well, like i said, i just turned 40 in january..my baby brother just turned 27 yesterday..and here we are last night at his b-day party at outback. you can be healthier and stronger than at 20, i know i am. i powerlifted for a number of years, but now i'm trying more of a bodybuilding number..no need to push it so much anymore, but back in november after a 5-year hiatus, i trained for 3 months and did a 405-bench press and a 500-deadlift in a local 'push-pull' meet. not bad on the eve of turning 40..i couldn't have done it at 20 (i will say that at 30 those numbers were 440/600..so time has taken some away). i now do 'periodized training', which means i bodybuild train a few months, then strength train..and keep alternating, plus eliptical interval training 5 days a week for half an hour after my hourly workouts. i'm 6'2" and 240, but am slowly dropping bodyfat, maybe a pound a week to shoot for 225 and abs i can see clearly again. i drink very little and only on weekends, don't smoke (well, cigars..but i don't inhale). i'm about to test to be a strength and conditioning coach..new career after flying. i'm not gonna mistreat my body, as my dad has done for the last fifty years with camel smokes and jack daniel's..steady..
ryan
