12 years isn't THAT old for an A/C. Mine is 15 years old and just had it serviced. Running like a champ and I am in Florida. If everything other then the compressor is in good shape, you could...
There are YouTube videos of Pendlay athletes doing high rep oly lifts. Grace, the workout you are referring to, is 30 reps at 135. If you have any strength, you will power clean it and push press it....
"For the snatch and clean and jerk, trying anything above 3 reps should be self-correcting eventually. Most who try sets of 5 on the clean and jerk with any decent load quickly abandon the notion...
let's see a marathoner clean 300#, let's see a powerlifter (wtf is a powerbuilder?) run a 5k under 20 min or row 2k under 7-8 min. your argument is invalid