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I'm 40 and I recently started Stronglifts 5x5. It's stupidly simple and makes me want to come back for more as the weights increase every training. So there's always a personal record to break.

It also doesn't take a lot of time. About 45 - 60 minutes, 3 times a week. I can do it in my home gym as everything I need is a barbell, some weights and a bench/squat rack.

First time I actually have fun weight lifting/going to the gym.



I started with Stronglifts! It’s the program that finally gave me a degree of health and made lifting enjoyable/satisfying. Eventually went to something a little less leg heavy (although squats will always be my favourite exercise) with a better system for breaking plateau’s and more accessories, but Stronglifts was what finally made the gym fun.


Yeah, people in online forums tend to dunk on Stronglifts because it's not sophisticated, very leg heavy, the author is very opinionated, etc.

But the simplicity is what made me stick with it in the beginning. It's a beginner's program and it's great at that.

I'll be switching to something more elaborate later down the road but for the time being SL is pretty good.




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