How to Protect Your Joints and Build Strength After 40
By midlife, most men carry battle scars, sore knees, cranky shoulders, and stiff backs. The problem isn’t that you’re old or broken, it’s that you’re still trying to train like you did at 25. The solution isn’t to stop lifting heavy, but to lift smarter.
Science shows that strength training is one of the best tools for protecting joints, reducing injury risk, and maintaining movement quality into later life.
Here’s what the evidence says about training sustainably, without breaking down.
The Best Strength Training Structure for Men Over 40
If you’re a man over 40, you don’t need to spend 6 days a week in the gym to see results. In fact, the best approach is smarter, not harder. When it comes to building strength, muscle, and long-term health, 2–4 well-structured strength training sessions a week is all you need. The key is having the right structure.
Strong After 40: Why 2–4 Lifting Sessions a Week Is All You Need
Most men over 40 think they need to do more to get results in the gym. More cardio. More classes. More sweat.
The truth? You don’t need more. You need better. If you want the biggest return on the little time you have, the smartest investment you can make is in strength training.
Specific strength qualities for unlocking gymnastics skills. Part 1 : Relative Strength.
To unlock gymnastics skills you need to be strong.
That's the main reason why a lot of adults struggle with gymnastic skills is a lack of strength.
They need to build strength?
But what strength quality do you need to train? And how do you build specific strength for gymnastics?
Building Straight-Arm Scapular Strength Part 1: Awareness
I thought I was strong when I first started Gymnastics Strength Training (GST). I'd been lifting weights in the gym for years and increasing my squat, deadlift, chin-up, overhead press and bench numbers.
But it didn't prepare me for GST, especially Straight-Arm Scapular Strength (SASS) movements.
I couldn't hold a Tuck Planche.
I couldn't Skin The Cat or hold a Back or Front Lever.
I couldn't hold a Handstand.
I was strong. But what was I missing?