by Richard | Aug 10, 2020 | Anti-aging fitness, Fat loss over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Losing weight over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Fitness over age 50 is more available to you and easier than your might imagine. Exercise programs for seniors and those who are just nearing the magic age of 50 can bring you decades of looking and feeling fantastic! Your 50’s and beyond can be one of the best...
by Richard | Oct 6, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Critical Things you Cant Measure: Because they Dont Happen Its often the things that dont happen that are of major importance in your lifting career and your life. However, when things dont happen, the wonks who make wearable fitness trackers dont include them on your...
by Richard | Oct 6, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Isometric Poses for Rehab, Gym Phone Zombies and a Cancer Study Necessity being the mother of invention, I devised a set of isometric poses to help me recover from the weakness brought on by a shoulder dislocation. In the first two months after my fall on the ice...
by Richard | Oct 6, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Making Progress If You Don’t Know What to Do Making progress in our training is our persistent quest. Often we find ourselves stymied or out of answers about what to do to move ahead. The mainstream media and the endless number of influencers offer us mountains...
by Richard | Oct 6, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Partial Squats: An Overlooked Exercise to Build Power As all of us can verify, there are dozens of exercises we could do, but we only have the time and energy to do a select few. The goal is to get the most bang for the buck on our work. The partial squat is an...
by Richard | Aug 11, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
An unusual way to improve your power lifts: Do them Blind. Usually when someone pitches a method for increasing your power lifts, the answer will cost you some serious money. Not so with the techniques Im about to discuss. They will be free. Some of you will say they...
by Richard | Aug 11, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Becoming the best lifter you can be: Developing Self-Awareness Most readers of this blog have been working hard at one or many fitness activities for a very long time. Each of us is diligent about performing the best we can and are always on the lookout for a way to...
by Richard | Aug 11, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Preventing Back Injuries: Durability Training As an 85-year-old powerlifter I can assure you that I would never be pulling heavy weights off the floor regularly had I not built an extremely strong and resilient back. There is nothing cooler than being able to do the...
by Richard | Aug 11, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50
An Unusual Method to Build Strength All of us are fully on board with lifting weights to build strength. In addition, most of us are occasional (or regular) users of gymnastic techniques to build strength. IMHO there are some other techniques that usually fly under...
by Richard | Jul 2, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Can Recreational Sports Build Character? Its Possible, not Automatic As recreational athletes (powerlifting or other sports) we enjoy participating in these activities for fun. We have chosen to pursue a given sport for a variety of personal reasons. The actions we...
by Richard | Jul 2, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Three high value exercises that take almost zero time: plus, a bonus I always suggest that whatever exercises one does during their workouts should have provide a high return on your investment (ROI). Your investment in this case is time and energy. Often, we tend to...