Shirley Webb only joined a gym a couple of years ago.
A 78-year-old grandmother who was filmed pumping iron is inspiring viewers across the globe.
Footage of Shirley Webb of East Alton, Illinois, deadlifting 228 pounds has taken the Internet by storm.
She has traveled the country as a competitive weightlifter and she’s a crowd favorite. She's won in her category, although sometimes she's the only one competing.
Shirley joined a gym just a couple years ago with her granddaughter.
"My trainer told me to get on the floor and I said: ‘I can't because if I get down there I can't get up,’” she told IE.
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But over time she got stronger.
“We start out at low weights and by the end I don't know how much I lifted," she said.
Her husband, Richard, says she went from doing much of nothing to lifting hundreds of pounds.
He said: "One lady was 70 and she came in the gym and said ‘You can do it.’ So, out of the blue, it’s all of this."
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