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It may be, and became a grandmother, but do not you dare call her old. Seventy four-Ernestine Shepherd Baltimore entered into a worldwide Book of Records 2012 as the most elderly woman bodybuilder in the world.
In an interview with the Washington Post, she said: "What is age? It's just some kind of number. " Ms. Shepard boasts a magnificent press, which is a credit to its fitness center in Baltimore.

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1. Semidesyatichetyrehletnyaya bodybuilders Ernestine Shepherd.

Her husband, the marriage has lasted for fifty-four years, Colleen Shepard says that he has a lot of problems in order to discourage spouses from interested male fans. Chet Shepard lives in Baltimore with his pyatidesyatitrehletnim son and grandson of fourteen. Ms. Shepard teaches fitness. In an interview with the Washington Post, she said: "If you try something to teach people, you have to teach them by example." It also conducts training with pyatidesyatisemiletnim Shamburgerom Yoni, the former "Mr. Universe", which won the gold medal in bodybuilding at the Pan American Games in 1995.





Mr. Shamburger says that the physical form of Ernestina causes surrounding white envy. "You are the champion," he said to Mrs. Shepard when they first began their grueling training. "I will educate you on the basis of this." Ms. Shepard wakes up at three in the morning every day to meditate, and then jog in a local park. Before dinner, she runs over a distance of ten miles. She eats only plain brown rice, soft chicken breast and vegetables, washed down with all this glass of raw egg protein three times a day. She assures journalists that she and the desire arises to eat candy or something like that. Ms. Shepherd has appeared in the pages of 'Today', 'The Mo'Nique Show' and 'Essence'.

2. Ms. Shepard runs ten miles a day, trains and adheres to a diet. She also teaches fitness and acts as bodybuilders. She won two titles and has run nine marathons.



3. Ernestine Shepherd is married to Colin Shepard for the past fifty-four years. He meekly prepares meals and does all her errands, so she freed time for training.



4. First prize: Ms. Shepard shows off the trophy, which she won in a bodybuilding contest.



5. Coach: Ernestine Shepherd is also conducting training with pyatidesyatisemiletnim Shamburgerom Yoni, the former "Mr. Universe", which won the gold medal in bodybuilding at the Pan American Games.



6. Raw egg whites: Ms. Shepard drinks a glass of raw egg whites or three times a day. She does not use steroids and prefer natural foods.

On the "Mo'Nique Show" she told the audience how they can get fit, "Because we are determined, we are dedicated and disciplined. You can. Can you do it ". Over the past eighteen years, Ms. Shepard has participated in nine marathons and won two bodybuilding competition. But it has not always been in such an amazing way. Ms. Shepard said in an interview with the Washington Post, that up to fifty-six years, she was a "fat cow", and then she and her older sister, Mildred, found that the rapidly aging. The sisters began with access to a local gym. The achieved results they liked, and they continued to practice and won several competitions. After Mildred died suddenly from an aneurysm, Mrs. Shepard felt completely devastated. With grief she helped manage only a promise that she gave her older sister.



7. Title: Over the past 18 years, Ms. Shepard getting through participation in nine marathons and won two bodybuilding contest. It does so partly in memory of his older sister Mildred.



8. Teacher: Mrs. Shepard leads fitness classes at his church and community center.



9. Inspiration: Ms. Shepard runs 10 miles a day, and inspires others by example.



10. In training: Ms. Shepard says older people are not afraid of strength training.



11. Ms. Shepard says that her training and diet to help her remember Mildred.

Their younger sister Bernice, the school director, says: "Every time you think of something you can not do, you just go and do it without thinking."



12. When people say to Mrs. Shepard that she was destined to die very soon, she said: "We are all going to die. But yet I am alive, and only depends on me my quality of life. "



13. In the mobile phone ring tone is her theme song from the movie "Rocky"



14. She said that Sylvester Stallone is her idol. Not quite a typical grandmother, is not it?



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