“You Can Start A New Life At Any Age”

Charles eugster became a record breaking athlete in his nineties.

WHEN former dental surgeon Charles Eugster retired, he admits he wasn’t in good shape.

“My practice was going well, but I was a self-satisfied lump of lard!”

Then, when he retired, he had plenty of time to be active – but it wasn’t concern for his health that got him moving.

“In my youth I was a rower and I discovered at the age of sixty-three that there was a new category for sixty year-olds. I just wanted to impress my wife with a gold medal and I decided to row!”

However, it proved to be the start of a relationship with sport that has seen him take up bodybuilding at eighty-seven and sprinting at the age of ninety-five. Charles has felt an immense benefit to his health as a result (he’s only had two slight colds in the last seven years), and now he’s written a book to share that message.

“What I want to do, of course, is to change the world! A great fear that I have is that my children will live in poverty unless we do something serious, because the ageing population is so incredibly expensive.