Recently, Yunnan's 63-year-old aunt "Zhenzhen" has maintained a good figure because of her fitness for 8 years and has been on the hot search.
Jiupai News contacted Zhenzhen, she said that she didn't think about being a girl for the "figure like a girl" on the hot search, she was just a real and ordinary aunt, but after retirement, she focused on fitness.
Really stretching. Photo/Interviewee's social account
Zhenzhen said that she has not been in good health since she was a child, and she often has some minor illnesses. As she grew older, she desperately wanted not to become a burden to her family too quickly, and after retirement, she ended her status as a "social person", and once she didn't know what to do in her free time, so she chose a way to exercise that didn't require much skill, and with the encouragement of her family, she began to share her life on the Internet under the name "Zhenzhen".
She wants to tell everyone that the elderly can not only square dance and walk, but also fitness, and have more choices.
Here's what it really is.
[1] "I never thought of being a girl"
After the workout video went viral, I was actually a little troubled, worried that someone would take a screenshot of my photo to deceive people, and I didn't want anyone to do it.
There is a video title that says I look like a girl, but Auntie, I never wanted to be a girl. I'm just a real, ordinary person, and after I retire, I put my energy into fitness and exercise like this.
My name is Zhenzhen, I am 63 years old this year, I have more time after retiring at the age of 55, and I have insisted on fitness for more than 8 years this year, my body fat rate is 17, and my weight is between 45~46 kg.
If nothing else interferes, I exercise 4~5 times a week, usually in the morning. Basically, exercise for two to three days and take a day off. Working out at the gym is about an hour and a half, and with the time spent on the road, changing clothes, and showering, I usually spend two and a half hours or more in a morning.
Many people are more concerned about my diet because I was thin when I was young, and many of my friends are prone to gaining weight, and even joke that "drinking water can make you fat", but I don't have this problem. I just eat normally, and I don't pay much attention to it, but after a few years of fitness, I eat a little less staple foods such as rice and steamed buns.
In fact, long before I retired, I realized that I should exercise, but it was difficult to stick to work.
My motivation for fitness was very simple. Since I was a child, my body has been weak, although there are no major diseases, but there are many minor problems, such as easy colds, stomach pain, and headaches. When I was born, my mother said that I was obviously a full-term child, but I was a little malnourished, like a premature baby, I lived in an incubator in the hospital, my mother had been discharged, and I could not be discharged from the hospital.
Getting sick is a painful thing, not only for yourself, but also for your family. When I used to go to work, I always had a cold, and my colleague joked, "How do you feel like you're taking cold medicine every day?" "So after I retired, I thought about going to exercise and get better in my body.
And after retirement, when you take a break, you will feel lost. After all, the role of being a "social person" is over, and there is more time all of a sudden, but I don't know what to do.
My husband likes to play table tennis, and I have played it, but I think it is too difficult, so I chose a simpler way that does not require too many skills, which is fitness.
Really fitness. Photo/Interviewee's social account
[2] "I hope that in my limited life, there will be more relaxed and happy days"
After going to the gym for the first time, I came home with pain all over my body, and it took four or five days to recover. But I still want to persevere, and I desperately hope that I don't quickly become a burden to my family, and I don't want to spend the next few decades in sickness.
Although I never wanted to live longer, I hope that in my limited life, there will be a little more relaxed and happy days, and a little less sick and uncomfortable days.
After getting used to it, before I knew it, I fell in love with fitness. I used to be just thin, but now I have muscles and I feel strong.
Exercising will also make me feel better and more confident, and I will be taller when I stand with my peers. My friend was surprised to see me, "You don't seem to change, you look like this every year." ”
My little niece said that I still dress freely. My friends asked me to go shopping with them, and they asked me to try on clothes, but they couldn't. In the end, they returned empty-handed, and I carried several large bags.
Really. Photo/Interviewee's social account
[3] Elderly people can not only dance square dances, but also go to fitness
I've always felt like I'm a strong person at heart, and fitness builds my tenacity.
A lot of people ask me how I managed to make it. In fact, there is no way but to grit your teeth and persevere. I would like to thank not only myself, but also my family, who are very proud of me and very supportive. But if the family always has an opinion on this matter, it is difficult to insist. I would also like to thank my trainers and friends at the gym for encouraging each other.
The reason why I started social accounts in 2022 and posted some fitness routines was because my children encouraged me to do it. My son said, you can encourage everyone with what you do, I wonder how I can encourage everyone, I just carry a bag to go to the gym. He said, "Mom, you can really encourage that." "Another reason is that I thought it might be a side hustle for me after I retire.
I've received a lot of positive comments, with someone saying, "Auntie, you're great, I forwarded the video to my mom, I hope she can be like you." "I hope I can inspire everyone.
Many people say that the gym is a world for young people, but it is not, of course there are many young people, but there are also many older ones.
I put myself on the bright side of the Internet, hoping to use my experience to show everyone that the elderly can also go to the gym. Because some people will have this confusion, saying that it is a place where young people go, how to get there when they are old, they can only dance square dance and walk. I want to tell them that it's not, and that older people can exercise this way.
And for young people, I want to tell them to take care of their bodies, because the body is what you will use for the rest of your life. Live happily, everyone has difficulties, and my aunt will not say that there is no difficulty at all for so many years, but it will always pass, no matter how difficult the hurdle is, it can always be overcome, so everyone should have more confidence in themselves. I think that's why I shared my life on the internet in the first place.
Jiupai News reporter Huang Jialiang
Edited by Wang Jiaqing and Ren Zhuo
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[Source: Jiupai News]
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