Mick Wadge is squaring up for a 75kg deadlift in the Barbell School gym in Burnley in a singlet and shorts and – at my request – talking me through his favourite bits of his body.
‘I’m most proud of my triceps, oh yes!’ he says. ‘And my biceps are all right – not bad at all I suppose. But my triceps! I’ve put so much time into them!’
And with that, he flexes his arms and the muscles bounce about like little bricks under the skin. ‘But the odd thing is that everyone who comes always takes photos of my upper
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