Video: Chennai Grandma Lifts Weights In Her 80s Proving That Seniors Can Workout Safely

Motivation can come from anywhere. Earlier, a 102-year-old great-grandmother skydiving from 14,000 feet inspired us to live our dreams to the fullest. Now, it’s this 82-year-old granny from Chennai, lifting weights like a total badass, setting major fitness goals.

Chirag Chordia, the grandson of this spirited dadi shared multiple videos of the elderly woman killing it with weights. While we just procrastinate to workout, this dadima has been rigorously training without any complaints proving that even the seniors can workout safely.

In the captions of the Instagram video, Chirag shared how she would “show off her paused squat to every visitor, even if they’re just casually shocked by the idea that seniors can lift safely.” Chirag, who himself is a fitness enthusiast, designed a special workout regime for his dadi.

Here she is, enjoying her home workouts.

 

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Here’s my 82 year old granny lifting weights and being a total badass! She shows off her paused squat to every visitor, even if they’re just casually shocked by the idea that seniors can lift safely! A lot of myths surround senior training because well, it’s uncommon for them to lift weights. Just like it was uncommon for women to lift weights in the 90s. I designed her workouts based on: 1️⃣ The purpose of training – she wants to be physically independent and capable 2️⃣ Her training experience – she said ‘what’s a gym?’ 3️⃣ Her health history – let’s just say I’ve read entire books faster than her reports! 4️⃣ What she could do and actually enjoyed when we started. What about age, you ask? Age is like BMI. Both are perceived to be useful indicators but rarely, if ever, do they give us the entire context. Everyone CAN train. The kind of training they do differs based on factors more important than age! #GrannyTrains #womenwholift #senior #fitness #fitspo #fitspiration #indiafitness #india #chennaifitness #chennai #fitover40 #strongwomen #womenshealth #trainwithapurpose #train #strength #motivation

A post shared by Chirag Chordia (@chordia.chirag) on Oct 6, 2020 at 6:43am PDT

This is how people reacted to the power-packed videos of dadi dearest:

The grandmother not only lifts weights but also personalizes her training sessions with the equipment available at home. What’s your excuse?