A very pleasant surprise

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LKArgh
LKArgh Posts: 5,179 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I walked into the gym today (local Planet Fitness actually) into the free weights section and this older woman was there. Older as in late 60s, very short and a bit overweight. What I would have classified as a typical "grandma". She was doing some basic arms and shoulders exercises with 5k dumbbells. And prejudiced me thought it was pretty good for someone her age. And then "grandma" moved to the bench and started loading the barbell, and loading... And then she bench pressed more than the average "big" guy at the gym can :)

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  • 10inprogress
    10inprogress Posts: 89 Member
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    Good for her! I want to be that woman someday. Thanks for giving me something to work toward.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
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    Haha thats so awesome
  • tiger400
    tiger400 Posts: 9 Member
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    All hail to her
  • rmitchell239
    rmitchell239 Posts: 125 Member
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    Love it. I walked into the gym about a month ago. Saw a guy that looked about 60, some what like Santa Claus. Put 315 on the bench, repped it 10x. Put 365 on the bench repped it 5x. Everyone's jaw dropped. It was too cool. That moment when you've been humbled? Yeah that's when grandpa reps 100 lbs over your max bench press.

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