My 92-year-old grandfather could take him.

Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!

They really need an explanation of a squat and a deadlift?

*realizes what site he's on*

Nevermind

/26 minutes

This headline confuses me

But on the 700 Club they said that Pat Robertson is the strongest old dude in the world.

40 yards in 5 seconds? Holy shiat!

It's go time!

EngineerAU: But on the 700 Club they said that Pat Robertson is the strongest old dude in the world.

Yea, his 2000 lb "leg press". That was amusing.

EngineerAU: But on the 700 Club they said that Pat Robertson is the strongest old dude in the world.

That would be a great TV sports special. I don't care for sports, but I would watch that!

Superjoe: Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!

Thank YOU

Seeing this, I think arthritis is caused by inactivity.

My inlaws are examples of this, the mother is inactive and takes every kind of drug to feel better.
The father walks at least ~2-3 miles a day and is as fit as someone half his age.

Did his father fight the Second World War, spend his weekends on the Jersey Shore, and met his wife at the USO? Asked her to dance, danced with her slow?

Pics or it didn't happen. Oh....never mind I can live without

5'4", 140# - it's the little dudes that keep chuggin', cuz they use their resources efficiently.

/insert your favorite clichés here:
/feisty
//wiry
///sinewy
////peppery
///spry

cobes: It's go time!

Thank you.

in2it: Seeing this, I think arthritis is caused by inactivity.

My inlaws are examples of this, the mother is inactive and takes every kind of drug to feel better.
The father walks at least ~2-3 miles a day and is as fit as someone half his age.

It is a combination. I am 45. I was told at 37 that I had it. I work out in the water 4 times a week and am doing well. My doctor always says, "Move it or Lose it". Nothing is more true.

A story like this just cries out for a pic or a video or something. For shame!

Q: What's your diet like?

A: Basic American, but there are some things I stay away from. Caffeine blocks nutrients. I don't drink alcohol except maybe once every two or three years. No deep-fat fried food, and no charred meat. I take a lot of mineral supplements. I spend about $250 a month on nutrition.

No, that's not basic American, that's basic health conscientious
This is basic American:
+ beer + BBQ

WWOP

Came for Arrested Development.

Leaving disappointed.

Thought this was going to be about Jack Lelane. Then I RTFA and looked up Jack on wiki, and found out Lelane is actually 95 years old and still going strong. Also, at this guys age, Jack did this :

1984 (age 70): Once again handcuffed and shackled, Jack fought strong winds and currents as he swam 1.5 miles (2.4 km) while towing 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen's Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary.

Where the hell are the pictures?

Came for the Seinfeld references, leaving satisfied.

Dawg47: Came for Arrested Development.Leaving disappointed.

I'm a huge fan of that show and I'm not sure what reference is missing from here. Please share.

Bagelox-99:
5'4", 140# - it's the little dudes that keep chuggin', cuz they use their resources efficiently.

/insert your favorite clichés here:
/feisty
//wiry
///sinewy
////peppery
///spry

/compensating

If only he had met Dick Proenneke...

in2it 2009-04-26 10:58:20 AM Seeing this, I think arthritis is caused by inactivity. My inlaws are examples of this, the mother is inactive and takes every kind of drug to feel better. The father walks at least ~2-3 miles a day and is as fit as someone half his ag
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Old people who 'give up' and stop doing anything, are the people who generally can't start again.

My 83 year old (at the time) step grandfather biked nearly 20 miles and much faster than I. Because he STAYS active.

On the other hand, arthritis is also caused by overactivity (ala football players). MODERATION IS THE KEY.

"Call me when you hit ninety, punk."

hogans: "Call me when you hit ninety, punk."

Has anybody bought this man's juicer? Is it any good?

I can believe the strength. On a sundial he might be under 5 seconds in the 40...which is to say that claim is complete horseshiat.

Link (new window)

Pics of "Senior Strongmen"

Slideshow goodness...

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/all-ent-senior-strongmen-pg,0,4958288.photog a llery

I guess weight lifting doesn't keep you from looking old...

Kareeshus: A story like this just cries out for a pic or a video or something. For shame!

I thought the same thing. I'm guessing they'll post a picture of him in 26 minutes.

Slideshow goodness...

ok, for some silly reason spaces keep getting added to "gallery". Fix he link yourself and you'll be ok.

Sorry.

/I don't know why I'm apologizing. Mods?

wilbergris: Slideshow goodness...

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/all-ent-senior-strongmen-pg,0,4958288.photog a llery

I guess weight lifting doesn't keep you from looking old...

nice linking skills, how did you manage to break up the end of the link into 3 Link (new window)

in2it: Seeing this, I think arthritis is caused by inactivity.


No. Symptoms can be relieved to an extent by physical therapy and exercise, but nobody gets arthritis from not moving.

I'm 30 and I have arthritis in my elbow, but it's mostly because I shattered it.

Forgot to mention how I exercise seven days a week.

TheRevHairless: Thought this was going to be about Jack Lelane. Then I RTFA and looked up Jack on wiki, and found out Lelane is actually 95 years old and still going strong. Also, at this guys age, Jack did this :

1984 (age 70): Once again handcuffed and shackled, Jack fought strong winds and currents as he swam 1.5 miles (2.4 km) while towing 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen's Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary.

Jack also found out the hard way that when he opened up shop, in 1936, "the pillars of society...were all homosexuals." (see Q14, a ways down the page)

dougfm: Arrested Development


Gladly:




/TO THE NUTS!

civil-war2-time

It's conceivable that he runs a 40 at or under 5 seconds. I looked at some of the senior games (various states) records and found that their 100 meter champs (in the 70-74 age group) would be close to that time, if you adjusted meters to yards and took into consideration the lesser distance. Not saying he is, but looking at times from comparable athletes his age, it is possible.

I'm not sure what's so extraordinary, plenty of steelworkers, miners, and the like have worked well into their 70s.



"Bring out the gimp..."

Joseph L. Greenstein Aka : The Mighty Atom performed into his 80's

"M-O-O-N that spells strong"
/last one, promise

Came for Mandelbaum reference.

Left satisfied.

my grandpa, born in 1919, so that makes him 90 now, still runs 5km a day and does push ups on chairs (sometimes up to 100). he was in the navy for a long time and just got in the habit of staying in shape...
he was never big on weight lifting but still, you wouldn't want to get in a fight with him.

With a mighty effort, the laws of gravity are suspended and he pulls it upward for a brief moment. When he releases, heavy metal crashes down and Glass exhales.

Not to pick at nits or anything, but that's not actually competition-legal deadlift form.

/I'm a world-record-holding powerlifter so I'm getting a kick, et cetera et cetera

This article is useless without pics