by Richard | Feb 1, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Five Tips for Managing Your Energy: Key to Long Term Progress All of us can cheerfully advise others that making progress in heavy lifting requires devoting the time needed to fully recover from a demanding workout. We also advise others that keeping a few reps in the...
by Richard | Oct 21, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Practice Habits: Your key to Long Term Improvement Every coach says, do the hard work and pay attention to the details. I constantly harp on doing each of the power lifts with perfect technique. Going beyond these generalizations in real workouts and doing so for many...
by Richard | Oct 7, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Your Inner Coach #3- Muscle Control Exerting control over your muscles is essential for putting out the maximum force possible during a heavy lift. Unfortunately, many lifters have developed the habit of exerting less than maximum force through years of lifting...
by Richard | Oct 6, 2024 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Longevity and Lifting Weights It is nearly impossible to put a value on the positive aspects of waking up every day and not worrying about your health. Sadly many people over age 50 spend a significant portion of their day struggling with their medical problems. Their...
by Richard | Sep 2, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Your inner coach #2 Last week I introduced you to your three inner coaches. One of them deals with the high level organization and management of your training. The second one deals with the narrative that goes on in your mind all the time you’re awake. The third...
by Richard | Sep 2, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Building your inner coaches Realizing your full potential as a lifter will be greatly enhanced by developing your internal mental skills that enable you to perform at your best. This is not positive attitude or motivation. This is using your mental capacity to...
by Richard | Aug 23, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Recovery: When You Make all the Gains There is an underappreciated quote from the legendary coach Dan John: Lifting heavy weights will not make you strong. Lifting heavy weights and recovering will make you very strong. Probably 98% of all the content in power...
by Richard | Aug 23, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
A Forgotten Training Approach that can Build Big Strength Anyone remember static contractions? A quarter century ago these were mildly popular. However, like many training techniques that produce significant results but require unusual types of effort, it was largely...
by Richard | Aug 23, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Meaningful Data on Your Workouts Powerlifting is all about numbers. But numbers alone don’t mean anything unless they’re related to some significant purpose you are trying to achieve. Many of us keep detailed data on our workouts. It is important that the...
by Richard | Jul 16, 2024 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Preventing Lower Back Injuries With the Kettlebell Swing Preventing injuries is vastly superior to doing rehab. A huge percentage of American men will suffer from lower back problems. Depending on the source used as many as 80% of men will have a back problem at some...