Mid Life Hard Body

Fitness over 50

Learn to listen to your body: Key to building strength and endurance

by | November 6, 2022 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

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...
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Practicing things you don’t like: The key to improvement

by | September 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 | 0 Comments

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...
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Small Changes that Make a BIG Difference

by | September 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 | 0 Comments

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...
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I’m 75 and feel 35

I just turned 75. I feel like I'm 35! This is because I'm reaping the benefits of having kept myself fit and healthy for my whole life. My quality of life is amazing'.even to me. I never think about physical limitations or not being able to do something I want to do....

Exercise: How much is Enough?

Everyone who does physical training want's to know the answer to this question. How much exercise is "enough". The answer to this really depends on several things....called variables....that are different for every person. This brief article is intended to help you...

New Years Resolutions for Men over 50

New Years Resolutions for a Man Over 50 Well'it is January 1, 2015 about 1:30 AM, and Our Hero is hosting a typical New Year's Eve Party. The early signs of post-holiday guilt are just setting in. In an an alcohol slurred voice Our Hero declares “thissss year Im gonna...

Weight training and brain health

In a previous article, I discussed the impact of aerobic exercise on brain health, and the scientific research supporting that work. The impacts that weight training can have on brain health are complementary to the aerobic training, but not overlapping. Aerobic...

Brain health and exercise – The benefits of Aerobic Training

Brain health is one of the major issues that emerges as a person ages. Over age 50, the prospect of cognitive decline, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease become serious issues. The good news is that there are some things that anyone can do to drastically reduce the...