newark Ohio!. My workouts are one hour 4 times a week all compound movements just for fun!
😅I found you 5 months ago been bodybuilding lifting weights for 35 years 3 days a week no matter what Im 66 I completly changed my workout to your strength routine wow I luv it. Never deadlifted or done squats switched to machines 15 years ago full body proably doing about 325 reps and moving about 60,000 pounds in 30 minutes or so chasing that pump.I never competed but I look good I wasn't sleeping I was tired then I found you. Box gyms never had racks now I understand why so I bought a rack weights got my wife on the program she finally enjoys lifting for once in her life. I set a new PR every workout its exciting up to 405 deadlift ,270 squat, 200 row, press 145 thats a tough one close grip chest press 175 to 190 . Im doing 3x3 your 1000% correct less is better I recover very well. I agree with just about all your views we think alot look forward to your podcasts THANK YOU PS wife just did 225 DL not bad for 5"1 130 shrimp other lifts are coming slowly but she sees results
Hi Rip, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It has given me a different view while moving into old age (69 yr old, 188 lbs). I picked up your StartStrength program 19 months ago. I’ve always been an athlete and had a period (33 to 43 yrs old) of running competitive 40-60 miles/ wk. I now realize I wasn’t doing myself any good. Now I believe that lifting is staving off sarcopenia. Thank you for educating me. Your program does work. I performed the LP and made the error of burning out my CNS. It took several months for me to rebound (Covid). I lift alone 3 days a wk. and just don’t have a real program to follow other than my inner voice dictating me. The other day I parallel squatted 375 (video’d) I don’t compete and the only supplement I take is creatine. I just love lifting as an athletic outlet. I’ve given up my basketball playing with the kids for fear of losing an ankle. I started squatting at 135 rep sets so I know your program works. I now start my working sets between 315-335 5-7 reps or more depending how I feel. I hope I don’t make your mistake. I know I’m reaching a point where I will find my limits. Thanks for your story, it will help me going forward. Thanks again for sharing with me. I try to pass your knowledge onto other older guys in the gym. Some listen and others think I’m crazy, but regardless the proof is in the pudding. Thx!
Started my reflections at 30. Soon realized that life severely takes a toll on lifestyle. Comparatively still a pup to Rip at 40, and realized that good habits in health (eat well, lift well, rest well) are what matters most because life still needs to go on...with or without abs.
I'm 57. I can relate to shoulder injuries, soreness, pot belly, remembering my hay days of dead lifting 315. I appreciate your honesty and humility. This video helped me kinda take stock in my recently reentering power lifting because of starting strength and how to approach it. Oops. Meant strengthtraining not powerlifting
RIP. Gonna cut back on squat due to age. What you think? 3 times every two weeks or 4 times every two weeks. Also what is max days between squat days before my squat could suffer.
Whoever it was that said "Old age makes liars of us all !" was right! I just wanted to say " Thank You, Rip! " for explaining things in the way that you did, so that this 57 year old could understand it! I've had suspicions that less is more for a little while, now. But hearing you explain it, the way you did, made things much clearer! Thanks again, Rip!
Lately, I've been missing working out - I got hit hard by Covid last summer, and I don't feel the same as I did before. I don't know if that's a product of 'long term covid' or if it is because I work from home and am sedentary too often, but I keep coming back to the fact that, every time I've tried to move forward in a workout program, I end up hurting myself, because I push too hard. I will be 56 in August, and I bought a new mountain bike a few weeks ago, and I hurt myself just lifting my leg over the seat, when getting off the bike - probably because I wasn't warmed up - and I had never thought about that when I was younger, because I never had to, but now I get it. I bought two of your books, a few years ago, and I used to watch your vids online, but that went away about 2 years ago. The thing is, your videos haven't been in my 'suggested' feed for a long time, but now that I've been injured again, and I'm working my brain back into gear, so I can get back on the horse, and start my strength training again (I haven't done it since I got covid, because workouts have not felt the same..) - now that I've been working into that mindset again, suddenly this video popped up again - and I had watched about half of it 3 years ago, but never finished it - so, it makes sense that it should come up now. Thanks Rip, for being my coach - your words hit home as I listen. I am back on the right track, and it is good to have you here to help.
Thank you! I am 62 and deal with STUPID injuries as you have! I have been a heavy industrial carpenter for over 40 years. I have been always as been an industrial athlete. I can not do what I used to do but I sure try! Shoulder pain, having to piss and the dog is taking over the bed along with the lawn mower syndrome happens! Thanks for your honesty!
10 minute part onward - He sounds like me - Ive lifted heavy - screwed my shoulders up, fell off ladders , wrecked motorcycles , been to the middle east, got hurt bla bla bla. I was 49 yrs old , still running a 5.5 50, squat 620 , and bench 465- now 57 ha squats are 300ish , bench 135 - and on a treadmill is all I run .... But I did write a book called The Healing by Ron Nick. I would like to send Mr. Rippetoe a copy if he reads this comment. also I have a connection he should talk to...
I started lifting weights at age 15. In my 20s I trained for bench press contests. I have squatted, deadlifted, and bench pressed tons and tons of weights. When I was in my teens, 20s, 30s I could train 4 days a week hard and heavy. As I get older I find that I can only train 2-3 days per week. Plus I work everyday and have life stress. It's amazing that I am still training and lifting heavy for my age and weight. As I get older a whole bunch of sets and reps is not recoverable. I only squat twice a month, but my squat sessions are heavy and they are quality squat sessions. I bench press once per week but the bench press sessions are heavy and they are quality bench press sessions. I find that I have to train my back, shoulders, and supporting muscles to be able to bench press and squat so I do a supporting session once per week. I train my lower body squats, deadlifts, etc. once per week. I train my upper body bench press, rows, presses twice per week. I only heavy shoulder press twice per month. I find that as I get older less training is more. I don't know if what I am saying makes sense. If I were to just bang bang ba ng knock these crazy bodybuilding programs with all of these sets and reps I'd get ripped but I wouldn't be strong and I'd be sore all the time. I'd probably need tons of steroids to do it too. Just thinking out loud.
Just want to say Hi Rip and that I enjoyed this. I am just a young fellow compared to you . At 62 I train with a couple of thirty something men and I appreciate you sharing your experience. Stay Strong Michael
It’s true . When my hands were tied behind my back ... I lost all semblance of speech 😂😂😂😂👏in addition you hit the nail on the head with the sleep issue .. at our age 😨glad to know I’m not the only one ☝️
I am 68 I didn't have any surgery... I'm training with weights 12 years I have your 3 books following your program on and off.. mix it with crossfit and bodybuilding .. I like SSprogramm but i can't be consistent with it. I change and try other stuff. Always come back to SS when I feel lost in training. Love your videos you are 💯💯💯
Thanks Mark, I'm 51yrs old, been lifting weights on and off (mostly on) since I was 15, and did a lot of contact sports, dirt biking and hard physical activities over the years with my fair share of battle scars to show for it, I let myself go for a few years until I couldn't stand the old fat man looking back at me in the mirror, I've been back on the weights now for the last 10 months and I've been wondering how hard I should/could push myself, while trying hard to subdue my youthful ego that'll just get me injured, your talk has given me a lot of "Food for thought", Thank you.
My ancestors came from colder areas of Europe. My skin is very thick, tends toward the goose flesh bumpy pores, getting a shot always tough for the nurse, as she had a hard time getting the needle through the skin. Never thought about skin thickness but you hit the nail on the head there.
At my age of 63 I would like to thank you for explaining alot of things I definitely understand how you put into words that makes sense that will help me ,Thankyou
After nearly 30 years of training at 45 I feel that You are 100% right. I'm right at the point to not care about getting abs any longer but to change the focus being able to maintain musclemass and body functions as good as I can.
Rip (I hope you don't mind me addressing you this way; I call my doctor, Doc, and to me it's a term of respect, but he doesn't see it that way), I just watched this, and you are exactly right. I'm 71 and can relate to all your points except boob jobs because I have had the good fortune not to grope a rubber tire that I did not put on my truck. I want to thank you for writing your books and making your videos. I started powerlifting in my late 50's, and it still keeps me going. It helps me get out of a chair more easily and get up off the ground without help. Thanks.
How do you balance the need for adequate warmup with limiting your sets, reps, and tonnage? At 68, I find my knees need a bit more warm up before I can squat heavily.
My knees are my biggest problem. I have arthritis in both joints and no longer squat or leg press. Now days I usually do a set of wall sits once a week and some leg curls. I just work around my injuries
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Just want to say Hi, Rip from one old man to another. Glad to report that at 70 years of age I'm still powerlifting. But, to be honest I have not been lifting for nearly as long as you. In fact I discovered powerlifting late in life. That is why I'm still competing. As a matter of fact, last weekend, at the Alaka'i Reel Steel Lift Off I Squated:374, Benched:281 and Deadlifted:424. Won Best Master's Lifter and Age group( but again, let's be honest, everyone in my age group,70-74, is either dead or in prison ). Just saying Thanks from this old man for getting me interested in strength training.
Stefano Magaddino holy shit. Those are great numbers!!!! Congrats
Stefano those are great numbers even for a guy in his 30s or 20s would be happy with that, what do you weigh?
Thanks Saul. I'm in the 100 kg weight class. At weigh in I was 216.4
Kudos Stefano! As an old lifter (and bodybuilder) myself, I love to here these stories. Such a great testament to a lifetime of training.
Thanks paisan!
Amazing!
Thanks for this one Rip...Your authenticity really shined through on this episode and was greatly appreciated. You were brutally honest and may I say, it almost looked like you were going to get a bit emotional when thinking back on your life. You’re a good man and I wanted to thank you for your experiences and your teachings.
I'm 57. It's 4:30 AM, I can't sleep, so I'm watching this video of Rip telling me he can't sleep.
bro when Im your age im totally getting on TRT lol. Im trying to get my dad on it right now I want him to be my genii pig.
you should be out changing the oil in your mower
I'll be 62 in January. I plan to lift as heavy as I can for as long as I can.
have you seen that grandma that got jacked at like 75 or something ? shes on hormone replacement but b4 that she was as good as dead. really inspiring ruclips.net/video/R-d7_Ij4geE/видео.html
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@@davidjd123She has claimed to not be on hrt where are you getting your misinformation from? If you are just gonna accuse her of it then I will do the same and accuse you of being a methhead, cause you are just as hollow skulled as ome
The difference between 62 and 78 which is my age now is night and day . I train 6 days a week and could lift super heavy if I wanted but the joints say no the muscle says yes . The strongest ever was 55 - 60 , so be careful about the joints 🤔
50 years old here. I started training for strength last year and it's been a fountain of new youth for me. I deadlift 160 kg, OHP 55 kg. I squat 120 kg for 3 sets of 5. Pendlay row 90 kg for 5. Numbers are still going up. I wish I had started that earlier in life. But it's never too late. I enjoy your podcasts and appreciate your honest, realistic outlook of life! Thank you, Mark!
Great numbers man.
I realized roughly in my late teens early twenties that there are no adults in this world just kids that have been here longer.
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Tyler Murphy as a 37 old, i agree
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Really .... the exceptions prove the rule man. There are a few adults, but they are a bunch of boring unimaginative assholes. And really, if you lose the young spirit what is left worth a damn!!
Do make a difference between "adult" and "mature" though. Elon Musk is a mature person, but he still has that hunger for knowing that is normally there with kids and young people. Schools normally do a great job of KILLING that side of people.
Still, you say it took you from late teens to early twenties to realize that... a bit slow to see something like that says something about you too.
Most of yall arent kids lol you dont remember being a kid and saying to yourself “these adults really forgot what it was like to be a kid”?
@@ggrthemostgodless8713ha a 3 year old comment calling Elon Musk mature is gold
57-year-old here, been barbell training for two years. Really enjoyed this episode. Relatable and funny.
Hands down, the most honest truthful trainer there is. Getting older is hard to accept, however I believe you can always become a smarter lifter. I will turn 60 in July and still plan on hitting
a 1000 pound total for squat, bench, and deadlift via 360, 250, 390. I have hit all 3 of these in the past and hit 300X10 on the squat at age 58. Keep training stretch warm up eat well and get rest.
Rip,
THANK YOU! I’m about to turn 51 and I started weightlifting in my early 20’s, and have had one surgery (rotator cuff & labrum repair) and everything you stated is SPOT ON! I ran into some of the very issues you mentioned- overtraining for one. I feel as strong as I did in my late 20s/early 30s but over the last 6 months just started dragging and losing motivation to go to the gym. I was trying to push through my workouts attempting to do what I was doing 20 yrs ago. Now common sense should have told me otherwise but you know that inner ego can get the best of you. I started easing off on my volume and noticed I was looking and feeling better and actually feeling stronger. It wasn’t making sense to me other than I was giving myself more recovery time. You have applied sanity to what I had tripped up on and was trying to figure out the “why” it was working. Thanks again for all the great content, and as one of the minority older guys still trying to figure out how to do things better I appreciate you taking some time to focus on lifting as you get older. Young dudes pay attention to Uncle Rip he’s trying to educate you so hopefully you age better than our generation.
This man introduced hundreds of thousands of young, weak and insecure men to powerlifting. Legend.
True. He got me started. Thanks Mark!
I am one of them. I hated being weak. I'm grateful that I became stronger.
Crossfit introduced millions... then most of them got injured and left...
Powerlifting introduced me to rip
same here a real legend!
Rip you have been an inspiration to me since I started utilizing StartingStrength in Afghanistan 2008-2010. I am almost 67 years old and I’m listening to you Christmas morning as I’m lifting weights. I have spoken to you by phone since I returned from Afghanistan in 2010 regarding advice on squats and bad knees. I have since had both knees replaced and I’m still squatting and deadlifting. The weights are not heavy but I’m lifting because I like it and most men my age can’t do what I do. I look around me and they’re not there.
Keep doing what you’re doing for guys like me. Btw, regarding your gut, if a man didn’t have a little loose skin in the middle he would break when they bent over.
C.E./Elkland, Mo.
Greeting Mr. Rippatoe. I am 53 now.... have competed as a raw powerlifter. my best numbers were 600, 410 and 620 at around 44, now 9 years later with busted back due to a motorcycle crash and with "Semi" regular training i can still do 540, 375 and 550. You are a legend and i wish you all the best
That's super impressive mate
This is what I have been experiencing lately at 51. A little less on reps and more rest and my joints feel better and I actually feel stronger. Great advice.
I'm 61 and do more sets and reps now than when I was young. I can't go heavy anymore, so more volume and lower intensity, and less rest between sets is my mode of training. I chase the pump and do exercises that don't hurt. :-)
Same and now that I don't do deadlifts anymore I feel so much better.
Great show Rip. You may have a lot more older guys listening each week than you think. 60 here and have been a fan for years.
RIP is a good guy. Honest and Wise. I like him
I really like what you have to say, a lot of wisdom. Having only picked up a barbell 2 years ago and I am only 61 years old. Thanks for the reminder to change the oil in my lawnmower. I'm going to keep moving as long as I can.
Rip - I count you as one of my best friends Im 55 a long term lifter and a bad shoulder and everything you say resonates with me. Youre my go to podcast for mental wellbeing because you speak sense and like a lot of us guys dont give a -- about what the joe public thinks. Anyone who knows anything knows you know and haters don’t. Love you and the team man
I really appreciate this episode. My shoulders are shit. I'm 49 and I haven't been sleeping well lately. It was only recently that I realized that I've been saying that for about two years now. Shit just creeps up on you and never really goes away. I've never completely healed from any injury I've sustained since I was 40. Not only do you heal more slowly, you never really completely heal (and my numbers aren't even what Rip's are at 63).
I also really relate to the therapeutic/stress-release theme. The most hectic and the darkest times in my life were the times I was out of the weight room. For a long time, I thought I wasn't in the weight room because my life was hectic or depression had a hold of me but it was really the other way around: I was a mess because I was out of the gym. For whatever reason that's the thing that centers me.
49 is not considered very old, kind of old dog old , coming from a 33 year old guy...
@@darthbrutalicious6066 I realize that. My point is that, even at 49, I feel effects and that I can only imagine what they're like at 63.
49 as well and been in your gym since I was 12 competed in OL PL and rugby. I am still in "good shape" but I feel your shoulder pain. I would definitely change they I approached training if I had a time machine. I would also have not compared in PL till I was 41 . I would have shut it down at 35 when I knew that was the moment my body changed but I kept pushing and even took up a notch jumping in PEDS for the first time in my training career because I reasoned with myself that is what I needed to get over the "hump"...that was an unreasonable decision. To all the young guys pay attention to the old guys . Young bull old bull 💪
Hello Mark, really hit home, just turned 60, trained for over 40 years.I haven't trained for the last six months(daughter fighting cancer) Thank you, inspired me to get back into the gym.
Wisdom. Thanks Rip. I'm an old guy just starting this journey with the NLP. You've convinced me of how careful I need to be in dosing my program while not succumbing to being a pu**y. This is a very encouraging, timeless video for us older folks. Total repsect for you, brother.
I may have to listen to this every Christmas eve, some great advice given as usual. Happy Christmas Uncle Rip
54:45 Rip, this entire discussion was gold. Thanks man. From an older dude trying to get stronger 💪
Thanks for talking on this, I'm 56 had both knees and hips replaced and still hitting the gym 5-6 days a week. I enjoy it, I shifted from deadlifting everyother day to rack pulls, trap pulls, RDL's through the week and deadlifts once a week to everyother week. I use my pins and lighter weights to breakdown the movement's down to manageable volume. Benchpress, same thing I use my pins, I move my Max 3 inches at the top and press for reps off the pins at different parts of the movement. Young people look at me funny but I'm being smarter and hopefully I'll still be enjoying hitting the gym for years to come
At 58 years old, I agree and understand your comments. It won’t get any easier for sure as the years go by, and my sleep is not good even without the injuries. However, I’d rather do some training and stay in reasonable shape and strength, than nothing. I also enjoy a Vespa Martini, Gin and Tonic, and beer etc. so a belly to some extent in inevitable. So for me, train to live life, not live life to train 😀👍
I have been hoping to hear Rip speak candid about his own personal victories and challenges, this was great.
Thank you for posting this, Rip. RUclips NEEDS this kind of real perspective. We love you.
Dear Sir. Your contribution to empower the wellbeing of people like me is priceless. Thank you
Taking Rip at face value here, this is a great podcast. It's hard to find a bad piece of advice in this entire episode.
60 years old, bone on bone in both knees, both shoulders and hips on their way. Disc degeneration in my back caused me to shrink 1.5 inches since my twenties. Almost 50 years of intense training under my belt, forty years of boxing/working the bags, CSCS and a Master's in exercise science from a prestigious university. You absolutely nailed the aging process! Totally spot on. Sleep sucks and then one has to wake up at 04:45 to go to work... with snot nose kids.
35 year old new to strength training, thank you for sharing your wisdom
I’ve only recently discovered this guy. I went from nothing to six days of CrossFit per week for going on two years. I cannot get enough of this guy’s insight. Even listening to him is a pleasure. It makes me wonder if he’d even tolerate me as a client for more than a week.
Also, I can’t remember the time that I spent this much time watching a dude pontificate. And I don’t want it to end.
I found the inflated tire boob job joke hilarious! 😂 Great description and so true.
You make hell of sense, coach, for the discerning older people. God bless you and hope you have a good night sleep.
Good show, Rip. I am 53. Been lifting 3 years and I will never go back. I am still getting stronger and I truly enjoy improving. Even when I decline, I will still stick with it.
This was a fantastic and brutally honest podcast. Very much appreciated.
Great stuff. I just turned 61 and have been lifting in some form or another for 30 years, but never to a level of real strength when I had the chance. Not sure why, just not very intelligent I guess. Now I really have the drive and intelligence but my body keeps getting injured when I really go for it. So, I have to be really smart and back off and go slower to avoid injury. Won't stop thought, I realize I have to lift until I drop dead.
Great episode-appreciate your willingness to share your wisdom. I’ve recently adjusted my routine to incorporate the SS approach-it’s made a very positive difference. Thank you.
As a 61 year old man, you hit this 100%. Thanks for the confirmation that I'm not the only one.
MARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WISDOM, HUMILITY AND HONESTY!!!!!! INVALUABLE INFORMATION!!!!!!
Where can I buy a "Stave Off Death" t-shirt?!
As a older guy, I look like Rip. Need a "Body by RIp" shirt.
62 Years old here.. Retired Marine, Never really lifted but as you've mentioned when you're older, life's past experiences played a toll on parts of us that have limited the mobility aspects of movement. Been learning to lift now for over 3 months. Listening to and watching Alan Thrall's channel and you and your channel, bought the starting strength book and have access to my police department full gym to practice. This has forced me to leave my ego at the door since I don't have any spotters and get to practice the process. I'm a lucky man. I don't have any bad habits since I've never done this before. 6.4 240 lbs. when I hurt, I know when to stop. Hurting pain and soreness are different.
I have goals - My goals are just to get stronger, NOT OVERNIGHT.
I have stress and make myself go to bed every night at a decent time don't worry about my diet to any degree, feel strong BUT I only go as far as my body allows me. I have a lot of work to do to get stronger and I've realized I won't get very much more. I had someone tell me just yesterday that I'm in better shape than most that come to the gym.
I want to thank you for giving us the insight to do the right way of lifting. I have put on muscle already and I have benefited..
Lastly, your insight on beating spotters with a hammer that don't spot correctly was priceless.
Semper-Fi
Jerry
Hi Jerry, Thanks for this comment. I'm seventy and went back to the gym 3 months ago as well. I've been fit all my life. I'm an Army vet and retired FDNY Lieutenant.
For the last 15 years I've practiced and taught a vigorous style of hot yoga. It's a nice retirement gig, I have a small studio in Bangkok, Thailand. It's kept me fit. But other than push-ups and sit-ups, I've only done yoga for about a decade.
I always tell my students to cross train. But I didn't. What I've discovered is our bodies want to get old. It's natural. We can't stop it. But we can slow it down. I decided to go for whatever peak fitness is for a guy my age. I finally took my own advice and began cross-training 3.5 months ago. I swim 20 minutes as a warm up, push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups (pull ups are freakin hard) and then about 70 minutes lifting. I do that routine twice a week and practice my 90 minute hot yoga routine (Bikram method) four times a week. So I'm working hard. I've eliminated rice and other starches; I eat carefully.
Results are slow; I'm old. And I'm careful; no injuries so far. I am getting results. I'm psyched. I do leave my ego at home and do the best I can in the gym. My weight levels are less than half of what Mark is doing. But I'm feeling pretty good. I too am a lucky man.
And thank you Mark. I'm getting my tips on lifting from your videos.
Sensational at Seventy:)
Charlie
@@TWCH this is amazing and inspirational to say the least. I'm sure that there is more to this than we have time to type and keep up the awesome job of staying fit.
What EVER YOU DO, don't stop and let me catch up to you and have to carry that life baton.. LOL..
The hardest part for me is getting through the initial cold flexibility movement on knee joints. Warm ups are a MUST. Other than that, like Alan and Rip says, it's nothing but excuses.
Semper-fi.
Jerry
61. Years. Old. Should. I. Workout. 2or3. Times. A. Week
Ever thought about TRT Rip? Can you do a podcast on it for us older guys?
God Bless You....I'm in the same boat. Going on 64. Getting older is not for the weak of heart and it encompasses years of learning by living.
One of your best podcasts. Thanks.
Starts off listening to Rip radio, ends up changing oil in lawnmower.
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This is easily one of the best and earnest videos Rip has ever done.
As a 61 year old "older" lifter, I enjoyed and can relate to Rip's comments regarding the aging process.
When we are young we think we will maintain the same level of physical activity, strength, and recovery as when we are young. I started to really feel the difference in my late 50s.
While I am still relatively strong (405# bench at 203 lb bodyweight), my lower body strength really took a hit over the past few years. A set of "fives" at what used to be 550 lbs is now 405#. I still watch my diet and look "jacked" (according my daughters and their boyfirends) but the years have taken their toll. Sore shoulders and knees and lower energy levels are the new norm.
I can also relate to not getting a full night's sleep. Besides the aches and pains, having to eliminate myself every few hours is the major factor!
Anyhow, will keep pushing and lifting since the alternative is not an option. As Rip says, just trying to keep from dying at this point.
Wow Sirgromulus ! A 405 Bench ! I can only hope to get back up to maybe 375. Nice.
@@stefanomagaddino6868 I read your other post Stefano and at your age of 70 you are extremely impressive! I am certainly not making any gains at my age and can only hope to be close to your lifts when I reach 70! Don't tell Rip, but my routines are more bodybuilding focused these days. While you are competing in Masters powerlifting contests I am eyeing a Masters Level (>60) bodybuilding show in the near future.
Youre a beast. I want to be just like you.
That is a crazy bench. I am 22 and can only hope to hit 405!
What does it mean to "eliminate myself every few hours?"
After over 40 years in gym I can tell you, this is the best relationship of my life. And I promise, to stay together till end of my life. Gym is the best doctor as well. It heals all my physical, mental and emotional pain. And make me hapy and strong too.
Not my idea, but what attracts women is high rep credit card swipes.
Lifting for women is silly, as you say money is how you get women.
Women want their main guy to have money and their side guy to have muscles
Hey Mark, thanks for the wise words. I value your ideas and I respect you as a man. I am 27 and am fairly confused what I ought to be doing on a lot of fronts in my life, but your guidance helps relieve some of that stress. Take care Mark, looking forward to the next one.
You know, I really hope people appreciate what rip has done for the industry and health/fitness/strength when he’s gone. All this guy has done was try and tell us the fucking truth to the best of his ability.
Thanks Mark.. I'm an older lifter myself and found that low impact HIT like a stationary bike or even the row machine works very well for visceral fat when joints are an issue. Thanks again for all your work and information.
I’m 78 , trained since 17 and still training, he has got great information, I would take it to heart 🤔
One of the best podcasts so far.
I’m 78 starting back training after 15 years. I’m older and wiser. I have been following a formula for 3 months and just started noticing what you are talking about. I have not hurt myself yet. I need to readjust away from the many sets and reps and do heavier and less reps. Thanks this was invaluable,
Just recently found your channel. I'm 64 and started lifting for the first time in my life about 1.5 years ago. I have a personal trainer and hit the gym 5 days a week (4 lifting days and 1 HIIT cardio day). I've had 5 spinal surgeries (1 lumbar and 4 cervical) and have a heart stent. I love the gym experience and I still consider myself a novice lifter. I'm here to tell you that i feel better than I ever have. I have not been sick a single day in the last year and a half. I'm off all my medications except the blood thinner for the stent (no more blood pressure, cholesterol or diabetes meds). I think being and older lifter is a great thing. I encourage everyone to lift on a regular basis to as you say "stave off death".
Thank you for addressing the older lifter topic even though my perspective is different from yours and other lifters that have been in the gym for 40+ years.
'bad things happen through your life and the bar is always your friend!' Fabulous
This is gold. Thanks for the heads up Rip.
"Veer-twOH".
This was a great video...very candid and self-aware.
I'm 80 and am stuck on the novice program once a week. "I hear you ! Good Talk" . But your numbers and heavy weights you lifted in the past scare me and its hard to relate to you other than the age! You were the exception not the rule ! I am not a hater. Love to hear you reminisce old fella". Keep it up!
"You need to see how little work you can do to get stronger" ...meanwhile everybody is training non-stop to get stronger
I first started watching Rippetoe's videos about 13 years ago. I'm still amazed how good a coach this man is and how much his advice goes against the conventional wisdom. Thanks Rip!
best video rip has ever made
I like when rip opens up about his vulnerability’s, makes him seem more human.
He always looked human to me.
Ya WORK is what ITS ALL ABOUT,Thanks Rip. I’m HANGING IN THERE,you got many good IDEAS! Got the books,and boy do you have the Videos!!!! 65 and LIFTING!
A lot of wisdom in this one for those who will hear it. One of the best pearls for the abs-youth is witnessing someone who fully knows who they are and incapable of being shamed by someone else's flawed standard. It is such a freeing experience to not care about being judged.
"When I tell you something that I've learned, I've learned it the hard way. And that's usually the best way."
The following is just a different perspective, not criticism.
I used that as an excuse so many times, but it's just a delusion to make yourself feel better for the suffering you've endured. You don't have to go through excruciating pain (physical or mental) in order to learn your lesson in life. The gut never lies and there are always cues you can listen to, and avoid getting yourself in trouble. Some mistakes will be with you for the rest of your life so the sooner you can be more mindful and open for the voice of truth inside you, not your ego, the better off you will be in the long run.
This "epiphany" came to me after an accident that I shouldn't have been in the first place, but I put myself in regardless. I say all this with respect and appreciation, Rip.
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
― Otto von Bismarck
Lot of us have been, and often sadly still are, the fool. Rather than learn something from another person's experience, we think we know it all.
It's generally worse the younger you are. The older you get, typically the more you realize how fucking stupid you really are and you start paying attention to others more.
STEM CELLS!! Im 74. Been in the gym almost daily since I was 19. I got stem cells in Panama in 2019. No pain anywhere anymore. Im stronger now than ever before.
Can you share the contact info.?
Great discussion. As a 42 year old, I really appreciate hearing this perspective about how things change and, significantly, the impact of accumulated injuries.
The biggest thing the kids today don't understand is that 99% of youtube fitness folks are on drugs and those are their influences. They don't understand what a natural lifter looks like or goes through with recovery and aging. Love the content all these years.
Super authentic. Thank you for your honesty and sharing your experience. 1 set a week sounds really scary to me :/
I'm 56 and started training at 14 I'm still going strong and I'm one of the strongest lifters at our local YMCA in Newark Ohio!. My workouts are one hour 4 times a week all compound movements just for fun!
Excellent video. I thought it was just me in regards to sleep. Listening to talk radio in the night time darkness works for me. Keep up these videos 👍
I'm 63.
😅I found you 5 months ago been bodybuilding lifting weights for 35 years 3 days a week no matter what Im 66 I completly changed my workout to your strength routine wow I luv it. Never deadlifted or done squats switched to machines 15 years ago full body proably doing about 325 reps and moving about 60,000 pounds in 30 minutes or so chasing that pump.I never competed but I look good I wasn't sleeping I was tired then I found you. Box gyms never had racks now I understand why so I bought a rack weights got my wife on the program she finally enjoys lifting for once in her life. I set a new PR every workout its exciting up to 405 deadlift ,270 squat, 200 row, press 145 thats a tough one close grip chest press 175 to 190 . Im doing 3x3 your 1000% correct less is better I recover very well. I agree with just about all your views we think alot look forward to your podcasts THANK YOU PS wife just did 225 DL not bad for 5"1 130 shrimp other lifts are coming slowly but she sees results
Hi Rip, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It has given me a different view while moving into old age (69 yr old, 188 lbs). I picked up your StartStrength program 19 months ago. I’ve always been an athlete and had a period (33 to 43 yrs old) of running competitive 40-60 miles/ wk. I now realize I wasn’t doing myself any good. Now I believe that lifting is staving off sarcopenia. Thank you for educating me. Your program does work. I performed the LP and made the error of burning out my CNS. It took several months for me to rebound (Covid). I lift alone 3 days a wk. and just don’t have a real program to follow other than my inner voice dictating me. The other day I parallel squatted 375 (video’d) I don’t compete and the only supplement I take is creatine. I just love lifting as an athletic outlet. I’ve given up my basketball playing with the kids for fear of losing an ankle. I started squatting at 135 rep sets so I know your program works. I now start my working sets between 315-335 5-7 reps or more depending how I feel. I hope I don’t make your mistake. I know I’m reaching a point where I will find my limits. Thanks for your story, it will help me going forward. Thanks again for sharing with me. I try to pass your knowledge onto other older guys in the gym. Some listen and others think I’m crazy, but regardless the proof is in the pudding. Thx!
Started my reflections at 30. Soon realized that life severely takes a toll on lifestyle. Comparatively still a pup to Rip at 40, and realized that good habits in health (eat well, lift well, rest well) are what matters most because life still needs to go on...with or without abs.
"The bar is always your friend"
That needs to be on a t-shirt
That’s what my father said! He was also an alcoholic...
@@IncredibleMet The double entendre is what makes it funny.
I'm 57. I can relate to shoulder injuries, soreness, pot belly, remembering my hay days of dead lifting 315. I appreciate your honesty and humility. This video helped me kinda take stock in my recently reentering power lifting because of starting strength and how to approach it. Oops. Meant strengthtraining not powerlifting
RIP. Gonna cut back on squat due to age. What you think? 3 times every two weeks or 4 times every two weeks. Also what is max days between squat days before my squat could suffer.
Whoever it was that said "Old age makes liars of us all !" was right! I just wanted to say " Thank You, Rip! " for explaining things in the way that you did, so that this 57 year old could understand it! I've had suspicions that less is more for a little while, now. But hearing you explain it, the way you did, made things much clearer! Thanks again, Rip!
Lately, I've been missing working out - I got hit hard by Covid last summer, and I don't feel the same as I did before. I don't know if that's a product of 'long term covid' or if it is because I work from home and am sedentary too often, but I keep coming back to the fact that, every time I've tried to move forward in a workout program, I end up hurting myself, because I push too hard. I will be 56 in August, and I bought a new mountain bike a few weeks ago, and I hurt myself just lifting my leg over the seat, when getting off the bike - probably because I wasn't warmed up - and I had never thought about that when I was younger, because I never had to, but now I get it. I bought two of your books, a few years ago, and I used to watch your vids online, but that went away about 2 years ago. The thing is, your videos haven't been in my 'suggested' feed for a long time, but now that I've been injured again, and I'm working my brain back into gear, so I can get back on the horse, and start my strength training again (I haven't done it since I got covid, because workouts have not felt the same..) - now that I've been working into that mindset again, suddenly this video popped up again - and I had watched about half of it 3 years ago, but never finished it - so, it makes sense that it should come up now. Thanks Rip, for being my coach - your words hit home as I listen. I am back on the right track, and it is good to have you here to help.
Thank you! I am 62 and deal with STUPID injuries as you have! I have been a heavy industrial carpenter for over 40 years. I have been always as been an industrial athlete. I can not do what I used to do but I sure try! Shoulder pain, having to piss and the dog is taking over the bed along with the lawn mower syndrome happens! Thanks for your honesty!
10 minute part onward - He sounds like me - Ive lifted heavy - screwed my shoulders up, fell off ladders , wrecked motorcycles , been to the middle east, got hurt bla bla bla. I was 49 yrs old , still running a 5.5 50, squat 620 , and bench 465- now 57 ha squats are 300ish , bench 135 - and on a treadmill is all I run .... But I did write a book called The Healing by Ron Nick. I would like to send Mr. Rippetoe a copy if he reads this comment. also I have a connection he should talk to...
Sound advice. Mark Rippetoe is a wealth of knowledge.
I started lifting weights at age 15. In my 20s I trained for bench press contests. I have squatted, deadlifted, and bench pressed tons and tons of weights. When I was in my teens, 20s, 30s I could train 4 days a week hard and heavy. As I get older I find that I can only train 2-3 days per week. Plus I work everyday and have life stress. It's amazing that I am still training and lifting heavy for my age and weight. As I get older a whole bunch of sets and reps is not recoverable. I only squat twice a month, but my squat sessions are heavy and they are quality squat sessions. I bench press once per week but the bench press sessions are heavy and they are quality bench press sessions. I find that I have to train my back, shoulders, and supporting muscles to be able to bench press and squat so I do a supporting session once per week. I train my lower body squats, deadlifts, etc. once per week. I train my upper body bench press, rows, presses twice per week. I only heavy shoulder press twice per month. I find that as I get older less training is more. I don't know if what I am saying makes sense. If I were to just bang bang ba ng knock these crazy bodybuilding programs with all of these sets and reps I'd get ripped but I wouldn't be strong and I'd be sore all the time. I'd probably need tons of steroids to do it too. Just thinking out loud.
Thanks for your honesty too.
Very timely video. Great analysis and thank you for sharing your knowledge
Just want to say Hi Rip and that I enjoyed this. I am just a young fellow compared to you . At 62 I train with a couple of thirty something men and I appreciate you sharing your experience.
Stay Strong
Michael
It’s true . When my hands were tied behind my back ... I lost all semblance of speech 😂😂😂😂👏in addition you hit the nail on the head with the sleep issue .. at our age 😨glad to know I’m not the only one ☝️
I am 68 I didn't have any surgery... I'm training with weights 12 years I have your 3 books following your program on and off.. mix it with crossfit and bodybuilding ..
I like SSprogramm but i can't be consistent with it.
I change and try other stuff. Always come back to SS when I feel lost in training.
Love your videos you are 💯💯💯
Thanks Mark, I'm 51yrs old, been lifting weights on and off (mostly on) since I was 15, and did a lot of contact sports, dirt biking and hard physical activities over the years with my fair share of battle scars to show for it, I let myself go for a few years until I couldn't stand the old fat man looking back at me in the mirror, I've been back on the weights now for the last 10 months and I've been wondering how hard I should/could push myself, while trying hard to subdue my youthful ego that'll just get me injured, your talk has given me a lot of "Food for thought", Thank you.
One of, if not the most endearing moment of Rippetoe.
My ancestors came from colder areas of Europe. My skin is very thick, tends toward the goose flesh bumpy pores, getting a shot always tough for the nurse, as she had a hard time getting the needle through the skin. Never thought about skin thickness but you hit the nail on the head there.
Your talking from the heart great job
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Amen. The bar is always your friend.
Just discovered the starting strength NLP. My 17 year old son and I are getting into it. It's awesome!
At my age of 63 I would like to thank you for explaining alot of things I definitely understand how you put into words that makes sense that will help me ,Thankyou
After nearly 30 years of training at 45 I feel that You are 100% right. I'm right at the point to not care about getting abs any longer but to change the focus being able to maintain musclemass and body functions as good as I can.
Thank you for taking the time for being honest for us old lifters...72 years of age.
Rip (I hope you don't mind me addressing you this way; I call my doctor, Doc, and to me it's a term of respect, but he doesn't see it that way), I just watched this, and you are exactly right. I'm 71 and can relate to all your points except boob jobs because I have had the good fortune not to grope a rubber tire that I did not put on my truck. I want to thank you for writing your books and making your videos. I started powerlifting in my late 50's, and it still keeps me going. It helps me get out of a chair more easily and get up off the ground without help. Thanks.
How do you balance the need for adequate warmup with limiting your sets, reps, and tonnage? At 68, I find my knees need a bit more warm up before I can squat heavily.
My knees are my biggest problem. I have arthritis in both joints and no longer squat or leg press. Now days I usually do a set of wall sits once a week and some leg curls. I just work around my injuries