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I just signed up to compete for the 3rd year in a row at the RBC Decathlon (thedecathlon.org). This is truly a great event and last year under 200 Wall Street professionals raised $1.4 million for Sloan Kettering Children's Cancer Research.

I am 49 and am past any type of athletic prime for half the events, but for the other half I compete and ranked top ten in bench press, dips, pull-ups, 500 meter row and football throw. For anything with running, I did horrible, so I only finished 41st overall, but I did beat out former Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist Dan O'Brien by 60 points. I also broke the record in the bench press with 42 reps of 175 pounds. The closest to me was the overall winner who did 40 reps.

This year I have lofty goals. I want to continue to raise money for the event ($3,000 goal) and I also want to shatter my bench press record with 50 reps before my 50th birthday and to also be crowned the strongest man on Wall Street (a separate award).

If all goes well, I am thinking of writing an exercise book geared towards the over forty generations.
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Published on February 19, 2014 06:31 • Tags: bench-press, rbc-decathlon, strongest-man-on-wall-street, thedecathlon-org
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message 1: by David (last edited Mar 05, 2014 10:56AM) (new)
Mar 05, 2014 10:53AM

David Carraturo With a little less than 4 months to go before the RBC Decathlon, I am feeling optimistic about the competition. As always with a 49 yr old body, I just hope I can stay healthy/not get hurt before the event. Over half the competitors will be 22-30 yrs old with many having played NFL football or collegiate track/sports. I will not do good in the 5 speed events - 40 yd dash, 400 & 800 meter runs, agility drill and vertical jump (in fact I will finish in the bottom 10 people). But, I will guarantee that I will finish in the top 5 people and maybe be number 1 for the other five events (bench press, dips, pullups, 500 meter row and football throw).

For all those man enough to see if you can compete with a 50ish yr old man, try this workout. I do it once a week.

Bench Press, 125 total reps:
* 185x38
* 205x22
* 225x14
* 245x10
* 275x4
* 305x1
* 205x16
* 185x16

Dips, 200 total reps:
* 62
* 48
* 30
* 30
* 30

Pull-ups, 100 total reps:
* 25
* 12
* 11
* 11
* 10
* 10
* 9
* 6
* 6

My donation page will be open in April for the event, with donations going to Pediatric Cancer Research.


message 2: by David (new)
Apr 04, 2014 09:31AM

David Carraturo nice interview with me for the RBC Decathlon.

http://thedecathlon.tumblr.com/post/8...


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