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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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Visualization: A Powerful Tool for Heavy Lifting

by | April 20, 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

Visualization: A Powerful Tool for Heavy Lifting Most lifters have heard the term visualization. This is the practice of visualizing a perfect lift in your mind before you actually do one. That is a pretty vague description. About the same level of insight as "The Red...
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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 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...

Dont Get Old Before Your Time!

Dont Get Old Before Your Time! How many people have that OMG experience when they suddenly become aware of how lousy they look and feel at an age when they should be in their prime? They feel ancient and look ten or twenty years older than they actually are. When a...