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...
by Richard | May 22, 2022 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness Data, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Fitness Metrics: Stick to what is important The fitness market is awash in apps that promise miracle results through providing a huge amount of physiological data about the user. Any activity that can be monitored is recorded. Realtime information on physical...
by Richard | May 4, 2022 | 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
Enjoying a Long Healthy Life: You Cant Fool Mother Nature This past week a friend sent me an article from the Atlantic magazine that bemoaned how unfriendly and intimidating the fitness industry can be for those who are out of shape but want to start an exercise...
by Richard | Apr 28, 2022 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50
Sustaining a fit lifestyle: The value of Primary Experience Those of us in the fitness business are constantly trying to understand why people abandon fitness programs. In my view, part of the cause is using artificial realities for training where people do not...