73-Year-Old Does Splits, Confuses Age Doctors and TikTok Yoga Gurus

KEY POINTS

•Victor Chan, 73, has worked since 1978 at a military training facility and currently supervises a pool in Singapore.
•Despite facing serious back issues at 50, he recovered through physiotherapy, stretching, and daily 20,000 steps walks.
•He joined Team Strong Silvers in 2016 and encourages healthy aging via exercise, diet, and social connection.

Meet Victor Chan, a 73-year-old Singaporean pool supervisor who out-flexes most people half his age — and possibly none their age. Back in the '70s, he swapped a bodybuilding beach posse for military training jobs starting 1978 and made ultramarathons and Ironman races look like casual fun runs. At 50, with his spine whispering 'why tho,' Victor got hit by intervertebral disc degeneration, yet danced right back with stretching, planking, and headstands—mostly guided by YouTube and gently dissed by his wife as 'crazy.' He walks 20,000 steps daily (pool laps > public transport), nourishes on basmati rice and veggies cooked by his health-conscious wife (much to kids' dismay), and leads Singapore’s 'Team Strong Silvers,' inspiring older adults to get off the couch—preferably into splits.