A 63-year-old cabbie undertook a six-month intensive training plan to ditch his moobs and “get a 25-year-old’s body.”
Perry Wilson, 63, says his age and job meant he got out of shape — and last summer while peering in the mirror to shave, the grandfather of two said he noticed he had developed “moobs.”
He then embarked on a six-month intensive training and diet plan to get back in shape, committing to five 5 am gym sessions a week before work.
Six months later, he now sports a slimmer, more muscular and toned physique — and his “moobs” are nowhere to be seen.
“I started to look at my body in the mirror and think, ‘Hmmm, that shouldn’t be there,’” Wilson, a father of two from Tyne and Wear, UK said.
“I chatted to friends a similar age who said that’s just what happens to your body as you get older. But I thought to myself, ‘Screw that, I’m not walking around with tits!’
“I asked a friend who is a bodybuilder whether it would be achievable to get the body of a 25 year old in six months. He said yes, as long as I followed his exercise and diet plan — and I was determined to do it.
The plan involved bulking up on protein to build muscle, eating four portions of chicken and rice plus two 1,100 calorie protein shakes a day.
“The 4 am starts for the 5 am gym sessions were hard, but six months on, the moobs are gone and I have abs. My daughters say I have a better body now than their boyfriends!”
Wilson shared the secret to his success.
“Anyone can have a plan, the difficulty is actually doing it,” he said. “You have to be quite determined, setting that 4 am alarm and getting up when it’s cold and dark outside is never easy. I had to go to bed at 7.30 pm to get enough sleep.
“To keep going, I kept my ‘why’ in my mind — getting rid of my moobs and getting a 25-year-old’s body. Over time, I started to see the muscles, especially my stomach muscles and lats.”
Earlier this month, he deemed the challenge a triumph. While he only weighs 6 and a half pounds less than his starting weight of 156 pounds, his fitness has improved, and he has lost fat and replaced it with muscle.
“When you set yourself a challenge and achieve it, it feels so good,” he said. “When you get to your 60s, it’s easy to conform, but age is just a number, as clichéd as that sounds.
“You don’t have to look and feel old. You can have the body you want if you’re prepared to put in the work.”
