Current Events > Granny starts lifting at 71. Becomes fucking ripped.

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UnfairRepresent 08/02/21 1:08:41 PM #1:	Joan Macdonald has not always looked like a bodybuilder. At 71, she weighed 90kg (14st 4lb), and had rising blood pressure and kidney troubles. She was also on medication for cholesterol and acid reflux, and her doctor wanted to double the dose. Her daughter, Michelle, expressed Macdonalds dilemma bluntly. Youre going to end up like your mother did in a nursing home! she told Macdonald. And people are going to have to look after you. Do you want that? Of course I didnt want it, Macdonald says now. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Macdonalds thoughts swirled for two weeks. She thought: I want to earn Michelles respect. I mean, she loves me, but you can love a person without even liking them. She left her home in Ontario, Canada, to join Michelle and her husband, both fitness coaches, in Tulum, Mexico. Macdonald learned to make protein shakes. She visited the gym. She followed Michelles workout programme, using the machines, then light weights 2.5lb (1kg) working up to heavier ones. She mimes raising a barbell and lowering it behind her head. She can do this with 25lb (11kg). Wow! Your back! people in the gym told her. Its so defined! They took photos. Im going: Wooh!That looks pretty good! Ive got some muscles here. Within nine months, she was off all medication. There is a misconception that people over 65 cannot produce hypertrophy [growth] of the muscle, says Mark Peterson, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan. Muscle is a tissue that can adapt with stimulus. The key is to check with a doctor first, and start slowly. On Instagram, Macdonald posts photos of herself in sports tops, or jumping waves in beachwear. She has 1.4m followers and a partnership with the retailer Womens Best. I have a tendency to do things that anyone else would say: Oh my God! Whats she doing now? Macdonald celebrated her 75th birthday this year by zip lining. She has always liked a challenge, always liked building something. In DIY projects, her husband is supervisor and Macdonald dogsbody. But now, she says: Im building me instead. Macdonald has lived a lot of her adult life in a medicated body with a variable weight. So why was she able to make the change at 71? I think Id met a new low in my life. Id maybe touched bottom. I was busy with my family. You forget about yourself. I wish Id known what I know now. I would have been a healthier me most of my life Youre fighting yourself really, because youre constantly in this yo-yo state. She sounds as if she is holding back tears when she says: I dont want to go back to what I was. She is 90% secure that she wont.My body is where it wants to be. Of course, there is an emotional adjustment to fitting a new physical form. She is more outgoing, happier, less angry. I still have to come to terms with myself, that I have changed that much. People say: Gotta learn to love yourself! When you first start out, you go: Whats there to love? Thats how I felt. But I can look in the mirror now and not turn my head. Does Macdonald feel compassion for her old self? Some, she says. But it was unnecessary to go this whole route before I finally coined on to you can change. I cant help thinking that her desire for a transformation started long before she was 71. In my teens, in high school, thats when I started to struggle with weight. I thought I was really dumpy and fat, and yet I knew I wore clothes smaller than some of my friends who put me down, she says. Why did decades pass before she found what she needed to take her younger self in hand? It took that many years to wake up, she says. Fifty-five years! But maybe there is equilibrium in the way she came to these changes late. As a girl, she says, she had an uneasy body image because my development was really early. I resented losing my childhood. At 10 years old, you dont want to not be a child any more. As a mature woman, she is powering her own rejuvenation. People need to know, especially women, that you are not finished at 40, definitely not finished at 50 or 60 or 70. You can go on and on until the day there is no more, she says. And you should be able to do it with pizzazz. It's never too late CE. --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:956702785] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>Joan Macdonald has not always looked like a bodybuilder. At 71, she weighed 90kg (14st 4lb), and had rising blood pressure and kidney troubles. She was also on medication for cholesterol and acid reflux, and her doctor wanted to double the dose. Her daughter, Michelle, expressed Macdonalds dilemma bluntly. Youre going to end up like your mother did in a nursing home! she told Macdonald. And people are going to have to look after you. Do you want that? Of course I didnt want it, Macdonald says now. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Macdonalds thoughts swirled for two weeks. She thought: I want to earn Michelles respect. I mean, she loves me, but you can love a person without even liking them. She left her home in Ontario, Canada, to join Michelle and her husband, both fitness coaches, in Tulum, Mexico. Macdonald learned to make protein shakes. She visited the gym. She followed Michelles workout programme, using the machines, then light weights 2.5lb (1kg) working up to heavier ones. She mimes raising a barbell and lowering it behind her head. She can do this with 25lb (11kg). Wow! Your back! people in the gym told her. Its so defined! They took photos. Im going: Wooh!That looks pretty good! Ive got some muscles here. Within nine months, she was off all medication. There is a misconception that people over 65 cannot produce hypertrophy [growth] of the muscle, says Mark Peterson, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan. Muscle is a tissue that can adapt with stimulus. The key is to check with a doctor first, and start slowly. On Instagram, Macdonald posts photos of herself in sports tops, or jumping waves in beachwear. She has 1.4m followers and a partnership with the retailer Womens Best. I have a tendency to do things that anyone else would say: Oh my God! Whats she doing now? Macdonald celebrated her 75th birthday this year by zip lining. She has always liked a challenge, always liked building something. In DIY projects, her husband is supervisor and Macdonald dogsbody. But now, she says: Im building me instead. Macdonald has lived a lot of her adult life in a medicated body with a variable weight. So why was she able to make the change at 71? I think Id met a new low in my life. Id maybe touched bottom. I was busy with my family. You forget about yourself. I wish Id known what I know now. I would have been a healthier me most of my life Youre fighting yourself really, because youre constantly in this yo-yo state. She sounds as if she is holding back tears when she says: I dont want to go back to what I was. She is 90% secure that she wont.My body is where it wants to be. Of course, there is an emotional adjustment to fitting a new physical form. She is more outgoing, happier, less angry. I still have to come to terms with myself, that I have changed that much. People say: Gotta learn to love yourself! When you first start out, you go: Whats there to love? Thats how I felt. But I can look in the mirror now and not turn my head. Does Macdonald feel compassion for her old self? Some, she says. But it was unnecessary to go this whole route before I finally coined on to you can change. I cant help thinking that her desire for a transformation started long before she was 71. In my teens, in high school, thats when I started to struggle with weight. I thought I was really dumpy and fat, and yet I knew I wore clothes smaller than some of my friends who put me down, she says. Why did decades pass before she found what she needed to take her younger self in hand? It took that many years to wake up, she says. Fifty-five years! But maybe there is equilibrium in the way she came to these changes late. As a girl, she says, she had an uneasy body image because my development was really early. I resented losing my childhood. At 10 years old, you dont want to not be a child any more. As a mature woman, she is powering her own rejuvenation. People need to know, especially women, that you are not finished at 40, definitely not finished at 50 or 60 or 70. You can go on and on until the day there is no more, she says. And you should be able to do it with pizzazz. It's never too late CE. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dj1200 08/02/21 1:09:33 PM #2:	Damn. Bigger arms than me and shes a grandma. --- "It was so ridiculous and I have so many feelings about it." -Virtual Energies <cite>dj1200 posted [p:956702822] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>Damn. Bigger arms than me and shes a grandma. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 08/03/21 5:04:38 AM #3:	dj1200 posted... Damn. Bigger arms than me and shes a grandma. Nanomachines sonny --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:956726971] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>dj1200 posted... </cite> <quote>Damn. Bigger arms than me and shes a grandma.</quote>Nanomachines sonny </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 08/03/21 5:13:25 AM #4:	granny about to whoop your ass if you refuse her cookies! <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:956727047] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>granny about to whoop your ass if you refuse her cookies! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 08/03/21 5:57:09 PM #5:	ZevLoveDOOM posted... granny about to whoop your ass if you refuse her cookies! And she makes you do 20 push ups per cookie --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:956746042] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>ZevLoveDOOM posted... </cite> <quote>granny about to whoop your ass if you refuse her cookies!</quote>And she makes you do 20 push ups per cookie </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 08/03/21 6:02:47 PM #6:	I bet she bakes protein cookies --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg https://imgur.com/8kjZU <cite>eston posted [p:956746206] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>I bet she bakes protein cookies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kingbuffet 08/03/21 6:03:37 PM #7:	Bruh she got more muscle than half yall <cite>Kingbuffet posted [p:956746228] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>Bruh she got more muscle than half yall </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 08/03/21 6:04:29 PM #8:	Granny is juicing --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:956746255] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>Granny is juicing </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BloodMoon7 08/03/21 6:06:06 PM #9:	Eww --- My maid will hear about this. <cite>BloodMoon7 posted [p:956746295] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>Eww </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KingWhiteKnight 08/03/21 6:08:44 PM #11:	Clean eating and consistent exercise make you healthier, not steroids. Good for her though. <cite>KingWhiteKnight posted [p:956746395] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>Clean eating and consistent exercise make you healthier, not steroids. Good for her though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vermander 08/03/21 6:11:41 PM #12:	Lets be honest, shes probably juicing if she made any progress at that age. --- Nintendo Switch FC: SW-0807-8653-6885 "Blue has the most anti-oxygens." <cite>Vermander posted [p:956746471] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>Lets be honest, shes probably juicing if she made any progress at that age.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 08/03/21 6:16:26 PM #13:	She my type --- i9 9900k \| RTX 2080ti FE \|Aorus Master Z390 \| 2 TB 850 EVO + 1tb 970 EVO\| DDR4 32 gig 3200 RAM \| EVGA T2 1000W https://valid.x86.fr/w0rvt0 <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:956746584] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>She my type </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fhqwhgads 08/03/21 6:27:23 PM #14:	I like that shirt --- Everybody to the Limit you can't bxzwlads the fhqwhgads~spudger <cite>fhqwhgads posted [p:956746919] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>I like that shirt </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snip-N-Snails 08/06/21 11:01:57 AM #17:	https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/24/us/82-year-old-bodybuilder-grandma-intruder-trnd/index.html --- #BLM <cite>Snip-N-Snails posted [p:956831393] in Granny sta... [t:79595051]...</cite> <quote>https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/24/us/82-year-old-bodybuilder-grandma-intruder-trnd/index.html </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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