by Richard | Nov 20, 2022 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50
Staying fit and having a high quality of life: low tech works best Among the articles that I read this week was one in MIT Technology Review about the massive program in Saudi Arabia to extend human life span. There was also one about a longevity investors conference...
by Richard | Nov 6, 2022 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Losing weight over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Heat stress training: A Potential Advantage for Strength Athletes Over many decades of strength training I have concluded that for drug free lifters the only thing that produces results is consistent training with weights. Proper diet and basic supplements along with...
by Richard | Nov 6, 2022 | Exercise Over 50, Fat loss over 50, Fitness over 50, Losing weight over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Where does fat go when you lose it? Mainly out of your mouth. For someone who has been involved in physical fitness activities for decades, I was surprised to find that I didnt know the precise answer to this question. There is was in my daily news update from MIT...
by Richard | Nov 6, 2022 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Learn to listen to your body: Key to building strength and endurance Back in the 1970s the first US based research on factors impacting sports performance emerged. When the running boom was in its early stages, a few psychologists began trying to figure out what elite...
by Richard | Sep 4, 2022 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fat loss over 50, Health over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Mid Life Hard Body Practicing Things You Dont Like: Key to Improvement Sadly, the universe does not care about what each of us likes and doesnt like. Our opinions and preferences dont have an impact in the physical world. This inconvenient reality means that to make...
by Richard | Sep 4, 2022 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Losing weight over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Small Changes that make a BIG difference and a hard to believe story from long ago Regular readers of this column know that one of my enduring bits of advice is that working to achieve near perfect lifting technique is the only way to realize your full potential. It...
by Richard | Jul 30, 2022 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness Data, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Weight Training Over 50
Longevity Research: Some Hard Questions Longevity research has gotten a lot of news coverage lately in part because Saudi Arabia has announced plans to spend a billion dollars a year on extending life. The bozo press has routinely concocted stories about amazing...
by Richard | Jun 26, 2022 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Reflections on turning 82 and still powerlifting I turned 82 this past week and am getting ready to participate in Bull Stewarts August 20 Bench Press-Deadlift meet at Alki Beach in Seattle. That sounds strange even to me. Im truly blessed to still be able to lift...
by Richard | Jun 26, 2022 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Making Improvements as an Experienced Lifter We are all aware of how easy it is for a beginning lifter to make significant gains in the first two months of training. Beginners can show a massive improvement in a short time. When you begin in a weak and/or...
by Richard | May 22, 2022 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Mini Practice: Stealth opportunities for valuable strength building Most of us make a clear distinction between the time when we are doing our workouts and all the other time in the day. Time in the gym (or wherever) is when you focus on physical training. At other...