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Strength over 50

Practice Habits: Your key to Long Term Improvement

by | October 21, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Longevity fitness, Men's fitness over 50, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Practice Habits: Your key to Long Term Improvement Every coach says, do the hard work and pay attention to the details. I constantly harp on doing each of the power lifts with perfect technique. Going beyond these generalizations in real workouts and doing so for many...
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Your Inner Coach #3- Muscle Control

by | October 7, 2024 | Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Your Inner Coach #3- Muscle Control Exerting control over your muscles is essential for putting out the maximum force possible during a heavy lift. Unfortunately, many lifters have developed the habit of exerting less than maximum force through years of lifting...
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Longevity and Lifting Weights

by | October 6, 2024 | Anti-aging fitness, Exercise Over 50, Men's fitness over 50, Muscle over 50, Over 50 lifestyle, Powerlifting Over 50, Strength over 50, Weight Training Over 50 | 0 Comments

Longevity and Lifting Weights It is nearly impossible to put a value on the positive aspects of waking up every day and not worrying about your health. Sadly many people over age 50 spend a significant portion of their day struggling with their medical problems. Their...
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Your inner coach #2

Your inner coach #2 Last week I introduced you to your three inner coaches. One of them deals with...

The Velvet Coffin Where is your fitness journey taking you?

The Velvet Coffin Where is your fitness journey taking you? We are all familiar with making decisions about weight loss, training cycles, and workout programs. These are the routine decisions we make all the time. Few of us ever pause and think about the long game....

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...