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78M. I'd like to get stronger in my accessory exercises and wondering how to best adjust reps and or sets. For example today's back/bicep workout deadlift 2x10/215 lbs. plus 3 warm-up sets. I've got a good handle on this and expect to get to 225 in 4-6 weeks. barbell row - 2x10/120 lbs...

@reeses Shoulder fix was really just doing what I could do with light weights. For example I probably started doing inclined fly with 10-15 lbs., warming up with nothing in my hands. I do a few shoulder exercises with bands and working a PVC pipe behind my neck helped with getting the bar back...

@avnk89 Thanks. I'll get to 225 DL and squat, but bench my body weight (185) for reps is going to be a challenge.

@justaperson1 I do barbell rows and cable rows to complement the DL. All of the big three (bench, DL, squat) are 2 sets of 10 reps each; accessories are 3sets with the 3rd set usually being to failure. My cardio has always been good, ran marathons past age of 40, so the 10 reps for me...

I'm interested in hearing what sort of program other older folks (I'm 78) are doing for weight training. I'd never done anything with weights and started going to the gym 2 years ago. My trainer has me doing 2 or 3 working sets of 10 reps and I have no interest in finding out how much...