Senior Coach: 71-year-old woman is TikTok’s newest fitness guru!

Shoulder workouts and lifting weights! A 71-year-old woman is blowing TikTok away with her gym videos. Take a look...

Sep 30, 2022 - 21:51
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Senior Coach: 71-year-old woman is TikTok’s newest fitness guru!

Whether you’re young or old, keeping fit is an important part of living a healthy lifestyle.Through her TikTok page, a 71-year-old woman is showing the world that she can do anything at her age! TikTok user, @seniorcoachh has accumulated over 250 000 followers by “living a simple lifestyle”. 

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71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS BLOWING TIKTOK AWAY WITH HER MUSCLES!

A 71-year-old woman who goes by Senior Coach on TikTok has social media users in awe of her high-intensity workouts at the gym. With a massive following on the video-sharing app, she is inspiring everyone, young and old, to keep fit. 

Most of her videos have been viewed more than 20 000 times and she is often lifting heavy weights to achieve a stunning physique

In one of her videos, posted on Saturday 17 September, Senior Coach is hard at work lifting 20kg and 30kg weights for a shoulder workout. The video received more than 1.5 million views! 

TAKE A LOOK 

@seniorcoachh EZ BAR UPRIGHT ROW EXERCISE SHOULDER WORKOUT #SephoraConcealers #ReTokforNature #DrPepperTuitionContest #crunchy #crunchy #stretching #back #crunch #SHOULDER ♬ Waya Waya – Master KG

TWEEPS WEIGH IN ON 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S WORKOUTS

The comments section of Senior Coach’s TikTok video was filled with people who were inspired by her fitness journey. 

“I should have no excuse to go workout,” wrote one TikTok user. 

“Omg, I wish so bad I could get that motivated,” wrote another TikTok user. 

“Damn I need you as my gym partner, that’s what I am talking about.”

“Very sweet and strong woman”.

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HOW MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA GO TO THE GYM?

As per research conducted by BrandMapp, only 19% of middle-class and higher South Africans attend the gym. 26% of these adults said they did not exercise at all! 

Brandon de Kock, the director of BrandMapp, says the data revealed a “Covid moment” where people were interested in staying fit at one point.

 
“Adding to the challenge for gyms was that we were already in an economic downturn when Covid hit and many mid-income adults took an economic beating. It stands to reason that a monthly gym contract would be easy to live without, even temporarily, if you’re trying to trim down a household budget.”