Judith Brown, from Farrington Gurney, was not going to take becoming a septuagenarian lying down. Instead, she decided to challenge the stereotype of old age by completing a very demanding gym challenge at Farrington Park Health Club. Together with fitness trainer, Karli, she worked out seven goals – one for each decade – including rowing, kettle bells, bicep curls, crucifix hold, yoga balances, sit-ups and a wall squat. On her birthday, 28th October, she finally completed them successfully.

Gym Manager, Kevin Mortimer, gave his congratulations: “Judith is an inspiration to everybody out there – age is really just a number.

A fantastic effort and well done from everyone at Farrington Park.”

Judith said that she would not have achieved this without the support of the gym team. “Everyone can set their own realistic goals and I know that the friendly staff at Farrington Park would help them – it’s a great way to stay fit.”

As well as improving her own fitness, Judith was sponsored and raised over £1,100 for charity. As she worked in Yemen for many years, she has many friends there who are suffering from the effects of war, including a severe famine. Anyone who would like to help can still do so, by visiting: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/judith-brown13/

Judith added: “On my seventieth birthday, I wanted to demonstrate that older people can still be active and useful(!) to society by doing a gym challenge that raised money for people in severe need.”

Judith’s challenge results were: Wall squat, 5 mins 2 seconds, Kettle bell 24kg x 15 swings, Kettle bell 10kg x 40 swings in one minute, thirty sit-ups in one minute, twenty bicep curls 2x6kg weights, Crucifix hold 2x2kg weight for 1 minute 22 seconds, Rowing 1,000 metres in 5 minutes 13 seconds and Two Yoga balances of one minute each. Well done, Judith!