He used to be a Man With No Name.

Later on, he became Harry Callahan – otherwise known as Dirty Harry.

This is the one and only Clint Eastwood – an American actor, film director, producer and composer – as well as an enduring symbol of testosterone fuelled, no bullshit taking, gritted teeth tough talking masculinity the world over.

Not surprising that he has been pumping iron for a lifetime.

Even as a teenager, Eastwood preferred manual labor, working as hay baler and a lumberjack, in preference to easier jobs.

At 19, he started hitting the weights seriously, at a time when gyms were back alley sweatshops, filled with rusty bars and black iron plates, and when bodybuilding was still an activity of a select few, hidden from the world.

Remember the scene in The Dead Pool where Dirty Harry was knocking out dumbbell curls? Those were 40lb babies – and he was smoking 40 reps with them.

In fact, back in January 1991, the late Joe Weider thought Clint Eastwood was good enough to be on the cover of Muscle and Fitness.

In fact, at 6’4″ and 190 pounds of chiseled brawn, Clint was one lean, mean, fighting machine.

As lifelong ambassador of fitness, when it comes to pumping iron, the Man With No Name needs no introduction.

The truth is that The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of lifelong fitness and health, is to hit the weights Any Which Way You Can.

For some, this will be Heartbreak Ridge but there is no better way to test your mettle than to put yourself In The Line Of Fire down the Tightrope.

Every Which Way But Loose, that is, without question, The Million Dollar Baby.

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