Renee Landers is a 71-year-old grandmother bodybuilder who is known in the community for her muscular figure. While most of his peers are at best interested in Nordic walking, Landers takes part in bodybuilding competitions. Moreover, her first competition took place at the age of 69 — in 2021!
How did grandma become a bodybuilder?
Landers, 71, admits that she looks and feels better now than in her youth. She didn’t work with iron until she was 60 years old. Then she suffered a back injury and suffered from constant pain. The American prepared for a sedentary life and even bought a bead weaving kit.
That all changed in October 2009 when she had lower back fusion surgery, which gave her a new lease of life. Having hired a personal trainer in the summer of 2010, with whom she still works daily, Landers got into great shape and forgot about the pain:
“I didn’t want to be a fat pensioner and I didn’t want to be fat at all. So I decided to change my life, which made a huge difference. I feel like I have extended my life.”
Landers performs in a bikini next to competitors who are 40–50 years younger. But the grandmother is confident in herself and feels that she looks better now than she did when she was 20.
“This is the fittest I’ve ever been in and I look and feel better than I did when I was 20 years old. I was afraid to wear a skimpy, shiny bikini because I was almost 70—at least 20 years older than the next oldest person. But now I know that age and sexuality can be combined, and I am living proof of that,” admits Rene.
How does a grandma bodybuilder train?
Landers works out five days a week and does cardio every day. She admits that she regularly receives compliments from young people on social networks, but is now focused on friendship. Although she has dated younger men and understands that many people like her.
Landers is confident that her good shape is the result not only of training, but also of proper nutrition. Renee is a pescatarian: she eats fish, but has given up meat. Grandma uses a 1700–2000 calorie diet and believes that everyone should change their eating habits if they want to have a beautiful body.
“I trained for many years, but I didn’t have abs. You can train like crazy, but if you don’t watch what you eat, you’ll never change.
The most important thing to ensure you have enough protein is to watch what you eat. I looked good at 63, but I look even better now after changing my diet.”