For myself, the large compound lifts have been the best thing I've found.
3 years ago, at 69 ran a half with no training. Ended up tearing a glute-damn, I hate to say that :)-and messing up a vertebra. Ended up at the ortho and they gave me their routine PE. Limped around for over a year and didn't get better. Finally said, screw it lets break something and they will get serious about finding out what is going on. Started doing deadlifts, squats, overheads, etc. and in about 6 months most of the problem went away. It's never going to be completely fixed, but without the large compounds to add strength and stability, it never would have improved enough to get around as I like.
