When starting strength training, individuals over 60 who are deconditioned should prioritize volume over load, potentially using 15-20 reps per exercise, to ensure they enjoy the process and feel positive changes.

“if you're new to strength training I want to make sure that in two to three months you're looking back at the last two to three months thinking a I enjoyed that wasn't as bad as I thought it was because remember if someone hasn't lifted weights before there's a reason right like there's something about it that they are either intimidated by afraid of or didn't think it was valuable enough I mean there's a reason for it so a I want to undo that reason um secondly I want them to feel something is different I want them to feel like well you know I remember when I started this I could only do this many push-ups and now I can do that many push-ups or when I was doing leg extensions or leg presses I had to pin on this weight and now it's like 50% higher and um so so so that's that's the first principle second principle is again similarly we are going to start with volume more than we are going to start with load muscle muscle muscular resistance matters more to me than strength at this point so I'm not going to lead in with let's go after those type two fibers it's going to be let's work on the type one fibers and I don't care if you need to do 15 to 20 reps on every exercise so be it”