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Excellent vids Gary. To add to my last post on the strength standards of raw bench pressing: No woman in history has bench pressed 400 lbs. Only 9 women in history broke the 300 lb barrier.. Hepburn benched 500 in 1953 but not until 1967 did an American bench the first 600 lb press. Shaque...

Just googled bench press records and found the first recorded 400 lb bench press was in Nov. 1950 by a Canadian strongman named Doug Hepburn. In 1951he was the first to bench 450 lb, then in 1953 first with 500 lb.Then it takes off from there with other lifters around 1959.

That's so funny Raj:lol: Suck that gut in and tighten up a little, then no one will attempt to steal that 6 pack off you.

400 lb bench press is a big deal . I read that weight lifters around the world didn't record that feat until sometime after WWII. It took me 20 years after being stuck at 315 for 1 rep to even think about putting on 4 plates. What worked for me was after I got to 8-10 reps of 225 on the narrow...

That's a good one Butch!:D I'd love to get back into the big Olympic plates and bench past 405 again. Who knows maybe I could again, but it's funny when 20 years ago when the tape finally measured 18" on my right bicep I thought I was still small........probably from all the years of reading...

Yes I started very young too, but in that picture of me at 50 I hadn't weight trained for over 5 years. Bad rotator cuff injury in my mid 40's from a falling log. Lot's of footlocking DRT and chucking rounds doing treework kept me in shape along with the foundation I built over my younger years...

Cruel? Hell no only getting in better shape. My wife and I work out when we get up at 5am Mon.-Fri. By this summer I'll post another pic. Hey Mick , that baby blue sky in my pics must have turned your "gay radar" on:lol:

That's impressive Rich:thumbup: Here's me on my 50th birthday in Jamica, cold no pre pump. 5' 11", 205 lbs. No weight training at this period in my life, just treework.

That was a good one Mick:thumbup: I know of a couple local retired hard rock miners who originally were coal miners back in their home country of Ireland before coming to Canada to work. In their 60's I've seen them clean out a bar full of young men with their fists and speed of their grappling...

When I got out of chainsaw logging in the mid '90s and worked in the mill there after , I was able to pack on some bulk. I got up to 18" biceps and probably could have gone a bit higher but found my arm endurance dropped significantly when I started doing firewood and tree work. I even had to...

And quick recovery and healing time too.:)

When do you do tree work.....or is this in your off season?

Boy could I tell you stories about the fresh fruit and veggies done by a head chef in our camp along with the beautiful 1" thick T bones with shrimp. Fresh baked home made bread basted with butter. Made from scratch cherry and lemon marang pie................

Yes weight training and proper diet keeps a tree man from wearing down and stay strong for the long haul for better production. Found that out BITD when logging as a hand faller .I always had a rack bench and weights in my bunk house room. And boy did we eat and sleep good in those bush camps.:)