23/09/2026
70th birthday pull-up challenge
Last week John celebrated his 70th birthday. John is a tall muscular, strong guy and trains very hard. Around 6 months ago we had a brief discussion concerning goals and what came from that was a desire to perform 7 bodyweight pull-ups by the time his birthday arrived.
Unbeknownst to John at the time of his birthday, his family had arranged for a party at The Fox & Tree (a local and very tasty gastro pub btw). Anyway, at the pub they pulled out (see what we did there) a pull-up bar and affixed it to a doorway and made him perform the impromptu pull-up challenge. Obviously he rose to the challenge and it deserved celebration and placing on our social media channels. John trains with us twice a week and uses 400lbs on the Medx Bench Press and Medx Row and over 225lb on the Avenger Legpress (all pinned or gapped in a manner that makes these exercises more difficult as the strength curve is ramped up - this is mentioned for the HITers amongst you who like to major in the minors 😇).
John won’t mind us mentioning that he’s had his fair share of health scares over previous years but we have to say he’s a perfect example of what can be done if you look after yourself and use strength training to improve the quality of your life. If only we had more 70 year olds like him……. Go John💪💪
