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Full of pride, Sein Maung look at your biceps and pecs in front of a mirror. A former national bodybuilding champion, this Burmese ‘bodybuilder’ continues to lift weights at 91.
He began practicing his sport about seventy years ago, when the military was not yet in power in the Southeast Asian country.
It was in the late 1950s that he was illustrated by his performances. In 1958, he won the “Mister Olympic” contest and the following year he was crowned “Mister Burma” in this country, where bodybuilding contests draw crowds.
“All my brothers are dead when they were around seventy years old, but I am still here”, tells AFP.
He attributes his longevity to his disciplined way of life, with religious practice, healthy eating … and lots of physical exercise.
Before each workout, recite Buddhist prayers, and then start practicing with the weight machines.
Sein Maung says that as a teenager he already liked to lift heavy wooden blocks in a small town in the rural Ayeyarwaddy region.
I didn’t even know that bodybuilding was a real sport.
It was during his military service, in 1950, when he attended his first bodybuilding demonstration.
His career would take off several years later. In the 1960s she participated in two motion pictures and lavished her sports advice on applicants to the Miss Burma beauty pageant.
And in 1962, the year the army took power in Burma, it opened in Yangon, the country’s largest city, its sports hall.
Angry with his clients
That gym is still open today, but contrary to its best times, where it had about 200 registered, only a handful of customers continue to go to the sports hall, including many elderly women.
He takes his sport so seriously that it draws new aspiring bodybuilders away, he admits.
“I get angry and tell people to leave if they don’t take bodybuilding seriously. I can’t control myself in that regard. “, Explain.
The sports hall is currently closed to avoid spreading the new coronavirus.
But Sein Maung tirelessly continues to carry out his routine from home: prayers, a high-protein diet and sports, convinced to improve his immune system in this way.
Are you afraid of coronavirus? “I know that it is especially older people who die. But the fact that I am over ninety does not worry me. I am not afraid of death ”, Explain.
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