AS WE AGE, OUR MUSCLE mass declines, but sticking to—or even starting—a weight-training regimen can help prevent all that. Just take Ray Fougnier, who at age 70 was working out at a community center when another lifter told him he would “kick ass” at powerlifting. Fougnier laughs. He’s a little uncomfortable with the swearing—he’s a teacher at heart, clean-cut and soft-spoken, joining via Zoom from his home in Michigan. But on a whim, he signed up for a state meet just a couple months out.
Fougnier won his age group. Then he won nationals
