Bodybuilding Champion Age 74 - Tsutomu Tosaka

Monday, September 28, 2009

Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM

Mr. Tsutomu Tosaka began bodybuilding at age 40. Last week he won the 21st Japan Masters Bodybuilding Championship in Tokyo. He is 74.

Tsutomo-San says healthy aging and staying in shape is easy and anyone can do it if they just work out from time to time.

Below, a YouTube video should appear. Note Mr. Tsutomo's healthy upright neck position. Click the > arrow to play.

If the movie does not appear above, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5om6gbDwA8

Next is another, more polite video. It begins "defined muscles and grey hair…" It is not in English, but it doesn't matter.

Click here or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSCRqNWq2fA to view. Embedding is disabled by the owner.

Here is a Japanese interview when he was 69:

If the movie does not appear above, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ViVQOHmLOg

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