Mid Life Hard Body

Strength over 50

Building your inner coaches

by | September 2, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Building your inner coaches Realizing your full potential as a lifter will be greatly enhanced by developing your internal mental skills that enable you to perform at your best. This is not positive attitude or motivation. This is using your mental capacity to...
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Recovery: When You Make all the Gains

by | August 23, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Longevity fitness, Muscle over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Recovery: When You Make all the Gains There is an underappreciated quote from the legendary coach Dan John: Lifting heavy weights will not make you strong. Lifting heavy weights and recovering will make you very strong. Probably 98% of all the content in power...
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Static Contractions: A Forgotten Training Approach that can Build Big Strength

by | August 23, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Fitness over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

A Forgotten Training Approach that can Build Big Strength Anyone remember static contractions? A quarter century ago these were mildly popular. However, like many training techniques that produce significant results but require unusual types of effort, it was largely...
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No Brain, No Gain

No Brain, No Gain Having spent many years in gyms, I am consistently surprised by the number of...

Two unusual exercises: big benefit zero popularity

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...

Build REAL Grip Strength: Dump the Straps

Build REAL Grip Strength: Dump the Straps If you want to have the fragile hands and wimpy grip of a 90-year-old, lifting straps and gloves will do the job for you. Over the past few years I have seen more and more people lifting weights using straps to augment their...

Focus on the Process of Improvement not on Resolution Goals

Focus on the Process of Improvement not on Resolution Goals With Christmas just past we are entering that magical time of year when half the population resolves to lose at least 20 pounds and make massive changes for the better. In a month about 98% of these...

What can weightlifters learn from “Moneyball”?

What can weightlifters learn from Moneyball? In the past few weeks I have been reading books written by Michael Lewis, the author of Moneyball the classic study of how the Oakland As were able to use statistical data to gain a competitive edge in searching for...

A Different Type of New Years Resolution

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...

Staying fit and having a high quality of life: low tech works best

Staying fit and having a high quality of life: low tech works best Among the articles that I read this week was one in MIT Technology Review about the massive program in Saudi Arabia to extend human life span. There was also one about a longevity investors conference...