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Can Recreational Sports Build Character? Its Possible, not Automatic

by | 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 | 0 Comments

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...
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Longevity and Weight Training

by | April 20, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Over 50 lifestyle, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

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...
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Longevity Research: An Intense Search for an Expensive Solution

by | March 30, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Over 50 lifestyle, Strength over 50 | 0 Comments

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...
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Lifting Weights for 68 Years: Whats New and Different?

Lifting Weights for 68 Years: Whats New and Different? I began lifting weights in 1955and yes we did have electric lights and television. No personal computers and no internet. Somehow, we managed to survive. Occasionally I am asked what has changed in training for...

Unanticipated Layoffs: How Much Conditioning do You Lose?

Unanticipated Layoffs: How Much Conditioning do You Lose? Unplanned layoffs can disrupt our training occasionally. How much conditioning a person will lose is always on our minds when our regular training schedule is disrupted. An ice storm hit my city this week and...

Longevity in Lifting and in Life

Thoughts on Longevity in Lifting and in Life In about six months, Ill celebrate birthday number 84. Hard to believe given that I feel as if Im at least 20 years younger than thatif not more. While life offers no guarantees, I believe there are some things that anyone...

Cardio Training for Weightlifters: A Special Source of Strength

Cardio Training for Weightlifters: A Special Source of Strength Over the many decades I have been both running and lifting weights, I have observed that the two fitness communities around these activities tend to regard the other with great suspicion. Runners tend to...

Fitness and Longevity: The Long Game

The Long Game: Fitness and Longevity News stories about research on technological breakthroughs that may extend life have been appearing lately. MIT Technology Review reported on a Swiss conference for ultra rich investors where all manner of life extension devices...

Perfecting Mistakes: The Impact of Learning by Rote

Perfecting Mistakes: The Impact of Learning by Rote Like many of you I often observe people working out in a gym and wonder how the hell they can manage to blunder through so many exercises with such atrocious form. Mostly I ignore what others are doing, but often...