Bodybuilder and rower, age 93, to join WCAA

Next Thursday and Friday will see a most inspirational man at the World Congress on Active Ageing in Glasgow.

Retired dentist Dr. Charles Eugster, a mere 93 years of age, has been rowing in Masters Rowing championships for 30 years - winning 32 World Masters and 6 Euro Masters gold medals.

At the age of 87 he became interested in body-building and joined a body-building club, hiring a previous "Mr Universe" as a coach. Within the space of 3-4 years, Charles' body, in spite of advanced age, had been completely rebuilt. In 2009 he received a trophy in Vienna from the Austrian Sport Association for being the first 90 year-old ever to have rowed in the Masters Rowing Regatta.

Born in London in 1919, Charles is currently in training with a member of the Swiss national rowing squad to compete in the World Masters Rowing Regatta in Duisburg, Germany this coming September, in which he will be the oldest competitor by a decade. He is considered an expert on the biological processes involved in muscle building and makes a fascinating point about the correlation between training in old age and resistance to suffering from cognitive decline, Alzheimer's and dementia.

And on the subject of unhealthy things one can do in later life, top of his Charles' list is retirement! His aim is now to change the world; and to have a beach body at 94. Why don't you pop in and say hello to this amazing Swiss resident? You can read all about him here.