What matters is what you can do, not how old you are!

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Despite the conventional wisdom that senior citizens are weaker than young adults because of their biological age, this is not necessarily true if a senior citizen eats a well-balanced plant-based diet, exercises regularly, and is knowledgeable about strength training methods. This video is proof that a 67 years and 8-month old senior citizen is stronger than most young adults.

[@ACatWithoutFish]

Keep Fighting!!! Love From China!!

[@shiwakuseven5859]

Thank you for commenting. I appreciate the feedback. I am a big fan of Sun Tzu, THE ART OF WAR, and LAO TZU, who wrote TAO TE CHING.

[@neo7566]

Amazing. Super inspirational dude. I'm 57 and in the best shape I've been in since 2000, so it's never to late to get into the best shape of you're life.

[@shiwakuseven5859]

Thank you for commenting. I appreciate the feedback. I am trying to prove what is possible. Last year, I weighed 63.8 pounds more than I do today, and I could only do 3 pull-ups. However, I have a very strong reason to live-- that is, to protect and provide for my Asian wife, who gambled her future to leave her country, culture, foods, and even her language in hope that I could provide a better future for her. She only has a 6th grade education and no work skills, and she relies on me to provide and to help her. Failure to overcome obesity, regain good health, and to achieve muscular endurance, size, and strength was not an option for me. If I didn't, I realized that I would die soon and prematurely. Survival is a very strong motivator, but my desire to protect and provide for my wife is even stronger. If you find the right motivation, you can achieve far more than you currently think is possible.

[@defaultworkouts]

Who cares about a challenge from an organization you do your own thing

[@shiwakuseven5859]

Thanks for commenting! I appreciate the feedback. I am a former United States Marine, so the U.S. Marine Corps Pull-Up Challenge is a physical challenge I like to use as a measuring stick for myself. In United States Marine Corps Recruit Training, over 50 years ago, I could only do 16 consecutive pull-ups. However, at the age of 67 years and 8-months old, I am actually stronger than I was when I was an active-duty United States Marine. I also reject the prejudice that senior citizens are weaker than younger and middle-age adults. I assert that sarcopenia, the loss of muscle due to aging or INACTIVITY, for many-- if not, most senior citizens-- is due to INACTIVITY and disuse instead of biological aging.

[@defaultworkouts]

@@shiwakuseven5859 i am prior service army. all i see the military for today with a mature brain is fighting overseas in pointless wars and possibly dying for CORPORATIONS like halliburton and defense contractors. funny how after 21 years of war in afghanistan, the country is now back to taliban rule. all those lives lost for ZERO purpose while all those companies on the stock exchange made serious bank engaging in war. how nice.

[@xOFFtheCUFF]

Nice job! I’m 56 160 lbs… my pull up routine goes like this warm up with 8-10 reps for two sets, then add chain belt with 25 lbs for 10 reps . 35 lbs for 10… 45 lbs for 6-8 reps..55lbs for 6-8 , 65 for 5 reps… then strip it down to 45 lbs for 8-10 reps… then no weight for 15 reps … all perfect form, no kick ,full stretch for most or at least 80%…nobody at my gym does it with weights…they make me look good ,because they treat pull ups as novelty.. I tell people take it seriously , like squats and bench pressing…you inspired me thank you ! And from one veteran to another ,thanks for serving , Army brother right here🤙🏽🇺🇸

[@shiwakuseven5859]

Thank you for commenting. I appreciate the feedback. I highly recommend using Vladimir Zatsiorsky's 4 methods of strength training: (1) The Maximal Effort Method: lifting as much weight or exerting as much force as possible to develop absolute strength; (2) The Repeated Effort Method: lifting nonmaximal weight or exerting nonmaximal force to failure to develop muscular hypertrophy or endurance; (3) The Submaximal Effort Method: which is the same as the Repeated Effort Method except it is intermediate repetitions, if you can't go to failure because of lack of will-power (going to failure each time is hard to do, and your will-power will give out before your muscles will); and (4) The Dynamic Effort Method: Lifting nonmaximal weight or exerting non-maximal weight as quickly as possible to develop explosive strength. The late Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell Club, whose members broke many world record powerlifting records, incorporated Zatsiorsky's 4 methods of strength training in his Conjugate Strength Training Method, which also includes other strength training methods. The most important aspect of pull-up training is grooming the mind and believing that you can do many pull-ups because we are all much stronger and capable than we realize. However, each of us have been socially conditioned to believe that we are weaker and less capable than we are, and that there are rare exceptions, even though each of us are exceptional and unique in our own way. For instance, then 58 year old grandmother, Angela Cavallo, proved what the human strength potential is, when she lifted a 3,000 pound car off of her trapped son and holding it for 5 minutes while another person ran to get help.