Old But Strong

Issue 12 August 2026

Editorial

Issue 12 August 2026

Hope you guys are well and have enjoyed the fantastic summer we have had this year.

I do not remember a summer like this -

since 1976 although 1975 was up there too.

I have no problem with the heat, but Cho has really struggled with it.

I think she’s part Eskimo or something haha.

I have an absol…

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Old But Strong

Issue 11 July 2026

Editorial

Issue 11 guys.

Welcome back I trust you are all well and enjoying life and training.

This issue I wrote mostly while away on holiday in Wales.

Hence why I think I’m a few days ahead with the publication date, it’s normally on or after the 20th of the month.

In Wales we were absolutely in the middle of nowhere in a co…

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Issue 10 June 2026

Editorial

Welcome guys to another fantastic old but strong magazine.

Yep - fantastic.

Here’s the outline.

This month’s spotlight we have Richard Monoson.

What a gentleman- what a brilliant guy to connect with.

I have followed Richard for a few years now and we have chatted through the socials- like brothers in iron do.

So I knew…

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Old But Strong

Issue 9 May 2026

Editorial

I know - I know I keep saying it.

What a great issue we have for you this month.

Very proud of how these are coming together I hope you love them as much as I love putting them together.

I’m not going to lie -it takes a heck of a lot of work, but each month the end result is worth it.

Our spotlight athlete this month i…

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Old But Strong Issue 8

Editorial

Welcome guys to issue 8 of our Old But Strong magazine.

Thanks to you guys supporting this venture we are going from strength to strength-literally every month we are building.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all and welcome our new subscribers.

I appreciate you all.

This month we have a brilliant issue agai…

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Issue 7 March 2026

Editorial

Issue seven - wow -that went fast.

It was a great - fantastic actually-idea if I don’t say myself- of merging this substack page into a magazine each month.

It really has gone from strength to strength since we did.

This issue is a cracker again with an in depth account of two awesome gyms we visited recently.

Great stories and aw…

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Old But Strong Magazine

Issue 6 February 2026

Editorial

This month has been a busy one for us, in a good way though I may add.

We had a couple of trips away one Dublin with the lady and one in Welwyn Garden City on the outskirts of London with the big man Louis.

Absolutely brilliant trips and gym visits that will be fully covered in our next issue.

Talking of…

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Old But Strong Magazine

Issue 5 January 2026

Editorial

Firstly a belated happy new year guys.

I hope this month has you starting off on the right foot to make this your best ever training year.

Whatever your goals - bloody go for them. You may already be doing everything really good - training hard - eating great.

But if you want to make a real difference thi…

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Old But Strong Magazine

Issue 4 December 2025

Editorial

Here we are at the tail end of another year.

I swear as you get older it goes faster.

Every year at this time - as of writing today it’s the 17th of December we are on holiday in Gran Canaria.

So just to - show off -I am writing this editorial after a lovely breakfast sat by the pool in the early morning…

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Just a quick update guys prior to this month’s magazine coming out.

I’m so excited for this month’s magazine.

Just a heads up we have a brilliant- just brilliant interview with Joel Preston. Incredible bodybuilder- natural of course for life and still looking awesome at 65.

I conducted the interview last weekend and have been editing it since.

Very inspirin…

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Editorial

Old But Strong

Issue 3

November 2025

About 10 days ago I texted one of my close friends- who happens to be a subscriber here.

I wrote.

I’m so excited about this month’s magazine.

The spotlight chap is incredible- I can’t tell you who it is because it will spoil the article for you.

He has an incredible story.

Also training and nutrition is based on the…

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Editorial

Here we go with issue number two.

It’s seems that this format has been well received- a winner.

I have had so many positive comments from you guys, I really do appreciate each of you for trusting and subscribing.

I will cut to the chase.

You may have done a flick through this issue and noted it’s much bigger. I will as always keep the format as bas…

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Editorial

I don’t like things untidy.

This includes the house - everything is in its place and as you know I’m a minimalist, so there is never much clutter.

Lately I have been getting a bit despondent with this substack page.

And of course this has been entirely my doing.

There is not enough rhyme or reason to it, it’s all over the place.

Like everything else…

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Just a heads up guys.

I have come up with a few ideas going forward.

A complete restructure of everything.

I didn’t want you to think I have forgotten you and not putting out content.

Please just give me a week to ten days tops to put this new idea in place.

I’m sure you will love it - get more from it and have a much better resource to have on hand.

I’m exci…

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I use to have a PT studio in Batley some fifteen minutes drive at most from our home in Tingley.

This was the last studio I had before we built the gym at home and cut down to the bare basics as Louise was very ill at this point.

This studio I had was called Bodyindesign. It was an awesome gym/studio set on two floors with the best equipment for studios a…

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I came across some books of mine from way back that my late father in law had tucked away in his house the kids and I are sorting out for sale.

It’s been passed down to them and although it needs be cleared out it’s in good order and in a lovely part of Leeds - Farsley.

He left his estate to my late wife Louise his only daughter- my wife.

Naturally as it d…

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I am really enjoying at the moment visiting gyms and making use of the fantastic machines they have.

I was only saying to Cho the other day I feel better and my muscles seem to be absorbing the workload and not my joints.

Giving the free weights a back burner for a while seems to be reaping rewards.

Hey - while I mention Cho.

Let me just give you an update …

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It has been a busy last six weeks or so.

Not work busy but life busy, you know how it goes. Finally ‘life stresses’- for now haha are calming down and the next few months are looking good.

As you know I’m preparing the house for sale early next year and prepping the cabin also - so we can really downsize.

I started with this minimalist approach I now have …

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After much thought I settled on split or divided program I have tested over the last couple of weeks.

Divided - meaning it’s not split as in body parts -per se but moves and motions.

I had trouble with areas still aching- remember- but I think the spreading out of the workouts will do the trick to remedy that.

I like the set up of a quad dominant leg sessi…

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Trained with the wife at Ultraflex this time yesterday afternoon.

We trained there instead of Muscle Bound because the traffic was gridlocked heading that way out.

Ultra was closer and we were on a time constraint because of Cho’s work.

I beat the wife on everything this time ‘get in’-hahahaha.

Only because she didn’t do what I was doing.

She did deadlifts a…

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