Summary On episode 557 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Mark Lauren, a former special operations trainer and author of You Are Your Own Gym, who now writes about bodyweight training in his book Strong and Lean: Nine-Minute Daily Workouts to Build Your Best Body, No Equipment, Anywhere, Anytime. Mark argues that locomotion,… Continue reading How to get strong and lean with bodyweight training with Mark Lauren
Bodyweight & Calisthenics
The micro-workout plan with Tom Holland
Summary On episode 438 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Tom Holland, an author, corporate consultant, exercise physiologist, and elite endurance athlete who serves as a Bowflex fitness advisor and has hosted best-selling fitness DVDs that have sold more than a million copies. Tom’s book, The Micro Workout Plan, argues that the two… Continue reading The micro-workout plan with Tom Holland
Get fitter, faster, and stronger with Krista Stryker
Summary On episode 435 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Krista Stryker, an NSCA certified personal trainer and a leading expert on high intensity interval training and bodyweight fitness, who has helped tens of thousands of people through her 12 Minute Athlete blog and fitness app. Krista’s book, The 12-Minute Athlete, makes the… Continue reading Get fitter, faster, and stronger with Krista Stryker
11 Reasons to lift weights
Summary On episode 180 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan goes through 11 reasons you should be lifting weights, using “weightlifting” and “resistance training” interchangeably to include both free weights and bodyweight work. He argues that after 40, resistance training is not optional if you want to keep your strength, your independence, and your body composition,… Continue reading 11 Reasons to lift weights
11 Best bodyweight exercises
Summary On episode 167 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan walks through his 11 favorite bodyweight exercises, movements that need no equipment and no gym membership. He opens with why bodyweight training works: no cost, no equipment, easy to scale up or down by changing leverage, low injury risk while you learn proper form, and a… Continue reading 11 Best bodyweight exercises
Pause Training
Summary On episode 156 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan breaks down pause training, a simple way to use pauses inside your lifts to get stronger. He defines the concentric and eccentric phases of a lift, then explains how pausing at the right point turns those movements into a targeted strength-building tool. Allan explains that a… Continue reading Pause Training
Play Golf Forever with Suzanne Clark
Summary On episode 139 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Suzanne Clark, founder of Fitter Forever and a physiotherapist who helps people over 50 stay fit enough to keep playing the sports they love, to talk about her book Play Golf Forever. Suzanne explains sarcopenia, the age related loss of muscle that starts… Continue reading Play Golf Forever with Suzanne Clark
Should I Be Doing Resistance Training
Summary On episode 41 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan answers a question he hears constantly from clients: if the goal is fat loss, why bother with resistance training instead of just doing more cardio? He makes the case that fat loss comes down to what and how much you eat, and that resistance training earns… Continue reading Should I Be Doing Resistance Training