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    Want some inspiration? How about this guy?

    Posts: 406 Member
    edited January 17 in Motivation and Support
    Meet Ray Clark. He's 102. He started working out at age 98 with his now 70 year old trainer.

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    Read more here: http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-12/lifestyle/37648130_1_regular-strength-exercise-conditions-of-old-age

    and short video here where he rocks the kettle bells: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/102-year-old-man-gets-fit-with-70-year-old-personal-trainer/2013/03/12/b7337bb2-8b4f-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_video.html

    If he can do it, the rest of us can do it.

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    • Posts: 3,614 Member
      But is he lifting heavy?
    • Posts: 2,918 Member
      And here I feel like 40 is almost too late in the game to have started.....
    • Posts: 406 Member
      But is he lifting heavy?

      For him, I'd say probably, yes.
    • Posts: 626 Member
      Very inspiring, thanks for sharing
    • Posts: 4,078 Member
      And here I feel like 40 is almost too late in the game to have started.....

      This I do not understand.

      I'm 44 I don't feel old or 'past it' in anyway and am bored of hearing people my age or younger say they can't do things because they're too old.

      What on earth will they be in another 40 odd years then?!
    • Posts: 91
      Hey thanks for that link - given me ideas for my assignment!!

      And as you say, if he can, I can!!
    • Posts: 406 Member
      What I find the most inspiring to me is that he STARTED at 98. It's not like he was fit all his life, a real gym nut since before gyms were cool and has just stuck with it. He didn't really do any for his fitness before this age. That means no one can use the excuse they are too old to start. Especially me!
    • Posts: 666 Member
      But is he lifting heavy?


      he better be
    • Posts: 2,917 Member
      fauja singh runs marathons at 101 years old..reports say he is finally retiring!! inspiration is all around us...the OP selected a wonderful example.
    • Posts: 157 Member
      Inspirational.
    • Posts: 365 Member
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      he better be
      i shall be happy to be alive at that age, and if i can lift my own body weight on my two legs, i shall be grateful, phenomenal post! thanks OP
    • Posts: 1,028 Member
      that is too cool...thanks for sharing. :smile:
    • Posts: 124 Member
      Wow...
    • Posts: 149 Member
      That's awesome!
    • Posts: 2,918 Member
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      This I do not understand.

      I'm 44 I don't feel old or 'past it' in anyway and am bored of hearing people my age or younger say they can't do things because they're too old.

      What on earth will they be in another 40 odd years then?!

      I dunno. I rock climb. I LARP. All that stuff is fine in my 40s, but for for some reason weight training feels 'late in the game'. Maybe it's just that. 'Should have' started years ago.
    • Posts: 457 Member
      Wow! I'm amazed and speechless!
    • Posts: 6,349 Member
      That brought a tear to my eye, thanks!

      Yes we can!
    • Posts: 3,624 Member
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      This I do not understand.

      I'm 44 I don't feel old or 'past it' in anyway and am bored of hearing people my age or younger say they can't do things because they're too old.

      What on earth will they be in another 40 odd years then?!

      ^ This.
    • Posts: 176 Member
      Okay, Ray Clark is my new hero!! Love this! Thanks for posting!!
    • Posts: 406 Member
      You are very welcome. :smile:
    • Posts: 1,254 Member
      Bless him. I had tears in my eyes reading that.

      Can't you just imagine Ray at Sunday dinners, showing his muscles and talking about his trainer and how he plucked that kettle bell out of the air. I bet he must be a hit with the ladies, but he'd probably be still in love with his (now deceased) wife. I am in love with Ray.

      "Clark has significantly improved his strength, balance, endurance and range of motion over the past three years, staving off frailty, possibly saving untold medical costs and proving that gains can be made at any age."

      I think we can all take something from this.
    • Posts: 854 Member
      Fabulous!

      "To watch Clark move around the gym during his weekly half-hour workout is to understand what is possible for the oldest members of society, as well as the adaptations that must be made for them."

      I love that he's getting all these benefits from only half an hour a week BUT he's also obviously found a place where they understand the needs of an older person. There needs to be a lot more of that too. Given the health benefits and decreased medical costs it sounds like a sensible place to start would be promoting this stuff to older people.
    • Posts: 195
      Wow....just wow. I take my hat off to that guy. Thanks for posting this :)
    • Posts: 210 Member
      Not only is Mr Clark doing something inspiring but look at his trainer at 70 years of age!! Both are inspiring.
    • Posts: 381 Member
      40 is a new twenty. I am 59 and I have full of energy to do both cardio and weight training hitting the gym 5 days in a week. It is never too late. No more excuses.
    • Posts: 395 Member
      This is so great. I wish more of the older community was motivated to do this and that there were options for them.
    • Posts: 406 Member
      It is great that he has a gym that can assist him with his needs and even offer an older trainer who probably has a better idea of what issues someone 102 faces than a 22 year old trainer might. No offence to the 22 year olds out there, just saying that it's awesome that Ray can be supported well when he works out at the gym. His son who is over 70 works out at the same gym too!
    • Posts: 1,661 Member
      This brought tears to my eyes - I am planning to still be the old lady at the gym well into my older age....
    • Posts: 351 Member
      SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!!!! NO EXCUSES!!!
    • Posts: 2,483 Member
      Good for him! Thank you for the links!
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