Fitness over 50

New Deadlift Training Approach: Rack Pulls, Speed Pulls and Isometrics

New Deadlift Training Approach: Rack Pulls, Speed Pulls and Isometrics A couple years ago I published a blog about the Paul Anderson power rack method to build a big deadlift. In the past month I have devised a slightly more elaborate scheme to enhance the impact of...

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...

Five Tips for Managing Your Energy: Key to Long Term Progress

Five Tips for Managing Your Energy: Key to Long Term Progress All of us can cheerfully advise others that making progress in heavy lifting requires devoting the time needed to fully recover from a demanding workout. We also advise others that keeping a few reps in the...

Your inner coach #2

Your inner coach #2 Last week I introduced you to your three inner coaches. One of them deals with the high level organization and management of your training. The second one deals with the narrative that goes on in your mind all the time you're awake. The third one...

Building your inner coaches

Building your inner coaches Realizing your full potential as a lifter will be greatly enhanced by developing your internal mental skills that enable you to perform at your best. This is not positive attitude or motivation. This is using your mental capacity to...

Recovery: When You Make all the Gains

Recovery: When You Make all the Gains There is an underappreciated quote from the legendary coach Dan John: Lifting heavy weights will not make you strong. Lifting heavy weights and recovering will make you very strong. Probably 98% of all the content in power...