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A Super Cheap Power Training Equipment Idea: HUGE value for the $

by | March 23, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

A Super Cheap Power Training Equipment Idea: HUGE value for the $ In the never-ending scramble to build new and fantastic" training equipment, one thing is constant: the price for new gadgets never seems to go down. I thought you all might enjoy seeing an unusually...
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Deadlifting Injuries: Tips from a long-time powerlifter on preventing them

by | March 23, 2025 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Deadlifting Injuries: Tips from a long-time powerlifter on preventing them Injuries from deadlifting seem to be occurring more often than in previous decades. Powerlifters have been doing heavy deadlifts ever since the sport began (back in the late 1960s). In recent...
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Get the Small Stuff right, or you will never get the BIG Stuff right!

by | February 1, 2025 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Get the Small Stuff right, or you will never get the BIG Stuff right! Being successful at weight training requires attention to a lot of details. Simply showing up and flailing through a workout leads to little (or no) improvement year after year. There is an oft...
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Your inner coach #2

Your inner coach #2 Last week I introduced you to your three inner coaches. One of them deals with...

Preventing Lower Back Injuries with the Kettlebell Swing

Preventing Lower Back Injuries With the Kettlebell Swing Preventing injuries is vastly superior to doing rehab. A huge percentage of American men will suffer from lower back problems. Depending on the source used as many as 80% of men will have a back problem at some...

No Brain, No Gain

No Brain, No Gain Having spent many years in gyms, I am consistently surprised by the number of people who work out for years and never seem to make any progress. Not changing much if you are in great condition is probably OK. However, most people who train regularly...

Longevity and Fitness – Secrets of an 84 Year Old Powerlifter

Longevity, Fitness and Training Secrets If youre not doing it, you dont know it - Tony Robbins At the tender age of 84 I believe I have earned the right to talk about longevity.both in general and in terms of fitness. When discussing longevity I always emphasize that...

Two Major Principles for Life and Working Out

Two Major Principles for Life and Working Out For those of us who pursue long term goals, there are two tightly linked principles that IMHO are extremely important to remember as we embark on various projects in fitness and in other parts of our lives. People always...

Cutting Edge Innovations in Fitness and Health: Buyer Beware!

Cutting Edge Innovations in Fitness and Health: Buyer Beware! There are a staggering number of products and programs offered for sale in the fitness and health universe. Many of these are marketed as significant innovations. Most of us have developed a reasonable...

Golf and Powerlifting: Some Surprising Similarities

Golf and Powerlifting: Some Surprising Similarities To achieve a high level of performance in both golf and powerlifting excellent balance is required. This is an underappreciated training requirement for both sports that is rarely discussed in the literature on...