I’ve been completely immersed in the sport of powerlifting for over 25 years. When you reach this level of knowledge and experience, some people assume that you just stop asking questions. Wrong! I ask questions all the time.

The weights weigh what they weigh and I can either lift them or I can’t. They never try to convince me of anything. They are what they are and that is what they will always be.

In this piece I reflect on my stepfather and his impact on me, trying to understand how a person who loved his children so much could also inadvertently created a great deal of difficulty and strife in their lives.

Sometimes we get so caught up in the physical nature of training we forget about the other impacts it has.

I’m making some changes and have employed the knowledge of several lifting legends to answer these crucial questions.

Even if you’re active, your fitness goals might not line up with standards set by workforce health management — especially if they use BMI. Here’s what I recently learned about these wellness policies.

To you youngsters: as you reach for maturity, don’t stumble into old age.

Make the iron stand for something.