Why Most Old Men CRUMPLE like Paper Bags… 🙁

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Why do so many men get weaker as they get older — and what’s the best way to get strong after 40 without spending 1–2 hours a day working out?
That’s what I’m breaking down in this video.
When I was a young trainer and coach, I saw “senior training” marketed constantly.
Chair curls.
3–5 lb dumbbells.
Stability balls.
That’s not strength training.
That’s babysitting.
And that’s exactly why the S in the RSMP Method stands for STRENGTH.
For men over 40, strength needs to stay a priority.
Current research keeps pointing to grip strength and leg strength as important markers associated with longevity.
And to me, longevity simply means:
Living longer and healthier so you can keep doing more of the things you actually enjoy. That’s why I want men over 40 getting as strong as possible — for them — in a handful of key exercises.

Some of my favorites include:

Goblet Squats.

Presses.

Rows.

Turkish Get Ups.

Swings.

Cleans.

Snatches.

Push Presses.

Jerks.

Pull-Ups.

Chin-Ups.

Dips.

You can use bodyweight exercises.

Dumbbells.

Barbells, if your joints allow it.

And of course, kettlebells.

Kettlebells work especially well here because ballistic exercises like Swings, Cleans, Snatches, Push Presses, and Jerks can train your grip and legs at the same time.

In this video, I also break strength into two different categories:

1. Neural Strength

This is where you teach your nervous system to use the muscle you already have more efficiently.

You can improve it by:

Improving your lifting technique.

Trying to accelerate each rep harder.

Increasing the load you use.

Typical loading:

1–3 reps per set

80–95% of your 1RM

And I like basing loading off a 5RM.

2. Structural / Functional Strength

This is where you build the muscle itself.

A bigger muscle has more potential to produce force.

For this, I generally use:

3–6 reps per set

60–90% of your 1RM

And I recommend training neural strength first.

Then structural / functional strength.

Why?

Because it’s easier to add muscle to a body that already knows how to use itself than it is to build more muscle first and then try to teach that body better coordination afterward.

One important warning:

Low volume is not the same as low cost.

Ten total reps at 90% can drain you more than thirty reps at 70%.

So don’t do that work tired.

And don’t do it every day.

For best results, I recommend alternating between cycles of neural strength and structural / functional strength