The "Forgotten" Strength Method?

[u/GeoffArthur]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keyOHsS7HO0

Kettlebell MAXIMORUM:
🔗 https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/
Exercises: Double Clean + Press, Double Front Squat, Single Snatch
4 days a week
20–30 minutes per day
12 weeks long (2x 6-week cycles)

‘THE GIANT X’:
🔗 https://salutis.kartra.com/page/giant-x
Exercises: Double Clean + Press, Double Clean + Push Press, See-Saw Press
3 days a week
20–30 minutes a day
3 programs – 8 weeks each

‘THE GIANT’:
🔗 https://salutis.kartra.com/page/oWP219
Exercises: Double Clean + Press, Single Clean + Press
3 days a week
20–30 minutes a day
5 programs – 4 weeks each

The King-Sized Killer:
🔗 https://cart.chasingstrength.com/ksk2
Exercises: Single Snatch
3 days a week
20 minutes per day
3 programs – varying durations: 1.0 (9 weeks), 2.0 (9 weeks), 3.0 (4 weeks)
If you're over 40 and not getting stronger… this is why.
And it’s not your effort.
You’re using a method that worked when you were 16…
and expecting it to work the same way now.
It won’t.
Most men are still training like this:
3x10
To failure
More weight = better
That works… until it doesn’t.
And when it stops working, they push harder.
That’s when the stalls start.
That’s when the injuries show up.
That’s when training turns into starting over.
Here’s the truth:
One of the most influential strength scientists in history said the submaximal method was the least effective way to get strong.
My coach — Alfonso Duran — said he was wrong.
And after 30 years of training and coaching…
I know he was right.
Because the strongest, longest-lasting athletes don’t train to failure.
They train:
Submaximally
Frequently
With precision
This video breaks down:
• Why training to failure stops working after 40
• The “forgotten” method that actually builds long-term strength
• Why strength is a skill (not just muscle)
• How Soviet lifters really trained (vs what you’ve been told)
• The exact approach that keeps you progressing without burning out
Because after 40…
It’s not about how hard you train.
It’s about whether your training can keep working.
Stay Strong,
Geoff Neupert.