Slow-motion strength training keeps 90-year-olds in LA fit


By AGENCY
  • Family
  • Saturday, 07 Dec 2024

DeLoyce and his trainer, Arjen van Eijmeren, at the leg press machine. — Photos: MARCUS UBUNGEN/Los Angeles Times/TNS

DELOYCE Alcorn is 92 years old – and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the gym.

On a Wednesday afternoon, Alcorn slid into the leg press machine, which was set at a whopping 312 pounds (141kg) . He gripped the handlebars, closed his eyes and "got zen," as he says. Then he pressed his legs forward very slowly.

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