Andrew Huberman· PhD
& 80+ yo Twyla Tharp deadlifts 200+ at less than 140lbs.
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& 80+ yo Twyla Tharp deadlifts 200+ at less than 140lbs.
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Lifts weights 2hrs/day at 5am, 7 days/week for 50+ years
deadlifts > 200lbs (>2X her BW)
Lifts 2hrs a day, 5am start, 7 days a week.
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uh from the time I was probably in my 50s until mid60s say um and that you were nobody in that gym if you didn't do your body weight for three on the bench I mean you know what are you in here for right so it had that kind of uh require environment to it.
even in her 60s, by the way, she's 84 now, she could deadlift more than 200 pounds, which is more than twice her body weight, bench press her body weight for three clean repetitions