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Today, I'm meeting the most muscular grandpa in France. He is almost 70 years old and has an incredible physique. Do you have a little bit of abs? Leftovers. We can see them from here, it's impressive. Jean-Michel, you are almost 70 years old. 69 past. Or I'm from 2ct 56. Whoa! Are you doing well? It's going pretty well. 70 years old next year, I hope. Yes, I wish you that. I wish you the same. So, can you show us what you can do with the ab wheel? Impressive. Is that an ex you often have?
Two or three times a week. You tell me when to stop. You can stop whenever you want. Well done, huh? Honestly, look at the vein. We were talking about veins. It's not a vein, it's an aviation hose. No, but it's impressive. At what age did you start weight training 13 years old. I was reading comic books. The Stranges, the Marvell, the Zlot, the Kim Color, Black Leock. It will resonate with older people. And they were all muscular. I stood in front of the mirror at the age of 12. Oh, there's not much to work on there. And that's how it started
. I bought my first extenders, they are regulators. I was happy. We made our own dumbbells, found a branch, and did pull-ups and bridges. I wasn't the only muscular one, you know. There were some fine clients. At 13, 14, and 15 years old, the growth hormone triggers everything, including its hormones. This is the best shot. How old were you then? 21 years old. Very nice briefs, huh? I looked so classy, didn't I? You had that physique: copoid corp pom traction. So, you're going to show us a new exercise that will strengthen what aspect of yourself?
Biceps, back, abs and especially the ginage. Go ahead. Magesia. Wow, that's impressive. It's incredible how much core strength it requires. Oh there. Well done, huh? That's impressive. How often are you still doing it 4 times a week. Yes. You're doing a lot of bodyweight exercises. What you were explaining to us earlier. Wow! That's part of it. That's impressive, isn't it? I can't find it myself. Oh yes, I think it's basic. Oh no, no, it's more than basic. People who are watching the video and are almost 70 years old, I don't think they would have done all that even at 20 years old because they are not trained.
Yes. So. In the end, it's like you've been training your whole life. What kind of job have you had in your life Boilermaking cap, a driver's cap for tiling, plasterboard, the building. Have you always had an active job? Yes. And at the same time, I had the show, I had the hand-to-hand. It's a circus. Before the war, there were no gymnasiums, there was no equipment like you have here. And the guys wanted to do sports of course, and they came up with the idea of doing exercises with Manu, doing lifts, it strengthened them. They incorporated balances of pauses and it made some noise.
It's tiring. It's the shoulders that do the cardio work. It's cardio because there's a lot of energy involved. You have to lift the small mass. How are you? I'm doing well. Are you still working on your heart, or not? Mountain biking every day. Ah yeah. So, the rope when I can't ride my bike. How long does VT take? 1 hour 3/4. Mountain biking, huh? Yeah, yes, of course, it's not flat terrain. We are from the Massif Central, the Hauteoire, it goes up, it goes down and if you don't want to cycle for 20 minutes, half an hour on the rope
and swimming 80 lengths so it pumps and then when you do these exercises, you do cardio, you do your push-ups, you do your pull-ups, you do all kinds of exercises and the other one remains a rhythm. At what pace do you train? Almost every day. 2 to 2.5 hours of physical training. I'm incorporating some dumbbells, but I'm taking it easy, okay? I'm taking my time. I'm not running. Between each set, I do abs, I recover and I do circuit training on the pull-up bar, on the floor, all that. In the afternoon, a little snack, a little nap, except in winter, the days are too short. Mountain biking 1h31 and on Sunday morning, swimming pool 80 length 2 km. And when it's summer, we go to the swimming pool in Retournac, the diving boards,
diving was my passion too. Diving, cardio and weight training every day. Ah yeah, it's a need. You eat, you drink, you sleep every day and that's part of life. You must be around 26 or 27 years old. I was starting to do a little bit of acrobatics, very nice, I was starting to get a little bit thicker. You, your arms, your arms had started to progress a little bit. I started doing biceps curls on the pull-up bar. Very good pecs or pecs well. Oh dear. Triceps. Yeah, yeah. It was with wooden parallel bars. I'm going to do it wrapped up and then I'll start.
Impressive. That's all. That's crazy. That's a roll. Top. Gorgeous. Come on, come on. Tuas tu as tu l'as tu as double. What do you eat for breakfast? Rusks, milk, Nesquik, honey and butter. No egg? No, it won't work. Do you eat dietary protein? Chicken, turkey, fish? I eat meat when my son invites me. That means you don't necessarily eat protein in your daily life. Lots of milk. Guigose is powdered milk. Yeah, in the baby stuff, it does indeed say whey. There's a way inside, cashew nuts. There's quite a bit of protein.
However, there are calories. There are lipids. I love nuts. Not too much almonds and chocolate, one bar a day. Milk chocolate. Don't tell them that. They're going to phase a bar of Milco chocolate and months, that's not enough. I make one and a half tablets a day. In the evening, a soup, two yogurts, two chocolate bars. It's all evening. But I'll have a snack. What are you having for your afternoon snack? You gigos chocolate the apple compote. Dates for a snack. When I come back from cycling to load up a bit. Yeah. You have a very, very high carbohydrate diet, you eat a lot of it, but then you burn it all off, you burn everything.
At one point I was consuming 6400 calories a day. That's huge. That's a lot. When I was a kid, I must not have been hyperactive because all I did was run around. Very active sugar, sugar, half a bar at snack time, at 4 o'clock my mom would scold me. I ate half of a 250g block of butter. I ate half of it with butter on a baguette. I wasn't thick, I was a wire, and so thin that I eliminated. I have a fast metabolism and as I've gotten older, it's slowed down to 6000 calories now. I had 27 implants. How much did you weigh there? 70 72 and you measure, we didn't say that you 1 70 and there it's a period where and I went back down in weight. At that point I was fully immersed in acrobatics and weight training was also 1 to 2 hours.
Yeah 1 2 3 ti look from behind the backs. Normally it's not bad, but I don't go very high, you know. Wow, that's magnificent. But they are stiff. So when I work a little. I can no longer go all the way down and back up. He wants more. Don't bother with long runs, they hurt me less. Hop there, the original Tortank. Master Roshi, he 's here! Dragon Ball Z, I have them all. Did you drink alcohol or not, either at your local bar or on Saturday? Yes. Your whole life? No, I started there, I started, that's often how the game ends. I started drinking beer at 25. I thought it was good. I poured a little more beer. And do you still drink alcohol today or not? At what age did you stop drinking alcohol? 15-20 years ago.
And no, not today, no more alcohol today. Oh, if there's a beer, I'll drink it. Did you smoke or not? On Saturday, I had 2 grams. A small cup, I probably shouldn't have said it. No but in fact you are showing that one can be in good health at 69 almost 70 years old by having a lifestyle well by eating chocolate, drinking a few beers, smoking from time to time. You can enjoy life but at the same time train and stay in shape. How old were you then? 29 years old. I was really starting to want to gain mass. Oh, you look handsome there.
Not bad at all. How old is that? At 30-32 years old, I grew to 65 cm in thigh length using only squats and leg presses. But I didn't really like doing thigh exercises because afterwards I couldn't put on my socks and shoes anymore. What kind of exercise are you going to give us next? A core strengthening exercise. Core strengthening is part of all exercises. Even today, we can see your posture, you stand up straight. Sheathing. He mustn't touch his elbows, okay? The lower back muscles are toned, the back and triceps are impressive. And abs are the muscles of health. It's better to have good abs
than good pecs and good arms. Do you have children? Yes. Jean-Marc and Jean-Michell Spartiat. Do they play sports too, or not? They were very small, they saw me in the living room, I was doing push-ups, I was doing balances, I was doing stretches and watching me. They did the same thing. Jean-Marc, they didn't know how to walk and I was balancing like that. Jean-Michel was harder, he played a lot on the console, he would get frustrated. I'm doing this, it's not good for my health. Be careful when you relive all of this. I do this when you have a game, you missed it, you know what you do? You're going to do sets of push-ups for me. So I was going about my daily routine in the
house, I would already have been in a catastrophic state doing his homework, he lost all the time, once I swear it's true. He made me do 300 push-ups, I don't have any. And here's my Jean-Marc, who is much younger. Is that your son over there? No, yeah. in a swimming pool, splitting face down. Wow! Is this with your son? Yeah, that's my Jean-Marc. And here it's also in the room. And that's Denis Adas, who was competing in the French and European bodybuilding championships there. Ah yeah, yes, the shorts from back then in Rure and all that. You had thighs, he was enormous. Is that your son with you there?
How old were you then? 50 years old. We did some great things. Hey Jean-Marc, you're Jean-Michel's son. Yes, absolutely. Alright. How old are you? 34 years old. So, what exercise are you going to do with us together? So we're going to do the double plank with Dad. Oh yeah, that's incredible talent in the room. Wow, damn. I am shocked. Wow! Impressive! Wow! Are you in pain? No, honestly, I have arthritis in my spine. Their shoulders took a beating But in your daily life, do you experience pain or not? If I warm myself up properly, it'll be a breeze. Do
you have back pain when you walk, when you sit? If I've been in the vehicle for 8 hours, when I get out of the vehicle, ah, those first steps, you say "Oh, he's old!" After 5 minutes, there it is, it's starting up again. But even when she was young, she did that. But if you maintain the mechanics, you have to move. The body wants to move. These muscles weren't put there by chance. But what scares me a little is electric bikes, electric scooters, elevators, escalators. So, it's good for people who are disabled, but I've seen that there are now aids for walking. Basically, you put on a belt and it's a kind of exoskeleton. And actually, it tires you out more when you walk.
Muscle, muscle, it's atrophied. You were huge there. At that point, I must have weighed 78 kg. Yeah, for 1.70m. I managed to get up to 83 because I really attacked my thighs and that gave me glutes and that allowed me to go over 80. As for the weight, I'll leave that up to you. I left what was there. This is to see what happens. Although I'm still a bit sturdy. You saw the handle, it's good. There is comfort. Yeah. And you can go back, you can look for it far away. Yeah, he's cool, huh.
Ah yeah. Wow, it's great at 70 to 80. Even if you do next to nothing, it's still something. We should put gyms in the shelters. That's what I tell myself. You fall to the ground, you put down a chair, you get up. In fact, when people say bodybuilding, they think of aesthetics, beauty at 20 years old. But afterwards, we think about practicality, we think about autonomy, efficiency. Yeah. I'm sure that if people did a little more exercise than couch potato, he would be doing better. Yeah. I think, in fact, you have to move, you have to be, you have to use your body.
Muscles aren't there by chance. Whereas today, you see, in the jobs we do, we're sitting at the computer all the time and everything. Old-fashioned gyms. This is a room in Perpignan, it's at Bruno's place. Old-fashioned gyms like that are beautiful . That's not really done anymore, is it? Yeah. Well, there you have it, I 'm at 83 kg. My abs are a little less defined. Oh, that's too light. No, that's too much. I'm not being pretentious, but it was too lightweight. Oh dear, that backache! Ah, that's like armor for you. A bulletproof vest, that's the thing. Do you sleep well at night?
Yes, relatively good. How long do you sleep? 7 a.m. I go to bed late. I like watching the news. Min what? You go to bed at midnight. Half past midnight. I get up at 8:00 or 8:30. I love a nap, a quarter of an hour like that really perks you up. You did your sport, you ate, you digested. Oh, cycling is going to be tough. Fifteen minutes to recharge the battery. That unicycle is your son's. He propels the bike forward with his foot on the tire. He doesn't use the pedals while balancing on a single wheel. All four feet on the same pedals. And
watch out, he was shedding, he weighed 70 kg and I never put his foot on the ground. You've used your body all your life. Actually, I've always been a clown. They'll all say you're stuffed like a skunk when it's a life of work. Do you know what needs to be done? Yeah, we ca n't give up, we have to keep going. That makes your back so broad. That's a question everyone is asking. Have you remained natural your whole life? I have n't touched the product my whole life You have an incredible physique and of course there are a lot of people in the comments who are going to say "No, he took steroids when he was younger. Now they take TRT."
I was involved in bodybuilding from afar, but I was involved with it. The guys my age, they've all quit. Either they have gone to heaven, or they have health problems. And those who stopped, they have nothing left. You can't keep it. When the body is used to having external hormones, your internal hormones work more. Yeah, that's over. It atrophies. So if at 69 I can still modestly do what I do, I have had bad experiences from those around me. I have guys who were natural, they wanted to take it to the next level, they tried products, fevers, emergencies, liver problems and everything. I don't know how those guys know in there. Then the guys who weren't too malicious would take veterinary products.
Ah, of course. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. Veterinary products for calves, for cattle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were told "You take this dose" but they were putting this in. There are many pan products that are derived precisely from the veterinary animal industry and everything was less dry. By then I had lost weight again. Yes. So I had stopped doing thigh exercises and then it was the holidays. You see, I was n't waxed. Yeah, it stands out less. It really helps to build big triceps. It will look better on the left side. Yeah. You can really feel that you have a muscular maturity there, 69 years old, improved like fine wine. Like a good Bordeaux.
Exactly. Bodybuilding is like wine. What time is your appointment 7 p.m. Not soup, a spanking, a sup, and off to bed. When I was young, you used to say "a pipe in bed". Oh, there's no age limit. That's Ah, I'm impressed, aren't I? Honestly, well done, huh. Do you think so? Ah, of course. I think I'm only half-erect Was there a period in your life when you did absolutely no sport? No. When were you injured? I had peritonitis for 2 months, I could n't do any abdominal exercises. But you were doing something else?
I was doing something else. I had an accident. I fell off a roof, so I had to have a cast on my leg. So, I had the arm, the cast, all that. I was going to physiotherapy. He told me, "Yeah, he said, 'You're a guy who works out.'" He told me, "You see, for 2 or 3 months you won't do any weight training because otherwise you won't regain your range of motion, and then I have physiotherapy every week and then from one week to the next." He said to me, "Have you started weight training again?" I say "No, no". But he said, "No, he said to me, ' Who do you think I am?' He stopped his nonsense. One week you gained 2 cm, motorcycle accident, detached retina.
I was in bed for a day, I wasn't supposed to move. And I was fine in my bed. There was something to get up with, I did bicep curls, I wasn't supposed to move because of the detached retina. And when there was no one there, clack, my forearms. Now, I'm over 50. Now, now, I must be 54. I don't even know if I'm not 58. Now, I have my little wooden things to make my. to make. Yeah. To make my boards. It's the same photo. It's. it's at the same time. Whoa! Yeah. Sport has really been a part of your life. An inseparable element. Oh my god, in the mirror it's huge in the mirror. Oh yeah, even he can't come back Ah I've got the log, the guy's almost 70. Do you know how to contract your abs There's no need to contract them.
It's a magnificent room. When I sleep, they're like this. You weigh yourself every day. Oh yeah. Morning and evening. Ah, okay. And I don't count calories. It's too complicated. P, weighing pasta is horrible. I did it. And so, it allows you to adjust in the morning, I'm on the cotton, I'm going to let loose. I had a big workout, I'm letting loose, cookies, pastries, I slowed down a little because there are so many added products and with the scale, you save a ton of time. In the morning, you weigh yourself, ah, I've gained 200g, 300g. If you put on 1kg, 2kg for the holidays, you manage it so easily. But on the other hand, if you don't weigh yourself, you gain 5kg when you come back from the holidays. You have 5 kg to
lose. But there are times when you let yourself go, you know. There are times, birthdays, holidays, we don't count the cost. Me, I have to go from 70 kg to 70,500, I cut back a bit on sugar, a little less chocolate. And when I'm at 69,500,600, I have some extra, I snack on anything and boost my metabolism, I keep the engine running. Do you have any advice for the young people watching us who have trouble getting into sports? What would you like to tell these young people? I say that at 20, at 15, at 20, you don't need to do sports. But at 40, they've kept the same lifestyle they had at 50 or 60.
What are your friends your age like? They've got it made. Oh yeah, they go to the club, they play pétanque, hit the Beer, they're sedentary, it's normal. And with work, they don't have the time. No, you know what? Sport isn't about being embarrassed, it's about, you know, what makes the difference, it's your mind, it's your brain. You go into bodybuilding like you go into religion. It's a calling, but it's a philosophy of life. If I do n't do a day of sport, I don't feel well. Oh yeah, same here. I don't feel well. I'm at sea and I'm restless, I'm moving around, and as soon as there's no one around, I'll get down on all fours anywhere. Me, I'll do my push-ups Yeah, you need to release all that excess energy.
I need to expend energy, I need to let off steam. And then when you 're done, you take a shower. You get the endorphins. It's this whole lifestyle you've had your whole life that makes you who you are today Well, you're fit and healthy, and you've found a good balance. It's important to do strength training to age healthily, right? Here we have a really typical case: good beach fitness. And it's true for your health too, for the beach. For the ladies. Everyone understands the importance of strength training, it's essential. It maintains everything. I'm sure it makes you smarter when you want to progress. If you don't have intelligence beyond just using products, how do you expect to progress? When you
talk to me, you see, you're almost 70, you're quick-witted Yeah, you're sharp. Yeah. And that's what sport is all about. Just like with muscles, it's important to have protein. That's the Nutrition brand we launched. Great. There, you have peanuts, dark chocolate. You know, the 20% protein chocolate, we have it on the website and we also have it in Carrefour stores Crossroads in the intermediate field to maintain muscle mass. Oh, the little bit of mass. A real pleasure to meet you. Take care. Love and protein. Thank you very much. பண்ண
