60-year-old man turned into a jock in just a year (8 photos)

A 60-year-old resident of Leeds, UK, became a source inspiration for people half his age after just a year turned from an ordinary untrained man with a belly into a fit bodybuilder.





Looking at Steve Ramsden today, it's hard to believe that only a year ago he was an overweight diabetic with a high level of cholesterol. But this is just another proof that the right physical activity and dedication, backed by a balanced diet and a well-defined training plan can do for person.



Ramsden, Yorkshire Ambulance Paramedic, last Christmas weighed 100 kg and was taking cholesterol-lowering pills. Today he weighs 72 kg and looks like everyone goes to the gym day for at least several decades.



Steve's wake-up call came last year when his back caught while he was carrying a patient. After talking with family about his constant back pain, the man decided that he needed to sharply change his lifestyle, because he is not ready to crawl to the cemetery yet. To luckily for him, his son Dan has a gym and was able to guide the father on the right path to transformation.



“He was always quite a manly man, and then, I think, he lost his way and lost his confidence as he got older,” Dan said. - In our gym, he underwent an intensive 12-week training course and was very disciplined. He lost several tens of kilograms, and then gave up alcohol and unhealthy foods.”



"Age is just a number and changing my father's life was mine biggest achievement to date. It's really something special to me,” Dan added.



Steve himself is also very proud of his transformation. He no longer worries about diabetes, he is at an ideal weight for himself, which he has not had in all adulthood, and instead of a stomach, he now has abs. Steve drinks a lot less often than before, eats right and tries to maintain a balanced Lifestyle.



“I am taking people who are younger than me in an ambulance and they don’t so healthy because they don't take care of themselves, they don't think about themselves. Shedding extra pounds was a brilliant decision. I will improve not only your body, but also your mind,” says Steve Ramsden.