This 77-year-old weightlifting grandmother is an inspiration

Willie Murphy from New York weighs 105 pounds and deadlifts 215 pounds, She’s also a 77-year-old grandmother. And a badass but that goes without saying.

This 77-year-old weightlifting grandmother is an inspiration

Murphy started lifting weights just five years ago when she saw a poster for a completion at a local YMCA. An employee told her to go for it and she did.

Now she can lift twice her body weight, do one-handed pull-ups, one-handed push-ups and more.

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