^^this^^It seems to all depend on the box and the person running it.
Bad trainers are bad trainers wherever you find them.
^^this^^It seems to all depend on the box and the person running it.
Oh, definitely. I've seen some trainers at my gym who MUST be related to Orthopedists, because if they keep having their people lift like that something's gonna break. Overhead press with wrists bent back 90 degrees to forearm. Lunges with barbell on shoulders, but twisting the spine at the bottom (because having weights on levers makes the torque on your spine safe?). People flexing their spines like frightened cats during deadlifts, while the trainer is busy with her phone.blackeagle603 wrote:^^this^^It seems to all depend on the box and the person running it.
Bad trainers are bad trainers wherever you find them.
Dr Sullivan (one of the authors) is giving a talk here at GW University at the end of next week, I'm trying to make sure my ducks are in a row with the Mrs for a kitchen pass. My dad was what I'd describe as brutally strong while I was growing up, but has recently slid down the slope due to lack of continued movement of heavy things. He stays pretty active despite his Parkinson's, but I'd really like to see if I can manage to get him onto a weight program to help restore some of that strength I remember, and stave off the complications of the 'shaking palsy'.MarkD wrote:After I came to this conclusion pretty much on my own, I found and bought a book called "The Barbell Prescription" which is specifically for barbell training for people over 40 (including people way over 40). The author is both a doctor and Starting Strength coach, he gets a bit into the medical aspect of it (some of which goes over my head), but the crux of it is "Get strong, stay strong, and instead of the long slow decline to death you can die suddenly while doing what you enjoy, and in the process we can stave off heart disease, diabetes, etc so you won't die younger than you ought to."
So that's what I'm doing. I'm not interested in competing in weightlifting or powerlifting as a sport, it's a way to get stronger and stay that way, as efficiently as possible, so I have the ability to do what I enjoy. Again, back to the book above, the author specifies that we're not competing in weight lifting, we're using weights to TRAIN for the extreme sport of aging and living and active life as we age.
Dr Sullivan has a series of YouTube videos that give the basics, Google greysteel fitness and follow the links to his channel. I'd love to go to one of his seminars, but I think at this point he'd be preaching to the choir.g-man wrote:Dr Sullivan (one of the authors) is giving a talk here at GW University at the end of next week, I'm trying to make sure my ducks are in a row with the Mrs for a kitchen pass. My dad was what I'd describe as brutally strong while I was growing up, but has recently slid down the slope due to lack of continued movement of heavy things. He stays pretty active despite his Parkinson's, but I'd really like to see if I can manage to get him onto a weight program to help restore some of that strength I remember, and stave off the complications of the 'shaking palsy'.MarkD wrote:After I came to this conclusion pretty much on my own, I found and bought a book called "The Barbell Prescription" which is specifically for barbell training for people over 40 (including people way over 40). The author is both a doctor and Starting Strength coach, he gets a bit into the medical aspect of it (some of which goes over my head), but the crux of it is "Get strong, stay strong, and instead of the long slow decline to death you can die suddenly while doing what you enjoy, and in the process we can stave off heart disease, diabetes, etc so you won't die younger than you ought to."
So that's what I'm doing. I'm not interested in competing in weightlifting or powerlifting as a sport, it's a way to get stronger and stay that way, as efficiently as possible, so I have the ability to do what I enjoy. Again, back to the book above, the author specifies that we're not competing in weight lifting, we're using weights to TRAIN for the extreme sport of aging and living and active life as we age.
So I'd have to explain to my wife why we'd need to eliminate the upstairs bathroom and put a cathedral ceiling in the garage.BDK wrote:You'd have to have 10' of clearance for my equipment.
O lifts , at least for competition should t be more than 6 reps.
More than that and, we were told, nerves ran out of enough chemicals to fire fast enough to execute the lifts.
A strongman clean and press for lifts was very different than a C&J or snatch
These days I'm just into yoga/body weight. I'll never lift heavy again, and lighter weights just don't interest me.
Same reason why I need to find a national level strongman competitor to give my strongman equipment to - it's all too heavy for a less developed individual.
But the weight lifting gear is adjustable.
I don't know the bar company you mentioned. Do not cut corners on the clamps or the hardware though. If it's not rated bolt, it really shouldn't be trusted - and it's very cheap to upgrade it.
Grade 8 bolts these days are all zinc plated, same as grade 5. The color difference is just from a different color chromate treatment being used. Once the sacrificial zinc plating is used up, they will corrode just like any other carbon steel bolt.BDK wrote:Grade VIIIs don't corrode, TMK, and I went with those, so I wouldn't have to worry about hidden corrosion.