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Strength training innovations: Would I want it IF it worked?

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

Strength training innovations: Would I want it IF it worked? About twenty years ago many professional nutritionists advised their clients to avoid eating large amounts of protein because this practice supposedly created liver problems. Now the standard advice more...
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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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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...

Becoming the best lifter you can be: Developing Self-Awareness

Becoming the best lifter you can be: Developing Self-Awareness Most readers of this blog have been working hard at one or many fitness activities for a very long time. Each of us is diligent about performing the best we can and are always on the lookout for a way to...

Preventing Back Injuries: Durability Training

Preventing Back Injuries: Durability Training As an 85-year-old powerlifter I can assure you that I would never be pulling heavy weights off the floor regularly had I not built an extremely strong and resilient back. There is nothing cooler than being able to do the...

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...