I mostly ride a bicycle. I was doing mostly off road trails the last few years but I am back on the road now waiting for an elbow injury to heal. Can't take the hits on the trail and heal too.

I broke a collarbone and separated my AC joint in a bicycle accident 5 years ago. When I healed up I got into free weights to build bone density and muscle. I did basic power lifting including squats and deadlifts. I didn't do bench presses but I did do military presses instead among other moves.

I got away from it the last year or so as at 60 I don't have the energy to ride the bike, lift weights and work for a living. I ain't giving up the bicycling and I can't give up the work so that left the weights. I am thinking of trying to work it in and ride less. I do miss it.

To anyone who hasn't tried it and says they are afraid of getting "big", it is easier said then done. It takes a tremendous amount of dedication and hard work to get the kind of body that a Bill Pearl or an Arnold have. The average person will never come close but the benefits of health and strength are for real and are atainable.