52, desk job, never lifted before
She couldn't get her own suitcase into an overhead bin and had started avoiding trips because of it. She'd walked daily for years and assumed that was enough.
- —Benchmarked her on a trap-bar deadlift, a farmer's carry and a sit-to-stand so we had numbers instead of feelings.
- —Built two 40-minute full-body sessions a week around hinge, carry and press — nothing else, until those moved.
Deadlift: bar only to 135 lb in 11 weeks


