Grimacing as I heaved a weighted bar up off the floor, I straightened my legs and felt a huge sense of achievement.
Dropping the weights back on the floor, I grinned.
‘120kg!’ my trainer Emily said. ‘That’s your personal best on a deadlift!’
I was thrilled.
I’d been working with Emily since June this year, and I was fitter than I’d ever been in my life. In fact, with the body of a 25-year-old, you’d never believe my real age!
I’d always been into my fitness – when my dad Les passed away from
