Pumping Iron in Chatsworth, CA

When a local fitness center closed, a group of senior weight lifters found themselves without a place to work out. “Big-box gyms don’t allow power-lifters,” Bob Evans, 64, said. “It intimidates their regular members.” So he decided to make room in his garage to set up all the equipment they’d need. “In those gyms they are doing it to look good. We do it for strength,” said John Sanchez, 64, a retired firefighter from Chatsworth. Read more here in a Los Angeles Times article.