Seen more people get hurt on the deadlift than any exercise.I personally trained people and ran gyms for 10 years. Forget the upward row,lateral raise with tipped hands, regular dip, squat, behind the neck press, pull down behind the neck, regular bench and military press. Do lateral swings with your shoulders held down for higher reps ( will save your shoulders), machine dip where you can control the depth on every rep., lunges or leg press instead of squat to reduce radial load on spine, neutral grip overhead press (will save your shoulders), all chest pressing movement under grip it keeps your shoulders from being internally rotated then impinged, I am 52 natural and had recurring shoulder and elbow issues from 36 years of heavy lifting. I had to figure out how to keep lifting heavy with certain exercises and not get hurt all the time.

62 here and deadlifts and squats are my main exercises. Stay strong.

Fortunately l am in my 60's, so deadlifts are safe for me. I never realized how hazardous lifting weights while we are in our 50's was

Just a comment here to say how nice it is to see people disagree with you but almost all are respectful doing it. What a breath of fresh air not to read provacative and insulting responses.

58 and deadlifts help keep me young . My goal is strength , the stronger i get, the better i feel.

My best deadlift was 345# for a triple in my 40s. I still deadlift at 63, but 100# for 20 reps. I have lightened my compound lifts considerably and focused on reps. It keeps up my metabolism, all around strength, flexibility, and injury free( thus far😊). This is the best channel for anyone over 50. 👍

I was 75 and set 2 American deadlift records, 470 and 455, at 220. 83 now, not aware of any after effects.

I'm in my 60's and compete in powerlifting. Love the deadlift. Using light weights is fine if you are new, but if you want to build strength you'll struggle. When you're lifting a light weight 20x, it's cardio, not strength building. Before I started powerlifting, back in my 40's, I had two herniated disks. Now, I deadlift 400+ lbs, and my back is strong. Also love the bench press and it's simple to avoid injury, simple setup the safety, if available, so you don't get crushed by a failed bench. Or ask a couple fellow lifters to spot for you. And, get a coach to ensure good programming and technique. This is probably one of the most important things to do if you want to avoid injury and build muscle or strength. I train on about an 8 week block, so I only hit a 1 rep max once every 2 months, and follow it with a one week deload. The rest of the time I'm training at 70 to 90% of my 1 rep max. Stay healthy and keep lifting!

I'll do them until the day I die. Always lift safely and warm up. Deadlift forever!.

2 words for you: TRAP BAR. Trap bar deadlift has slightly less range of motion and puts more work on your glutes/quads/hamstrings and less on your lower back, but you still get a lower back workout.

No reason to stop deadlifting if you have perfect form and you dont try to do 1 rep max. Do sets of 10 with 50% of calculated 1 rep max.

Great video! 👍 Here my two cents. For the older guys: - Don’t do 1 rep max any longer - no matter the exercise. No benefits, only risks. For everybody: - Never do behind the head pulls - no matter your age. No benefits, only risks. - Don’t do front raises - no matter your age. You explained the reason perfectly well. Greetings from Germany. ✌️💪🤗

I’m in my 80s and still doing deadlifts with no issues- Attention energizes and magnefies, intensional, transforms and changes

The only part of this video I agree with is the behind the neck pulldown. In fact I would advise everybody to do some sort of deadlift, farmers walk and sled push/ pull.

I agree that it's smart to alter your workouts a bit in your 50's (I'm 55), but there's no need to abandon these exercises altogether. For Deadlifts, I now use a Trap Bar with raised handles. For Bench Press, I now use a Multi-Grip Bar or an Earthquake Bar. I'm still able to perform these basic, essential compound movements, with much less chance for injury.

I respectfully disagree with some of this. Use it or loose it. If you're not deadlifting you need a different exercise for your spinal erectors and if it's sufficiently challenging the risk is the same. I have arthritis in my spine and deadlifting (conventional and RDLs) is the only way I've found to keep the pain away. I get very sore if I don't deadlift for a month. That said, it doesn't have to be close to the limits. I could do 250 for 10 last time I checked, but I normally only lift 225 for 5. That's enough to keep my back happy and I feel the injury risk is pretty low. You can lift well within your limits and maintain muscle. Things like not doing barbell bench alone without a cage applies whatever your age, it's just that when you get older you realise your not indestructible.

At 61 at a weight of 160, I still do 5x5 conventional dead lifts with twice my body weight once every other week. Love the metabolic stress and no issues. Yes, put those 1RM in the past.

I only started deadlifting at 50, not giving it up now!

I'm 66, and have previously had bulging discs, but I switched to the trap bar for my deadlifts, it's the best thing I ever did. They are now a mainstay of my workouts.

Respectfully I am 55 and DL, Squat, Bench Press, Shoulder Press and Cleans. Squat and DL are in the low 500s. I have zero pain and zero injuries. Great technique and periodization prevent injuries.

I took up deadlifting at the age of 61 when I started to experience significant pain and inflammation in the knees from osteoarthritis. I credit the weight training with delaying the need for my first knee replacement for 8 years. Now at the age of 71 I have deadlifted 192.5 kg in a recent competition. I find that working on good technique and being conservative in rate of progression helps avoid any significant injuries and keeps my knees functioning. I had intermittent pain in lower back for years from a breakfall injury. Once I started deadlifting it completely disappeared.

I train alone (and 75 years old) so use a machine for inclined bench press and shoulder press and squats, this is an old machine but very versatile, and I can push as hard (if i want to) as I like safe. Inclined Cable flies is what I do and have done for years.

My lower back has been crippled, I've walked into the gym and did moderate deadlifts and been completely cured...

I'm 52. My personal experience with deadlift is exactly opposite. I find heavy conventional deadlifts very important in maintaining overall strength. My current 1RM is 2.5x my bodyweight. I have no chronic back pain of any kind. Barbell bench is also 2x a week for me. I have a bench with sturdy safety bars. I have failed reps, and the bars are set about 1" below my chest. The big 3 powerlifting movements along with overhead press are the majority of my training. I hardly ever touch dumb bells or cables.

I’m 68 and still deadlifting! Never really had an injury!

I’m in my upper 50s and have been training for over 40yrs, and I train very smartly and enthusiastically, and I actually already avoided the exercises you mentioned, plus I avoid barbell rows, because I severely injured my back while doing them in my mid 20s, but I do plenty of various pull-ups and other types of rows with great success.

70 year old here, thanks very much! I used to be a runner and I'm still a cyclist. After an injury my MD said, stop the running and start lifting with a trainer. OK, so I read a few books, got the trainer, and my Deadlift went to 200 pounds; Back Squat 140; Bench I couldn't do because of old shoulder surgery. I did not get injured, and got a lot stronger. But, I've become so tight and stiff that I'm cutting back and listening to my body. I've switched over to more machines, lighter weights, and found the Concept 2 row machine with correct form to be great. Thanks again for backing up what my body has been telling me. A life with a lot of physical work has given me long list of injuries while keeping me in decent shape. Finding that middle ground of maintenance and strength is tricky as you get older.

As a 48 year old former powerlifter, I do agree with you on the deadlift. Some folks don't seem to have a problem with them as they get older as evidenced in the comments below. However for me, I can get away with trap bar deadlifts but barbell conventional deadlifts were too frequently leading to back tweaks and its no longer worth it for me.

I bench press in my squat rack with safety straps/bars

Thank you for this advice. Much appreciated.

I’m 51, I don’t do deadlifts but I do Hexbar deadlifts, I still enjoy the ability to lift heavy and progress slowly with this, I swapped out the deadlifts for partial deadlifts, I believe these help me with farmers carry, I like seated cable flys, I like indirect Lat pull-down, I do incline bench press, I am lucky enough to have a Powertec WB which is a great piece of equipment designed for people with no spotter, your correct with front delt raises I have good front delts due to other push movements.

I’m a 71 y.o. 115 pound female and I love deadlifts. They’re my favorite lift. Lifted 300 in a meet last year. Even though I’m not giving up deadlifts I also think there’s much good advice in this video. I tend to push myself too far and injured my shoulder a couple of years ago so it is wise to choose your lifts/exercise carefully . From my coach, “just because you can doesn’t mean you should”.

My dad does pretty much all these exercises regularly and doesn't get injured and he is 72. Behind the neck pull downs are ok as long as you do them as a high rep 1 set finisher after regular pull-downs just going for pump/fatigue burn. If you have mobility issues and can't dead-lift from the floor work up your t-bar row spinal development with moderate controlled reps and do some RDLs for sets of 8-10 stopping mid shin. I had a lower back injury that is just getting better now after 2 years but I effed it up front squatting to heavy when out of shape not from dead-lifting. I still front squat just from zercher position instead of at clavicle.

Am 71 and continue to do all the same basic weight training movements I did when I was 18. Get breathing and form down first then add weight. Had hip replacements at age 59. Recently did four reps of machine squats with 450.

Hex or Trap bar deadlifts are a game changer. Puts you in a natural neutral position. Do barbell deadlifts if you compete or desire lower back pain. Professional athletes use the Hex bar for Deadlifts. Better strength gains and less risk for injury. Always lift for you and your goals, not someone else’s!

54 here. Have had an ACL repair and separate torn cartilage surgeries on both knees, a foot surgery, spinal stenosis in lumbar and cervical spine, as well as bulging L4/L5 disc. At 54, I do conventional, sumo, and Romanian Deadlifts. I have not maxed out in years. However, these exercises have helped my back a great deal.

Love your videos but I got to say I do four out of those five exercises at 52 and honestly will continue (respectively) I would never nor should someone ever think about heavy bench press without a spotter that's almost a given.

Very helpful tips, but we’ll have to keep you in mind or keep watching this video. Thank you.

Im 49 and i just pulled #410 for 8reps, so its mostly knowing your limits and slowly working towards and passing them.

I'm 64 still bench squat deadlift after over 40 years of training. I train alone,power rack is great for failure trading,I made my machines to fit me

Thanks for showing alternative exercises. I'll be incorporating a few of them

I had back issues since 25. I never did deadlifts. Now at 53 I start doing trap bar deadlifts and I feel amazing!

In 2019, I was 56 and badly hurt one of my shoulders on the pec deck. It took months to heal. I still bench with a spotter and deadlift using a trap bar.

As my doc said, keep doing what you want. Just dial down the intensity. I'm 78

For deadlifts: Some can do it, and some can't. I'm 53. Been lifting since age 16, and I have a solid enough foundation where I can do them safely. Your advice is a "blanket statement". Check out Paul Sklar and many others over 50. So...some can, some shouldn't, and most can't. For behind-the-back lat pulldowns: Probably no one should do them for anatomical reasons. For DB flyes: Check out several videos at "Athlean X", and Jeff Cavalier will go into further detail. For bench presses: it doesn't matter your age if doing a 1 rep max...you should ALWAYS have a spotter. If no spotter is available, burn out your chest by decreasing weight and focus on super-slow negatives. For front laterals: they're fine to do. Yes, most pressing lifts involve the anterior debts, but isolation exercises are fine to do. One exercise to add to your list that NOBODY should do: upright rows. Putting your shoulders in INTERNAL ROTATION WITH ELEVATION is exactly how physical therapists test for shoulder impingement. It's a garbage exercise that belongs in the trash bin of 70's and 80's era weight training.

Im 55 year old but love doing deadlifts. The key is good warm up and weight enough to do 15- 20 reps . I think it gives good stability and strength to the back , hips and legs.

65 with more knee, hip and back surgeries than most people have pet cats. Hip belt squats, hypers,rev. hypers, glute/ham raises and farmers walks replaced deadlifts. Healthier and stronger than I’ve ever been. Deadlifts are great until they’re not.

Deadlifts, will eventually injure pretty much everyone who does them. They are a good exercise, but it's way too easy to try to lift heavier and heavier weight. Not like bench, where the weight will get stuck on you. If you can't do the dead lift, you just drop it on the floor. So the fear of trying weight, that is weigh too heavy, isn't there. When you do try to do weight you shouldn't your form ends up going to crap and something gets injured.

The good thing about this video is, there are progressions available for those who still want to get the benefit of these exercises but cannot do them due to some previous injury or something else. And if you do these variations/progressions, then you start to strengthen those areas of weakness before attempting the real thing (if at all its necessity) - Thanks for the video.

and that is why you do isolation work and pullups. arms must be trained specifically, for their own sake. face it, anyone of us can be injured. its all about minimizing the risk, not necessarily stopping a movement.

You looked great in that competition. People used to argue with me and say you cannot build a 3D delt as a natural. You did

Thanks for this video and advice. I am 72 years old, fit, and athletic, but have never done deadlifts with a barbell. Recently I have been diagnosed with osteoporosis of the lower spine, and have started weightlifting and dietary supplementation to help build up my bone density. So far, I've avoided deadlifts, concerned about injuring my disks and/or vertebra. Have any of you been similarly diagnosed, and experienced success in improving spinal bone density, as well as lower back strength, by doing deadlifts?

Yep love my deadlifts. At 67 years old twice a week. Still doing dead lifts, but I pull body weight 150 lbs 10reps x10 sets, twice a week.

I definitely agree with all of these. As for deadlifts, I substitute that exercise with cable RDLs. Works great, and no back pain. 👍🏽

Leg press does NOT replace squats unless you are isolating the quads. it pretty much removes ALL the upper body work that goes into squatting as well as the bracing of the girdle (abdomen/back/obliques). it also removes the proprioception attributes of the squat. ALL this said, people do need to start where they are. Use the proper progression, especially if you are just starting out. and if recovering from injury, you might need to work through the whole progression yet again. THAT said, always remember that joints are supported by muscle, tendons and ligaments. Because of the nature of the different tissues, they train up at different rates, with muscle tissue being the fastest. Tendons and ligaments are the most fragile of the three. Work to the limits of YOU and no one else.

I would say the #1 exercise for a lot of people to avoid is the barbell row. Your spine is in a vulnerable position under heavy load with no support especially in the eccentric or lowering phase of the moment. I suggest dead rows or pendalay rows instead.

We're all different and what works for one does for another. Totally agree with avoiding behind the neck work of any kind, presses or pull downs. Most important thing for all of us old(er) people is to avoid getting injured at all costs.

Agree with all of these. I don't do dumbell flyes or presses because rotating the weights to the ground affects an old rotator cuff injury. I do machine flyes instead and machine incline press, as bench press is rough on shoulders. I do 11 exercises total one warmup one heavy set, to failure, per Mike Menter. Workout every 4 to 7 days. I have made tremendous gains in one year, at 63.

Agree that: 1/ behind the neck pulldown are bad for anyone, 2/ 1 rep max is a bad idea. I shifted to 15 rep sets on all exercises to avoid the issues you raise. It works - different muscle shape, but safe and good for longevity.

I agree with you. I’m 64 and work out by myself. I prefer machines now to free weights. I have replaced deadlifts with weighted back hyperextensions and bench work with hammer strength or hoist roc-it machines. No stress on my joints and I’m able to complete my sets in less time. Work smarter, not harder!!

I’m 75 and do deadlifts once per week. I know my limits - I have nothing to prove but believe the correct range of motion is where the benefit comes from.

So good - subbed. 64 and in really good shape for my age. Ten years ago hurt my back so bad it would take me 30 mins to slowly crawl off the bed to the toilet. No ego/deadlifts for me, so your alternatives are awesome, thanks. Now 70 lbs lighter and running HIIT on the treadmill 12 mph, lifting four times a week. Better shape than when I was 32.

I trashed my shoulders, not sure exactly what did it but nothing's worth it He's probably right, deadlifts are good until they're not

I've started a new program which is really good but not tailored to age (I'm 56). The Barbell Bench Press and the Deadlift are the two exercises I'm least sure about, probably along with the standing barbell shoulder press. This makes sense and I'll be looking for some safer replacements. Thank you and subscribed!

I bench in a squat rack with safety pins. I use reverse grip from the pins and a close grip slingshot bench to keep my shoulders happy

I agree with most if these, for bench press I ONLY do this exercise with a spotter, I never go heavy but if I struggle getting 10 reps I know my buddy is there to help out. With front raises, they really do pull on the lower back, it's true focusing more on side raises is more beneficial. In 39 and find deadlifts to be an easy exercise to do wrong. At end of the day consistency is king, if you have to take months off for recovery the you have undone most of the gains you have achieved

49-year old. I just started doing dumbel flies and barbel bench presses for the first time in my life! (I almost always only used machines until recently.)

I agree with behind the neck exercises, do flyes very light at end of chest with very little weight and don't go low, instead you can use pec deck flyes

Nice to hear information that confirms my thoughts. I felt that these exercises were possibly dangerous for lone training. I do like the alternatives that you suggest. Looking good Jay

Absolutely excellent video. I have lower back problems anyway, and I realise I need to strengthen my core and lower back. I was considering deadlifts as most advice says they strengthen all of the back. But…I’ve avoided them for safety - I know how weak my back is. But I do need some sort of alternative, so thanks for the suggestions. You are not wrong about bicep tears either - I have that too!! I’m a walking wreck, but trying to train through it!

I agree with 1 of these: Behind-The-Neck pulldowns (or BTN overhead press) bad for shoulders at any age; I quit doing those in my early 30s. However...at 56, I'm setting PRs in the big 3 (and yes, naturally). My current split has me deadlifting and benching together. Maybe it's good genetics, maybe something else, I don't know, but I believe you can do these exercises, with a decent amt of weight, at any age. Have a trainer/spotter if you're newer, but get after it. Deadlift and squat increase bone density and testosterone, i.e. keep us young-ish; why give that up?

I agree with everything but the deadlift, I think it’s a movement we need as we get older you don’t need to go heavy but I believe that and squats are vital as we age .

I'm 62...been lifting since I was 18. With good technique and appropriate weight, there is nothing dangerous or wrong with doing deadlifts at any age. Sorry...can't agree with your position at all. Behind neck pulldown is a pointless variation and increases risk at any age. Dumbbell Flys are a higher risk exercise because people (at any age) often go too heavy, too fast and have poor technique. But...if you do them correctly and with an appropriate weight, they are fine. Also, I'm not sure how cable flies make it safer. Bench Press? I always use dumbbells anyway...but training alone without a spotter doesn’t make it dangerous unless you do something careless or plain stupid. Front Raises? As you said...unnecessary...but not age related in any way.

I don't think anyone should be doing bench presses to failure without a spotter. That's a good way to get yourself in a very bad spot.

thanks. very informative

Jay I love the advice! Thank you for keeping me safe.

67 here. Deadlifts are fine with proper technique and safe lifting, my main exercise. Bench press is fine - I always go for higher weights with a spotter, lower weights at higher reps are not a risk. I have been doing frontal lat pull-downs for over 15 years. I aim to keep my back strong to do deadlifts and not vice-versa. I had an office job for 40 years before I retired. Your alternative exercises are useful and interesting.

I replaced the chest fly with a chest press fly. Start with a dumbbell press, then move your elbows to be perpendicular to your core, similar to a chest fly. I found that the stability of vertical forearms allows more weight per rep while maintaining the same motion of the upper arm from the shoulder.

Thanks very helpful!

Excellent lecture, and wonderful presentation, and demonstration! Thank you for this advice; especially for the Deadlift, and maybe not doing Dumbbell Flyes, or a safer variation. Cable Flys seem to be a safe, and productive choice to replace that exercise. Thumbs up. In the late 1990s when I started to exercise at a new gym, a wise, knowledgeable instructor explained to me about the potential dangers of pulling down the lat bar to the back of the head. At the time the reason for this variation of the Front Pulldown, but to the back; the Behind the Head Lat Pulldown was also done as a variation, and to also work the back for further width, and Thickness. This version was to target the rear area of the upper back more; besides the Latissimus Dorsi, and Teres Major, and trapezius muscles of the upper back. However, that area, and the Trapezius muscles can also be worked far more efficiently by performing Cable Rowing, or Dumbbell Rows; or maybe T Bar Rows, anyway. Although I'm not certain about specific exercises for the Rhomboids muscles, most upper back exercises such as Shrugs, and rowing compound movements could be effective, anyhow. However, I'm not absolutely certain about working the Rhomboids more directly.🏋‍♂

Really great alternative movements you mentioned. I'm 48 now and have noticed that things are a lot more sensitive than they used to be. Probably always were but I didn't often feel the wear and tear in my younger years. I think of how many times I would just read or watch something and then go do it with no thought of the possibility of injury. I'd hear about all these "must do" exercises for building a physique. My goal wasn't just the physique, it was health. I often forgot that part until I was put in a position to have to review my real priorities in life. I was never injured that set me back for long periods though I certainly could have been with the risks I took lifting. That could vary in reasons from not being warmed up enough, using too much weight, form, the list goes on. I've learned to love using machines more, no need to move weights around, just set a pin, and go. I more recently had a hip flexor strain which took about a month to get back in the right direction again. Having something like that affects almost everything and definitely requires a change in strategy. I was thankful that I was able to continue to walk without a lot of discomfort though I had to build it back over the month. I strained it on a combination of decline sit ups with weight over my chest in addition to weighted glute bridges. Again, I had not considered possible injury scenarios as I had never experienced them before. I was simply focused on wanting what I wanted from the training in terms of results. I got a refresher on needing to consider the safety of my training now and will continue to do so. I couldn't imagine having my quality of life impacted in a significant way by something that I could have avoided. It was hard for me to accept a few years back that the majority of my natural potential has been reached and I need to be happy with fitness as a lifestyle. My peak is long behind me in terms of muscular size. My goals are different now and longevity is my biggest goal. That comes with nutrition, rest, emotional health, relationships, and how I spend my life in general. I think the natural guys of past generations had it right and I'm moving in that direction in terms of physique. Can care less about prs and being a mass monster. I've noticed anyone that pushes the envelope for long enough just ends up injured, sometimes chronically. Accepting limitations is part of aging. It can be tough though freeing. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos. Thank you. Blessings

You shouldn't feel anything in your back from deadlift. It's a sign of weak glutes and hamstrings

I'm 64 and only started lifting at 60. I both love dread the deadlift and it has made my back so much stronger. My max is only 245# so it's not crushing weight. Likewise I do bench press but my weights are modest, 165# max and I am very careful with moving up to higher weights. No doubt I could progress faster with a spotter, but it keeps me healthy and strong enough for an old guy.

I think it’s important to limit axial loading, especially if you don’t have years behind you and a well developed set of supporting musculature. I have to limit any hinging or bent over work as well these days, it sucks but your back is pretty important. Agree completely regarding shoulder volume. I’ve found I need to be much more selective in the exercises I use and I just can do as much as I used to be able to handle. The mind is willing but the body is reluctant!

After straining my lower-back two years in succession, mid-90's, I dropped dead-lifts for good...and never looked back. Hyper-extensions are my "go-to" lower back builder. My Nautilus Decline Fly (and Press) were the two best purchases I made for my chest and joint longevity.

Doing inclined chest press under the Smith machine cured one of my biggest troubles. Lifting the dumbbells up to the chest was killing my left elbow with Tendentious. Under the machine the weight is already up and in position and I can lift with zero tendentious trouble.

I can confirm from experience that this guy is completely correct. Please follow his advice if you want to stay healthy. (I'm 58 with 40 years of lifting experience).

Spot on brother bench press caused me a rotator cuff injury squats gave me a herniated disc and dead-lifts are out of the question after my orthopedic surgeon asked me why i was doing those lifts I said because Arnold did and he laughed and gave me the bill and said keep doing those and Im going to get richer and you are going to be a crippled old man and he was right im now 69 and I thank God that i can still walk even with the arthritis in my knee and I now use machines and work on functional stuff no longer worrying about the looks just want to stay healthy until they bury me

im 58, i workout 3 days a week, 4 days off, i just workout with lighter weights, no need to try and go heavy!

At 60 and 175 lbs body weight, I dead lifted 475 but couldn’t get out of bed the next morning . Now 67 the risk reward isn’t worth doing heavy deadlifts

I had sciatica pain from a bulging disc. It stayed with me for two years of on and off despite trying various forms of exercise, supplements and anti inflammatory medicine. It was completely gone in three months of doing deadlifts. The correct form of deadlifts trains the muscles that keeps the spine and back straight. When these muscles are strong they support the discs in place.

Yes, I find those exercises you mentioned troublesome of my joints and do alternatives too. I cycle different exercises instead of conventional deadlifts and do dumbbell romanian deadlifts, trap bar deadlifts, rack pulls, suitcase deadlifts or sometimes simple hip bridges. I do neutral grip pulldowns to the front instead of behind the neck I avoid bench press and do pushups, standing cable press or the chest machine press. I avoid chest flies altogether due to sore right shoulder. If I do front delt raise, I do it with thumbs up to the ceiling and at a 45 degree angle. I usually don't both with them though and just do dumbbell shoulder press and use cables to hit the side and rear delts.

I like your channel and enjoy your videos but like many others, I disagree with not doing deadlifts. I am 55 and have been training hard for about 25 years. I have had a few injuries caused by deadlifts over the years but I believe it has done more good than bad for my back health over the years. There are really only a couple lifts, the deadlift and the squat, that are intense enough to help boost test and growth hormone levels and they only work if you lift heavy. I typically stick to weights in the 3-7 rep range but a few times a year I will pull singles. I can still pull 5 plates at 55 and 185lbs.

I deadlift 2 times a week. 1 heavy session at 230 lbs max, and light but high reps at 180 lbs. No lower back problem eversince. I'm 58 years old at 160lbs and 5' 7" height.

I totally agree with everything this man just said! 67 VO2 max 50 40 to 50 miles a week trail running 4 to 6 hours strength training. Absolutely no deadlifts no bent over rows no behind the lat pulldowns. There are so many other variant forms of great exercise movements that he spoke of and others that will maintain your strength endurance and stamina come on guys You're not trying out for the power lift Olympics or Mr bodybuild. I think a lot of us need to grow up. Good luck

I've found that a combination of incline DB press and weighted push ups can be just as effective as barbell bench press

I agree with 2, 3, 4, and 5. However, #1 is a phenomenal exercise with appropriate weight. Also, Romanian deadlifts, bent over rows, and squats.

Deadlifts fixed lower back pain. Deadlifts are fine if you aren't doing them fatigued. Dont round the back and ego lift

Dead lifts are the best all around exercise I have ever done. Doing them for over 40 years. You have to use mostly your legs NOT rounding your back. I do bench presses, dB flys, and lateral raises. I agree on eliminating front delt raises and any kind of behind the neck exercises. Key is to be in the gym and be consistent, don't over train, let your body rest appropriately and recover. Fight the good fight.

Concur with these for my situ. I’m 60 and never did deadlifts when I was younger, so I don’t do them but I do rack pulls. I have lower back arthritis and basically missing a disc in my neck so I’ve stopped flat bench as well but do incline. Stopped anything behind the head and I can’t do standing rows without tweaking my neck. So I think it’s all an individual basis but over all as I said I concur for my situ. Good video