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54 Year Old Pull Up King Kicks Cancer
Dear Friend,
The following letter is from an "old school" kind of guy, which makes him my kind
of guy.
Matt,
My name is Ken and I'm from Erie, PA. I am 54 years old and recently completed a
13 month cancer treatment successfully. It was a very rugged treatment.
When I was 12, I took an interest in physical development which was inspired by a
copy of the magazine Strength and Health. My family was poor and we lived in
rural New York, so buying weights was out of the question. There was also a
theory then that lifting weight made you muscle bound and useless.
I used what I had. I started doing pull ups, (palms away), push ups, and a
favorite of mine; climbing ropes in local farmers' barns where I worked as a kid.
I never had a specific routine. I worked up to about 150 nonstop pushups a day
followed by another 100 non-stop after a 2 minute rest. Then I did 3 sets of chin
ups, and finished with climbing various ropes without using my feet.
One of my variations was to tie a 25 pound piece of broken axle around my waist
and do sets of chin ups. Then I would run a country mile.
My senior year in high school the PE teacher had an impromptu contest in the gym.
He was a former Marine and liked strength games. I went for broke and did 212
push ups, 700 sit ups, and 52 strict pull ups. A lot of people couldn't believe
what they had just witnessed.
A couple of days later someone saw me climbing a tree with just my arms. They
told the coach and he asked me if I could do a one armed pull up with the other
arm behind my back. I tried it and did 8 of them.
The point of all this is that I read about you and your claim that bodyweight
exercises can build great strength. I am living proof that you are correct.
In college some guys egged me into trying the bench press. I did 255 with my
first lift at a bodyweight of 150. I never cared much for weightlifting scene.
In Vietnam I was able to strap a man on my back and climb out of a very dicey
situation with arm and lat strength.
The greatest benefit of all that bodyweight conditioning is how strong I was when
I came down with cancer. I was able to endure the treatments and not miss any
work.
My hats off to you for bringing these underestimated exercises back to the
forefront where they belong. Not only will they give you great strength and
conditioning, they make you a person who can endure tough things and tough times.
Keep up the good work. Today's generation will benefit from it as I did.
Sincerely, from a former chin up King,
Ken
M.F.: It just doesn't get any better than that. Ken, if I'm ever in your area I'll
be sure to look you up. Yours is a truly powerful story; one that should be
emulated by all.
Matt Furey
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