Powerlifting Over 50: Mastering the Skills for an Empowered Body and Life Paperback – March 17, 2016

I am 60 and have enjoyed powerlifting from a very young age. I enjoyed reading this book as there is practical information in it, some things that I had forgotten such as "pressing against the pins" I remember an article from BILL STARR regarding that technique to work past sticking points. Also a warmup technique that I did not know about; walking with a raised dumbell in hand to warmup and strengthen the shoulder-rotator cuff area prior to training. The information contained is useful, the book is easy to understand and follow, oftentimes people tend to overcomplicate things, when that happens I lose interest. Awesome book!

This book got me started in the "iron game", so to speak. I have been an exerciser, but to gain strength on this level has opened a new world of function. And I gained a good perspective from the book on training but not too hard, and not expecting to function and train like you would 20 or so years ago. And the supplementary exercises are good.

This was an informative, no-nonsense, down to earth book, no frills, nothing for the steroid users that puts unrealistic expectations on the reader. as a man of 50 who lifts heavy, i found this book very useful and informative.

I'm following the program in this book and getting a tremendous amount out of it. What you'll learn in this book is straight out, no-nonsense wisdom gained from the author's several decades of experience as a competitive powerlifter and a national powerlifting referee. You'll learn proper form, something few lifters actually know. You are given detailed training plans. I like how the author adds in classic kettlebell moves for adjunctive conditioning. The author's story is very inspiring. Although advanced in years, he is extremely healthy and strong. I want to thank him for writing this book.

I'm following this plan to train for my first meet. Mr. Schuller outline and explains everything I need to lift big iron. He writing studies easy to follow and his descriptions and explanations are clear. It is also interesting.

Lifting details and training details really require you to have this in front of you at the bar. Read, lift a bit, read, lift further and get it all perfect. For the master don't over do anything don't be a warm up master.He makes all of this clear with every detail and some variation. A great reference book too.

Picked this book up in early April. Decided in late April to try my first USAPL meet in mid-June. Not a lot of time to do all the training phases but I already had a good base of heavy lifting. Used the suggested Peaking Phase programming and was on point in my very first meet. Even if I wasn't going to compete, the other phases will improve your strength, conditioning and flexibility IF you follow the advice and implement it in the gym. Don't over think it!I was stronger than I had projected and achieved all 27-white lights for the meet. Competed against dudes have my age and performed beyond my personal expectation. Finished with a bronze in the OPEN, not Masters, category!!

This book gets into the inner game of heavy, lifting in a way that I have yet to see in any other book, it is particularly this, that I appreciate about how the author wrote. He makes a very consistent and thorough point about the internal bracing and locking down of Support muscles so that one gets 100% or at least close to 100% of the force of the muscles involved in a particular lift. I have yet to see this degree of emphasis on this matter and it did add to my understanding of how to be a power lifter.I gave it four stars rather than five only because there are some Technical details about actually conducting the lifts that I thought the book needed, which Would have made it a five star. For that you’ll need to look at starting strength, which dives into every aspect of the biomechanics of the lifts.But for the right mentality towards training and a intelligent but simple program to follow with articulate and clear writing, yes. I did appreciate this authors work, and it’s on my shelf as one of my guides to being a better older power lifter.