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Sunday 12 July 2015

NOT AT ALL A NATURAL ATHLETE ME

YES THATS ME FOLKS ,AT SCHOOL I WAS THE ORIGINAL 7 STONE WEAKLING WHO DID NOT LIKE SPORTS EVEN GOT THE BUS DURING CROSS COUNTRY RUN.LEFT SCHOOL AND STARTED WORK AND AT MY SECOND JOB I WAS TEA MAKER COME STACKING 25KG BAGS OF PLASTIC IN TO LAYERS OF 40 EQUALS A TON.THEN IN 1985 MAY BE SOONER AS MEMORY A BIT SLOW NOW OLDER I BEGAN CIRCUIT TRAINING AT LOCAL GYM THEN PROGRESSED TO WEIGHTLIFTING ;BELIVE ME NOT I HAD 18 IN BICEPS AND DEADLIFT 320 LBS AND CARRY ACROSS GYM AND ENTERED A POWERLIFTING  CONTEST ;CAME LAST BUT AT LEAST THIS IS MY STRONGMAN CLAIM TO FAME.YERS LATER AND MANY MOVES I GOT HOLD OF A 56 LB CAST IRON WEIGHT ,USED TO WEIGH OUT POTATOES FROM SCRAPYARD,BARNSTAPLEAND USED HTAT FOR TRAINING ALSO GOT 2 X15KG DUMBBELLS-33LBS EACH - AND A 5FT WEIGHT BAR -2X 10 KG -22LB EACH AND BAR  EQUALS 84LBS WHICH I USE TO DO TRAINING AT HOME NOW ADDED BACK CIRCUIT TRAINING VIA SWIMMING POOL GYM IN HOLSWORTHY -£5.10 P A SESSION I TRY TO DO 2 A WEEK.WHEN  I WAS 51 I TOOK UP MY FIRST MARTIAL ART -AIKIDO FOR 2 MONTHS THEN WHEN MOVED TO NORTHAM DID EARTH AND OCEAN FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS - YELLOW BELT- NOW TRYING TO PRACTICE GESAR KARATE AT CHURCH HALL IN HOLSWORTHY-£20 PLUS HAD TO APPLY FOR LICENSE.NOT BAD FOR A OLD DISABLED FATMAN

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