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PAiN
04-03-2014, 01:05 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JD7nr2Vt0Q


If you ever wanted real-world proof that age is nothing but a number, you've found it. Meet Ernestine Shepherd. With her flat stomach, toned arms and excellent health, you'd never guess that this female bodybuilder is in her late 70s. But she is -- 77, to be exact.

As impressive as her physique is, one of the most incredible parts of Shepherd's story is that she didn't even start working out until she was 56.

Shepherd and her sister, Mildred Blackwell, decided to get fit after they tried on swimsuits and weren't happy with what they saw in the mirror. The sisters set their sights on becoming two of the oldest female bodybuilders. However, after Mildred died, the devastated Shepherd ended up with high blood pressure, panic attacks, acid reflux and depression. Then, Shepherd says her sister appeared to her in a dream, urging her to follow through with the bodybuilding dream they had conceived together.

Shepherd did, and was declared the World's Oldest Performing Female Bodybuilder by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010. (Edith Wilma Conner now holds the title.)

Since then, Shepherd says her health had dramatically improved. "I do the same thing day in and day out," she says on an episode of "Oprah Prime" that also featured Sharon Stone. "No high blood pressure medicine. No medicine for panic attacks. No medicine for acid reflux. By me out running and walking, the depression and anxiety just left me."

Part of Shepherd's everyday routine includes waking up at 2:30 a.m. and reading devotions from her Bible. In addition to running and working out, she eats 10 egg whites (scrambled) along with a handful of walnuts and drinks 16 ounces of water. She also teaches classes at her Maryland gym, Energy Fitness.

"I started my class with 10 people in the class. That class has grown -- some mornings everybody can't get in the room," Shepherd says.

For her students, Shepherd encourages exercise in any shape or form. "Not everybody wants to be a bodybuilder. Not everybody wants to be a runner," she explains. "But find what you like to do. I say to my senior ladies -- and the men -- 'Don't forget: Age is nothing but a number and you can get fit.'"

In the video above, Shepherd also shares the age-defying mantra that helps keep her motivated.

"Oprah Prime" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on OWN.



The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Shepherd





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na6yl8yIZUI

slash75cmd
04-03-2014, 01:27 AM
Pain, you sure do know how to kill someone's excuse for not going to the gym. Very inspirational!

fpvboss335
04-03-2014, 11:12 AM
The most amazing video I have ever seen
Thanks pain
I loved it
It just shows your never too old to train

toppjimie
04-04-2014, 06:34 PM
WoW,she makes ME look bad and shes 20 years older.pretty cool..

Cummins
04-06-2014, 08:50 PM
Great post. Damn, she looks good and appears to be in her 40's. Wonder if she's doin' any Green Tops?

quinn14
04-12-2014, 02:29 AM
That was great.

Maddies girl
07-09-2014, 09:49 PM
She is a great inspiration for anyone looking forward to more in their lives than Bridge and Bingo. Don't get this post wrong, both games can be fun, but lack in the movement department.

She looks fabulous!!!

hockeytownpump
12-31-2015, 03:25 PM
Excellent motivation pain thanks