Dr. Charles Eugster
That's right, Charles is a 97-year-old bodybuilder, and he is a rowing champion and a sprinter, among his other athletic pursuits.
This is his remarkable story:
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Charles, who lives in Switzerland, didn't take up exercise until he was 85-years-of-age.
"I looked in the mirror one morning," he told the British newspaper, The Telegraph, "and I didn't like what I saw."
Charles, a dentist, had retired at the age of 75, and published a newsletter until he was 82.
"I stopped because I thought I wouldn't live past 85," Charles remarked. But then in retirement, he found a new challenge, as he began to exercise.
At 85, "I hoped getting fit would stop me from aging. It was pure vanity really. I looked a mess and I was having a late-life crisis.
"My body was degenerating. I thought, ‘Who knows about muscles?' So when I was 87, I joined a bodybuilding club."
In his first year of intense training, Charles lost 26 pounds, as his stomach became a six pack and his muscles began to bulge.
Today, he works out three to four times a week at the gym or runs or swims or he rows at a local lake.
Dr. Charles Eugster
Charles has now won over 100 metals in diverse sporting events.
He has no plans to retire. At 97, Charles is highly energetic, enthusiastic, muscular, and ready for his next competitive challenge.
