Pottstown Athletic Club

My name is Dylan S. I'm a recovering drug addict. Growing up, sports played a big role in my life and was something I enjoyed very much. I was always involved i n sports and got very involved in motocross in my teenage years. I was very passionate about it and traveled the east coast racing. It was the one thing that gave me a purpose and felt people were proud of me for doing.   As I got into high school, I gave up all the sports and racing and went down the wrong path. I was looking for and finding that rush that physical exercise gave me, in all the wrong areas. It took me to the point where I was homeless and tried to take my life. That's the point it took me to get sober, and find my faith. One point I was still lacking, even though I was mentally getting better, was the physical side. The years took a toll on me and I was looking to change that. I still was low on f unds and that was one thing that was holding me back from attempting to get back...

Septuagenarian CrossFit coach Mike Suhadolnik refuses to let his peers age gracefully. Mike Suhadolnik, a former offensive tackle and middle guard at Illinois State University, spent most of his life powerlifting. At this best, he benched 350, squatted 450 and deadlifted 550 lb. His physique implied fitness. But when his daughter Molly and her now-fiancé Tim Hahn asked him to overhead squat more than seven years ago, he couldn’t get the bar over his head. Then they asked him to do burpees. “I played football in college. I said, ‘No problem,’” Suhadolnik recounted. “I couldn’t do a burpee.” Disturbed by this, the then-65-year-old visited his doctor in Springfield. “I told him I wanted to live until I was at least 110 years old but that I did not want somebody pushing me around in a wheelchair, walking with a walker or having someone wipe my butt,” said Suhadolnik, today 223 lb. The doctor recommended changes...