Ella es Joan MacDonald, la “abuela fitness” que causa sensación a sus 73 años (+Fotos)

Por redacción NotiTotal · octubre 18, 2020

Imagen referencial. Fuente composición: Panorama

Joan MacDonald es una prueba de que la edad es solo un número. A sus 73 años, esta canadiense se convirtió en una inspiración para miles de personas y está realmente decidida a hacer ejercicio regularmente.

La mujer se convirtió en una influencer del fitness. Más de 900.000 seguidores en Instagram siguen su proceso de transformación. Joan ha perdido unos 30 kilos de peso y está más en forma, más sana y más fuerte que nunca.

De acuerdo con el portal Antena3, hace tres años, con 70, Joan estaba resignada a ser una abuela ‘gordita’ y adorable: “Tenía una salud muy, muy mala. Pesaba 90 kilos y el médico me dijo que debía medicarme aún más para tratar la tensión alta y la enfermedad renal que padecía”.

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Su hija, como casi todos los hijos, preocupada por ella, le dio un ultimátum: o el gimnasio o el hospital, reseñó el portal. Michelle se convirtió en la instructora de su madre hasta conseguir que a sus 73 años haga ejercicios increíbles: “¡Mi madre es una bestia!”, alucina su hija.

Con un canal de YouTube propio y una cuenta de Instagram de casi un millón de seguidores, es una de las preferidas en las redes sociales e incluso se emociona con lo que ha conseguido: “Solo hazlo. Lo vas a pasar mal, pero es significa que tus músculos funcionan“. Es un mensaje que vale para cualquier edad.

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Let’s talk about progress! 🥰 Sometimes we get so fixated on where we want to be VS where we are not, that our eagerness actually sabotages our progress. What do I mean by that? I mean that body transformation, especially BIG transformation like mine, is going to be a very long, slow process. If I woke up every day expecting to see big changes, I would be one very disappointed lady. I can’t say it enough, focus on doing the best you can with the day right in front of you, and the future will naturally take care of itself. On the picture on the left, I was already down close to 20 lbs and I was so happy that I’d made it that far! This was real progress for me, and already beyond my wildest dreams. I was already starting to fall back in love with myself and to trust myself more, that I was capable to do the right thing and take the best care of myself. Fast forward to the photo on the right, and I have that exact same attitude of just doing the best I can with each day and letting the future take care of itself. I am doing the same things as the girl on the left: training with weights 4-5 x week, doing my cardio, measuring and planning my food, checking in with my coach regularly to make sure I’m on track. By focusing on your day-to-day habits, they become so polished and smooth that success is guaranteed. And when you finally arrive at that big transformation, you will find that the habits you gained are what it’s really all about anyway. I hope you understand what I’m trying to explain. Love yourself each stage of the journey, fall in love with your habits, focus on the day right in front of you, and success will take care of itself . With love Joan 💕💕

A post shared by Joan MacDonald (@trainwithjoan) on Oct 2, 2020 at 8:26am PDT

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Here is one of my favorite exercises to train and shape my shoulders: seated lateral raises. You also don’t need a gym to do these, just some dumbbells or soap bottles and a chair. 🥰🥰 What I’m thinking of: 1) keeping a proud chest, shoulders back 2) stretching the arms out away from my body and sweeping them up so the arms are in line with my shoulders 4) really squeezing the shoulders as I lower the weights back down 5) keeping my upper body quite still so just the shoulders do the work . I think shoulders are such lovely muscle on a woman, and can be very feminine, especially as we age. Without weight training, I wouldn’t have any tone after losing so much weight. Weights have helped to “fill out” my lose skin from the weight loss and have helped to pep up my metanol. I’m eating more than ever but staying trim. I can’t recommend weight training enough! 💪💪 . My clothes are by @womensbest since you are asking. This cute tank is from the True Collection and everything is restocked! Also almost everything is available in XXL! I’m wearing a medium top and Amal bottoms. 💕 #womensbestwear #womensbest @anytimefitnesscobourg

A post shared by Joan MacDonald (@trainwithjoan) on Oct 12, 2020 at 4:59am PDT