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Inspiration Lady!

sitstaygimmeeakiss
sitstaygimmeeakiss Posts: 130 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
My oldest daughter sent me a link to a video about this totally amazing woman. Her name is Ernestine Shepard, who, at 74, is a body builder and has the looks that many in their 20's would envy!! Whenever I see people like that, I say, yeah, but they've been doing that all their lives - how does that help me, the Queen of the Couch Potatoes (now 58)?

Well, this woman started at 56!! I don't know if it's possible to put links in so they are clickable, but for now, just copy & paste - or do a search w/her name. She is very inspiring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6az9Kb0B-I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUV_bFP3JL8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chv-1A43AZU&feature=related

Instead of feeling defeated, esp. with this website, I now feel as though I am on my way!!

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  • blondie76
    blondie76 Posts: 552 Member
    OMG she is amazing!!!
  • LillysGranny
    LillysGranny Posts: 431
    bump
  • FaithandFitness
    FaithandFitness Posts: 653 Member
    I love it, thanks for posting!
  • Packerfan23
    Packerfan23 Posts: 225 Member
    bump
  • thetigerzeye
    thetigerzeye Posts: 81 Member
    Amazing! If she can do it, anyone can! She came in FIRST place in a ody uidling competition and no one was even near her age! That's crazy awesome!
  • sitstaygimmeeakiss
    sitstaygimmeeakiss Posts: 130 Member
    I shed a few tears when I read about how she started - she & her sister were shocked at how bad they looked when they went shopping for bathing suits, so they decided to start on a plan to go to the gym & change the way they were eating. But a short time later her sister had a brain aneurysm & died! She, of course, got depressed - and didn't return to the gym until some friends reminded her that her sister in no way would be pleased with that.

    She returned, & decided to reach the goal that the two of them planned on. She dedicated her journey to her sister - and now helps other seniors, too.

    Amazing woman.
  • noelle1111
    noelle1111 Posts: 1 Member
    10 miles a day!!! That's nuts. And I almost died at the end of the video when she posed with her husband in the red outfit. Nothing to hide. :-O
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