"What I find horrifying, even more than death..."

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@matthewstrauts5427 4 ай бұрын

Excellent!!!! Why people think first line of self care is a doctor is mind boggling. Folks ... you have far more control over your health and longevity than you think.

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@robertreynolds564 4 ай бұрын

Great message Coach Phil! At 70 years old I've fully embraced the "athlete of aging" concept Doc Sullivan defined in the Barbell Prescription. I also lift and keep moving to not be frail. It's absolutely about quality of life as we age. Thanks also for your Christian witness. Praise God we are "fearfully and wonderfully made". Now, if I can just get my timing right in the press 2.0, maybe I can get a 150Lb single someday 😀. Thanks for all you do coach. Your videos are great. Blessings to you and your family.

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, Robert, and way to embrace the "athlete of aging" mentality! Praise God indeed, and thank you for the kind words!

@merrieleiderman 4 ай бұрын

This is exactly what led to me start weight training at age 46. I work in the field of vascular surgery, and see every day how sick and frail the general population is becoming, even at a relatively young age. I'm now 54 and compete in powerlifting. Sally nailed it!

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Indeed she did, and that's awesome, Merrie!

@regprofant8609 6 күн бұрын

I’m 80 years old and have been lifting since I was 13 and will do to the day I die. There’s health care and there’s crisis care. Medical doctors are only good for crisis care and know very little about health.

@JBravoRebel 4 ай бұрын

I've shared this very, very important message, via this video, with others. Thank you.

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

That’s great to hear, and thank you as well.

@user-fl5lr1nm5v 4 ай бұрын

Nice summary. A bit of fear/pain never hurt anybody.

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@SeniorGymBro-Tom 4 ай бұрын

I’ll be 65 next month and I’m a survivor of colorectal cancer and melanoma. I got back into strength training almost 3 years ago, for the same reasons as “Sally”. Thanks for this video! I’m so glad that I found this channel earlier this year and subscribed!👍❤️ Tom (Phoenix, AZ) Edit: Please read my more recent updated comment for this video. Thank you!

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Tom - your story is amazing, and thanks for the comment. I hadn't gotten around to responding to your comment from yesterday, and then I couldn't find it, so thanks for this one. Keep at it, and I'm glad you've liked the videos!

@SeniorGymBro-Tom 4 ай бұрын

@@TestifySCThanks Coach Phil. I rewrote the comment from yesterday and just posted it. I hope that it is inspirational and motivational like this video is for myself other people who are in their 40s, 50s, and 60+.

@wespaul633 4 ай бұрын

65 year old here….My 26 year old daughter was saying how she worried she wasn’t going to have children before I died. We were returning home from lifting at the gym and I reminded her I just inclined pressed two 80lb dumbbells with her! Then I guaranteed her that I was going to be here for a long time more and I believe it!!

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

That's excellent, Wes - way to get after it and stay after it!

@johnstavropoulos930 3 күн бұрын

Great points,Phil!👏

@TestifySC 3 күн бұрын

Thanks, John!

@Sourpusscandy 4 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy, you sum’d it up great! I just got back into it after a 8 yr break from working out, bought a bunch of kettlebells and workout mat, working out at home in the morning, fasted. At 60 progress is a tad slower than earlier days, but I just couldn’t face the idea of sick and weak. 👍👍👍🏃‍

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, and way to get back into it!

@lugnut33 4 ай бұрын

Love to see those videos of older people lifting!

@SeniorGymBro-Tom 4 ай бұрын

“Sally” speaks for myself and many others 60 and older. 8 years ago, I had 2/3 of my colon & 1/3 of my rectum removed (Cancer). I had an ostomy bag while I did chemo for 6 months. I got down to 160 lbs at 6’1”. My surgeon reattached the remaining healthy colon & rectum and removed the ostomy. I still function pretty well with no ostomy bag needed 🙏 and taking Imodium daily. I had to ease back into exercising, and returned to weight training almost 3 years ago. I had 3 melanomas removed (left tricep, neck, back) last year. Today- I’m a strong, healthy 200 lbs and Cancer free, Thanks to God and the medical staff that helped me! The important message here and in this video is- Do what You can to get healthy and stay healthy. Get a Colonoscopy by age 50 (younger if there’s a family history). Get any unusual moles or new skin growths checked right away. I hope that everyone who watches this channel will stay strong, tough, and independent for a long, long time!👍

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

This great, Tom - thanks for reposting this!

@SeniorGymBro-Tom 4 ай бұрын

@@TestifySC You’re welcome, Phil!👍

@athanatos9648 4 ай бұрын

💯, Well said brother. Be blessed, cya on the other side 💪🏼

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@michanota4230 4 ай бұрын

im 66yr old competive powerlifter in ‘’APF’.. started at 62 yrs old. I want to go out like a failed squat rep!🏋🏽👍🏽 Don’t become the’sick,aging,phenotype’!

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

That’s fantastic!

@scott7684 4 ай бұрын

"goin out like a failed squat rep" luv that understand it always said ill go out with a bar on my back

@matthewstrauts5427 4 ай бұрын

Dayum that is a great attitude. Go out like a failed rep. Love it!!!!!

@artbarkley9974 4 ай бұрын

Excellent messages everyone should hear! Well said, keep the great videos and messages coming!

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, and will do!

@cszabo8899 4 ай бұрын

Superb video! Thank you for this.

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome, and thank you as well!

@cszabo8899 4 ай бұрын

@@TestifySC most welcome!

@matthewmorrison5684 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video! I'm coaching my 75 year old mother.

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, and that’s fantastic to hear!

@eatmeatandliftweights5754 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! How is she progressing?

@waynenoll1967 3 ай бұрын

My mom is in her 80s and her entire life she has been heavy. Never had the discipline to diet or exercise, tried every fad diet, lasted about 2 days on each, shopped around and, after 4 or 5 doctors told her that she was too heavy for surgery, finally found some quack who performed the lap band surgery on her, which didn’t help because she didn’t change her diet. She’s over 300 pounds and can barely walk. She got down on the floor and couldn’t get up, took my wife and I several minutes to get her onto her bed, then we had to help her roll over and scoot up. Very sad. I’m in my 60s and lift, eat carnivore and still work 50 hours a week. I decided long ago that I would do whatever I could to avoid being helpless when I’m older. Many of my coworkers are becoming frail in their 50s and look at me like I’m crazy when I mention strength training. Any time I don’t feel like squatting I think about, “Do I want to be like that?”. Instant motivation.

@scott7684 4 ай бұрын

guy speaks truth

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

@DelToroYoutube 4 ай бұрын

Agreed 1000%!!!!

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@kmidst_fn5225 4 ай бұрын

I try to tell people this, the older you get the MORE important working out is!

@TestifySC 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@RictorIAG 3 ай бұрын

The number one reason the elderly fall and break their hip is because their central nervous system is so detrained that it can't tell whether the person's foot is in the air or not. The result is like trying to walk down one more step after you've gotten to the bottom. This is what causes most hip fractures in the elderly. Strength training, by it's nature, helps to prevent this by training the CNS in addition to strengthening muscles, ligaments, tendons, and bone.