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The Shoulder Blueprint: How Men Over 40 Can Train Without Pain

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If you’re looking for programs that emphasize intelligent movement, balanced training, and long-term joint health, you can find those at ChasingStrength.com       Everything there is built to help men over 40 train with confidence and stay in the game. And if you need a restoration program that can help you with your shoulder issues, I’ll leave a link to what I personally designed for myself to keep my joints healthy in the video description below. Many guys have used it to restore proper shoulder function. https://go.chasingstrength.com/sore-joint-solution-e/

The “RSP” Workout Plan for 2026…?

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Here are the exact resources I recommend to make 2026 your best year ever: What I personally use for restoration work to keep my joints healthy and full ranges of motion in my muscles.  https://go.chasingstrength.com/sore-joint-solution-e/ For simultaneous max strength and power training, use this. https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ For pure power training, use these: Swing: https://salutis.kartra.com/page/SWING-HARD-2 Snatch: https://cart.chasingstrength.com/ksk4 Clean + Jerk:  https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-rmf-2022-full-aging/ And as I film this we’re just over two full weeks into 2026. How’s it going? On track? If not, no worries. Here’s a “plan” – or an “outline” if you prefer – to follow to make 2026 your best year to date. I call it “RSP.” R = Restoration S = Strength P = Power Here’s how you implement it: Restoration: If you have “weaknesses” – ahem – or you have a “friend” who has them… Things like a “bad back”... a “trick knee”... a “...

The 5 Biggest Training Mistakes Men Over 40 Make (That Have Nothing to Do With Effort)

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https://chasingstrength.com/ Today I want to walk you through the five biggest workout – training mistakes I see men over 40 make, mistakes most men aren’t aware they exist. And training mistakes that quietly sabotage results even when you’re doing everything “right.” If you recognize yourself in even one of these, this video will save you years of frustration. MISTAKE #1 — Training Like You’re Still 23 The first mistake is obvious once you see it, but almost nobody adjusts for it. Men over 40 keep training like they’re still 23. Same volume. Same workload. Same intensity. Same recovery expectations. But your physiology isn’t the same anymore and pretending it is doesn’t make you tougher, it just makes you sore and inconsistent. What worked when you had fewer responsibilities, less stress, and more recovery capacity doesn’t automatically work now. The goal isn’t to train less because you’re “older.” The goal is to train appropriately for where you are now. Training that way ignores rea...

What Should Workout Programs For Men Over 40 Look Like?

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Take a look and see what fits. https://chasingstrength.com/which-kettlebell-workout-program-is-right-for-me/ One question guys want to know is how my workout programs are different from most of the other programs that men our age – the over 40 crowd – try – and fail using. And the short answer is because most programming models fail to account for real life, especially for men over 40. See, I know from first-hand experience — I had to learn the hard way myself, even though I didn’t have to. I was warned in advance that programming must change by my Soviet trained Olympic lifting coach — but I didn’t believe him. I thought I would remain “Superman” forever. That is until a laundry list of injuries sidelined me in my early 30s. Hey — it’s Geoff Neupert, from ChasingStrength.com . In this video, I want to explain how I think about programming, why it looks different from what you usually see, and why that difference matters if your goal is to keep training long-term. Most workout programs...

Why Feeling Better After Training Matters More Than Feeling Sore?

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Look through what’s there and see what fits. LINK: https://chasingstrength.com/which-kettlebell-workout-program-is-right-for-me/ If you judge the quality of your workouts by how sore you feel the next day, this video will probably change how you think about training. Because soreness isn’t a reliable indicator of progress — especially after 40. In fact, for a lot of men, chasing soreness is one of the main reasons training stops working. Let me explain why. Most of us were taught early on that soreness equals a good workout. You workout – train hard. You’re sore the next day. That must mean it worked – right? After all… it worked for all the guys in the muscle mags who we wanted to look like, so it can’t be wrong… right? And when you’re younger, you can often get away with that “logic.” But the truth is, soreness is really just a response to unfamiliar or excessive stress. It doesn’t tell you whether a program is productive – it just confirms that there was muscle protein degradation....

You’re Not Lazy - Your Workout Is the Problem

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➡️ Go to ChasingStrength.com and check out the Programs page. “If you're over 40 and can’t stay consistent anymore… it’s not because you’re lazy. It’s because your life and your identity changed.” “And unless your training changes with it… consistency becomes impossible.” Let me show you why men over 40 fall off… and how to fix it for good. Most men over 40 don’t quit because they want to. They quit because they can’t match the image they have of themselves anymore. You remember the guy you used to be: - Strong - Athletic - Quick - Durable - Energetic - Hungry to train But now? You try to get back in shape and something always gets in the way: - Work stress - Family obligations - Travel - Poor sleep - Achy joints - Fatigue that wasn’t there before And you start thinking: “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I stay consistent anymore?” Nothing is wrong with you. You’ve just been trying to train a 40- or 50-year-old body  with a 20-year-old training identity. That mismatch destroys cons...

“Should I do ‘Workout X’ or ‘Program Y’...?” (The #1 Thing for 2026)

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Remember, if you want to lean out – because a lot of guys do this time of year – then train for strength, use “strategic conditioning,” and you’ll get both.  If you use most of the popular “fitness methods” to lean out, you’ll lose muscle and get weaker.  So use this program: https://go.chasingstrength.com/burn-sa3/ And if you just want to get brutally strong and nail those ‘STRONG ENOUGH’ standards – or get close?  Use this program. https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ And, if you’re not 100% sure yet?  Go here: https://chasingstrength.com/which-kettlebell-workout-program-is-right-for-me/ Man, I don’t know about you, but it’s hard to believe that today is the last day of 2025. And like my daughter said to me in the car yesterday, “We’re almost closer to 2030 than we are 2020.” Which of course means – at least for me – it’s time to assess this past year and calibrate for the upcoming one. A lot of people are going to be doing that with “getting in ...