At the time of this writing, I am 61 years old. I don’t consume much fitness content. To me, it’s like trying to find something to watch on television. There is way too much out there and almost all of it is garbage. Designed mainly to get attention and without much honesty or merit. AndContinue reading “Is Standard Strength Training Advice for Older People Valid?”
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New Training Emphasis and a Funny Not-So-Funny Story about Eugen Sandow
I have shifted my training emphasis from strength and muscle-building to conditioning and endurance. Granted these are on a continuum so one is likely never done without at least some of the other. So, from a capped weekly volume of “hard sets” that reach mechanical and approach muscular failure, I have moved to high volume,Continue reading “New Training Emphasis and a Funny Not-So-Funny Story about Eugen Sandow”
I Can See Clearly Now
In two months I’ll be sixty years of age. I’ve been practicing calisthenics for fifteen years. But as much as I have preached the value of progressive work, I have not practiced it. Until now. Everything came together for me a few years ago when I found Kyle Boggeman’s Youtube channel. He made what IContinue reading “I Can See Clearly Now”
