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Power lifter Lou LaVarro, 52, trains Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, outside the Merdes Sports Training at Growden Memorial Park. LaVarro wants to capture the overall title next month at the RAW Powerlifting Federation World Championships in Las Vegas. "I want to show everybody that when you’re over 50 years old, that’s not old; that’s just a number," LaVarro said. "I’m going there to prove a point that you can still be a strength athlete over 50 years old and compete against the best in the world.”
