Ooh…another thought. There’s someone who can speak pretty authoritatively on strength training and, more recently, on this topic, I believe…@dlbuffy.
He was one of the Heavy Lifters, so to speak, on the old Weight Training Fools board back in the day and I recall back when I designated 2012 The Year of the Athlete in my gym classes…because it was jointly the year of the London Olympics and my 60th birthday in the September…he offered quite a few good tips on the two challenges I set for myself (and rashly announced to my classes). Namely deadlifting at least my bodyweight (around 125/128lbs at the time) plus 10 clean, unassisted pull ups.
Now, if he happened to stop by…