Principles of Strength Training

Anyone past the age of 30 should start to incorporate strength training into their fitness routine.  However, after the age of 50, strength training takes on even more significance. At this point, if we haven’t been training, we’ve already lost about 10% of our muscle mass, and maybe more.  That loss of muscle mass begins [...]

The best exercise is the one you will do – However

I get emails from Mark Sisson a couple times a week, and today he mentioned this gem... the best exercise is the one you will do. That is spot on. However, for most people, there needs to be an additional form of exercise to complement the primary one. My favorite form of exercise is lifting [...]

How to determine starting weights for strength training

If you are new to strength training, you will want to start at a conservative weight for each of your primary strength training lifts (squat, deadlift, bench press and overhead press). However, you don't want to start too conservatively, or it will take you a while until you actually feel like you are being tested [...]

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The Benefits of Kung Fu Training

One of the bigger regrets I have in life is that I discontinued my official kung fu training back in 2008.  The main reason then was I was beginning a new side hustle of teaching golf. Ultimately, I moved away from the area where I trained, and my overall training program would not be able [...]

Fitness priorities after 50

In the US, it has been reported that over 40% of the population is now obese.  I have no idea what measure they are using, but all you have to do is look around and you can see we have an obesity epidemic in this country.As we age, this becomes even more of a problem, since there [...]

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