🔗 “Kettlebell Burn 2.0”: https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-burn-sa4/ The #1 reason men over 40 can't lose belly fat – and it's NOT your diet. After 30+ years of coaching men over 40, I can tell you: Belly fat is a hormonal problem, not a food problem. Your visceral fat is acting like a rogue gland - spiking cortisol, tanking testosterone and growth hormone, and creating a self-feeding fat storage loop that dieting alone can’t fix. In this video, I break down the 3-l

Over 40 Men’s Workout Priorities 1. Train hard 3 to 5 days a week (always a minimum of 3). (Yesterday: Double KB C+P 5x2 w/4RM followed by Chins (2,4,6)x2. Done in 25 minutes.) 2. Prioritize my weaknesses when and if necessary. (Currently Chin Ups, so pushing these in "wave like" fashion. Average of 300 per week.) 3. Always do some sort of restoration work to make sure I keep the aches and pains away and move fluidly like I did before I accumulated all my injuries from sports

Hybrid O-lifting? The “Best” way for Men Over 40 to Train? As a competitive Olympic lifter and college strength & conditioning coach, I was frustrated when my athletes couldn’t perform barbell Cleans. Most of them had tight shoulders, tight lats, and tight wrists from too much benching and not enough restoration work. (This was back in the mid-to-late 90s when restoration work was practically unheard of.) So, barbell Cleans became barbell High Pulls. Or dumbbell Cleans. Plus,

Results come from repeatable work, not hero workouts. Remember Rocky III and Rocky IV? They had some of THE BEST “training montages” of ALL TIME. “Eye of the tiger, Rock.” “There is no tomorrow! There is no tomorrow!” Great lines by Apollo Creed to Rocky in Rocky III. I LOVE the soundtracks… the music. “Eye of the Tiger” “Burning Heart” “War” “No Easy Way Out” The “Training Montage” ALL excellent workout music. I’ve been listening to those songs for the last 25+ years at vari

You’re Not Lazy - Your Workout Is the Problem “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

Is the “Text Neck Tax” Robbing Your Kettlebell Workouts? Here’s a closer look at what FHP does to your upper body: Thoracic Spine: Increased Thoracic Kyphosis: FHP is strongly associated with increased thoracic kyphosis. (Excessive curvature / rounding of the upper back). This leads to a “slouched” posture and thoracic dysfunction. (Singla & Veqar, 2017; Sepehri et al., 2024; Kang et al., 2021). Reduced Mobility and Breathing Ability: FHP restricts thoracic mobility, impair

Why Feeling Better After Training Matters More Than Feeling Sore? 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

Solid Workout Plan That Keeps Progressing…? (AND finding the time to do it?) A lot of folks using KBs get “stuck” on the same workout plan and fail to make the progress they want. One of the reasons is that they have a hard time finding the time. 60 minute workouts are few and far between with staying late at work… After school kids’ activities… Kids’ sports/games on the weekends… For many of us, there hardly seems to be any time for ourselves. One week, you get 3 workouts in

Why Feeling Better After Training Matters More Than Feeling Sore? 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

How Your “ABZ” Affect Lower Back Pain, and Sore, Stiff Body Parts…? From 30+ years of experience, I can tell you definitively, if you have lower back “pain” or stiffness, tightness, soreness – or however you choose to describe it… From hoisting your kettlebells, then one or more of these three things are causing it: [1] A Pre-existing Condition [2] Poor technique Here’s a video course for the single KB techniques. And here’s one for the double KB techniques – if you need th

Why Your Lower Back Hurts (And Why Kettlebells Might Be the Fix) NOTE: This is a “red flag” to the FTC. This is a medical diagnosis. I’m not a doctor. I cannot diagnose nor treat pain. Furthermore, they would push back because it’s speaking in broad strokes and applying this diagnosis to all back pain. Back pain can be mechanics. I can also be a bulging disc. It can be purely muscular. It can be a tumor. See what I’m getting at here? In the health space this is the equivalen

Dr. Raymond’s “Perfect Program” for “Incidental Cardio” https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ I recently flew home from Miami after teaching with my friend Karen Smith, strongfirst Certified Master Instructor, at our day-and-a-half “Late For Your Own Funeral Anti-Aging Strength Lab.” We all had a blast. Attendees came from all over – New York, California, Canada, and places in between. It was so cool to place faces with email addresses. The only problem was

Single Kettlebell Video Technique Course: 👉 https://salutis.kartra.com/page/BIG-6-w-bonus Double Kettlebell Video Technique Course: 👉 https://salutis.kartra.com/page/strong-ts Systematic Core Training For Kettlebells 👉 https://salutis.kartra.com/page/systematic-core-training From 30+ years of experience, I can tell you definitively, if you have lower back “pain” or stiffness, tightness, soreness – or however you choose to describe it… From hoisting your kettlebells, then o

👉Kettlebell Workout Programs To Match Your Level on the Pyramid: https://chasingstrength.com/which-kettlebell-workout-program-is-right-for-me/ I got an email the other day from a disappointed customer. He purchased one of my toughest kettlebell products – full of double kettlebell complexes – and he struggled to complete one of the programs with his selected pair, so he completed it with a single 20kg. Then, he did the same thing again with a single KB program – He selected

The Best Kettlebell Workout Plan For You? 👉 https://chasingstrength.com/which-kettlebell-workout-program-is-right-for-me/ My training partner sent me a video clip of a well known bodybuilder the other day who seems to have defied time. Now, you know I’m not a big fan of bodybuilders, but this guy fascinates me for several reasons: He’s a black belt in judo and I believe he won the California State Championships when he was younger He was on the TV show, “American Gladiators”

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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

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

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 f

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