THE BARBELL PRESCRIPTION
STRENGTH AND HEALTH OVER 50
MEDICAL TOPICS
EVERYDAY PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR THE ATHLETE OF AGING (at Starting Strength)
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
Once the damage has stopped and the danger past, pain confers no benefit, no honor, no reward. Put pain in its place so you can get back to your training
THE SICK AGING PHENOTYPE
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD
Our age of peace, plenty, and leisure, has ushered in a horrific form of unhealthy aging that I call the Sick Aging Phenotype: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, frailty, and loss of independence. This is a horrible way to get old.
INGUINAL HERNIA AND STRENGTH TRAINING (on Starting Strength)
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
Long-term prognosis for the athlete is excellent overall, and hernia repair does not contraindicate any of the major compound barbell movements or any particular level of loading.
HYPERTENSION: THE COMPLETE SERIES!
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
Check out our video series on hypertension and the Athlete of Aging.
TYPE 2 DIABETES: THE COMPLETE SERIES!
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
Watch our complete series on the causes, medical management, and lifestyle approaches to Type II Diabetes.
STRENGTH AND KNEE REPLACEMENT
Fred Barnes MD and Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD
Two papers by Jacobsen et al on the topic of strength training after knee replacement. Does it improve outcome?
COPD AND THE ATHLETE OF AGING
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
Adults with COPD need strength training for all the reasons everybody else needs it--only more so.
THE VALSALVA AND STROKE: TIME TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH (at Starting Strength)
Jonathon M. Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC
Have you heard? THEY are telling us that lifting weights under Valsalva isn’t just unsafe, it may soon be illegal.
LOAD DEM BONES!
Fred Barnes MD and Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
Bone loss is one of the horrors of growing older. But we have an effective medicine for prevention, management, and reversal: The Barbell Prescription.
STRENGTH AND JOINT HEALTH, PART 2: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Jonathon M. Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
An introduction to arthritis and tendinopathy in the second part of the Starting Strength Coaches Association Science panel presentation.
STRENGTH TRAINING AND JOINT HEALTH
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC
2018 Starting Strength Coaches Association Conference science panel discussion.
YES, YOU CAN.
Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC
Most of the reasons you have for not training are actually your best reasons to START training.