In Fitness and in Health
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Bodyweight deadlift at the tender age of 68 is a big deal and a milestone. You will hit 100kg before you know it. And you are very welcome. Great to see the progress you made in a short period of time.
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For years I swore I’d never lift weights. I hated the gym, and mainly did cardio, then dropped it completely in favor of mountainbiking.
Then, when my youngest was about two years old (six years ago) I put her in her pram while she was sleeping. I had to bend down to do it, and I almost never got back up. My lower back was stuck.
So I went to a physiotherapist who convinced me that lifting free weights were the way to go if I wanted to increase core strength and mobility. And that included deadlifting.
And to my great surprise I found that I really liked it. I still prefer road biking (it replaced the mountainbiking a few years back) and playing Padel, so I mainly lift in the winter. My records stink though, I’ve acquired a nasty habit of injuring my ribs every time I get into a really good rhythm (not in the gym, twice on water slides, once on my commuter bike and once doing gardening). But there is a magic to deadlifting that is quite addictive.
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I can tag on to the shout out to @yannis and have been meaning to do so, regarding the low back strengthening. Yannis turned me on to the Low back ability program and I’ve been at it with consistency and focus the last 4-5 weeks. I’ve seen clear and notable progress with my low back pain issues.
Before I could make it to about 1pm in the work day before my lower back was killing me. I had two weeks of vacation during the holidays and I started my first day off. I’ve been back to work for two weeks and have not had any flare ups so far. Can’t thank you enough, Yannis. Feeling better and maintaining progress are the greatest motivators to staying committed to rehabbing and strengthening my back. Feeling the most optimistic I’ve been in 6 months.
