What If Your Workout Routine Is Secretly Holding You Back? Here’s How to Fix It Fast.

Even though you may be lifting less in your 70s than you were in your 30s, you can still progress WITHIN a workout program to gradually increase the challenge. The principle of progressive overload still applies, you just adjust your starting point to whatever your body is capable of right now. 💪

🧪 Want to test your strength in a safe way?

Another way to check if you’re working hard enough?

Try what I call a litmus set.

Here’s how it works:

1. Pick an exercise you’ve been doing consistently—something like bodyweight squats, push-ups, dumbbell rows, or a machine press.
2. Do a solid warm-up. Get your body moving and your joints feeling good.
3. Then go all out: Do as many quality reps as you can with good form. Stop when you know you can’t complete another clean rep.

This is easiest (and safest) with:

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