Powerlifter aged 70 is the 'strongest nan in the world'

Susan said that astir radical conscionable marque assumptions she can't bash things due to the fact that of her age, adding the athletics is "not exclusive to the younger generation"

A nan-of-four who started powerlifting successful her sixties has proved that property is conscionable a fig arsenic she's go a world champion - aged 70.

Susan Sabuda spends astir 10 hours a week successful the gym grooming successful the sport, which involves squatting, seat pressing and deadlifting dense weights. The mum-of-four took up the athletics erstwhile she was 64 and has present competed successful Canada, Spain, Sweden, Hungary and Lithuania.

She said radical are often "amazed" that erstwhile they find retired that she is simply a Team GB powerlifter due to the fact that of her age. And Susan, a retired gardener, was crowned satellite champion successful the masters 4 part of the IPF World Masters Powerlifting Championships.

She said: "Knowing I'm satellite champion is rather hard to instrumentality in, it's rather overwhelming. People are ever truly amazed, which I truly admit due to the fact that it's truthful kind.

"Most radical presume there's definite things that I should oregon shouldn't bash but it's not exclusive to the younger generation." Susan antecedently took portion successful athletics and bodybuilding erstwhile she was younger, but "stopped for rather a fig of years" due to the fact that she recovered it rather addictive.

A caller gym called ET Fitness past opened up adjacent her location successful Haltwhistle, Northumberland and she decided to commencement powerlifting. Susan said: "There was nary getting distant from weights, I utilized to similar moving retired with weights.

"It makes you consciousness bully and with bodybuilding, you tin alteration however you look truthful I recovered it truly fascinating. But past I became addicted truthful dropped retired but I truly missed the weights.

"When I went into ET Fitness, I felt similar I was astatine location due to the fact that of the weights and past I was introduced for powerlifting. I did my archetypal contention and thought it was fabulous and it's conscionable snowballed from determination really."

Susan started competing for Team GB successful 2020, which she says she "never thought" would happen. She said that she felt "blown sideways" erstwhile she got the invitation to correspond her country.

She added: "Everyone was truthful beauteous and inclusive, they conscionable pulled maine into their family. You don't vie against each other, you are determination to vie arsenic a squad for our country. I'm truly arrogant to beryllium capable to bash it."

Susan is present encouraging different older radical to instrumentality up powerlifting and says that it's helped her get "stronger bones" and go "more mobile." She said: "I'm an older lifter truthful I'm learning that I tin inactive bash things.

"The effect of powerlifting is that you extremity of getting stronger bones, much mobility and I've had 4 children truthful my assemblage is getting pulled backmost into wherever it should be. I'm besides surrounded by like-minded people.

"I past started competing for Team GB and was besides surrounded by like-minded radical and I started seeing antithetic parts of the world. I person different household now, due to the fact that this is truthful family-orientated."