The World’s Oldest Female Body Builder Just Turned 80! Here Are Her Secrets…



Ernestine Sheperd, World’s Fittest Grandma Body Builder Just Celebrated Her 80th Birthday. She is the world’s fittest grandma body builder with an incredible physique to rival people in their mid-thirties.


You may have come across Ernestine in an ad featuring two elderly persons one on a wheelchair and taking meds while the other standing, happy and looking fit.

She was born on the 16th of June, 1936, the octogenarian from Baltimore did not engage in body building but only started after her sister passed away from a brain aneurysm.



The death of her sister affected her so much that she stopped taking good care of herself that was until she develop high blood pressure and at this point she decided to take an affirmative action approach to catering for her health.

Ernestine has a daily health routine in which she…

  • Regularly wakes up at 3am
  • Has a strict and structured calorie-controlled diet consisting of vegetables, chicken and boiled egg whites.
  • Drinks lots of water.
  • Runs about 80 miles or 130kms every week.
Ernestine is an inspiration to both young and elderly people who want to live a healthy and long life. In fact, she’s the world’s oldest competitive female bodybuilder, and even holds a record in the Guinness Book of World Records! Today.


Ask her what her true secret of success is, and she’ll say it’s to ‘never give up.’ Keep that statement in mind next time you think about skipping the gym.



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