Become Stronger

My dad's grandfather died at 61 from his 2nd heart attack. His first was at 46.

My mom's grandfather died at 73 from a stroke. He had a triple bypass ~10 years earlier.

And my dad had a triple bypass at 56. (Thank God he’s still alive - about to be 79.)

But the mindset of those two generations - The Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers - is/was that getting old is “just the way it is.”

Which is why I think a lot of guys over 40 today feel their best days are behind them (just like their dads and granddads thought).

And you know what?

All of them are right, because the old adage is true:

“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” - Proverbs 23:7

Which is why many guys over 40 today still suffer in the doldrums of life of their later years…

Quietly dying inside and out ,

Watching their bodies deteriorate before their very eyes, as if there’s nothing they can do about it …

Que sera, sera - Whatever will be, will be.

That’s just the way it is. (Cue Bruce Hornsby & The Range…)

But not me.

Am I as strong as I was in my early 20s?

Depends on how you measure strength.

Can I hit the same numbers in the Olympic lifts or Powerlifts?

No. I’m probably in the 85-90% range. (And to be honest, I no longer really care .)

But... I can do things like Pistol Squats and One-Arm-One-Leg Push Ups now, and TGU’s with the 48kg, which I was unable to do back then. (And I'm not in pain all the time, which is its own victory - quite the opposite of how most guys age.)

And from what I’ve seen firsthand with the guys I’ve been training, it’s totally achievable to hit PRs well into your 40s, 50s, 60s, even beyond.

It all depends on your point of view - what you personally accept .

For example, I got this comment from Brett on one of my YouTube videos:

As you can see when he made this statement, he was just close to his 55th birthday.

He reported he’s:

Never felt stronger

More powerful than ever

Brimming with energy

Boosted his VO2Max

And his resting heart rate has reduced by ten BPM...

… All in a span of 10 weeks.

As you can see, it takes very little time to see better results - at any age.

All you need is -

1- A plan

2- To consistently stick to that plan

That’s. It.

That’s the “secret” to getting fitter as you get older.

So, it is irrelevant where you currently stand or what you’ve done in the past.

All that matters is that you can find ways to improve from your current baseline.

If you want to follow Brett’s lead, get yourself a copy of “The King-Sized Killer”.

Not ready for Snatches?

Use the Clean + Press.

@mjhastings54 said this about ‘THE GIANT’ Clean + Press program -

At the end of the day, we all check here get to select what we believe concerning getting older and how we age.

That choice determines both the quality and the length of the life you’ll live from this day forward.

Me?

I decide to be STRONG .

What about you?

Stay Strong,

Geoff Neupert.