Unlike other fitness impresarios like Jack LaLanne, Bill Phillips, and Tony Horton, Bass eschews the spotlight and self-branding in lieu of thoughtful articles steeped in sports science and physiology. You’d be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Bass, a former competitive bodybuilder and fitness writer, even if he is the subject of several books-such as Lee Berquist’s Second Wind and Bill Pearl’s Legends of the Iron Game. Ripped, whose real name is Clarence Bass, does this hourlong hiking circuit once a week, but it’s enough-just enough, combined with one weekly weightlifting session and walking and staying active every day-to place him among the fittest men in America, a physical specimen par excellence who, at 79, may be unrivaled in his age group anywhere in the world. We’re hammering a trail at 6,000 feet in the Sandia Mountains near his home in Albuquerque. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a good rule, because attempting to pass him could put you at risk of a cardiac event. There is only one rule on these hikes: Do not pass Mr.
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