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 | Apr 15, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Adapting a training technique from Olympic Lifting for power training: The two rep set Over decades of power training, I have found that there is a tendency to divide workouts into conditioning training using high rep sets with lighter weights and those where you work...
by Richard | Apr 15, 2023 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Weight Training Over 50
The Long Game: Fitness and Longevity News stories about research on technological breakthroughs that may extend life have been appearing lately. MIT Technology Review reported on a Swiss conference for ultra rich investors where all manner of life extension devices...
by Richard | Mar 28, 2023 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Perfecting Mistakes: The Impact of Learning by Rote Like many of you I often observe people working out in a gym and wonder how the hell they can manage to blunder through so many exercises with such atrocious form. Mostly I ignore what others are doing, but often...
by Richard | Mar 28, 2023 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Look younger at 50, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Train for Durability: Maybe Your Biggest Payoff The idea of training for durability is probably not a front line notion for most power sport enthusiasts. Ill suggest that over the arc of your life durability may turn out to be the best workout investment you ever...
by Richard | Mar 28, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Can You Get Stronger When You are Over 80? My experience. At the tender age of 82 Im still lifting weightsoften heavy weights. I have been working out regularly for roughly 67 years. I have emphasized different sports or training approaches during that time, but...
by Richard | Mar 8, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
The Velvet Coffin Where is your fitness journey taking you? We are all familiar with making decisions about weight loss, training cycles, and workout programs. These are the routine decisions we make all the time. Few of us ever pause and think about the long game....
by Richard | Mar 8, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Two unusual exercises: big benefit zero popularity Over many decades working out in gyms, I have noticed that the value of an exercise is often inversely proportional to how often people do it. The exception would be the deadlift which seems to be relatively popular...
by Richard | Mar 8, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Build REAL Grip Strength: Dump the Straps If you want to have the fragile hands and wimpy grip of a 90-year-old, lifting straps and gloves will do the job for you. Over the past few years I have seen more and more people lifting weights using straps to augment their...
by Richard | Jan 4, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Focus on the Process of Improvement not on Resolution Goals With Christmas just past we are entering that magical time of year when half the population resolves to lose at least 20 pounds and make massive changes for the better. In a month about 98% of these...
by Richard | Jan 4, 2023 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness Data, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
What can weightlifters learn from Moneyball? In the past few weeks I have been reading books written by Michael Lewis, the author of Moneyball the classic study of how the Oakland As were able to use statistical data to gain a competitive edge in searching for...