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    [52 F] Weighted Overhead Barbell Squats = Fall, go boom

    @ckmddm Well that would be a relief. So do you hypothesize that the higher mechanical loads of adipose tissue (as opposed to lean muscle) may be protecting her bones.
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    [52 F] Weighted Overhead Barbell Squats = Fall, go boom

    @ckmddm Can you get your MIL to do a bone density test? Then have 'the talk!' My mom *started* lifting at 70 ~ immediately following an osteopenia diagnosis. After a couple of years she could bench 92.5.
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    [52 F] Weighted Overhead Barbell Squats = Fall, go boom

    @dawn16 Yes, you and Halle Berry (55) completely invisible! I like this. Gives me free license to completely eff it up in the gym in my invisibility cloak.
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    [52 F] Weighted Overhead Barbell Squats = Fall, go boom

    @starrz329 I like that idea, thx
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    [52 F] Weighted Overhead Barbell Squats = Fall, go boom

    I'm 52F and just started lifting. I have been attending a group strength class 3x p/ week for the past six weeks. Total beginner. Today I was doing overhead squats with a 35# bar 8x 4 sets. On the last set, I pushed myself to go faster, and I fell over on the last rep. I landed on a rubber...
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