{"id":1883,"date":"2014-02-28T00:11:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/up\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/28\/this-70-year-old-bodybuilder-is-fitter-than-most-men-half-his-age\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T18:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:00:46","slug":"this-70-year-old-bodybuilder-is-fitter-than-most-men-half-his-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/en\/this-70-year-old-bodybuilder-is-fitter-than-most-men-half-his-age\/","title":{"rendered":"This 70-Year-Old Bodybuilder Is Fitter Than Most Men Half His Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sam \u2018Sonny\u2019 Bryant Junior doesn\u2019t look a day over 40. He\u2019s a bodybuilder with a perfectly ripped body that puts younger men to shame. Especially when they get to know about his real age \u201370 years and still going strong. Very strong.
\u201cThey ask me when I\u2019m going to retire. I say never. I say more people die retired than they do when they are working. I\u2019ve been doing this for 27 years.\u201d Sonny says. He started working out at age 44, when he was in a bad marriage. Initially, he just went to the gym to relieve stress; he knew nothing about working out or lifting weights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

But he never gave up and just 11 months later, Sonny\u2019s instructor asked him if he wanted to take part in a bodybuilding contest. \u201cI said, \u2018You think so?\u2019 He said, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 So I went to a contest in Georgia.
I\u2019d never been in a contest or competed for anything, you know. I won third in the novice, fourth in the master. And then I was hooked.\u201d Before he knew it, Sonny was addicted to the gym. \u201cI love to work. I love to work out,\u201d he said. As for age, well, he says that it\u2019s all in the mind. \u201cPeople have a misconception that age makes you old. I realize that it\u2019s the state of mind that makes you old. Age is just a number, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonny says that a lot of people tell him, \u201cWait till you get to my age.\u201d And then he tells them his real age and they are embarrassed. According to Sonny, it\u2019s all in the subconscious. \u201cYou start thinking old and then your body\u2019s going to start acting old. And then you\u2019re old. I don\u2019t believe in that. I could dance all night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonny wants people to recognize him for what he can do and become a role model for them. \u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of younger people sitting down. It\u2019s their lifestyle, that\u2019s what they chose to do. Go home, sit down, watch TV, all weekend, sit around do nothing. See, I can\u2019t do that. I can\u2019t sit in the house that long. I hate it, you know. I got to be busy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last July, Sonny competed in the INBF Southern Natural Bodybuilding and Figure Championships in Macon, in the US state of Georgia. I find his story incredibly inspiring. I mean, I\u2019m nowhere near 70 and there are times when I feel old. Seriously, what a way to live!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still not convinced age is just a number? Maybe this 64-year-old calisthenics master can change your mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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