Today- I witnessed dedication.

[JDid23]

toady when i was doing rows some man who was probably in his 80s went up to the DB rack. He couldn't walk straight, one of his hands was immobile, and with all his might he took a 12 pound dumbbell off the rack and walked with it and did preacher curls with 1 arm. Then, 2 minutes later he finally got to a curl machine and worked his ass off to get on and do forced reps (his other arm was guiding the weight up). This guy was fucking inspiring; never seen anyone like him in my life. If I thought he was able to hear, I would have went up to him and congratulated him for his hard work.

 

[Captain FT]

toady when i was doing rows some man who was probably in his 80s went up to the DB rack. He couldn't walk straight, one of his hands was immobile, and with all his might he took a 12 pound dumbbell off the rack and walked with it and did preacher curls with 1 arm. Then, 2 minutes later he finally got to a curl machine and worked his ass off to get on and do forced reps (his other arm was guiding the weight up). This guy was fucking inspiring; never seen anyone like him in my life. If I thought he was able to hear, I would have went up to him and congratulated him for his hard work.

Some day we will all be there.

 

[joshuasmith93]

Some day we will all be there.

No. Thats what testosterone is for.

 

[JDid23]

u guys shoulda seen the fire in his eyes. indescribable.

 

[Andalite]

I hear you. I met this old time powerlifter in Dallas last Spring. He was 75 and he deadlifted 750. It was awesome. His goal was to DL 750 before he turned 76 and he got it 3 days prior to his 76th birthday. He gave me a lot of rock solid training advice. He was somewhere above 5'8 and he weighed (or so he claimed to weigh) 220 lbs. But he looked old as shit though...I was so surprised he DL'ed 750...he said he'd been training since he was 15 and he hasn't missed more than 15 Deadlift workouts in his entire life. Talk about dedication....

 

[timtim]

I hear you. I met this old time powerlifter in Dallas last Spring. He was 75 and he deadlifted 750. It was awesome. His goal was to DL 750 before he turned 76 and he got it 3 days prior to his 76th birthday. He gave me a lot of rock solid training advice. He was somewhere above 5'8 and he weighed (or so he claimed to weigh) 220 lbs. But he looked old as shit though...I was so surprised he DL'ed 750...he said he'd been training since he was 15 and he hasn't missed more than 15 Deadlift workouts in his entire life. Talk about dedication....

HIGHEST ALL-TIME 220# DEADLIFTS IN WABDL
BY ALL MALE LIFTERS
Includes only the Top 125
Effective up to and Including January 15, 2009

LIFTER STATE LIFT
1 George Herring Georgia 800.1
2 Brandon Cass Missouri 782.5
3 Evandro Casagrande Brazil 769.3
4 Randall Henderson Kansas 766.0
5 Eric Gunn Texas 750.6
6 Tatu Avola Finland 749.5
7 Jerry Capello Oregon 745.1
8 Willy McCoy Nebraska 744.0
9 Niclas Friberg Sweden 733.0
9 Brent Howard Maine 733.0
11 Pat McCahon Florida 722.0
12 Chad Herrick Michigan 716.2
13 Jerad Capello Oregon 710.7
14 Mike Woody Indiana 705.0
14 Mike Camlin Washington 705.0
16 David Stratton Washington 690.0
17 Matt LaMarque California 688.7
17 Zachary Clark California 688.7
17 Scott Deal North Carolina 688.7
20 Joe Costa Oregon 683.2

so this 75 year old guy would be number 5 or 6 in the world. sorry, calling all bullshitters. this is bullshit.

 

[Scotsman]

Some day we will all be there.

Wrong some of us will be dead long before then.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Dial_tone]

I have no intention on being the next jack Lalanne. At 80 I will not be anywhere near a gym. I will be sitting on my ass in front of the tv telling everyone who will listen how good I used to be. Hell, that's pretty much what I do now.

 

[Andalite]

so this 75 year old guy would be number 5 or 6 in the world. sorry, calling all bullshitters. this is bullshit.

Well...maybe it wasn't 750. The fuck I'm gonna stand there like a dumbass and count what some old man lifted lol...I was just amazed at the 45's added to the bar and he looked so calm doing it.

Even if it was 225 I would still be impressed. Fuck...a 75 year old man lifting ANYTHING is impressive.

Also, would it be soooo far out of the box that this man was just lifting for fun and NOT to compete? Or should everyone and anyone that deadlifts compete?

 

[projecthatch92]

So why didn't you go up to him then?