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There was a RCT study that was peer reviewed out of the university of Michigan (I believe). It showed direct evidence that consuming a lot of Apples, Pears, Raw Tomatoes and Bell Peppers in fact heals the lining of the airways and reverses chronic pulmonary diseases of ex smokers/non smokers and all pulmonary diseased patients.

I’m a 68 year old woman who started powerlifting two years ago, never having touched a barbell. I exercised my entire adult life doing stuff like yoga, Pilates, aerobics classes, running, and light dumbbell workouts. You know, the workouts someone decided were “suitable for women.” I felt and looked scrawny and frail even after all that “exercise” and I wanted to change the narrative. Two years ago I started training with an experienced powerlifting coach who has some older clients. 3 Workouts a week (squat, bench, deadlift) with accessories and core exercises. I do mobility and stretching on my own. *I have never been this strong in my entire life.* I haven’t been injured. Age-related muscle wasting (sarcopenia) has disappeared. My bone density has improved. And although powerlifting is not aimed at aesthetics, I look damn good for a woman my age. I can do tough workouts, which has greatly improved my self-esteem. My 1RM at a meet in January 2024 were: 55 kg for squat; 37.5 kg for bench; 90 kg for deadlift. I’ll be in a meet in August and I will surpass those numbers pretty handily. But it’s not about numbers, it’s about other things I mentioned. Meets are just for fun and to measure progress. For someone who started so late and has shitty genetics for powerlifting as a competitive sport, I am damn proud of what I’ve accomplished. Dr. Sullivan’s book was one of the things that convinced me that I should take up powerlifting. Attia and McGill can go pound sand. Powerlifting has been THE BEST THING I have ever done for myself from a health and fitness perspective.

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Wow, your hair is stupid. You should get it cut back.

Heavy Man!🏋‍♂️🏊🦊

I’m glad I came across your videos. 6 months Same situation just woke up with a pain then during training couldn’t figure out why my right side was significantly weaker. Ended up taking 2.5 months off gym and seeing chiropractor. Wasn’t getting better plus my right tricep had atrophied noticeably. I decided to get back in gym see an orthopedic surgeon. Got an MRI last week. Doing single pushing movements , my strength is slowly improving and the size of right tricep/ arm is showing improvement. Hope to continue improving , Thank You for your inspiring words. I was lost a couple months ago. Would you recommend training the atrophied tricep twice a week? My body has always responded well to training body parts once a week.

Barbells are antique and not as efficient as Nautilus machines.

Why not 10 sets? Old people have all the recreational time available to spend all day working out.

Last ride of the day

That was lyrical ❤ I never comment but this video got me coming out of the woodwork when all the other excellent strengthen training videos got only a quick 👍🏼

Beautiful, great! Thank you!

I'm exactly two weeks post op from a right anterior THR, so I'm watching this with great interest.

great share and insights

Deadlifts are Extremely Dangerous. Many Elite Professional Athletes don’t Deadlift or Squat. They use Plate Loaded Machines. Dr. McGill has said Deadlifts and the Good Morning Squat are Terrible

Excellent points. I am an endurance junkie, I would love to find a reason not to lift. But it is important medicine for your body.

No matter what the people say against the deadlift, in the end, i need my barbell dosis at least once a week. When i'm moving heavy weights whith a barbell i'm free.

Love it thanks for sharing!! Dr you have any opinions on lifting belts ? Thanks again.

First off, love the book. Read it through several times, but I have a huge quibble PRECISELY with what I'm hearing here. Deadifts and Squats are great, but they're hardly the "only show in town," as you imply. [TL/ DR. It's more time-efficient and less boring to opt for movements you can super-set instead of a dull, 1970-style barbell routine that plods on. For instance, subbing Farmer's Carry, Hip-Trusts, or Cable Pull-Throughs for the dogmatic Deadlift. And Bulgarians and assorted Lunges for Squats. You get stronger with more variety and less repetitive motion fatigue and boredom.] My problem with your book is that it can get dogmatic-- a "one size fits all: mentality. The question is, "Are deadlifts the most efficient way to attain your goals?" Odds are they aren't Consider time: most people are strapped for it. In my experience, super-setting opposing muscle groups is the most efficient way to get through solid volume in a short amount of time. Which makes the Deadlift a dog. Deadlifts require several warmup sets as a ramp-up. And then 3-5 working sets. All of which are are so taxing and hit so many muscles that you really cannot superset them. Instead, you need to rest for at least two minutes between sets. Not to mention the set-up time, lugging plates, loading and reloading the bar, etc. For me, it was a 40-minute cycle from addessing the rack to wiping it down to step away. It's more efficient to add 4 rounds of a Farmer's Carry or Front-Loaded Sandbag Walk. Both are grab a pre-set weight and "Go!" You'll have whole-body muscle activation similar to the Deadlift with sufficient load to stimulate bone density for those with osteopenia. But they're less fatiguing, so make for a great warmup. During the rest intervals, you can do core work, or add some active stretching. I complete 4 x 50-yard laps alternating Paloff Presses, Crunches, Pikes, and several other core exercises in under ten minutes... usually closer to five. Another swap for Deadlifts. During my main routine, I add Hip Thrusts or Cable Pull-Throughs instead of Deadlifts for glutes. Both can be super-setted. For instance, I'm on a classic 2-day "Arnold Spilt" - Legs and Arms on day one, Back, Chest, and Shoulders on day two. I'll rotate Pull-Throughs, with cable bicep and tricep exercises. Super efficient. Three sets of three exercises take about five minutes Squats, too, are over-sold. Though I still do them since they are so functional, I routinely switch Bulgarians, Walking Lunges, Lateral Lunges, and Reverse Lunges with Squats as a main leg exercise. And while Bulgarians and Reverse Lunges still require set-up time, since I go bar on the back, the time required is less than squats. And they require fewer warmup reps. What's more, my body appreciates the lighter loads required, and the balance challenge strengthens muscles the squat cannot hit. And while I'll still program in Romanians (since it's a lighter load Deadlift), I've been swapping them with Nordic Hamstring Curls and Leg Curl machines. All hit the rear chain differently, and they challenge the neuro-musculature more than a robotic, "one-size-fits-all" Deadlift and Squat routine. Period. I have a rule: I will spend no more than 4 hours per week in strength training. And programming out inefficient exercises like Deadlifts helps me get there. Sure, I may never attain my pre-COIVD-gym-shut-down 500+-pound DL, but who cares? I do know that when I rotate in Squats, I'm near where I was and have continued advancing... even though I perform a lower Squat volume than I used to. PS. Knowing my thoughts on the Deadlift, a former athlete who's been "back in the game" for two or three years, challenged me this winter. Despite my last Deadlift coming in June 2020, I still pulled 330. Almost twice, but couldn't quite lock out the second rep. Since this is his workout weight for 3 reps, he was impressed. BTW. I'm 58, he's in his 30's, and Deadlifts twice per week.

Gave this video a like many, many moons ago. Watched it again today when the algorithm placed it in my "suggested for you" playlist (algorithms are scary). So, down to the basement gym to train, but I don't wanna. Que audio, Whitesnake ♪ Here I go again on my own... ♪

If you feel you're too old you're too old I'm 64 years old and I watch how much I left it's up to the person

I am 61. I am decently fit, no medications. I can still sprint. I have weight trained on and off from 14 to 42. I have been wanting to get back into it again, but I have been justifying that I have a hectic job, where I am running around for 6 to 8 hours a day, lifting different things, but this video really has giving me the confidence that I have been needing, that I am not going to get hurt if I train properly. So I am going to get back into it again. Buy-the-way, I love that T-shit.

I'm in my thirties and, DAMN is this video useful!

Although I do like Attia and McGill both seem sometimes to get caught up in there polished and refined explanations. I have several McGill books. When I first saw the title of your video I was like who is this guy that think he can question these two experts. But, you made some very good counter points and simple to understand. I know some things are not easy to explain but sometimes you lose people when you talk about exercise like it's quantum physics. At any rate I think it's good that other people knowledgeable in the field question practices that other people put out. Keeps everyone on their toes which we all benefit from and not be fan boys. Well done. Subscribed.

Useful and highly technical presentation but the background music is a distraction

God bless and keep going next 20 years....

I use to do mostly deadlifts all the time, I got close to 500 pounds. I did it once per week for 3 years until I got injured. I felt strong and great on a daily basis. Instead of saying deadlifts are terrible, I thought about it rationally and tried to figure out why am I suddenly injuring myself now when I am lifting so much weight... My conclusion was that I became significantly more stronger in my sagital plane than my frontal and rotational plane therefore creating imbalance in my body. I stopped deadlifting for few months, did more unilateral work, rotational movements and movements in frontal plane. After putting my ego aside and doing some proper supplementary work, go figure... I went back to deadlift with no trouble and was able to push even further than before.... There is always a cause for injury, working with heavier weights will only expose those issues more quickly. Mc Gill is talking about a population of competitive lifters... Well since when is competitive sport on that level healthy for you? Since then I had a bunch of clients come to me who would struggle with low back pain, or they previously injured themselves deadlifting. Very quickly I could figure out how most of them had a wild muscular imbalance... They could carry kattlebells in 1 hand and one of their sides would be significantly stronger than their other side. Once we fixed that, I could slowly implement deadlifts, let their bodies adjust and don't push the weight up too quickly even thought they feel they can. Deadlift is one of our primary movements as humans... Lift the heavy s..t of the ground! :) Most of people have issues because of lack of proper movement!!!

I respect Attia and McGill, but I agree with you on this one. I remember some time ago hearing Attia say this: I was puzzled for many of the same reasons you note. Your observations are reasonable and sound, most notably in pointing out McGill’s “category error.” Brilliant work, Doc!

This is beyond awesome! And everyone will agree, he does NOT look anything close to 97 yrs old.

Absolutely perfectly said. Thank you so much for the shift in perspective. I really needed this.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! ❤🙏🏼

Hey there Sully. Im a 26 yo male recently diagnosed with femoral condyle chondromalacia, and Im looking for advice on how to train with/through/around this. Been scouring the interwebs and havent found anything useful. Thanks in advance if you see this and reply. Big fan of the channel 💪

How are you doing with this 3 years later?

you look like you lift, how come Ripp doesn't

So inspiring. I sent this video to my father who has Parkinson' . The SS team with Dr Sullivan have come up with something wonderful

Amazing❤

Thank you for telling the truth! I'm 64, soon to be 65, and am back into strength training after a couple of years of health issues and a sedentary lifestyle brought on by too many hours working at a desk in front of a screen. I was a world class powerlifter in my early twenties, kept lifting weights throughout my life, and competed again as a powerlifter in my early 50s. I have spent over 50 years going to the gym and utilizing barbells and resistance machines for many years. The last couple of years because of some unrelated medical issues and work, I got away from the gym, and felt progressively worse, achy, tired and defeated. Since fixing my diet and starting a lifting program again, I feel so much better again, and chronic pain is much, much improved. If you need more info, let me know, I'd be happy to discuss my journey in detail. John

Like everything, the devil's in the details. Can someone middle aged over-do dead lifts/squats and get injured and/or wind up with long term issues? Sure, if they go overboard and are sloppy. But with proper form, wearing knee braces to protect joints, and not going crazy with max weight I think these exercises can be done safely and it can be very beneficial well into old age.

I still train pretty hard. Im 66. Basiclly just squat bench and deadlift. My deadlift is still over 500lbs. Bench also not bad. Around 300 for singles. Biggest training issue is im still a heavy drinker. Most days. I think its holding me back

This video earned a subscribe! 70 yr-old here that has been deadlifting for years and at this point of my career its no longer attempting a 1 rep max PR, but how many 1 x bw reps I can achieve. Last week I did 18 x 175 lbs (over 3 sets) at a body weight of 160 lbs. Oh, and I drag the sled backwards with 90 lbs for 60 ft two times a week. No hip fractures and still able to walk the doggies every morning!

As a lifter in my early 60s I really appreciate these videos. Thank you.

I think maybe McGill was taking this position in the discussion with Attia because Attia has historically had more in common with a powerlifter that pushes to hit a number than a middle aged person who picks up barbell training to maintain their health. Attia has a history of becoming obsessed and pushing himself to achieve certain physical goals. Perhaps the therapeutic window is indeed narrow for him.

I know this video was recommended to me because I watched the Attia video. I was honestly so shocked by that discussion about deadlifts being dangerous. Replacing lifters hips?? Gtfo here.. maybe body builders and steroid users or people who have no business deadlifting with their horrible form. Deadlift, do it right, and enjoy to old age.

So Cool! Thanks Sully!

I am watching this waiting for the ice pack to get cold again for the new tendinitis in my left elbow (9ne of those screw curtain rods got me, sigh), I am thinking about all of my asymmetries and those of my friends. We all adapt and move on. I love your channel and the wisdom you bring to active aging.

I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying! Mad, MAD respect for this man.

My left ear likes this video

Very thoughtful perspective and I will be looking for asymetry to celebrate in my day to day

Wow

Deeply philosophical. Thank you Dr Sully.

I hadn’t seen the Atila/McGill video, but their disingenuous scare tactics use cherry picked data and straw man arguments to scare those who don’t know any better into buying a program they don’t need. Thanks for sharing this reaction video.