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      KCSTRONGMAN
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        Thom’s Article

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      • #21049
        Thom Van Vleck
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          thanks, ET. I agree totally. I have made so few of my goals that if that’s how I measure progress I’d be pretty disappointed. But I always set high expectations because when I hit a goal then it’s easy to think it’s a finish line….

          Thom Van Vleck
          Jackson Weightlifting Club
          Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

        • #21048
          KCSTRONGMAN
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            Oh, and 50 Thom? Damn you are old!

            I'm the lyrical Jesse James

          • #21047
            Thom Van Vleck
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              I used to think 50 was old….but not anymore!!! I hit 20ft in the WOB this year! And 21ft in practice!

              Thom Van Vleck
              Jackson Weightlifting Club
              Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

            • #21046
              61pwcc
              Participant

                Going to be 42 in three weeks. Started setting World Records in my 40s. I can do tasks around the yard and at my job that make 20 somethings pause. Why wouldn’t I train forever. I can shovel all the snow a Maine winter can produce. I can split as much wood as my parents need for the winter by hand. I love being strong BUT, being ‘able bodied’ means even more. That’s one of the reasons I do all the weird flexibility lifts like the Kelly Snatch. For what good is my strength if I’m only good at demonstrating it with a lift? I think its part of being a man to be strong. I have no ‘aspirations’ of sitting in front of a TV and playing video games for hours on end. I have had many examples here in Maine of people doing what they’ve always done into their 80s/90s. They died with their boots on. There was no peak to their lives. The just kept on getting better at living. Lord willing, I plan to do the same.

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