by Richard | Feb 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Strength training innovations: Would I want it IF it worked? About twenty years ago many professional nutritionists advised their clients to avoid eating large amounts of protein because this practice supposedly created liver problems. Now the standard advice more...
by Richard | Feb 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Skills of Maximum Strength: You May Have More Power Than You Thought Advanced lifters understand that strength is a skill. Mobilizing maximum muscular force to move a heavy weight requires developing and regularly practicing the muscle control needed to put out full...
by Richard | Feb 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
The Inner Game of Powerlifting: Key to Improvement in Your Outer Game In January every year gyms are flooded with new members who have made some sort of personal decision to get in shape. Roughly 90% will quit before February comes around. IMHO this is due in part to...
by Richard | Feb 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Practice makes perfect: Unless you perfect your mistakes With the gym filled by the January rush of newly committed fitness devotees, Im seeing many new and creative ways to perform the three power lifts. Making physical errors in a complex lift is most obvious when...
by Richard | Feb 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Isometrics: Critical for long term strength gains Isometric training is used to produce maximum overload to muscles and to the central nervous system. This is essential to keep making progress and prevent a long gradual slide in strength. Since being introduced to the...