Training Articles

In-depth, evidence-based articles drawing on over four decades of training experience and academic research. Every piece is written to help lifters train smarter and last longer.

Experience 12 minApril 2026

Training Through Injuries: A 45-Year Journey

How to maintain training continuity through injuries, surgeries, and setbacks. Real lessons from bilateral shoulder repairs, hip replacements, and carpal tunnel release across four decades of lifting.

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Adaptive Training 14 minApril 2026

Adaptive Strength Training After Joint Replacements

Evidence-based guidelines for returning to heavy training after major joint surgery. Safe exercises, progressive loading protocols, and realistic timelines for getting back under the bar.

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Longevity 11 minMarch 2026

Long-Term Lifting Strategies for Longevity

Research-backed approaches to maintaining and building strength through every decade. Fighting sarcopenia and staying powerful past 50, 60, and beyond.

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Programming 13 minMarch 2026

Science-Based Programming for Injury Prevention

How to structure training programs that build strength while protecting joints, tendons, and connective tissue. RPE-based autoregulation, intelligent volume management, and prehabilitation protocols.

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Recovery 12 minFebruary 2026

Recovery and Adaptation: Lessons from Bilateral Shoulder Repairs

A detailed guide to shoulder rehabilitation and return to pressing after SLAP repairs. Modified exercises, progressive loading strategies, and long-term shoulder health maintenance.

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Injury Recovery 11 minApril 2026

Grip Strength After Carpal Tunnel Release: Rebuilding Your Foundation

A comprehensive guide to regaining and surpassing your pre-surgery grip strength after bilateral carpal tunnel release, with practical programming strategies for lifters.

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Training Philosophy 13 minApril 2026

The Masters Athlete: Why Training After 50 Is Your Greatest Chapter

Training in your 50s, 60s, and beyond is not about clinging to youth—it is about unlocking capabilities that patience and experience make possible.

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Health 13 minMay 2026

Strength Training With Sleep Apnea: A Lifter's Guide to Performance and Recovery

How obstructive sleep apnea sabotages strength gains, recovery, and cardiovascular health—and the practical steps that have kept me training hard while managing the condition.

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Health 13 minMay 2026

Lifting Safely With High Blood Pressure: What 40 Years Under the Bar Taught Me

High blood pressure does not have to end your lifting career. A practical, evidence-based guide to training intelligently with hypertension—from medication interactions to breath mechanics and exercise selection.

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Recovery 11 minMay 2026

Sleep, Recovery, and Strength After 50: The Foundation Most Lifters Ignore

Why sleep quality matters more than any program after 50, and the practical sleep-stack that has supported four decades of consistent training.

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Nutrition 12 minMay 2026

Nutrition for Aging Lifters: Protein, Calories, and the Truth About Supplements

After 40, nutrition becomes the difference between progress and stagnation. A practical guide to protein targets, calorie strategy, and the supplements actually worth taking.

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Recovery 11 minMay 2026

Managing Stress, Cortisol, and Training Load

Why life stress is often the real reason your training stalls—and a practical framework for managing cortisol, autoregulating volume, and protecting decades of training adaptation.

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Prehabilitation 12 minMay 2026

Shoulder Health for Lifters: Prehab, Movement Quality, and Pressing for Decades

After bilateral shoulder SLAP repairs in 2004, I rebuilt my pressing to a 475-pound bench. A practical guide to shoulder prehab and pressing programming.

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Injury Prevention 12 minMay 2026

Lower Back Health for Lifters: Training Hard With 13 Damaged Discs

A 2024 MRI revealed 13 damaged discs across my spine. Here is how I have continued training heavy without deadlifts—and the framework any lifter can use to protect their lower back.

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Injury Recovery 14 minApril 2026

Returning to Heavy Lifting After Bilateral Hip Replacement

A detailed, first-person account of the journey back to squats and deadlifts after having both hips replaced—what worked, what did not, and how to rebuild a powerful lower body.

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