Ernestine Shepherd is 75 years old.
The Baltimore resident is also the world’s oldest bodybuilder.
She began bodybuilding at the age of 71, and now holds classes at her church inspiring other seniors to to exercise and eat right.
“Age is nothing but a number,” says Shepherd.
She wakes up each morning at 3 a.m. and runs 10 miles.
“If ever there were an anti-aging pill,” she says, “I would call it exercise.”
Check out her amazing story below.
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