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JT Jan. 28, 2026 Strength Training Over 40: Your Mind Is the Limiting Factor  By Jerry Teixeira | Nearly 30 Years of Strength Experience Me and my wife after my first BJJ comp at 45 years old.  Your Biggest Advantage Isn't Your Program Most New Year's resolutions are dead by February. Gym memberships collect dust. Diets collapse. The "new you" quietly becomes the same you. Why? It's not the plan. It's the belief behind it.   The Placebo Effect Works in the Gym Too When you genuinely believe a program will work, your body responds. Studies show placebo effects reduce...

JT Jan. 26, 2026 Bodyweight Strength Over 40: The Surgical Path to Integrated Power  By Jerry Teixeira | Nearly 30 Years of Strength Experience I disappeared for 18 months. Here's why—and why it matters for your training. The Backyard Lab My wife had major surgery. So I stepped away from social media, the YouTube channel, all of it. Family first. No regrets. She's fully recovered now. 100%. During that time, something else happened. I started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at 44. Competed at 45. Won gold. In a tough bracket, against guys who wanted to take my head off. That's when the...

Is your primary goal to develop maximal strength? Maybe you training for maximal hypertrophy? 

Or maybe you are trying to achieve better strength/endurance and to improve your overall conditioning level.

The reason that it is critical to clearly define your goals is that your rest periods between sets will be similar if you are trying to optimize for strength and/or hypertrophy, but they will be much shorter in duration if the goal is to optimize for strength/endurance and overall conditioning.