Retiree keen to keep fit
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Retiree keen to keep fit
27 Oct 08 @ 08:52am by Rhys O'Neill
Retiree keen to keep fit
Powering along . . . Peter Moore with his medals and weights. Picture: Derrick Tonkin
AT 79, Eagleby’s Peter Moore says he is as fit as he has ever been.
With a daily exercise routine and boasting several weightlifting titles, not many dare bet against him.
Originally from Plymouth in England’s south, the ex-RAF and civil service employee has spent the past 34 years in South-East Queensland.
In that time, he has continued a strict training routine adopted as a 17-year-old.
In 1956, he was crowned civil service weightlifting champion of Great Britain, a title he claims was the result of his hard-working childhood.
``I get it from my mother,’’ he said. ``I learned a lot when I was young, and I haven’t been silly in my life I don’t drink and I don’t smoke.
``When I joined the air force, they asked me to train.
``Now I do five exercises a day. I’m as fit as a fiddle, and I will weight train until I die.’’
Moore’s love of slogging it out in the gym soon turned from a hobby into passion.
In 1994, aged 65, he claimed a silver in Brisbane’s Masters Games for weightlifting, and was good enough for a fifth place across all ages.
Moore’s remarkable achievements saw him chosen to carry the 2000 Olympic Games torch through Logan. Two years later at the Asia Pacific Masters Games, he stumbled on to pole vaulting.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, he admits he ``didn’t do too well in the first jump’’.
``I was watching the old fellas pole vault and I thought `I can do that’,’’ Moore said.
He went on to claim gold in the 72-75 age group, vaulting 2.60m just six months later.
``Now I want to break the world record (1.30m) when I’m 90 and I always achieve what I want,’’ he said.
Moore, who has been married to wife Maureen for 47 years, hopes his efforts will inspire other retirees.
``You get to 45 or 50 and you end up with a pot belly,’’ he said.
``I want to see everybody, not just old people, getting out there and getting fit.
``You can never retire from keeping your body healthy.’’
The great-grandfather will miss next month’s Gold Coast Masters due to a prior engagement.
However, he insists his best is yet to come.
Retiree keen to keep fit
27 Oct 08 @ 08:52am by Rhys O'Neill
Retiree keen to keep fit
Powering along . . . Peter Moore with his medals and weights. Picture: Derrick Tonkin
AT 79, Eagleby’s Peter Moore says he is as fit as he has ever been.
With a daily exercise routine and boasting several weightlifting titles, not many dare bet against him.
Originally from Plymouth in England’s south, the ex-RAF and civil service employee has spent the past 34 years in South-East Queensland.
In that time, he has continued a strict training routine adopted as a 17-year-old.
In 1956, he was crowned civil service weightlifting champion of Great Britain, a title he claims was the result of his hard-working childhood.
``I get it from my mother,’’ he said. ``I learned a lot when I was young, and I haven’t been silly in my life I don’t drink and I don’t smoke.
``When I joined the air force, they asked me to train.
``Now I do five exercises a day. I’m as fit as a fiddle, and I will weight train until I die.’’
Moore’s love of slogging it out in the gym soon turned from a hobby into passion.
In 1994, aged 65, he claimed a silver in Brisbane’s Masters Games for weightlifting, and was good enough for a fifth place across all ages.
Moore’s remarkable achievements saw him chosen to carry the 2000 Olympic Games torch through Logan. Two years later at the Asia Pacific Masters Games, he stumbled on to pole vaulting.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, he admits he ``didn’t do too well in the first jump’’.
``I was watching the old fellas pole vault and I thought `I can do that’,’’ Moore said.
He went on to claim gold in the 72-75 age group, vaulting 2.60m just six months later.
``Now I want to break the world record (1.30m) when I’m 90 and I always achieve what I want,’’ he said.
Moore, who has been married to wife Maureen for 47 years, hopes his efforts will inspire other retirees.
``You get to 45 or 50 and you end up with a pot belly,’’ he said.
``I want to see everybody, not just old people, getting out there and getting fit.
``You can never retire from keeping your body healthy.’’
The great-grandfather will miss next month’s Gold Coast Masters due to a prior engagement.
However, he insists his best is yet to come.