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Adapting a training technique from Olympic Lifting for power training: The two rep set

by | April 15, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Adapting a training technique from Olympic Lifting for power training: The two rep set Over decades of power training, I have found that there is a tendency to divide workouts into conditioning training using high rep sets with lighter weights and those where you work...
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Two unusual exercises: big benefit zero popularity

by | March 8, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Two unusual exercises: big benefit zero popularity Over many decades working out in gyms, I have noticed that the value of an exercise is often inversely proportional to how often people do it. The exception would be the deadlift which seems to be relatively popular...
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A Different Type of New Years Resolution

by | January 4, 2023 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Health over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Strength over 50 | 0 Comments

A Different Type of New Years Resolution First blog of 2023. Monday was a holiday because there were bowl games on TV. It is now January 3. In the general population perhaps half of the New Years resolutions made with earnest enthusiasm a scant 48 hours ago are now...
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Exercise and High Quality Longevity: Some new Tips and Tricks

Exercise and High-Quality Longevity: Some new Tricks and Tips High quality longevity means getting old(er) and feeling great. It means not having physical limitations on what you want to do (within reason). As I write this article Im a month from being 81 years old...

What can Powerlifters Learn from Golfers

With the Masters Golf Championship being played this week in Augusta, Georgia, I happened to hear an interview on Freakonomics Radio with Greg Norman one of the all-time great golfers. I should note that I know almost nothing about golf. I do not even know where you...