100 year old woman weightlifter
Edith Traina received word just prior to her 100th birthday that she is a Guinness World Record holder as the world’s oldest competitive powerlifter. She got into weightlifting by accident when a friend convinced her to join her at the gym. “I have a friend, Carmen, who is the lady who dragged me kicking and screaming all the way to the gym,” Traina said. “It’s an ego builder. Nobody believes this but I have always been very shy.” What started as a past time, has turned into her passion. Edith lifts at least three times a week. “While I was watching those ladies doing their thing, I thought I just as well should pick up a few bars, and I did,” the record-holder told Guinness. “Going on a regular basis, I found that I was enjoying it, and I was challenging myself to get a little bit better and a little bit better. Before long, I was part of the team.” Because she’s the only one in her age group, Traina technically has no competition, but she makes sure to constantly push herself. “If I find I’m sitting in a chair for a whole day, and not doing anything constructive, the next day I light a fire under my tush and get out of the house,” Edith said.
You gotta grunt
I talked with a homeless man this morning and asked him how he ended up this way.
He said, “Up until last week, I still had it all. I had plenty to eat, my clothes were washed and pressed, I had a roof over my head, I had HDTV and Internet, and I went to the gym, the pool, and the library. I was working on my MBA on-line. I had no bills and no debt. I even had full medical benefits coverage.
I felt sorry for him, so I asked, “What happened? Drugs? Alcohol? Divorce?”
“Oh no, nothing like that,” he said, “because of Coronavirus, I was unexpectedly paroled.”
I try working out by lifting dictionaries…
I’ve been told that’s how you get definition.
A man walks into a gym and asks the receptionist, “What machine should I use to impress women?” She responded swiftly, pointing outside the door, saying, “The ATM machine, sir.”
It’s been six months since I joined the gym, and still no progress!
I’m going there in-person tomorrow to see what’s going on.
August 6th Birthdays
1911 – Lucille Ball, 1977 – Jennifer Lyons, 1977 – Soliel Moon Frye, 1974 – Vera Farmiga
1928 – Andy Warhol, 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, 1809 – Alfred Tennyson, 1982 – Leslie Odom, Jr.
Morning Motivator
Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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