I have a fair number of posts involving athletes and training over the age of 40 so it makes good sense to add a new category to MFBB especially seeing how cut up former NFL star, 47 year old Herschel Walker looks in his MMA debut. Since this is a new category for this blog, Mr. Walker keeps the bar pretty high.

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A few years ago, Val and I were looking into a technique of running called POSE, which advocates running on the balls of your feet and keeping your knees bent instead of the locked-out knees and heel striking that virtually all but  truly elite runners use.

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I could only dream of doing a 300 lb clean on a standard Olympic bar, let alone a 2″ axle. Here Sean Demarinis makes look almost within the realm of possibility.

Joe Rollino at 103rd birthday party-NYT photo

Famous Coney Island strongman, Joe Rollino died unexpectedly at 104, At that age, not too many people die unexpectedly but Joe was hit by a minivan in Brooklyn and died from his injuries. This confirms what I have already suspected; that minivans are detrimental to your health. To get to 104, Mighty Joe eschewed meat, cigarettes and booze, illustrating that life is full of trade-offs.

At 5′5″ and between 125 and 150 lbs at the height of his career he wasn’t the strongest guy around, but he sure might have been the strongest pound for pound.

RIP, Mighty Joe.

Hat Tip: Mike Covert

I have run across the article “Iron and the Soul” by Henry Rollins a couple of times, most recently today. Originally published in Details Magazine in 1994, it has appeared in various fitness sites and if you haven’t read it yet, it never gets old.

Henry Rollins, was the former front man for the 80’s Hermosa Beach, punk band, Black Flag and many projects and work since then. As a kid, Rollins suffered from low esteem and by 18 was filled with rage, something you have to have to lead a successful punk band! In the article, Rollins talks about his relationship with the Iron.

Read the article. I think you will enjoy it.

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To bring in the new year, Sean Demarinis loaded up the yoke and went for a walk.

Who is more accurate at hitting their target, NFL quarterback Drew Brees or an Olympic archer? It wasn’t even close. Perfect technique and the science behind it. This is from the tv show “Sport Science” .

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Many things change as we age, including how we train. Does that mean we have to make concessions to age? Not necessarily. “Dinosaur” Brooks Kubik shows us how to get strong and stay strong, regardless of age.

One of my favorite business and life books is “Thick Face, Black Heart” by Chin-Ning Chu. Another new favorite is the just-published, “Gray Hair, Black Iron” by “Dinosaur Training” author, Brooks Kubik. Kubik addresses the training issues of the older lifter; those over 40. Until now, I haven’t seen anyone write an entire book on the topic, but here it is and it is very good, even if you are not an “older” lifter. (Hopefully, you will be one day)!

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Have you ever seen the “old guy” tooling down the highway in an expensive Euro road bike that cost quite a few thousand dollars and decked out his favorite team speed suit which shows much more than you would ever want to see on an old dude? I’m sure you have and you probably have seen the young kid, wearing his food service clothes on his way to work, riding an old beater Walmart bike blow right past the decked out geezer like he was standing still.

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