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The Most Important Elements in Heavy Lifting Cannot be Quantified!

by | February 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

The Most Important Elements in Lifting Cannot be Quantified! From time to time, we may be intrigued by various high-tech innovations that promise to elevate our lifting performance. Usually these innovations are old wine in a new bottle, or simply something that could...
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When Less is More: Building Strength

by | December 2, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

When Less is More Being a hard-core gym rat weightlifter type, even in advanced age I find that the temptation to keep working out beyond what I planned to happens to me all the time. When I have finished my planned workout, there is always the little voice in my head...
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A Method for Correcting Weak Points in Your Lifts

by | December 2, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

A Method for Correcting Weak Points in Your Lifts Each of us is a unique collection of strong and not so strong muscles. There is a lot more to all of us, but in the weight room we tend to focus on our muscles and not so much on our color perception or music pitch....
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Three high value exercises that take almost zero time: plus, a bonus

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...

Important Workout Data and Useless Information

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...

Strength Building: Practice the Invisible Skills

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...

Practice Like a Pro: Work on the Small Details of Performance

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...