Tidbits https://fitgreystrong.com Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:26:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fitgreystrong.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-7-1-32x32.png Tidbits https://fitgreystrong.com 32 32 How Long Should You Rest Between Sets When Strength Training? | Ages 50+ https://fitgreystrong.com/how-long-should-you-rest-between-sets-when-strength-training-ages-50/ https://fitgreystrong.com/how-long-should-you-rest-between-sets-when-strength-training-ages-50/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:09:48 +0000 https://fitgreystrong.com/?p=4854 How much rest should you take between sets when doing strength training after 50? It sounds like a simple question — but tends to be misunderstood by many older adults that perform strength training. Rest intervals are often discussed in extremes. On one end, you’ll hear that short rest periods are essential to “keep intensity...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/how-long-should-you-rest-between-sets-when-strength-training-ages-50/feed/ 0 I Tried Thrive Meals — An Honest Review for Adults 50+ https://fitgreystrong.com/i-tried-thrive-meals-an-honest-review-for-adults-50/ https://fitgreystrong.com/i-tried-thrive-meals-an-honest-review-for-adults-50/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 05:18:00 +0000 https://fitgreystrong.com/?p=4732 Thrive Meals: Review In the video below, I review Thrive Meals (Australia) focusing on convenience, nutrition quality, taste, and practical suitability for adults over 50. I walk through:• Convenience and prep time• Protein content and macro balance• Taste and portion size• How these meals can help make your diet easier• A quick look at the...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/i-tried-thrive-meals-an-honest-review-for-adults-50/feed/ 0 Inverted Rows: Something You Can Do Almost Anywhere (50+) https://fitgreystrong.com/inverted-rows-something-you-can-do-almost-anywhere-50/ https://fitgreystrong.com/inverted-rows-something-you-can-do-almost-anywhere-50/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:45:47 +0000 https://fitgreystrong.com/?p=4769 Inverted rows—also called horizontal pull-ups—are one of the best back exercises you can do. They’re a closed kinetic chain movement—your body moves, not the bar. Lats, rhomboids, rear delts, traps, biceps—and even your spinal stabilisers. Simple. Effective. And underrated. No gym? No problem. Parks work perfectly. Any solid horizontal structure will maintain your pulling strength....

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/inverted-rows-something-you-can-do-almost-anywhere-50/feed/ 0 Can Vitamin D Supplementation Augment Strength Gains In Older Adults Doing Resistance Training? https://fitgreystrong.com/can-vitamin-d-supplementation-augment-strength-gains-in-older-adults-doing-resistance-training/ https://fitgreystrong.com/can-vitamin-d-supplementation-augment-strength-gains-in-older-adults-doing-resistance-training/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2021 01:34:00 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=3500 In a recent meta-analysis (see here), vitamin D was found to provide an additive benefit for older adults partaking in resistance training (RT). In other words, when compared to older adults taking a placebo, significantly greater gains in muscle strength were achieved in those supplemented with vitamin D. However, upon closer analysis several issues become...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/can-vitamin-d-supplementation-augment-strength-gains-in-older-adults-doing-resistance-training/feed/ 0 Is High-Intensity Resistance Training Bad For Your Heart? https://fitgreystrong.com/is-high-intensity-resistance-training-bad-for-your-heart/ https://fitgreystrong.com/is-high-intensity-resistance-training-bad-for-your-heart/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:25:38 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=3718 “Intense resistance training without adequate aerobic endurance exercise may not be good for your cardiovascular health” FitGreyStrong 2019 The aorta (the largest artery in the body and that which sits at the top of the left ventricle, the heart’s muscular pumping chamber) can be assessed for arterial stiffness (the stiffer it is, the worst the prognosis)...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/is-high-intensity-resistance-training-bad-for-your-heart/feed/ 0 Higher Dietary Protein is More Effective During Energy Deficit And Intense Exercise https://fitgreystrong.com/higher-dietary-protein-more-effective-during-energy-deficit-and-intense-exercise/ https://fitgreystrong.com/higher-dietary-protein-more-effective-during-energy-deficit-and-intense-exercise/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:46:00 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=710 Published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers Dr Thomas Longland and co. showed that during marked energy deficit a diet higher in protein was more effective in promoting increases in lean body mass (muscle) and losses of fat mass when combined with a high volume of resistance training (weights) and anaerobic exercise (sprints)....

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/higher-dietary-protein-more-effective-during-energy-deficit-and-intense-exercise/feed/ 1 Why The “Strengthification” Of Gen X’ers & Baby Boomers Is The Greatest Health Challenge Of The 21st Century https://fitgreystrong.com/why-the-strengthification-of-gen-xers-baby-boomers-is-the-greatest-health-challenge-of-the-21st-century/ https://fitgreystrong.com/why-the-strengthification-of-gen-xers-baby-boomers-is-the-greatest-health-challenge-of-the-21st-century/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2018 06:36:04 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=2202 Last October l presented at the Ancestral Health Society of New Zealand (AHSNZ) International symposium with the title of my talk: “Why the “strengthification” of Gen X’ers & Baby Boomers is the greatest health challenge of the 21st century”. In this session I discussed a number of things in relation to ageing and the dynapenic/sarcopenic...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/why-the-strengthification-of-gen-xers-baby-boomers-is-the-greatest-health-challenge-of-the-21st-century/feed/ 0 What is the Optimal Amount of Protein to Support Post-Exercise Skeletal Muscle Reconditioning in the Older Adult? https://fitgreystrong.com/what-is-the-optimal-amount-of-protein-to-support-post-exercise-skeletal-muscle-reconditioning-in-the-older-adult/ https://fitgreystrong.com/what-is-the-optimal-amount-of-protein-to-support-post-exercise-skeletal-muscle-reconditioning-in-the-older-adult/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2016 05:52:49 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=903 This is not going to be a long in-depth blog. In fact, it will simply provide a very condensed review of the paper recently published by Churchward-Venne et al (2016) in the Sports Medicine journal where they discuss: “the current state of evidence regarding the dose-dependent relationship between dietary protein ingestion and changes in skeletal...

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