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Powerlifting Over 50
Recovery: When You Make all the Gains
Recovery: When You Make all the Gains There is an underappreciated quote from the legendary coach...
Static Contractions: A Forgotten Training Approach that can Build Big Strength
A Forgotten Training Approach that can Build Big Strength Anyone remember static contractions? A...
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...
Latest Research on Weight Training: Much Less There than Meets the Eye
Latest Research on Weight Training: Much Less There than Meets the Eye Hardly a week goes by when I dont receive an email for a stunning new discovery in weight training. The emergence of artificial intelligence has also produced a blizzard of claims about new and...
A 5-second trick to help overcome physical weaknesses.
A 5-second trick to help overcome physical weaknesses. As longtime lifters we gradually move into a mindset that divides the day into time when we work out, and time when we do everything else. However, during the time when we are not working out, it is possible to do...
The Power of Persistence: An Unbeatable Formula when Paired with Learning
The Power of Persistence: An Unbeatable Formula when Paired with Learning One of my favorite quotes that I believe applies to many things in life is: Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful...
Lifting Weights for 68 Years: Whats New and Different?
Lifting Weights for 68 Years: Whats New and Different? I began lifting weights in 1955and yes we did have electric lights and television. No personal computers and no internet. Somehow, we managed to survive. Occasionally I am asked what has changed in training for...