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Richard Branson Proves He's Got Pretty Good Guns For A 69-Year-Old With New Video

The business mogul might be getting on, but he can still hold his own in the gym - by Alex Pierotti
  • 04 Oct 2019
Richard Branson Proves He's Got Pretty Good Guns For A 69-Year-Old With New Video

At 69-years of age, Billionaire Richard Branson could be forgiven for wanting to take it easy. But when Will Smith calls you out, you don't really have a choice but to respond. Taking to Instagram, the Virgin Active founder showed he's still got it. 

Watch his effort below.

"When @willsmith challenged me to get active, I pretended to do some pull ups," Branson wrote to his followers.

"But this time I did it for real - here’s the proof. I got to six pull ups before the @strivechallenge, now I’m up to 10, aiming to get to 20 this Autumn"

Fans were quick to get around him for his efforts: Bear Grylls congratulated him on his feat while the comment section was flooded with messages of support from followers. 

It's no secret Branson does his bit to stay in shape.

“I get up at 6 in the morning and play a hard game of singles tennis with somebody better than myself,” Branson told Men's Health last year.

“Then if the wind is up I’ll go kitesurfing and I’m just beginning to do a little bit of weight training to strengthen a body that’s getting on a bit in age.”

If he's busy juggling multiple businesses and can still find time to exercise, i'm sure you have a spare 45 mins.

So where does Will Smith fit into this?

Virgin Sport has partnered with JUST Goods, a company founded by Will Smith's son Jaden, ahead of the Strive Challenge. Their goal is to eliminate 19,000 single-use plastic bottles from the event. 

In the end, they managed to remove an additional 40,000 plastic bottles from the route, replacing them with fully recyclable paper cups. 

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Alex Pierotti is the Digital Content Editor for Men's Health Australia, with experience reporting on health, fitness and sport. With a Journalism degree from UNSW under his belt, he got his start working in TV, working on the live broadcast of the Intrust Super Shute Shield on 7TWO before making the switch to print and digital at Pacific Magazines.

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