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Exercise and Fitness

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pacalo

(24,739 posts)
Thu May 17, 2012, 10:54 AM May 2012

73-Year-Old Woman With a 20-Year-Old Body (w/video) [View all]

If you still doubt that exercise keeps you young, just look at Ernestine Shepherd, a 73-year-old bodybuilder from Baltimore, Maryland. I swear, that's a 24-inch waist and there's not an ounce of fat or sag anywhere on her.

And it's not just her six-pack abs, her perfectly sculpted back, or her powerhouse arms and legs, but her perfect skin, posture, and energy.

She wasn't always this way. She started working out at age 60. Now she runs 80 miles a week, bench-presses 150 pounds, does bicep curls with 20-pound dumbbells, and eats 1,700 calories a day of mostly vegetables and lean protein.

If this isn't inspiration to stay fit, I don't know what is.

http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/102346/73_year_old_woman_with



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I love this woman. noamnety May 2012 #1
This woman is truly inspiring! Having started weight lifting at 60, she shows us the pacalo May 2012 #2
wow silentwarrior May 2012 #3
There is always hope SW! AllyCat Jun 2012 #4
Thanks Allycat silentwarrior Jun 2012 #5
73-Year-Old Woman rozidays Jul 2012 #6
Spam deleted by cbayer (MIR Team) illyassc Nov 2012 #7
Inspiring to men too Smithfield Nov 2012 #8
I don't know her background other than what was provided in the video. pacalo Nov 2012 #9
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