I'm gym-goer for over 40 years (59 y. old now ) and have been the strongest when I have been in middle 40'. After nearly two years when I have started barbell training I'm so close to my personal records ( bench press, squat, deadlift and shoulders press ). I have no idea how strong can be nearly 60 years old fart. I really scared of myself when I look in the mirror. To compare to my mates I'm superhuman. Fit, healthy, and good looking.😋 And that even wasn't my goal. I just wanted to be strong.💪
44 now. I learned to live with a bad lower back since my late 20s. Little things would tweak it. Trained off and on most of my life but got serious with SS around 40. After my deadlift got past 315x5, I noticed much, much less back trouble. Wish the chiropractor told me this years ago!
Grant, I'm 64. Been strength training since high school. People don't accurately guess my age. Fortunately they think I'm younger than I am. Keep lifting folks!
42 here. Got hit by a car in my early 30's and ended up being less active and got completely detrained. Welcomed a newborn into the world in July and decided it was time to get strong. Started SL 5x5 four months ago and have worked up to a 200lb squat. Doing swimming 3x a week for cardio. Best health I've been in for years. People think I'm in my early 30's.
Great advice. 48 now, started at 11. Still grind just as hard. Only difference is need to warm up and recovery is longer. Never too late to start, but more important don’t ever stop.
Yep, you've been doing it all along. Video is not for you. It's for your buddy that you can't get under a barbell. Doing some stuff on programming and recovery adjustments now...
Great video Grant! I just turned 46 last week and am stronger than I ever was in my 20's and 30's, not just by a little by ALOT... Just goes to show that heavy barbell training, a decent diet, proper programming and a good coach, AND CONSISTENCY pays off!
I'm 50 and I've been working out since my teens, coach both boxing and wrestling now my son is getting into powerlifting I was curious so I figured hell with it!!! I became his workout partner...it's never too late
Needed to be said, and I needed to hear it! Back in the saddle at 45 25lbs down and I pulled my heaviest deadlift ever the other day! This channel has helped so much over the last 5 months!
Great info and motivation! My 19 year old son actually inspired me to get back under a barbell when I realized how much stronger he was than me at age 42. I’ve always been very lean border line scrawny but working the starting strength novice plan in my garage and it’s making a difference. Everyday tasks are easier and after a few months my lower back which was becoming a real problem has eased significantly. You can’t go wrong with basic barbell training
100%. I am 46 and am stronger than I have ever been.....and the numbers are still going up. I had to make some adjustments to the program in order to account for my slightly slower recovery, but just today at lunch I pulled 420 for a set of 5. Last year when I started my deadlift max was 350. Same kind of improvements on my Bench, squat and press.
I'm 41, about 10 weeks into NLP and I've gained ~25lbs, added 100lbs to my squat and deadlift and 45lbs to my bench press and press. If you're in your forties and watching this, what are you waiting for?!
I’m 40 years old. Morbidly obese and weak as hell. I can’t bench more than 25 lbs, press no more than 20 lbs, and can’t squat my body weight. There are my excuses. I start than I stop for a long time. Then restart again and stop. Never been consistent. Advice would be appreciated. Love the videos.
Keep it consistent and it'll just become routine. I've gone from 377lbs to 200lbs using a keto ish diet, starting strength, and cardio. Weight/ cardio split six days a week. Meal prep on Sunday. But consistent is key.
I think the best advice is to do the opposite of what you've been doing. If doing X, Y and Z got you here, then doing the opposite of X, Y and Z will get you there. Stay with it and good things will happen.
57 y.o., and despite arthritic knees pulled 407 (185kg) in competition - and still on track to improve. Now if I could stop letting squats mess with my head...
42. Gained 25 lbs, crushing all old PRs. Getting compliments on my body. My wife fat shames me because I have lost my abs, barely. I plan on owning to 1RMs then lean out a littleand start over.
Funny I found this just now. I’m 46, I’ve been back at working out about 2 years. Also train ninja warrior with my kids. I’m beginning the SS program. I’m pretty concerned about recovery, the ninja stuff is hard. Should I still do 3 times a week? How would you gauge volume to ensure recovery and progress?
I am 38 and I am amazed how terrible most 40year olds looks. Old, wrinkley and fat. I am 90kg lean, no roids ever. The only thing that separates me from most people I know is that I started smoking and drinking and drugs at 25 and stopped nearly completely at 30. I still maintain looks of a 25year old without trying, I go to gym 4x week and still progress. It is amazing how damaged most people are. And let's exclude genetic factors - the rest is on you. Drinking away your youth is not smart. Roidees also look terribly old. It is a massive tradeoff for looking buff at age 20 or 21 under steroids, and then looking like 50year old at age 30.
I'm gym-goer for over 40 years (59 y. old now ) and have been the strongest when I have been in middle 40'. After nearly two years when I have started barbell training I'm so close to my personal records ( bench press, squat, deadlift and shoulders press ). I have no idea how strong can be nearly 60 years old fart. I really scared of myself when I look in the mirror. To compare to my mates I'm superhuman. Fit, healthy, and good looking.😋 And that even wasn't my goal. I just wanted to be strong.💪
44 now. I learned to live with a bad lower back since my late 20s. Little things would tweak it.
Trained off and on most of my life but got serious with SS around 40. After my deadlift got past 315x5, I noticed much, much less back trouble. Wish the chiropractor told me this years ago!
Grant, I'm 64. Been strength training since high school. People don't accurately guess my age. Fortunately they think I'm younger than I am. Keep lifting folks!
42 here. Got hit by a car in my early 30's and ended up being less active and got completely detrained. Welcomed a newborn into the world in July and decided it was time to get strong. Started SL 5x5 four months ago and have worked up to a 200lb squat. Doing swimming 3x a week for cardio. Best health I've been in for years. People think I'm in my early 30's.
Keep it up man!
“Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.” ― Carl Jung
Excellent video!
@DelNoah☘️ Thank you! Let me know what you think.
This is so true
Great advice. 48 now, started at 11. Still grind just as hard. Only difference is need to warm up and recovery is longer. Never too late to start, but more important don’t ever stop.
Yep, you've been doing it all along. Video is not for you. It's for your buddy that you can't get under a barbell. Doing some stuff on programming and recovery adjustments now...
It's his Garmin Instinct watch. Without it, dude spirals into a tub of strawberry ice cream, never to be seen again
Grant, for those of us in our 50s (or closer to 60), strength training also works. Still grinding out results that I’m happy about.
Great video Grant! I just turned 46 last week and am stronger than I ever was in my 20's and 30's, not just by a little by ALOT... Just goes to show that heavy barbell training, a decent diet, proper programming and a good coach, AND CONSISTENCY pays off!
Great work Dave! You are very consistent !
I'm 50 and I've been working out since my teens, coach both boxing and wrestling now my son is getting into powerlifting I was curious so I figured hell with it!!! I became his workout partner...it's never too late
Needed to be said, and I needed to hear it! Back in the saddle at 45 25lbs down and I pulled my heaviest deadlift ever the other day! This channel has helped so much over the last 5 months!
Great info and motivation! My 19 year old son actually inspired me to get back under a barbell when I realized how much stronger he was than me at age 42. I’ve always been very lean border line scrawny but working the starting strength novice plan in my garage and it’s making a difference. Everyday tasks are easier and after a few months my lower back which was becoming a real problem has eased significantly. You can’t go wrong with basic barbell training
Not quite 40 but late 30s and best shape I've been in my whole life, I consider myself a late bloomer haha, love your videos!
42 in less than a month and aging like a fine whiskey 😅
You are an outlier !
Yup, I wish more people will watch this. I've added ice baths and sauna for "extra" recovery but then again it might just be placebo.
Spread it around…
Grant I’m actually 55 years any advice for me will be greatly received . I’m following you all the way from Wales 🏴 in the uk.
I included 55 year olds! Take a watch
58 yr olds?
@DelNoah☘️ SOUNDS LIKE A DOGGONE DEVIL DOG!
Strongest I have ever been at 60 years old. But wish I was 40 anyway, haha!
100%. I am 46 and am stronger than I have ever been.....and the numbers are still going up. I had to make some adjustments to the program in order to account for my slightly slower recovery, but just today at lunch I pulled 420 for a set of 5. Last year when I started my deadlift max was 350. Same kind of improvements on my Bench, squat and press.
Spittin straight facts. So true... wanted you to mention mobility too
I'm 41, about 10 weeks into NLP and I've gained ~25lbs, added 100lbs to my squat and deadlift and 45lbs to my bench press and press. If you're in your forties and watching this, what are you waiting for?!
Im 52. I did my SS NLP at 48. I squat 435 and im only serious about progress for 6-7 months a year.
I’m 40 years old. Morbidly obese and weak as hell. I can’t bench more than 25 lbs, press no more than 20 lbs, and can’t squat my body weight. There are my excuses. I start than I stop for a long time. Then restart again and stop. Never been consistent. Advice would be appreciated. Love the videos.
Check out our video “how to start starting strength”
Keep it consistent and it'll just become routine. I've gone from 377lbs to 200lbs using a keto ish diet, starting strength, and cardio. Weight/ cardio split six days a week. Meal prep on Sunday. But consistent is key.
I think the best advice is to do the opposite of what you've been doing. If doing X, Y and Z got you here, then doing the opposite of X, Y and Z will get you there. Stay with it and good things will happen.
I'm 38 and this is always good to hear!
57 y.o., and despite arthritic knees pulled 407 (185kg) in competition - and still on track to improve. Now if I could stop letting squats mess with my head...
42. Gained 25 lbs, crushing all old PRs. Getting compliments on my body. My wife fat shames me because I have lost my abs, barely. I plan on owning to 1RMs then lean out a littleand start over.
Hehe, I’m 49, and you just recited my life’s training history
but you're still training....
@@thestrengthco yes, I got my head out of my rear end after 25 years and got a ss coach
40 over the hill?? C`mon buddy at forty-over the hill?-I was running ultra marathons!
58 and still training!
Just hit 400 at 43 then stopped 6 months ago now I feel like shit I have to get back to it my motivation has been low
so whats the workout you promised at the start of the video??
Funny I found this just now. I’m 46, I’ve been back at working out about 2 years. Also train ninja warrior with my kids. I’m beginning the SS program. I’m pretty concerned about recovery, the ninja stuff is hard. Should I still do 3 times a week? How would you gauge volume to ensure recovery and progress?
If that active you should hire a coach
I am 38 and I am amazed how terrible most 40year olds looks. Old, wrinkley and fat. I am 90kg lean, no roids ever. The only thing that separates me from most people I know is that I started smoking and drinking and drugs at 25 and stopped nearly completely at 30. I still maintain looks of a 25year old without trying, I go to gym 4x week and still progress.
It is amazing how damaged most people are. And let's exclude genetic factors - the rest is on you. Drinking away your youth is not smart. Roidees also look terribly old. It is a massive tradeoff for looking buff at age 20 or 21 under steroids, and then looking like 50year old at age 30.
People can think of a million excuses to not do something hard. It’s all lies. Don’t believe it.
Meh probably 😂😂😂