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Leon Joslin is like a 1950s pop star -- he keeps getting rediscovered every decade by a new generation of media types. In 1997, at age 85, he was profiled by Craig Smith of the Seattle Times, who quoted him as saying: "Golf is for old people. This is a lot more fun and more physical. . . . Throwing weights is good exercise."
Leon is a weight man -- but not  the usual shot, discus and javelin chucker. He hurls the hammer and ultra- and superweights -- implements as heavy as 56 pounds. Th... Read More

I find that the older I get the less sleep I seem to need. I can get by easily on seven hours now. Back even a few years ago less than eight and I was in trouble.
Though we sleep less as we age, the paradox is that sleep becomes more important to us as athletes as we get older. It is the time our body recovers and repairs from our training.   Sleep less and you recover less.  
Recent studies have also connected lack of sleep to acceleration of the aging process. Slee... Read More

Thank you all so much for being a members of GeezerJock.com. We really appreciate it.

I wanted to let you all know we just launched a new site specifically for strength athletes. 

It's at Masters-Strength.com and it is just like GeezerJock.com in functionality.

It's free to sign up and you'll also get on our free subscription list for our new Masters Strength & Fitness digital magazine, which will be a PDF you can download. We'll be publishing the fi... Read More

Hi all,

As I do at the beginning of every year, it seems, I've been tackling those few extra pounds that somehow creep up during the year. This year, though, I've been paying attention to some advice I got regarding heart rate. To burn fat, you want a slow, steady pace with your heart rate not getting too high. I've always just gone all-out in my workouts before and gotten my heart rate up way high.

Well, this heart rate business seems to work. Staying slow and steady has... Read More