Hello from downunder

[Les]

What am I doing here? Iam an old guy. You all look like young people to me.
I started this SLS 5X5 about 5 months back, just give it a go I thought, anyhow I have gone from nothing to SQ 81Kg, OHP 48Kg, BP 52Kg, DL 92Kg and Iam just about stuffed, form is starting to get a bit ragged.
I train alone in the shed outback so I have to be careful, however I will keep at and see how far I can go.

[grole]

Hi Les
Welcome to the Forum mate!

I would recommend you start a log on here. If you can, post some videos of your lifts for constructive criticism and suggestions.

- Peter

[mjh]

G'day Les, welcome to stronglifts.

How old is old? You're right that most of the forum members are in their 20s or 30s, but there are a handful of older guys too. Have a look at this and you can see some of their training logs. Starting one for yourself would be a great way to stay motivated, learn from other's experience, and keep a record of your progress.

Best of luck.

[Les]

Thanks for the welcome, well old in my case is 56, I,am on the downhill side to retirement. With regards to training logs I have downloaded a freeware program "EvenFit" from http://www.evenfit.com, it has sections for cardio and weights etc, seems to work OK. Well Iam only training against myself, Iam not real keen on making a big song and dance about what I do, however, if I can do it anybody can, and as you know as you get older you tend to get weaker, and it takes longer to recover, but with a little bit of strength training I may be able to fend off some of the problems older people can get such as type II Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Heart disease etc, anyhow I like the challange of pushing some iron into the air. I will see what happens.

See you next time