by Richard | May 26, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Practice Like a Pro: Work on the Small Details of Performance If you have been competing in powerlifting for a long time or playing another sport that requires precision movement, you will find that it is usually the small details needed for peak performance that...
by Richard | Apr 20, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Visualization: A Powerful Tool for Heavy Lifting Most lifters have heard the term visualization. This is the practice of visualizing a perfect lift in your mind before you actually do one. That is a pretty vague description. About the same level of insight as...
by Richard | Apr 20, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Over 50 lifestyle, Weight Training Over 50
Longevity and Weight Training As I close in on birthday number 85 Im still lifting (relatively) big iron, having fun playing with other toys in the gym and running outside in the weather. Throughout seven decades I have enjoyed the experience of working out and...
by Richard | Mar 30, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Over 50 lifestyle, Strength over 50
Longevity Research: An Intense Search for an Expensive Solution As someone who is soon to turn 85, Im intrigued by reading about the research and massive investment in life extending drugs. IMHO much of the work focuses on things that might or might not have much...
by Richard | Mar 30, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50
Small mistakes in technique: Undermine your max lifts One of the big benefits of being a powerlifting referee is that you get to observe competitive lifters attempting to produce their best performances. It is a chance to see how the most skilled powerlifters do their...
by Richard | Mar 23, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Practice CAN improve performance Among the many clichs that we are exposed to as we go through life, one that stands out for its misleading qualities is: practice makes perfect. Anyone who is even a casual visitor to a gym, tennis court or golf course will observe...
by Richard | Mar 23, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
A Super Cheap Power Training Equipment Idea: HUGE value for the $ In the never-ending scramble to build new and fantastic” training equipment, one thing is constant: the price for new gadgets never seems to go down. I thought you all might enjoy seeing an...
by Richard | Mar 23, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Deadlifting Injuries: Tips from a long-time powerlifter on preventing them Injuries from deadlifting seem to be occurring more often than in previous decades. Powerlifters have been doing heavy deadlifts ever since the sport began (back in the late 1960s). In recent...
by Richard | Mar 23, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Use Your Attention to Maximum Benefit Your conscious attention is one of the resources that most people squander. For those of us who lift heavy weights, losing sharp mental focus can significantly diminish our efforts. Having sharp mental focus enables us to devote...
by Richard | Feb 1, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Get the Small Stuff right, or you will never get the BIG Stuff right! Being successful at weight training requires attention to a lot of details. Simply showing up and flailing through a workout leads to little (or no) improvement year after year. There is an oft...