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...
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
Artificial Intelligence and Strength Training: Part 1-The Impact of Information Current news is awash with stories about how artificial intelligence (AI) will shortly penetrate every aspect of our lives. Depending on the source, predictions are being tossed around...
by Richard | Jul 2, 2025 | Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
New Deadlift Training Approach: Rack Pulls, Speed Pulls and Isometrics A couple years ago I published a blog about the Paul Anderson power rack method to build a big deadlift. In the past month I have devised a slightly more elaborate scheme to enhance the impact of...
by Richard | Jul 2, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness Data, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Important Workout Data and Useless Information Any athlete who is serious about improving their performance must track some key indicators of how they are doing. The importance of the indicators is not always consistent with how easily they are measured. Some of the...
by Richard | Jul 2, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Strength Building: Practice the Invisible Skills Realizing your full potential for lifting heavy weights or doing some other feat of strength is dependent on being able to mobilize your muscles to do a very difficult movement. The most important action in producing...
by Richard | Jul 2, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training 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 | May 26, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
How to Know if You are Making Progress Having been a hard core gym rat for a very long time, Im always interested in what concrete results my workouts are producing. IMHO most of the people who work out in fitness gyms seem to have no systematic approach to...
by Richard | May 26, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
What skills do elite lifters have that others dont? Ever since I first started lifting weights back in 1955 it has been evident to me that some people get a lot more out of their training than others. Reflecting on many of the elite lifters I have known, it seems to...
by Richard | May 26, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, 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...