Dr. Layne Norton

But if they start, they'll still gain a similar amount as a percentage of their starting lean mass.

Now, they're never going to get to the same peak that somebody who started when they're 20.

But again, this is why I tell people the best time to start lifting weights is right now.

Like if you have a spinal cord that works, start now.

It is the best time.

And even if you're 50, 60, 70.

It's still going to do what it does and it's going to have massive benefits.

Yeah, I'd probably start with lighter weights and also start with like movements that don't cause them pain or cause them less pain, right?

Like trying to find stuff that –

whether it's exercises, tempos, range of motion, like just getting it started.

Because I know over time, as those tissues adapt, they're going to be able to do more and more complex movements.

They're going to be able to push harder and harder.

And that stuff's going to take care of itself.

But if I'm just dogmatic about it, I'm like, no, you're going to squat.

I put a barbell on somebody's back the first time they come in and they're 60 years old and they have a horrible experience with it and it hurts.

We're not going to come back, you know?

So again, that's kind of where like meeting people where they are is really important.

So yeah, I'm going to try and find exercises that are low pain, that they enjoy, enjoy being relative.

And then again, like even when people are starting out, like we talked about proximity to failure.

I'm not taking somebody who's older seriously.