71-Year-Old Granny Wins Fitness Competition Medal...Age is just a number
Jun 09, 2025
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According to Chinese media Jimu News and Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, Sun Minghui (71) from Maanshan, Anhui Province, China, won a bronze medal in the mixed category at the '2025 Wuhan National Fitness Rookie Quality Competition' on June 1. She was the oldest contestant in this competition.
She worked in a cafeteria in a steel factory before her retirement. He has maintained his passion for exercise even in his busy daily life, and after retirement, he experienced various sports such as cycling, jumping rope, jogging, and climbing.
Meanwhile, he began full-fledged fitness training at 67, and now boasts solid abs and balanced muscles.
She said "A month after starting training, I started to see changes. The biceps developed remarkably, and the outline of the dorsal muscle was also revealed. The fact that you can gain muscle rather than lose it as you get older has given you amazing but confidence."
Then "Age is just a number, not a limit. Anyone can build strength and exercise. It is much better to move than to stay still."
At the moment, she is following a scientific and systematic fitness routine. Eat 4 to 5 hard-boiled egg whites every day, and maintain a low-maintenance, low-salt, and mortgage diet.
Exercise is carried out more than five times a week, and one training session is more than an hour.
In addition, stressing the safe exercise of the elderly, she advised "You have to exercise at 70% of the time to continue to develop without injury"Some people think that drinking tea and taking a walk are all there is in old age, but I want to live differently. I want to hold the dumbbell and let my muscles speak," he said.
Mrs. Sun Ming-hui is also passionate about cycling.
In 2014, at the age of 60, he set a Guinness World Record with his team members by cycling 6316km from the easternmost part of China to Sanya, the southernmost city, for 45 days.
She says "Aging is inevitable, but exercise can change the body and mind. I hope my story will inspire more older friends and serve as an opportunity to take care of their health by using their free time after retirement."
Currently, she is sharing her fitness journey through social media and receiving support from many netizens.
Netizens are saying "That's amazing. If parents are healthy, it is a great blessing for their children", 'What Your Children Must Be Proud Of''''" is a wonderful athletic passion at that age" be posting comments such as.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
