any powerlifters>??

No.

We are all middle-aged men ( less Kuma ) without a single callous on our lily white bodies.

We'll have none of that fitness talk here, thank you.

I have been known to lift myself from my chair.

On occasion.

I went for a pleasant cycle ride in the country today but I don't suppose that counts.

Well Naim brothers and maybe sisters out there I am middle aged, just turned 46 and try to keep it together as i get older,have bench pressed 455 at 42 ,squatted 675 and deadlifting 620 lbs all last year.Not bragging just i enjoying lifting,mountainbiking and keeping fit. Believe in somewhat of a holistic approach to life body,soul and spirit. A balanced lifestyle IMHO keeps one healthy.
Music via Naim gear is part of my soul/spirit maintaince/therapy.

I enjoy the power lifting, though not for competition just for fun. My total for the deadlift [ no straps or belt, or steroids for that matter ] is 510lbs and my max squat [ again no wraps or belt, suit] is 500lbs as for the bench press i only do 240lbs for reps rather than find the max that i can do

Does lifting pints count ???

Most certainly does

i weight train 4 times a week cant say i enjoy it but feel great when i finish.

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i weight train 4 times a week cant say i enjoy it but feel great when i finish.

Then off down the pub ???

no that was the old days dont drink anymore, finish training for the day nice cup of tea put the hi-fi on heaven.

I go to the gym 3-4 times a week - just worked out that I shift 8.4 tonnes each time. Not all at once of course.

well glad someone is enjoying the gym, it's such a cult here in LA. I had to give it up because I was making every excuse possible. Then I started walking a lot. Now I'm not even doing that much and have to get back to it. Some nice hills and great houses and views.

Health issues sure impede on life in so many ways

I have never been able to motivate myself to do much static, indoor exercise. For me it is cycling and running (trail running now I am here in West Vancouver). The variety of terrain. weather and general experience and sense of living in the outdoors is palpable.

What weight class boys?

I suppose that I would be a super heavyweight at 21 stone 10lbs and the weight that I lift would not cut it in that weight class but like I said in the earlier post I have never taken steroids or drugs of any description

I competed in 220 ,242 and a little in 275 lb classes,just over at 243 lbs.Tore my L. rotator cuff and had surgury few years back which pretty well toasted my competing. I was never into steroids nor was I bent on destroying my body to compete, thats why I stopped. I rarely use straps unless I am shrugging/pulling/or doing olympic lifts heavy. Noones pays me to lift and I have to work so powerlifting has it place lower in my priorities.

The whole super ego thing in gyms is definitely a cult of self worship.Nothing wrong being in shape and a balanced lifestyle but drugs (steroids) are a dead end. I am in health care and people still have heart attacks and strokes who exercises frequently.

excuse the typos

I grew up on a farm and all my life have worked physically hard - sometimes more so sometimes less so - but always suffered lower back issues.

After reading that one could toughen up the core muscles and generally strengthen the back with free-weights, I decided to try this out, and most days in the last nearly five years have done various exercise with the weights, as well as press-ups and something akin to using the parallel bars for push ups. Two chairs and hold the legs off the floor by bending them at the knee so the feet stick out back.

In all this I went from 63 kgs. to 72 where I have been stable for two years, and I am 5 feet 6 inches tall. [Curiously at this weight, I am clssified as obese according to the BMI system, which is comic considering that I still carry no fat at all. Never did, but at least I no longer resemble a victim of a famine disaster nowadays!]. Nothing to do with anything other than keeping strong and curing back pain issues that could bug me if I had to stand still for any length of time. This has been a complete success. As for aerobic cardio-vascular fitness I ride a bicycle rather than use a car daily to get to work as well ride longer distances [not idling round, but always pressing on] at the weekend, and even at 48 can make a creditable speed on quite long journeys.

But I am totally shy of the idea of going to a gym! The weights cost me about a month's subscription, and the idea of someone watching me "work-out" would completely freak me out!

On the other hand I have built up both stamina and actual lifting strength, to a point where people have watched me lift something off the ground two had just failed to do!

I am curious to know how strong I might be, but utterly shy of places like gyms and public bathes. I suppose that comes from growing up in a rather isolated rural setting!

When I worked with potatoes many years ago we used to stack 25 kg bags by 40 [for a tonne] on pallets. We used to do something about 9 tonnes per hour if the sample of potatoes did not require heavy hand grading, and it was not unheard of on busy days for one person to stack 60 tones of potatoes in a 7 hour grading day apart from the extra time to set up first, and clear up at the end.

I still wonder at the energy we used to have in those days.

After days like this sometimes if I happened to be in a week long opera production, I would rush from work in my "black tie" outfit, from Ross-on-Wye to Cheltenham, and play the double bass from 8 pm to 11, grab a pint, drive back to home in Hereford, back at gone midnight, and back working again at Ross, for 8 am! Amazing, because I never felt the fatigue in those days!

ATB from George

Any female beach volleyball players?

George, the bmi system of measurement is a very flawed system which is used by doctors (generally by GP's) where their knowledge of muscle and fitness is limited, they just link fat people and powerfully
built people in the same way and will not be told otherwise.
The best ways of determining obesity are gauging skin thickness with calipers from the various parts of the body which include the stomach,biceps, triceps and back and with some carefull calculations will give you your bodyfat percentage and thus a better understanding of your health.
Keep up your job mate and you will stay heathy and stronger than you think you are

Dear deadlifter,

Working with ice-cream, it is still hard physical work, both in the big colder than minus eighteen freezer, and on production.

My little personal challenge is to fill out 10 litre tubs [roughly five kgs] left handed [my left side is less strong than the right] with only one hand, and this is about 115 tubs in an hour and a half! It certainly helps to fix the natural imbalance!

Cycling is my real buzz. Keeping an average 16 mph in our rather hilly district is quite something!

I have broken the back axle bolt on my antique racer this week, but fortunately have a good second bike.

It is strange for those who do not train a little to know the great natural high that comes from it!

And I don't give a damn about my BMI rating. I last saw my GP nearly seven years ago! It was the practice nurse who raised an eyebrow, when I stepped on the scale about eighteen months ago! Very funny moment actually. She said I needed to loose weight, and I suggested another five kilos more might be good!

ATB from George

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Any female beach volleyball players?

Please include pics!

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Originally posted by powerbench1: Believe in somewhat of a holistic approach to life body,soul and spirit. A balanced lifestyle IMHO keeps one healthy.

I've been having lots of sex recently. My Nait 1 has been keeping me company pumping out some old Hi NRG numbers in the background.It's a perfect balance of enjoying my Naim system whilst keeping fit

Sister xx

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Originally posted by Sister E.:

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Originally posted by powerbench1: Believe in somewhat of a holistic approach to life body,soul and spirit. A balanced lifestyle IMHO keeps one healthy.

I've been having lots of sex recently. My Nait 1 has been keeping me company pumping out some old Hi NRG numbers in the background.It's a perfect balance of enjoying my Naim system whilst keeping fit

Sister xx

Now that's just teasing sis

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I've been having lots of sex recently. My Nait 1 has been keeping me company pumping out some old Hi NRG numbers in the background.It's a perfect balance of enjoying my Naim system whilst keeping fit

I can`t fault you for that , now where is the mrs i need to sow an idea