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“He picked the wrong house to break into”: 82-year-old bodybuilding grandma beats home intruder

<p><span>An 82-year-old award-winning female bodybuilder turned the table – literally – on a home intruder as she fought and dragged the unwelcome guest out of her property.</span></p> <p><span>Retired social worker Willie Murphy said she was getting ready for bed Thursday night at her home in Rochester, New York when a man pounded on her door, asking her to call an ambulance for him, <em><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/24/us/82-year-old-bodybuilder-grandma-intruder-trnd/index.html">WHAM</a> </em>reported.</span></p> <p><span>Murphy said the man broke through the door when she wouldn’t let him in her house.</span></p> <p><span>“It’s kind of semi-dark and I’m alone, and I’m old. But guess what, I’m tough,” said Murphy, who won a weightlifting competition earlier this year. “He picked the wrong house to break into.”</span></p> <p><span>Murphy said she used various household items to attack the intruder, starting with her table.</span></p> <p><span>“I took that table and I went to working on him, and guess what? The table broke,” she said, adding that she used the metal table legs to keep hitting the man afterwards.</span></p> <p><span>She said she also used a bottle of baby shampoo and a broom to attack the man before dragging the man out of the house.</span></p> <p><span>“He wants to get the heck out of there. And I’m trying to help him get out of the house, but he’s too heavy. I can’t move him. He’s dead weight.”</span></p> <p><span>When police officers arrived a few minutes later, the intruder was apprehended.</span></p> <p><span>“He’s laying down already because I had really did a number on that man. I’m serious. I think he was happy when he went in the ambulance,” Murphy said.</span></p> <p><span>“The officers that came wanted to go on my front porch and take selfies with me.”</span></p> <p>Murphy has made headlines before for her record-setting participation in the World Natural Powerlifting Federation. Speaking to the American <em><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/a-drunk-man-broke-into-her-house-this-82-year-old-bodybuilder-did-a-number-on-him-she-says/ar-BBXjW6M?li=BBU4PL8">Today</a> </em>show, she said she began powerlifting in her mid-70s to stay healthy and fit.</p>

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Meet the lookalike Aussie who is set to play Arnold Schwarzenegger

<p>Calum von Moger has landed the role of Arnold Schwarzenegger in <em>Bigger</em>, a movie about bodybuilding, according to reports.</p> <p>The Australian bodybuilder is a previous Mr Universe winner and has been nicknamed “Schwarzenegger 2.0” due to his striking resemblance to the iconic star.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="499" height="245" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/44437/2_499x245.jpg" alt="2 (28)"/></p> <p>While Calum certainly looks similar to a young Arnold, he will have to prove if he can also carve a career in Hollywood through his acting performance.</p> <p><em>Bigger</em> follows the story of bodybuilding pioneers Joe and Ben Weider. The brothers created the Mr Olympia contest and were the ones who discovered Schwarzenegger and encouraged him to move to the United States from Austria.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BaDnuK6gy_d/" target="_blank">Training for something different. Who can guess what? Tank top: @teamvonmoger</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by CALUM VON MOGER 🇦🇺 (@calumvonmoger) on Oct 9, 2017 at 10:57pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The film is currently shooting in Alabama and is directed by George Gallo.</p> <p>Actors Tyler Hoechlin and Colton Haynes, former <em>Teen Wolf</em> stars, will also appear in the film.</p> <p>Do you think Aussie Calum von Moger resembles Arnold Schwarzenegger? Let us know in the comments below. </p>

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74-year-old bodybuilder

<p>74-year-old Janice Lorraine is a bodybuilder is who breaking age stereotypes.</p> <p>Janice has recently competed at the 2017 iCompete Natural (ICN) bodybuilding NSW titles in the 50-plus and 70-plus categories.</p> <p>When Janice retired at 55 she started taking her gym workouts seriously and searching for a new focus instead of work.</p> <p>"I go to the gym three days a week. I walk eight kilometres, I do push-ups, 30 push-ups on my knees, 30 on my toes, back-leg raises, abdominals, facial exercises. So that takes all morning. I get up at 5am," she told the ABC.</p> <p>The former psychologist has been competing nationally and internationally since 1998.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="280" height="419" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/38025/janice.jpg" alt="Janice"/></p> <p>Janice is preparing for the World Amateur Natural Titles in Thailand later in June.</p> <p>Although Janice is usually in rooms filled with tanned and youthful bodies, she doesn’t let it phase her.</p> <p>"Rather than being 74 and feeling awful and embarrassed, I feel good. Head up, strong, I strut along the street," Janice said.</p> <p>"I'm probably the oldest female by far who is competing at the moment.”</p> <p>ICN NSW President Rab Mehajer says bodybuilding is a longevity sport.</p> <p>"There's more 40-plus and 50-plus ladies. It basically says to them, keep training, keep staying healthy, enjoy what you are doing, and then come and show it off."</p> <p>Janice doesn’t have plans to slow down anytime soon and hopes she can inspire other people in their 60s and 70s that they can be healthy.</p> <p>“As far as I am concerned, the only person to make a cut off is the good Lord.”</p> <p>"While I'm here I'll do everything I can to stay strong and as competitive as I can be for my age."</p>

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Meet the 67-year-old gran addicted to bodybuilding

<p>Southland grandmother Margaret Ereckson is not what most people picture when they think of a bodybuilder.</p> <p>The 67-year-old is one of the oldest women getting ready to compete in the National Amateur Body Builders Association (NABBA) NZ bodybuilding competition at James Hargest College on April 22.</p> <p>"I am the nanna of the group," says Ereckson.</p> <p>Her journey into the sport was a long one, she said. It all started when she was in her 50s.</p> <p>Weighing her heaviest at nearly 99kg, she decided enough was enough and it was time to get fit again.</p> <p>She entered herself into the Surf to City and walked 12km for the first time in a long time. Finding her groove, she started to run on a regular basis and the next year she entered the Surf to City she ran the whole way. </p> <p>Each year she built up her goal, eventually running a marathon in Dunedin. "I lost about 40 kilos."</p> <p>She was ecstatic with her progress, until she was diagnosed with a heart condition. "I had to put everything on pause," says Ereckson.</p> <p>Having to put running to one side, she was concerned all her the hard work to get fit would go down the drain. That's when she heard about a bodybuilding group in Invercargill. </p> <p>"I watched the people in the gym and thought they had so much commitment. I thought, why not?"</p> <p>She kept it quiet though. "The only people who knew were my trainer and my husband".</p> <p>The biggest challenge for her was the idea of wearing a bikini. "I had never worn a bikini in my life," says Ereckson.</p> <p>It wasn't until her trainer posted a photo of her competing on Facebook that her family found out.</p> <p>"I got this call, 'mum what are you doing?' It was pretty funny."</p> <p>Now she is hooked on bodybuilding. "It's not about losing weight anymore, it's about keeping fit and feeling confident," says Ereckson.</p> <p>Invercargill will host its first National Amateur Body Builders Association (NABBA) NZ bodybuilding competition on April 22 at James Hargest College.</p> <p>The competition is one of 12 shows to be hosted in New Zealand this year, with the Invercargill being the only competition in which entrants can qualify for international events.</p> <p><em>Written by Joanna Griffiths. First appeared on <a href="http://Stuff.co.nz" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>. Image credit: Joanna Griffiths.</em></p>

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My wife helped me lose 14 kilos at 61 years old

<p><em><strong>Greg, 68, and Sheryl, 61, took up competitive bodybuilding later in life. Here, they share why bodybuilding has made them fitter, stronger, slimmer and more confident in their 60s.</strong></em></p> <p>Too old to change and do new things? No way, age is just a number and a state of mind. Maybe the following will give you the motivation to step out of your comfort zone and you just might surprise yourself.</p> <p>After many years in collar and tie occupations my wife and I decided to follow our interests and have a change of career. Having run many marathons and half marathons, we changed our focus and sporting interest into a lifestyle and became personal trainers in 1995 at the age 40 and 48. Sheryl had got into weight training while recovering from a broken leg, and went on to do a couple of bodybuilding competitions, with some success.</p> <p>In 2004 at age 49, she decided to do more cycling and while out training for the “round Taupo” race was knocked off her bike and badly injured her legs. It was over six months before she was able to walk without crutches and she was told that she was not going to be able to run again, and the chance of bodybuilding again was very slight. However determination saw her back jogging and in 2008, back into bodybuilding.</p> <p>By 2009 my wife had been an active and competitive body builder for 17 years and at 54 she thought it might be time to retire. For those 17 years, I had just been a supporter, helper and bag carrier, and never thought it was my thing. But at age 61, I must have had a rush of blood to the brain and told my wife that I had better give this body building a go, before I get too old. So her retirement was put on hold! (She has since gone on to win the INBA Natural Olympia World Women’s over 60 years’ title.)</p> <p>On the left is a photo I had taken in October 2009. I was 76kg and mostly fat. The picture on the right was takne in August 2011 (aged 63) when I entered my first competition in Taupo, weighing 62kg. That’s a 14kg reduction in body weight.</p> <p><img width="499" height="500" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/26110/transformation_499x500.jpg" alt="Transformation" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Since then I have competed in about 20 competitions, always in the Men’s 60 years-plus class, and together with my wife we compete in the mixed pairs.</p> <p>Yes, it has become a bit of an addiction and I can say that it is not really the actual workouts that I enjoy, but the results. It is a good feeling when the weight drops off and for the first time in my life I could see some muscle definition and a six-pack! We also always endeavour to enter drug tested competitions.</p> <p>Forget the myths, such as “you have to starve yourself” or “your muscles will turn to fat when you stop”. There is immense satisfaction in being able to stand on stage with other over 60 year olds, and look like you are meant to be there!</p> <p>I have found that all the other body builders of all ages are very supportive and there is always a good atmosphere back stage at the competitions.</p> <p>All I can say is, it is worth giving it a go. At the very least you will become fitter, stronger, slimmer and more confident. You will need to find a trainer or a gym that has experience in body building and has the necessary nutritional knowledge as the food you eat plays a huge part in contest preparation. All the best.</p> <p><em>To find more information, visit Greg and Sheryl’s <a href="http://www.fitnessplusclive.nz"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>website here</strong></span></a>. </em> </p> <p><em><strong>If you have a story to share please get in touch at <a href="mailto:melody@oversixty.com.au">melody@oversixty.com.au</a></strong></em></p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/health/body/2016/08/why-over-60s-should-be-doing-strength-building-exercises/">Strength-building exercises crucial for over-60s</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/health/body/2016/07/stay-motivated-to-exercise-during-winter/">5 ways to stay motivated to exercise during winter</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/health/body/2016/07/ways-to-prevent-a-bad-fall/">4 ways to prevent a bad fall</a></strong></em></span></p>

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