This is another good before shot. This one is from the back and shows my "muffin top" hanging over the waist of my shorts.

Just finished my workout and was on my way to the locker room.

This was taken the first day that I started working out at the gym. I was fat, depressed and knew that if I didn't do something about my body now I never would.

This was another before shot that shows how fat and out of shape I was when I first started.

This is another good before shot. This one is from the back and shows my "muffin top" hanging over the waist of my shorts.

As I look forward to 2008 after just having turned 59 and being now in the best shape of my entire life, I feel anticipation as I set about preaching the benefits of fitness and the rewards of working out with weights, doing cardio and a healthy eating program. I have enjoyed working out so much and have seen such a great transformation in both body and mind that I actually refer to myself as “born again with fitness.”

A little too dark but still shows some of the improvements.

Exactly 1 year after I started working out.

I am starting to see some progress in my back.

My wife assisting me during a recent photo shoot for a local magazine.

Getting a bit of help from my favorite training partner, my wife (bodyspace: judimax).

When I first started out I could not do even 1 bodyweight pull-up. Now I am doing multiple sets & reps.

Working out for the camera during a recent photo shoot.

This is my wife and I together for the cover of Beyond 50 magazine.

Taken on my way to the change room after my workout.

Just finished my workout and was on my way to the locker room.