Gain or lose weight

[goclarke2]

Trying to figure out if I should gain or lose weigtht. 55 years old, 168 lbs, 34" waist, body fat at 24.5% from a dunk tank test. Did cross fit on and off for 3 years and the CF coaches always wanted me to drop weight down to around 160 and get body fat to below 20%, but after listening/reading stuff on Barbell Medicine I'm not convinced weight lose is the way to go. Just a couple weeks into Starting Strength LP. Thanks.

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

How tall are you?

[goclarke2]

5 ft 10 inches

[Austin Baraki]

We would not recommend weight loss in this situation.

[goclarke2]

Thanks so much for the help.

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

We would not recommend weight loss in this situation.

Seconded. FTW

[goclarke2]

Do either of you do consults? I'm growing old waiting on SteadyMD to have a physician licensed in Georgia and I estimate I have about an hours worth of questions/concerns about health, diet, exercise, recovery for a 55 year old sort of athletic person.

[Leah Lutz]

Do either of you do consults? I'm growing old waiting on SteadyMD to have a physician licensed in Georgia and I estimate I have about an hours worth of questions/concerns about health, diet, exercise, recovery for a 55 year old sort of athletic person.

They do consults and you can email [email protected] for more info.

[goclarke2]

Thanks so much