A 72-year-old Malaysian bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy believes that weightlifting and exercise can with fight covid-19.
Arokiasamy still pumps iron every day, and believes staying healthy with a vigorous routine is the best defence against the coronavirus.
He got into bodybuilding after dropping out of school. He went on to represent Malaysia in several editions of Mr Universe and won gold in the 1981 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.

A. Arokiasamy still pumps iron every day, and believes staying healthy with a vigorous routine is the best defence against the coronavirus. With his exercises he has proved that age is just a number.

VIDEO: Working out in his modest gym, 72-year-old Malaysian bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy still pumps iron every day, and believes staying healthy with a vigorous routine is the best defence against the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/I6UEVp0RBK

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