Scott McL
First Post
Hi,
My father is 66. He has had two knee replacements and a lumbar fusion in the last 3 years as a result of a lifetime of manual labour.
He has retired and wants to go and strength train in the gym for the first time in his life.
The program he was given by the instructor at the gym was generic and dangerous e.g. sit-ups requiring lumbar flexion despite the fusion, leg press machine etc.
I want to help him. I've replaced the abdominal exercises with Prof Stuart McGill's "big three" ab exercises. There is no reason why he can't bench and shoulder press, do chin-ups etc. I'm just drawing a blank about what hip hinge and squat exercises he should do. I was thinking maybe hex-bar deadlift from blocks for one.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Scott
My father is 66. He has had two knee replacements and a lumbar fusion in the last 3 years as a result of a lifetime of manual labour.
He has retired and wants to go and strength train in the gym for the first time in his life.
The program he was given by the instructor at the gym was generic and dangerous e.g. sit-ups requiring lumbar flexion despite the fusion, leg press machine etc.
I want to help him. I've replaced the abdominal exercises with Prof Stuart McGill's "big three" ab exercises. There is no reason why he can't bench and shoulder press, do chin-ups etc. I'm just drawing a blank about what hip hinge and squat exercises he should do. I was thinking maybe hex-bar deadlift from blocks for one.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Scott