Being a worker for more than 30 years and training for the same amount of time, I have a different perspective on training. For years I earned and still earn a living with my physical and mental strength. I have to stay in shape to continue feeding my family. In more than 30 years doing manual labor, I have never hurt my back or missed work due to an on-the-job injury.

I don’t always lift with my legs and I never look at or care about the way I do my job. I bend over, turn, climb, get up and carry it all day.

It is rare that someone goes to work as many years as I do and dedicates years of training to it and does not already have a decomposed body. One thing is that I take care of myself, eat well, and have a different mindset than most men doing work jobs.

I hear it all the time on sites about back problems and I’m getting older (most are younger than me) Why do these guys keep doing a job that they physically struggle for?

The reason is because for years they have heard from other people like them that when you get older you cannot do the same things you once did. Shit! At some point you will probably have a decline, but these guys only listen to everything they have before. I’ve listened to it for years, wait till you’re my age and I’ve been listening to this since I was 18, I don’t listen to it much anymore because of my age.

I get tired of people who are going to step in and tell them that they “know a boy” or “my dad” or my grandfather “there will always be exceptions but don’t include me in the general workforce, because I don’t follow the standards of the basic man.

I decide how things will go, not the story. People hate that I act like this and that I care less and I am living proof, so until someone proves me wrong, I will continue training as usual. Training to win in life, training for honor, training to survive is the reason I continue to put pressure on my mind and body. The moment we decide that we no longer need an advantage, that is when we begin to lose our advantage. Once you feel like it doesn’t matter anymore, you’re right – you’ve already lost the edge!