As I age I’ve realized that a good deal of my increased size and strength is a natural progression of consistency over the years, and growing in age.
True physicality comes from year after year of physical work. This is how you come upon the concept of “man strength”.
My strength was less at 17 than 21, less at 21 than presently at 25, and I feel confident in saying less at 25 than as I age further. I see the same potential with increases in size.
I’ve seen enough to feel max strength increases well into middle age, likely beyond.
Work capacity, and volume however are more advantageous in and to youth.
This is youth’s advantage, single efforts being the advantage of increased physical maturity.
The work capacity and volume are easier for youth, it’s easier to build up high while younger.
A youth spent building a high volume and giant work capacity of physicality builds the strength base for high levels of brute strength in maturity.
This is the natural progression in human physicality.
Men are stronger than boys, men too are stronger than teens.
It’s the freaks that have extreme strength levels as youth, and they too will generally stagnate in max strength for years until the same maturation principle kicks in.
These realizations allow me to not worry over training details in the present. I know as long as I am physical that my strength will be higher years down the road.
Powerlifting is truly a sport for middle aged men. The advantageous base built for it by a youth of sports/athletics, a bodybuilding regime, and/or hard labor.
That lack of volume base is why it sickens me to see nintendo playing, never sport playing, middle aged rank beginners going straight to a soft accepting version of powerlifting.
They’re not going to develop meaningful levels of max strength without a base.
Base Building! First!
Higher reps and/or higher volume is building that base.
These concepts are why strongman and weightlifters most often are stronger than powerlifters. Huge base.
Heed my words, build a base first, and then years into the thing specialize in max strength. This is natural progression.
Persistence & Tenacity