$2,900,000,000 Worth Businessman Aims to Live Till 150 With His Unique Surfing Regimen

As the craze to stay healthy and live longer rocks the world, new regimes and gimmicks make it to the market every day. Celebrities, especially, are obsessed with staying as young as possible for as long as possible. The Virgin Group’s CEO, Richard Branson, is no different in this regard. Branson has always been privy to the value of sports and fitness.

The British entrepreneur, currently worth $2.9 billion, has amassed his wealth through the conglomerate of businesses under the Virgin Group. In addition to starting his own airline, with Alaska Air later acquired, Richard Branson’s enterprise currently heads more than 400 companies. But for the Brit businessman, his health is the most important asset that he owns.

Can Kite Surfing make one live to be 150?

Sir Richard Branson is in his early seventies, something you’d never guess by just looking at him. And despite being old enough to be considered a senior citizen, Branson has an epic workout routine that he religiously follows to maintain his health and fitness. Kite surfing forms a major part of the British magnate’s routine. According to MarketWatch, Richard Branson believes that kite surfing could be the key to unlocking the secrets of anti-aging.

Is it possible to live up to 150 years if one regularly indulges in kite surfing? There might not be professional research studies answering this question yet, but for Branson, the answer is in the affirmative. He says, “I just want to be sure that when I’m 150, my body still looks as good as it is today.” In fact, the billionaire loves the sport so much, that he once crossed the English channel while kite surfing. Now comes the question, is kite surfing healthy? If yes, what are its health benefits?

According to Infinity Sport Kite Surfing, the sport has immense benefits for one’s physical as well as mental health. Kite surfing is a great way to strengthen one’s abdominal area, which results in a physical improvement of the abductors, glutes, and legs too. This activity combines aerobics with resistance exercises, which contribute to the toning and strengthening of muscles. It seems like Branson might be onto something here.

What Richard Branson, and other CEOs, are doing to stay healthy

Branson runs a pretty tight ship when it comes to maintaining his fitness. According to his profile on the official “Virgin” website, he wakes up every day at 5:00 am, and the first agenda for his day is some exercise. He either plays a game of tennis, goes for a walk or a run, jumps on his bike, or if there’s enough wind, goes for a kitesurf. His passion for staying in shape is something that has inspired him to launch Virgin Sport, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group that is involved in organizing fitness festivals.

Branson is not the only one who has been bitten by the fitness bug, there are other CEOs who indulge in peculiar activities to stay young, alive, and kicking. Jack Dorsey, the Twitter co-founder, for example, likes to walk and alternates between ice baths and saunas. Martha Stewart, the lifestyle entrepreneur, swears by Pilates to stay in shape and drinks a glass of “green juice” every morning.

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While exercises and sports are plenty, Richard Branson’s choice seems to be a near-perfect one. Starting one’s day with a refreshing spray of the ocean and an enlivening gust of the wind is sure to keep up one’s spirits the entire day.

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