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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle age would be a terrible time to start lifting 5x5.  OP, ignore these guys. Check out IIFYMwomen.org or Sohee Lee[/quote]

I wonder why you imagine that to be true.

I mean, you won’t get as strong as quickly as if you started younger, but it’s great for health.

I started at 50 as a lifelong runner with bad knees, and at 190 pounds I got up to 250 bench, 300 squat and 400 deadlift.  Not impressive but my back and knees felt much better. [/quote]

I don’t “imagine it”.  It’s absolutely hard on your joints and can spike your blood pressure.  I don’t want anyone reading this to discover they have high blood pressure because they stroke out from the bro advice here. No middle aged beginner should begin weightlifting with a 5x5 program. [/quote]

Bless your heart.  With proper form and load management, lifting heavy (including 5x5 programming) is not hard on your joints.    And lifting dramatically reduces your risk of stroke and cardiac events.  [/quote]

You’re dangerously uninformed. Lifting heavy with high blood pressure increases your chance of having a stroke WHILE you are lifting. Really, keep your bro science to yourself. [/quote]

Resistance  training specifically reduces your overall risk of cardiac events and stroke by 40-70%.  
https://srtimes.co.uk/lifting-weights-weekly-could-reduce-stroke-risk-by-70-per-cent/?amp=1

And yes, if you are going to have a stroke, then it may well happen after lifting something heavy, but heavy weight training specifically reduces your risk of ischemic stroke brought on by exertion.   
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/173/3/330/129869

But sure, if you have untreated high blood pressure or a history of aneurism, you probably don’t want to lift heavy.  [/quote]

DP - the first link is to a non-peer-reviewed article in newspaper, which references resistance training, not heavy lifting.

The second link includes the following quote: “We did not have sufficient statistical power to assess whether the risk of ischemic stroke associated with lifting 50 pounds or more was altered by habitual physical activity.”  Also, it’s methodological garbage: retrospective self-report in stroke patients. That’s the best you could find?[/quote]

LOL. Said the person making claims and presenting absolutely no evidence for them whatsoever.  Bless your heart.  Keep trying!
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Nope!  I am none of the PPs earlier in this thread.  My first post was this one.

It’s telling that you can’t mount any kind of substantive response; you just resort to personal attacks.[/quote]

Truth [/quote]

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