Senior Strength

Ten years of pain - gone after six months of training

"I was getting injured on the job, and since joining Starting Strength, I have had no injuries."
 

Doctors said her injuries were due to her age and she did not accept that.

"I feel capable to do things I would not have tried before."

Emily works with special needs children and loves being able to keep up with them, run with them, and lift them when needed.

But she was weak. After falling four times in 2019, she decided to get stronger.  

Since starting at the gym, she hasn't had a single fall:

"In 2020, I didn't fall. Not once. And a few of the falls in 2019, I was bruised badly. Hit my head on my own oven. It's nice not to fall now. When I teeter I catch myself and I have the strength to catch myself. I don't fall down!"

"I don't have that constantly going through my head: 'watch where you step, be careful."

She had both hips replaced and then became septic

"I never really thought that I'd get that sick in my lifetime, so it was shocking."

She decided to get stronger:

"I like being strong. It feels good. I'm more capable. It's even more important for a person as you get older than even a person in their middle age or a young person."

"Walking upstairs is much easier. I can step in and out of a bathtub without feeling like I'm going to fall. Daily activities are much easier and I don't think about them as cautiously as I could have."