{"id":28687,"date":"2026-09-07T20:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=28687"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:08:11","slug":"paarls-douglas-green-strikes-silver-in-singapore-bodybuilding-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=28687","title":{"rendered":"Paarl\u2019s Douglas Green strikes silver in Singapore bodybuilding championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At 60, Paarl\u2019s Douglas Green is still turning heads on the bodybuilding stage \u2013 and he has the silver medal to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>Green powered his way to second place in the under-75kg masters category at the World Masters Bodybuilding Championship in Singapore, saying he was in better shape than many of the younger athletes in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEk het hulle net so dopgehou en gedink: Wow! Ek lyk dan beter as baie van die jong mense,\u201d he said. (<span>\u201cI watched them and thought: \u2018Wow! I look better than many of the younger athletes.&#8221;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The competition took place in Singapore on Sunday, where Uncle Douglas flexed his way to a silver medal for entrants under 75kg.<\/p>\n<p>He says athletics and fitness \u201cis in die Green-family bloodline\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started boxing at the age of 10 and won several Western Cape provincial awards. I also played some rugby and was part of Craven Week during my primary school days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><span>Green\u2019s simple formula for staying fit at 60<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>He also played for Paarl\u2019s Evergreens Rugby Club for a few years before starting his bodybuilding journey.<\/p>\n<p>But his entry into bodybuilding was almost by accident.<\/p>\n<p>He recalls walking into a bodybuilding competition at the Cape Town City Hall about 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to use the City Hall\u2019s toilet, not knowing that there was a bodybuilding competition taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says a man he came to know as Jason Kleinsmith looked at him and asked if he would be willing to partner with him for the competition.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI didn\u2019t know the man at all. I just wanted to know where the toilet was,\u201d Green said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him that bodybuilding was never something I had considered doing, but if he could give me a Speedo, I would join him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that is where it all started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And what a start it was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat day I won second place. I was very confident and I think it was the nippie gin I had earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For the past 20 years, Green has been part of the Western Province Natural Body Building Federation.<\/p>\n<p>He has competed in several bodybuilding competitions locally and abroad, but says this latest achievement is extra special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always landed in third or fourth place. This is the first time I came second.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGod willing, I hope to take first place next year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Green, there is \u201cno secret\u201d to how he remains in such good shape at 60.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI eat healthy. I gym five days a week. On Saturday mornings I do cardio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capeargus.co.za\/\"><strong>Cape Argus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/capeargus\/news\/2026-09-07-paarls-douglas-green-strikes-silver-in-singapore-bodybuilding-championship\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 60, Paarl\u2019s Douglas Green is still turning heads on the bodybuilding stage \u2013 and he has the silver medal to prove it. Green powered his way to second place in the under-75kg masters category at the World Masters Bodybuilding Championship in Singapore, saying he was in better shape than many of the younger athletes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paarl\u2019s Douglas Green strikes silver in Singapore bodybuilding championship - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=28687\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paarl\u2019s Douglas Green strikes silver in Singapore bodybuilding championship - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At 60, Paarl\u2019s Douglas Green is still turning heads on the bodybuilding stage \u2013 and he has the silver medal to prove it. 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