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.


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Im 22 and she looks better than me...starting weight lifting tomorrow lol
That is awesome!!!
Very inspiring!
Wow!
She is a wonderful role model. I keep in shape now and could never imagine looking like her after 60, but snw I know that I can do it too at 72.
I saw her on the news a few years ago... she's amazing!
Genes are also a part of this. I know a family of aged females, who looked great. Body weight etc in proportion and healthy. They are 85, 97... Both have silver hair, but, they are fit as a fiddle. Not as curved as Ms Ernestine though... Who is?