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Chris DeMuth Jr's avatar

"I can’t quite tell if dropping plates and making noise is unwelcome or okay but it is a bit out of place in New Canaan."

Aaaaaaaaaaand we have an answer: getting complaints. Moral of the story: if you want to get strong, find a blue collar gym. Snooty gyms make it impossible. God I wish I lived somewhere else.

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Jim Brown's avatar

Good piece, Chris. This is important stuff. I am 74 with two full knee replacements and two full shoulder replacements (yeah, the legacy of contact sports) so running is out, but I still bike here in Jackson Hole and I have a fine setup in my garage for 3x per week weight training. I get good results with Mike Mattews's "Bigger, Leaner, Stronger" split routine of push-pull-legs. Also supplement with AMT, rowing, and Echelon. Heavy leg work is tough because of spinal stenosis, but I am getting a stem cell injection in December and hoping for good results. I write to reinforce your point that a guy has to take control of his health and fitness. The mainstream medical and Pharma industries are virtually no help in addressing fundamental metabolic health issues or the problems associated with aging. So whether we like it or not, we have to become our own expert, to a great extent. Thanks for your work: integrity shines through in your writing.

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