fc OT for you powerlifters (@Lionjim ?) you too have a chance at world records..

[sluggo72]

just keep doing it until your 90 yrs old like this guy!!
Ted Lindberg has been lifting for 75 years, since he was just 12 years old. He remembers how back in the early days gyms didn’t even have benches, and gym-goers had to lie on the floor or on homemade wooden planks to lift. After retiring from working construction, Lindberg began hitting the gym regularly to get out of the house and stay active. This was how he discovered the sport of powerlifting.

“I like a challenge and it’s something athletic I can do," Lindberg told Fox9 News in his hometown of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Lindberg set a record for his age group by bench-pressing 214 pounds in Chicago, which he broke last year by lifting a whopping 220 pounds at the 2018 World Powerlifting Championships in Las Vegas. "I feel pretty good about it, but you gotta remember at 87 years old, I don't have a whole lot of competition,” said Lindberg.

Now, Lindberg isn’t satisfied with these two records and has a new goal: to bench 300 pounds by the end of the year. He says he intends to break another world record when he turns 90 and that he wants to keep lifting for the next 10 years. Lindberg is showing all of us young folk that age is just a number. Just because you’re getting up there in age doesn’t mean you have to stop getting up there in gains.

 

[Langmuir]

You also have to be lucky, genetically and injury-wise. I have been lifting on and off for 30 years but never competed. I never felt like I was at a level where I could compete without embarrassing myself. I got close a few times but then life would get in the way I would have to take a break from lifting.

What I find strange as I get older (I am 52) is that my bench right now is as strong as has ever been but my squats are way down. DL is about where I would expect it to be. I had shoulder cuff surgery about 4 years ago and still my bench is pretty strong for me.

My biggest issue right now is my hips. I have both minor hip impingement and arthritis. I had to change my squats and DL because of this. I switched from sumo to standard DL. I also narrowed the stance on my squat. Probably a big reason for my squats to be down. I hope to get back to a wider stance and sumo DL but I need to work on hip mobility...something I am not doing enough of.

Older PL'ers all know that mobility is key to keep going and avoid injury but it is not always easy.

 

[LionJim]

You also have to be lucky, genetically and injury-wise. I have been lifting on and off for 30 years but never competed. I never felt like I was at a level where I could compete without embarrassing myself. I got close a few times but then life would get in the way I would have to take a break from lifting.

What I find strange as I get older (I am 52) is that my bench right now is as strong as has ever been but my squats are way down. DL is about where I would expect it to be. I had shoulder cuff surgery about 4 years ago and still my bench is pretty strong for me.

My biggest issue right now is my hips. I have both minor hip impingement and arthritis. I had to change my squats and DL because of this. I switched from sumo to standard DL. I also narrowed the stance on my squat. Probably a big reason for my squats to be down. I hope to get back to a wider stance and sumo DL but I need to work on hip mobility...something I am not doing enough of.

Older PL'ers all know that mobility is key to keep going and avoid injury but it is not always easy.

Here’s a good exercise. If you search hip mobility on the website you’ll find a lot more.

https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-the-best-exercise-for-hip-mobility-strength