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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\u201cMy motivation is to age gracefully. I don\u2019t want fall down and end up in a nursing home,\u201d Georges said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Standing just 5\u20191\u201d and weighing 99 lbs., Georges just set a world record by deadlifting 210.5 lbs. at the World Association of Benchers and Dead Lifters World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was more than double my body weight, so that was enough to get me a world record in my age and weight group,\u201d Georges said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The retired Polk County elementary school teacher got serious about weightlifting 16 years ago after being introduced to the sport through group fitness classes. What started as a way to stay active quickly turned into competitive powerlifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very supportive community. Every time you go to a meet you make new friends and people are cheering for you. Complete strangers they watch you struggle on the platform, and they cheer for you.\u201d Georges said. \u201cI can do my little 200-pound lift and I come off the platform and the guy who just lifted 600 lbs. gives me the high-fives and tells me \u2018Good lift little lady.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georges has earned multiple gold medals in senior competitions and was recently inducted into the APA Powerlifting Hall of Fame. Her trainer, Ken Snell said her dedication is inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people here that will come up and ask me about Nancy, and they keep track of her kind of in a secret way, so to speak,\u201d Snell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When she\u2019s not lifting weights, the grandmother of four enjoys sewing, quilting, baking and golfing, all while continuing to raise the bar on what\u2019s possible at any age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s important to keep weight training. It\u2019s good for you and you\u2019re never too old, strength is empowering,\u201d Georges said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three other women from All American Gym, Paige Gore, 23, Carly Grennor, 35, and Jennifer Lopez, 44, also set state and national records in November at the World Association of Benchers and Dead Lifters World Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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