Baltimore, Maryland’s Ernestine “Ernie” Shepherd, astatine age 73, is a certified personal trainer, professional model and competitive all-natural bodybuilder. In March of 2010, on the stage of a television show in Rome, Italy, she was formally given the title of World’s Oldest Performing Female Bodybuilder (by Guinness World Records).
Not content to rest on her laurels, a couple of months later and less than two months shy of turning 74, Ernestine was back in the states and back on stage competing in the Capital Tournament of Champions bodybuilding contest. At this Musclemania competition she came in first place while competing in the Grand Masters division (ages 55 and up) and took second in the overall Lightweight Women’s category. …show more content…
A shopping trip with her sister, Velvet, to buy bathing suits changed all that; laughing at each other and seeing the sad shape they were in, Ernestine and her sister decided to join a gym and started an exercise routine.
However, people start exercise programs all the time, but they don’t end up as bodybuilding champions and professional models. They don’t develop a body with just 9 to 10% bodyfat as the 5 foot 5 inch, 130-pound Ernestine Shepherd has done. What made the difference?
First, shortly after they began their program of exercise, Ernestine’s sister died unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. Devastated, Ernestine stopped working out. After some time had passed, she was reminded by a friend that her sister would have wanted her to continue what they had started together. As a result, after a time of mourning, with renewed determination and dedication to get fit, she returned to the gym.
Here ar some of the other factors that appear to have helped Ernestine Shepherd to succeed so thoroughly to transform her body, while so many others have
Not content to rest on her laurels, a couple of months later and less than two months shy of turning 74, Ernestine was back in the states and back on stage competing in the Capital Tournament of Champions bodybuilding contest. At this Musclemania competition she came in first place while competing in the Grand Masters division (ages 55 and up) and took second in the overall Lightweight Women’s category. …show more content…
A shopping trip with her sister, Velvet, to buy bathing suits changed all that; laughing at each other and seeing the sad shape they were in, Ernestine and her sister decided to join a gym and started an exercise routine.
However, people start exercise programs all the time, but they don’t end up as bodybuilding champions and professional models. They don’t develop a body with just 9 to 10% bodyfat as the 5 foot 5 inch, 130-pound Ernestine Shepherd has done. What made the difference?
First, shortly after they began their program of exercise, Ernestine’s sister died unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. Devastated, Ernestine stopped working out. After some time had passed, she was reminded by a friend that her sister would have wanted her to continue what they had started together. As a result, after a time of mourning, with renewed determination and dedication to get fit, she returned to the gym.
Here ar some of the other factors that appear to have helped Ernestine Shepherd to succeed so thoroughly to transform her body, while so many others have