Moves for Seniors Blog

Two words you probably thought you would never hear in the same sentence! Shirley Webb, age 78, can dead lift 225 pounds! Can you even imagine? We know we can’t!

Mowing the lawn was the only form of exercise Shirley could do. She even needed assistance walking up the steps and if she got down on the ground it would take a while to get back up. Not anymore! Now she is one of the most talked about senior citizens and is well known at her local gym.

Shirley joined Club Fitness in Wood River, Illinois with her granddaughter over two years ago. She began working with trainer, John Wright and within six months was dead lifting record breaking amounts. John had never trained with someone of her age before lifting the weight she was lifting – he was impressed!

Records have been set both in Illinois and Missouri since Shirley lives so close to the border. In Illinois she set the record at 237 pounds and in Missouri it was for 215 pounds. The record was set by Shirley both in age and weight.

Shirley still goes to the gym twice a week and has no plans to stop. “I have no intention of stopping right now,” Webb said. “When I go to the gym and work out, when I leave, I feel so much better than I did when I went in, and I just feel so good. I feel tremendous.”