9/22/20
“G” – He’s a cool old timer, I believe he said he’s 76 (update : 71 – I confused people), fairly fit, and one of those older guys that are just so positive that they’re always a pleasure to speak with.
He saw me, we had a brief chat, and he made a comment about one arm pushups.
“Wait, you can do one arm pushups. Still?”
He gets that fun loving mischievous look in his eyes, stands up from the machine he was at, and got down on the floor.
His range of motion wasn’t great, probably half way to touching chest to floor, but there he was, 76 years old, a set of 10-15 one arm pushups with his right hand on the spot.
“That’s cool.”
He did some pushups, regular two handed, and had similar range of motion. I think something in his shoulders bugs him.
(I remember “N” at the old commercial gym, had the same personality, and benched hard with the same range of motion.)
I respect the hell out of him for taking care of himself, getting to the gym, and playfully and honestly working.
It’s cool to see that there are people who still have youthful personalities, never losing it as they age.
It’s striking how willing to learn he is, he is joyous to discuss training, full of wonder at it, viewing it all as new and wonderful. He didn’t start the gym til after retirement.
We met last winter, which I likely posted about, him asking me a question about the pulldown variation I was doing, and it became a personal trainer type practice for me as I showed him how he could train lower body around a bad knee(s) while the chick nearby watched intrigued.
“G” is a decent example of how to age right. There are teenagers who think they’re capable of less.
You’re capable of far more!
Persistence & Tenacity