Pluggers by Rick McKee for May 16, 2016

And someday his back will get even with him for carrying those bags of cement.

Pluggers pump rock, not iron.

Yet he still looks like that.

strength training is not cardio :)

I have a fully equipped gym on my property.I can do plenty of pull ups (weeds)…..

Will be 60 this Dec. Work 4 days a week. Put in 48 hours on average. Unload delivery truck on my routes. Up at 3 am 3 days and 4 am 1 day.

Just turned 72. Work 30+ hours a week at my son’s sign shop. Everything from pushing a mouse to installing signs on rooftops. On weekends I do honey-dos. Last weekend I built a deck and unloaded 3/4 ton of blocks for a retaining wall.

Given a bag of portland cement is often 90 pounds or so, this is quite a load he is carrying…

I worked as a hoddy 20-some years ago. It was the hardest physical labor I’ve ever done, literally moved multiple tons of material every day. Frequently worked 10-16 hour days. After about 3 months of it I was in phenomenal shape!

It was the family motto that “Hard Work Never Killed Anybody” but boy, it sure put people in such a shape that they WISHED they were dead.

Hmm, it sounds good but I weighed 256 lbs. when I was still working. I’ve lost 25 lbs. since then being retired. I could stand to lose more but I’m moving the right way!

Definitely understand — and I have 3 decades on you.