u/Expensive_Train_534

Help me solve a fitness mystery within my household.

My husband works at a desk job. He bikes to work each day but besides lifting a few heavy things a year, does not stength train his upper body. This has been the case since we married 16 years ago. He is 46 now.

But somehow, he is like…really strong. He has big arm muscles and when I made him test his bench press strength randomly a few weeks ago, could press 225 pounds.

Meanwhile I have been working out for three year and can bench press 85 pounds.

His ability to retain muscle he built decades ago should not be possible based upon everything I have read online and understand about physiology.

Make it make sense!

I would love some constructive feedback and encouragement. Please be kind, I am struggling.

My son was diagnosed with severe Crohn’s a couple weeks ago. I have read much about the disease since then. Something that has worried me tremendously is the set of treatment options that exist. My understanding is that some biologics work for some people, but not all. Once a person does find a biologic that works, it usually stops working after a period of months or years.

The problem I see is that there aren’t *that many biologics. It seems inevitable that you would run out in a short period of time. And…what then? I’ve read other Reddit threads where surgery is suggested as a treatment option. However, my child has Crohn’s all over his disease tract, top to bottom. I haven’t seen surgery mentioned as capable of easing upper tract Crohn’s.

My son is 12. Is he going to run out of ways to treat this? I know research is being done all the time, but it doesn’t seem capable of keeping up with the speed at which treatments are exhausted. I look at my child and wonder, is he going to die from this? I put these questions to our doctor and he was…evasive, which I did not find reassuring.

Am I misunderstanding anything?