Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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This week I’m talking to physical therapist and strength trainer Chris Reis who, together with his colleagues, helped 97-year-old Merce Hershey not only build muscle but gain bone density in her late nineties!
Chris, who is head coach @startingstrength Gym in Cincinatti, shares some inspiring and motivating stories of clients whose lives have been turned around through strength training, along with the key to building both muscle and bone mass – and how we too can do it to AT ANY AGE.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Why Chris transitioned from PT to strength coach
04:47 Difference in results with strength training
09:58 Why everyone should lift barbells
15:14 Inspiring physical transformations
17:23 97-yr-old Merce’s story
25:35 Who can’t do strength training?
29:23 How soon can you see a difference?
31:31 How can we do this at home?
35:01 Eating/supplements
42:00 Final thoughts

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