Almost 50, he won’t allow hip-replacement surgery to stop him from competing in the 2017 CrossFit Games. 😃💪👆💗💗
The Right Track
Raymond started lifting weights when he was 12 years old
to train for athletics. It paid off as he attended Springfield College
on a football and track and field scholarship where he was a decathlon
all-star. After graduating in 1991, he started bodybuilding, going on to
win three consecutive NPC Team Universe competitions (1999–2001).
Fueling Up
Whether he’s pumping iron, running miles, or crushing
WODs, Raymond’s diet stays consistent: Eggs, oatmeal, chicken, steak,
brown rice, yams, and broccoli are his staples. “I do not consider this a
diet,” he says. “This is the way I eat.”
Rebuilding
After 30 years of pushing his body to its limits, the
cartilage in Raymond’s right hip wore away to the point where it was
bone on bone. He underwent a total hip replacement last August. “I got
47 years out of it,” he says of his old hip. Still, Raymond plans to
compete in the 2017 CrossFit Games.
Posedown
After he hung up his posing trunks in 2003, Raymond
continued to train and also added half-marathons into the mix. In 2010
he found his favorite training style—CrossFit. “I was always into functional training,” Raymond says. “If CrossFit were around 20 years ago I would have just done that [instead of bodybuilding].”
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