{"id":319908,"date":"2021-08-10T02:15:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T23:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-100-year-old-weightlifter-edith-murway-traina-stays-young\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T02:15:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T23:15:49","slug":"how-100-year-old-weightlifter-edith-murway-traina-stays-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-100-year-old-weightlifter-edith-murway-traina-stays-young\/","title":{"rendered":"#How 100-year-old weightlifter Edith Murway-Traina stays young"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How 100-year-old weightlifter Edith Murway-Traina stays young<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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She keeps raising the bar.<\/p>\n

Edith Murway-Traina \u2014 who celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday \u2014 is now recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest competitive female powerlifter. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m kind of annoying,\u201d the wisecracking Tampa-based great-great-grandmother told The Post. \u201cTell me I can\u2019t do something, and I will prove\u00a0that I can. That\u2019s more or less or my attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the spry centenarian isn\u2019t just looking to prove naysayers wrong; she thrives on the roar of the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to hear the app<\/a>lause,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat better [thing] is there than feeling like you accomplished something and to hear everyone applaud and make you feel like you\u2019ve done something powerful and important?\u201d<\/p>\n

In September 2019, Murway-Traina broke the record for oldest powerlifter by hulking upwards of 150 pounds at 98. Her inspiring achievement is marked in the 2022 edition of the \u201cGuinness World Records\u201d book, out next month. She stopped working out due to the pandemic, but she\u2019s now back at the gym three times a week with her trainer, preparing for another competition in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctors insisted I stop lifting or going to the gym because of the virus, so I backed off for a while,\u201d she said. \u201cNow I am starting from scratch and seeing what I can accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

A mother of five (four of whom are still living), grandmother of 11, great-grandmother of 10 and great-great-grandmother of two, Murway-Traina has long been physically active. She used to be a dance instructor, and always wanted to be like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. She and her friends would put on line dancing shows together. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought we were pretty bright,\u201d she quipped. <\/p>\n

At 91, she discovered a new passion when she reluctantly accompanied her friend Carmen Gutworth to the gym.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe didn\u2019t want to go by herself,\u201d Murway-Traina recalled. \u201cShe dragged me kicking and screaming all the way, so that\u2019s more or less how I got there. I saw all these other ladies lifting weights, and it looked interesting. I picked up a couple of weights and had to prove to myself that I could accomplish this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then she got into heavy metal, lifting larger and larger weights.<\/p>\n

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At 98, Edith Murway-Traina deadlifted upward of 150 pounds to become Guinness World Records\u2019 oldest powerlifter.<\/figcaption>
Guinness World Records<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen you pull a bar up and you lift it, there\u2019s a certain power that you experience that is only yours. It belongs to you,\u201d said Murway-Traina, who eventually started competing in senior game<\/a>s \u2014 and winning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time she went out and went to a seniors game, she surprised\u00a0everybody. She got medals and the applause,\u201d her daughter Honey Cottrell told The Post. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t really brag about it. All of a sudden we heard she was a\u00a0record holder. She\u2019s very honored.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in the Bronx to an Irish mother and Latvian father who worked in the Garment District, Murway-Traina was raised near the Grand Concourse. She worked various jobs including bookkeeping in the garment industry and then clerical roles for Grumman Aerospace, which produced much of the military\u2019s aircraft. The latter produced a brush with a high flying hero. One day at work, she recalled that she was toiling near a test pilot and she asked to borrow two paperclips, which he politely handed over.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was known as Chuck Yeager. That\u2019s my story, and I am sticking with it,\u201d said Murway-Traina.<\/p>\n

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Edith Murway-Traina celebrated her 100th birthday by line dancing with her friends to \u201cNew York, New York.\u201d<\/figcaption>
Courtesy of Edith Murway-Traina<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The spunky matriarch has outlived two husbands and still lives on her own. She quit smoking years ago and has two martinis a year: one on Christmas and another on her birthday. When it comes to nutrition, Murway-Traina is reluctant to dispense advice, saying she ate \u201cwhatever mama put in front of [me] . . . If mama tells you to do it, then you do it.\u201d <\/p>\n

Her other secret to longevity: laughter and good-natured ribbing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a couple of friends sitting here making fun of me. That\u2019s how I keep going. If I can make someone smile and laugh, that feels pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also has good genes: One grandfather also made it to the centenarian club, living to age 102. <\/p>\n

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Edith Murway-Traina celebrates her 100th birthday and her title as the world\u2019s oldest female powerlifter.<\/figcaption>
Courtesy of Edith Murway-Traina<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t expect to be in that category [too],\u201d she said. \u201cBut since I got here, I feel pretty good about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the big birthday, Murway-Traina had a small gathering where she wore a gold dress to mark the golden milestone and line-danced with friends to \u201cNew York, New York.\u201d And although she hopes to add another trophy to her collection in November, she\u2019s grateful for every new day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing more that I can ask for than to open my eyes in the morning and know God gave me another day.\u201d she said. \u201cYou can\u2019t ask for more than that.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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