Mr. Universe 1952 Turns 100, Credits Healthy Lifestyle, Happiness

Date: 14-04-2012 2:05 am (13 years ago) | Author: franel
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He doesn't drink or smoke, and centenarian Manohar Aich credits his longevity to a healthy lifestyle in which he minimizes stress and focuses on happiness.

Aich won the Mr. Universe international bodybuilding championship in 1952. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday surrounded by children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Kolkata, an eastern city in India.

Standing just 4 feet, 11 inches tall, Aich earned the nickname "Pocket Hercules," the Associated Press said in a report.
His lifestyle and a simple diet of milk, fruits and vegetables along with rice, lentils and fish have kept him healthy, the bodybuilding trainer told the AP.

Aich turned to bodybuilding while he was imprisoned in the 1940s for opposing Britain's continued colonial rule of India. When he was released, he went on to compete as a bodybuilder, earning success in international competition that culminated with his taking the Mr. Universe title.

While his wife took care of their children, Aich traveled, competed and made a living. On his return to India, he trained future bodybuilding champions.

"I didn't become rich. There is not much money in bodybuilding," he told the Indian Express newspaper. "But there is respect. And for that, I wouldn't mind being a bodybuilder in my next life as well."

He has led a fulfilled life, but Aich regrets never having met his fellow Mr. Universe, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's seen many of the Governator's films, though.

"I like the incredible stunts he does in the movies," Aich told the AP.


Posted: at 14-04-2012 02:05 AM (13 years ago) | Hero
- winace at 14-04-2012 11:21 AM (13 years ago)
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Wat a beautiful live.
Posted: at 14-04-2012 11:21 AM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- sarah555 at 14-04-2012 01:21 PM (13 years ago)
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i admire him  Cool Cool Cool
Posted: at 14-04-2012 01:21 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- franel at 14-04-2012 04:15 PM (13 years ago)
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Oh yeah! Who wants to live to see the age of 100 because if this man can say yes to it, why cant you?

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- franel at 14-04-2012 04:40 PM (13 years ago)
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Be positive and optimistic even those that believes they got a second chance because, we are all Replaceable.

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- franel at 14-04-2012 11:43 PM (13 years ago)
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In d university of God no matter how brilliant u may be, u wud not b given a double promotion, u wud take every course bcos each course serves a purpose.

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- franel at 14-04-2012 11:49 PM (13 years ago)
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."   - Martin Luther King Jr.

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- franel at 15-04-2012 12:37 AM (13 years ago)
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"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
--Theodore Roosevelt

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- deboalabi262 at 15-04-2012 12:44 AM (13 years ago)
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Happy Birthday ex-Mr. Universe, long life and prosperity....

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- franel at 15-04-2012 04:02 PM (13 years ago)
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okeydokey

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- franel at 15-04-2012 11:36 PM (13 years ago)
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वह पीने या धूम्रपान नहीं करता है, और सौ वर्ष का मनोहर Aich एक स्वस्थ जीवन शैली है जिस में वह तनाव कम से कम और खुशी पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने के लिए अपनी लंबी उम्र का क्रेडिट. Aich 1952 में श्री यूनिवर्स अंतरराष्ट्रीय शरीर सौष्ठव चैम्पियनशिप जीत ली. उन्होंने कोलकाता, भारत में एक पूर्वी शहर में बच्चे, पोते और महान पोते से घिरे रविवार को अपना 100 वां जन्मदिन मनाया. ", पॉकेट पहलवान" एसोसिएटेड प्रेस की एक रिपोर्ट में सिर्फ 4 फीट 11 इंच लंबा स्थायी, Aich उपनाम अर्जित कहा. उनकी जीवन शैली और दूध, फल और सब्जियों, चावल, दाल और मछली के साथ एक सरल आहार उसे स्वस्थ रखा है, शरीर सौष्ठव ट्रेनर एपी को बताया. Aich शरीर सौष्ठव के लिए बदल गया है, जबकि वह 1940 के दशक में ब्रिटेन भारत के निरंतर औपनिवेशिक शासन का विरोध करने के लिए गिरफ्तार कर जेल भेज दिया गया. जब वह जारी किया गया था, पर वह चला गया एक बॉडी बिल्डर के रूप में प्रतिस्पर्धा, कमाई अंतरराष्ट्रीय प्रतियोगिता में सफलता है कि श्री यूनिवर्स शीर्षक लेने के साथ समापन हुआ. जबकि उनकी पत्नी अपने बच्चों की देखभाल लिया, Aich कूच, प्रतिस्पर्धा और एक जीवित कर दिया. भारत के लिए उनकी वापसी पर, वह भविष्य शरीर सौष्ठव चैंपियन प्रशिक्षित. "मैं अमीर नहीं बन किया. शरीर सौष्ठव में ज्यादा पैसे नहीं है," उन्होंने इंडियन एक्सप्रेस अखबार से कहा. "लेकिन वहाँ सम्मान है और के लिए कि, मैं मेरे अगले जीवन में एक बॉडी बिल्डर जा रहा है के रूप में अच्छी तरह से नहीं मन होता है." वह एक पूरा जीवन का नेतृत्व किया गया है, लेकिन Aich अपने साथी श्री यूनिवर्स, पूर्व कैलिफोर्निया Gov. अर्नोल्ड Schwarzenegger कभी नहीं मिला पछतावा. वह Governator फिल्मों के कई देखा है, हालांकि,. "मैं अविश्वसनीय स्टंट वह फिल्मों में करता है की तरह" Aich एपी को बताया.

Posted: at 15-04-2012 11:36 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
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