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A few days ago, an old woman from Lebanon named Nahida Abden came into the eyes of Chinese netizens.
In many people's minds, the image of the elderly should be walking birds, playing chess, dancing square dances, or sitting in a wheelchair and basking in the sun.
But Nahida became a fitness trainer when he was supposed to spend his twilight years.
The video of Nashida Fitness on the Internet comes from a German media.
This video received close to 150,000 likes and more than 20,000 reposts.
In the video, Nahida claimed that she was 88 and a half years old this year.
But if you only look at her appearance, no one will associate her with the octogenarian.
In the picture, Nashida is wearing a sleeveless top and tights, and his body with obvious muscle lines barely leaves too many traces of age.
In the video, she is taking a group of young women to train. Nahida's standard movements and plenty of energy make netizens say: I am ashamed.
As early as when he was young, Nashida would not have thought that he would become a fitness trainer when he was old.
She was already 50 years old when she first walked into the gym.
At that time, her knee was injured, and the doctor told her: "You must exercise."
Nahida still remembers the first time she went to the gym with her son-in-law and grandson.
Because of her age, she felt very embarrassed.
At that time, Nashida who went to work out would always stand in the last row, and the coach would come to guide her, and she would feel very nervous.
Nashida in motion.
But "the bow doesn't turn back the arrow", since the first step has been taken, you might as well try to stick to it.
After developing the habit of fitness, she began to accept a bigger challenge: to participate in coach training courses.
After she got the fitness instructor certificate, Nashida posted it on the wall.
A friend told her that if you don't help others, then this certificate loses its value.
On the suggestion of a friend, Nahida began to teach, and gradually fell in love with this profession.
After Nasidda became a fitness coach, some of her friends suggested that she could be more feminine.
But Nahida believes that she is the most feminine only when she is working out.
Currently, Nashida has taught more than 1,000 women, some of whom are 70 years younger than her.
In the eyes of many students, Nashida is not only a fitness coach, but also a source of strength for them to maintain a healthy life.
Nashida is leading young women to exercise together.
In an interview, Nashida said frankly: "I want to help women break their protective shell." If you look back at Nashida's past, in fact, she has been constantly breaking through her comfort zone for the first half of her life.
Nashida's husband died more than forty years ago, leaving her and four children behind.
Nahida, who was hit, didn't let it go, but faced life with an optimistic and strong attitude.
Today, all four of her children live abroad, the eldest being 60 years old.
After Nashida became popular on social media, some netizens questioned the authenticity of her age, believing that an 88-year-old man could not be in a state like her.
However, some netizens said that it does not really matter how old Nahida is. What is important is that sports help her maintain a positive and optimistic attitude towards life.
And her story also inspired more young people to enter the gym.
In fact, with the improvement of living standards and the extension of life expectancy, it is not impossible for the elderly to become fitness coaches.
On January 15 this year, Japanese old man Takishima Mika celebrated his 90th birthday.
The old woman walked into the gym at 65 and became a fitness trainer at 87.
Unlike Nashida, Mika Takishima walked into the gym to lose weight.
Having never exercised, she lost 15 kilograms in 5 years.
From then on, she fell in love with fitness out of control.
At the age of 79, Mika Takishima began to accept the help of a personal trainer.
Her self-discipline and her love of fitness touched her personal training. Eight years later, with the encouragement of the coach, Mika Takishima also began to teach in the gym.
Japanese old man Takishima is not incense.
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From a certain perspective, sports made Nashida and Mika Takishima experience a different life in their old age, and also broke many people's prejudice against sports for the elderly.
At the end of the video, Nahida said: "I want to tell everyone who thinks that life is about eating, drinking, working, sleeping, and being so busy and exhausted is wrong. Exercise will make you discover that life is much richer. "(Xing Rui)