Thread: competing

I too compete in the uspa...I set a state record in the bench last fall in the 60-64 age group...a few months later someone destroyed the record even surpassing the national record by 50 pounds...20 years ago I could bench 450 in a single ply inzer and could do 400 raw...it is amazing how getting old affects your strength...

Originally Posted by iconpharma

how do you work at keeping strength food and supplement and hormone wise (its always good to learn)

I started bodybuilding in my late teens...first meet was 1983 mr. Ohio...I came in the middle of the pack in the light heavyweight division...competed in another 10-12 meets until 1994...I won the mr akron in the heavyweight division at about 210 pounds at 6'2"...I always used a HIT style of training...I was a strong bencher...I was able to bench 405 touch and go....I then started doing bench meets...I was always in the 220s...first meet I benched 400 in a super loose inzer single ply...over the next 5 years I worked my way up to 450 at age 40...I always trained 3 days a week on a push, pull legs routine...kept it simple...I ruptured a quad tendon in 2002...that was the beginning of the end...I tried coming back but only got to 430...I then tore a pec and then a tricep tendon rupture at 47...I can now get 315 once a year after a 10 week cycle...I only supplement with 500 mgs of test and 200 mgs of deca...I usually eat 3 meals a day...eggs, turkey sandwich, and chicken and rice/potatoes for dinner with some fruit each day...again, I always keep it simple..