Baldwin ? At age 50, Mike Everett still wants to remain in top physical condition.

“I’m just a fitness fanatic. I can’t get enough, man,” Everett, a Lawrence insurance agent and Baldwin resident, said. “You put me on the court with a 25-year-old and I’m taking him to the rack.”

To keep in shape, Everett and George McCrary, owner of the Baldwin Athletic Club, started a free fitness training program in Baldwin – Bulldog Days. The workout is a spinoff of Lawrence’s Red Dog Days, a summer conditioning program that takes place in Memorial Stadium.

Bulldog Days takes place at 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in front of Baldwin High. Everett said the group trained at Baker University’s track last year, but the facility was being redone this year. Last Friday, the group trained on the front grass, sidewalk and parking lot of Baldwin High. Everett said the group has trained there all summer.

It’s not like the parking lot was empty, either. Several dozen cars shared the lot for two little league baseball games. Cars that passed the 16 people who showed up for training joked and encouraged Bulldog Days participants.

“All right, you can do it – jump over the car,” said a woman who unknowingly turned in the parking lot in the direction of the participants.

Everett focused on various stretches, calisthenics and runs during the 35-minute workout. Participants can be any age. Cy Hockey, a 5-year-old Baldwin City resident, made his presence known before the workout even started last Friday.

“Twenty-five, 26, 27, 28, 29 … 30,” Hockey said, as he finished counting the amount of push-ups he did before 8 p.m.

Everett said he and McCrary started Bulldog Days last summer to promote better health, lifestyle, and fitness among Baldwin City residents.

“Remember: lots of stretching and lots of water,” Everett told participants during the workout.

The name of the program stemmed from Baldwin High’s mascot, the Bulldogs.

“The great thing about it is that you can come in never having worked out at all,” Everett said. “We love to see people succeed and prosper, health-wise.”

Last summer, Everett said eight to 10 participants regularly trained with the program. This year, as many as 30 to 35 people have shown up for the night workouts, Everett said. Morning workouts usually attract 10 to 15 participants.

Individuals who attend 15 workouts receive a complimentary T-shirt.

“That’s really what we do here – change people’s lives,” McCrary said, after helping Everett lead the program last Friday. “I don’t want to get paid.”