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Powerlifting Over 50

Skills of Maximum Strength: You May Have More Power Than You Thought

by | February 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Skills of Maximum Strength: You May Have More Power Than You Thought Advanced lifters understand that strength is a skill. Mobilizing maximum muscular force to move a heavy weight requires developing and regularly practicing the muscle control needed to put out full...
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The Inner Game of Powerlifting: Key to Improvement in Your Outer Game

by | February 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

The Inner Game of Powerlifting: Key to Improvement in Your Outer Game In January every year gyms are flooded with new members who have made some sort of personal decision to get in shape. Roughly 90% will quit before February comes around. IMHO this is due in part to...
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Practice makes perfect: Unless you perfect your mistakes

by | February 16, 2026 | Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Practice makes perfect: Unless you perfect your mistakes With the gym filled by the January rush of newly committed fitness devotees, Im seeing many new and creative ways to perform the three power lifts. Making physical errors in a complex lift is most obvious when...
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Artificial Intelligence and Strength Training – II

Artificial Intelligence and Strength Training - II As we anticipate an AI stock market crash, let's briefly examine how AI tools can enhance your strength training. I have been working with AI since the 1980s and am not bamboozled by the daydreaming and hype that...

Making Progress If You Dont Know What to Do

Making Progress If You Don't Know What to Do Making progress in our training is our persistent quest. Often we find ourselves stymied or out of answers about what to do to move ahead. The mainstream media and the endless number of influencers offer us mountains of...

Partial Squats: An Overlooked Exercise to Build Power

Partial Squats: An Overlooked Exercise to Build Power As all of us can verify, there are dozens of exercises we could do, but we only have the time and energy to do a select few. The goal is to get the most bang for the buck on our work. The partial squat is an...

An unusual way to improve your power lifts: Do them Blind.

An unusual way to improve your power lifts: Do them Blind. Usually when someone pitches a method for increasing your power lifts, the answer will cost you some serious money. Not so with the techniques Im about to discuss. They will be free. Some of you will say they...

An Unusual Method to Build Strength

An Unusual Method to Build Strength All of us are fully on board with lifting weights to build strength. In addition, most of us are occasional (or regular) users of gymnastic techniques to build strength. IMHO there are some other techniques that usually fly under...