The world's oldest bodybuilder is still pumping iron at 86-years-old - and she looks completely different to how she did when she was younger. Ernestine Shepherd currently benches around 50kg and lives off nuts, eggs, chicken, and vegetables, and it shows.
In 2010 she earned the Guinness World Record title as the world's oldest living female competitive bodybuilder. She embarked on her mission in the name of her beloved sister, Velvet, who died from a brain aneurysm - and Ernestine continues to lift weights in her memory today.
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Ernestine's life changed when she went out with her sister, Velvet, to look for swimwear and the pair were both spurred on to get in shape.
Tragically, Velvet later died from a brain aneurysm and tough times followed for Ernestine, who admits she "went to pieces" and "didn't want to do anything".
A visit from Velvet in a dream and the support of her mates eventually got her moving again, inspiring her to set out and break a world record for her sister.
She even reached out for help from an ex-Mr Universe, Yohnnie Shambourger.
Then, in 2010 and with huge amounts of work, she entered a competition and won, leading Guinness World records to contact her and crown her a record holder.
She said: "I'll never forget standing on that stage as I collected my medal and certificate. 'I've done what you wanted, Velvet', I remember saying as tears filled my eyes."
She's allegedly chatted with Oprah Winfrey and has even been featured in Beyonce's Black is King music video.
"It was a wonderful, wonderful experience. Beyonce made me feel like a queen. I felt so honoured," she said.
"I felt like I had the power to smile again. Beyonce has no idea what she's done for me."
Alongside eating well and resistance training, Ernestine also completes around 80 miles worth of running each and every week.
She reckons that the wild diet is the trick to her incredible ability to go on and on with her massive runs.
From Baltimore in the USA, she also wakes up in the early hours, at 4am, to get her workouts in.
Perhaps most astonishing about the gran, as The Sun reports, is that she only began living this way when she was 56.
The lifestyle has proven a massive change in her attitude to exercise compared to her youth.
She said that, when she was younger, she had been "prissy" with her approach to exercise - but now she can't get enough.
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