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I'm male, 51 years old, 183cm (6'), 82Kg (180lbs) no past history in strength training, but used to do HIIT (mainly Tabata until I had a bad back) for a few years. I've been doing Starting Strength at home for 14 weeks (with chins instead of cleans as per The Barbell Prescription). I do some light cardio on most of my off days. My lifts are OK I think (for a guy of my age): S: 82Kg (180lbs) B: 56Kg (123lbs) P: 37Kg (81lbs) DL: 102Kg (224lbs) I've got some technique issues to work on, and don't quite understand my metabolism (I only have about 2000 cals a day but my waist measurement keeps getting bigger). I've re-set everything once so far (at different times) - apart from my DL, which just keeps going. However, at some point I'll need to "move on" (maybe after I've re-set another couple of times). But what does that mean? I'm doing strength training just to keep in shape and slow down atrophy in old age. I'm not interested in body building or competitions or whatever. Can I just keep re-setting forever? What do people like me do once they've re-set a few times and aren't progressing?