{"id":299753,"date":"2021-07-14T20:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/78-year-old-grandma-enters-powerlifting-competition\/"},"modified":"2021-07-14T20:16:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T17:16:14","slug":"78-year-old-grandma-enters-powerlifting-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/78-year-old-grandma-enters-powerlifting-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"#78 -year-old grandma enters powerlifting competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#78 -year-old grandma enters powerlifting competition<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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People half her age couldn\u2019t bench above 78-year-old powerlifter Linda Patterson.<\/p>\n

Now, the retiree from Albuquerque is slated to enter her first strength competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to be strong, and there\u2019s something about working out that makes me feel so good,\u201d she told a KOAT reporter<\/a> in a recent news segment<\/a>. <\/p>\n

According to her trainer Derrick Williams, Patterson could barely lift herself when she began training a few years ago. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe had a car accident a while back, so she lost some of her ability to extend her spine and then she had her knees replaced,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n

Her first test was getting down and back up off the floor on her own, said Williams. \u201cShe wasn\u2019t able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patterson, who lives alone, said she\u2019s working out to be able to keep up with her two granddaughters, without fear of injuring herself due to a lack of strength and mobility.<\/p>\n

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With trainer Derrick Williams assisting, Linda Patterson is seen in a recent KOAT segment deadlifting two large plates, that typically range from 25 to 50 pounds each.<\/figcaption>
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She spoke of her fears before starting her fitness journey. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first went to a gym, I sat in the car for 15 minutes, like, \u2018Oh man you can at least walk in.\u2019 But now I feel like it\u2019s very comfortable. I am excited to do it and it just feels good,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n

But her goals changed after seeing her trainer Williams at a local weightlifting showcase. <\/p>\n

\u201cI went to a power meet that [Williams] had and he got me a front-row seat. He was competing and I thought, \u2018Holy wow! Look what those people can do with the focus and the strength.\u2019 I wanted to do it,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n

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At just 78 years young, Linda Patterson is doing things most people her age can\u2019t do.
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KOAT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 17, she\u2019ll compete in the Masters 4 category at the Natural Athlete Strength Association Summer Nationals<\/a> meet in Roswell, NM, for contestants ages 70 years and up, Williams said, performing her best squat, bench press and deadlift.<\/p>\n

Patterson flubbed a practice bench press last week due to \u201cnerves\u201d ahead of her debut, she confessed, but Williams is keeping her motivated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought to myself, \u2018You know, Linda, you are doing this and, like he says, you\u2019ve won already because you\u2019re doing it,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n

Now, what Williams has done for her, Patterson hopes to do for others. <\/p>\n

\u201cI would like for people to feel like they could do it and that it\u2019s great for your mind and your body. I would just like to inspire people to go for it and just to try it,\u201d she said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#78 -year-old grandma enters powerlifting competition” People half her age couldn\u2019t bench above 78-year-old powerlifter Linda Patterson. Now, the retiree from Albuquerque is slated to enter her first strength competition. \u201cI just want to be strong, and there\u2019s something about working out that makes me feel so good,\u201d she told a KOAT reporter in a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":299754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/elderly-gym-86.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[111819,76715,72200,70365,88534],"class_list":["post-299753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-7-14-21","tag-aging","tag-fitness","tag-senior-citizens","tag-weightlifting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}