“Chuck Norris” was how many refered to him, as they looked rather alike.
You’d get a laugh if you were to learn his real name. I had, being just about the only one who had. Mind you it wasn’t Carlos.
“Chuck” took it all in stride.
He surprised me when he asked if I knew his son – the two look nothing alike, but they had the same personality that’s for sure.
Fairly shy unless you spoke to them first. I saw the family resemblance there.
His son being the kid behind the infamous five singles leg press hour.
At the time he was late 40s, about 5’9″ 180lbs.
Quiet and unassuming he’d come into the weight room, and go straight to the seated press station, it taken he’d press out of the rack.
He wasn’t picky.
Other than his appearance being much like that of Chuck Norris, what was noteworthy was how much he pressed.
Every 3-5 days he’d press 185lbs for 3-4 sets of 5-8 reps after a brief set at 135.
He weighed 180.
Roughly a 50 year old man, once or twice a week he’d come in and press a bit over bodyweight for sets and reps.
It’s the only bodyweight military pressing I’ve witnessed in person on a gym floor.
A guy I know of similar height and weight has told me he’s got 185/190, but he was late 20s at the time, and it wasn’t for reps.
“Chuck” has him beat on p4p as far as the military press.
Now I’ll have conversations on the gym floor. I’ve learned a lot doing so.
“Chuck” told me he’d been coming to the gym two to four times a week, and pressing once or twice a week for around 30 years at that point with very little straying.
In his eyes it was completely normal to have that level of strength…as it should be.
“Chuck Norris” was a lesson in consistency.
You train long enough you’ll be strong.
“Chuck” was pressing bw for sets of 8 off of naught but pressing and preacher curls.
Do the work, any programming will work, the secret is obvious…just do it.
Persistence & Tenacity