IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START LIFTING

S 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 centre 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 of months out.