拥有50多万粉丝的73岁健身模特

拥有50多万粉丝的73岁健身模特

Joan MacDonald has a badass motto: “You can’t turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again!”

琼·麦克唐纳有句名言:“你不能让时光倒流，但你可以让它再绕一圈!”

After struggling with her weight her entire life — and becoming dependent on medication to treat her high blood pressure, acid reflux and cholesterol — the 5-foot-3, 198-pound septuagenarian from Ontario, Canada, dared to press rewind.

这位来自加拿大安大略省、身高5英尺3英寸、体重198磅的70多岁的老人一生都在与体重作斗争，并开始依赖药物来治疗高血压、胃酸倒流和胆固醇。

Fast-forward three years: The 73-year-old, now more than 50 pounds lighter, is an iron-pumping influencer with more than 500,000 Instagram followers.

快进三年到现在:这位73岁的老人，现在体重减轻了50多磅，是一名举重运动的风云人物，在Instagram上有50多万粉丝。

To her half-million-plus fans worldwide, she’s better known as @TrainwithJoan. When this silver-haired fighter isn’t busting out reps, popping squats and pushing free weights, she’s sharing fitness tips and posting video tutorials.

对全球50多万粉丝来说，她叫作“TrainwithJoan”。当这位满头银发的斗士不再做举重、下蹲和举重时，她就开始分享健身技巧，并发布视频教程。

Joan credits her body transformation — she dropped 55 pounds and is now medication-free — to her workout buddy (her daughter Michelle) and eating a well-balanced diet. She also used supplements such as protein powder and amino acids.

琼减掉了55磅，现在已经不用吃药了，她把身体变化归功于她的健身伙伴(女儿米歇尔)和饮食均衡。她还服用蛋白质粉和氨基酸等补充剂。

“Three years ago I began this long, slow journey and now I realize that there really isn’t any end to it,” she tells Jam Press. “Each day I move in a direction based on my choices, each month is a new milestone. Each year I seem to have changed so completely I think I can’t change any more, and yet I do.”

“三年前，我开始了这段漫长而缓慢的旅程，现在我意识到，这段旅程真的没有终点，”她告诉Jam Press。“每天我都会根据自己的选择朝着一个方向前进，每个月都是一个新的里程碑。每一年，我似乎都发生了翻天覆地的变化，我想我再也无法改变了，但我还是改变了。”

Sure, there are challenges, and older bodies must be treated with care to avoid injuries. But there’s no stopping her now.

当然，过程中也有挑战，老年人必须小心对待，避免受伤。但现在没人能阻止她。