Edna Sheppard: Meet the 100-year-old fitness fanatic who still does up to five gym classes a week
Edna Sheppard is an inspiring 100-year-old fitness fanatic who hits the gym three times a week – proving that age is really just a number. Her great-grandmother has been a devoted member of the Broadmeadows Aquatic and Leisure Center in Melbourne’s north for 40 years. Regardless of her age, Edna can do push-ups, sit-ups, planks, barbell squats and full workouts while holding a 5kg weight in each hand. ‘I enjoy working out, it makes me feel good and it’s important to keep my body moving,’ Edna told FEMAIL. Scroll down for the video Melbourne’s beloved great-grandmother Edna Sheppard (pictured) has been a devoted member of the Broadmeadows Aquatic and Leisure Center in north Melbourne for 40 years and participates in up to five gym classes each week Regardless of her age, Edna can do push-ups, sit-ups, planks, barbell squats and full workouts while holding a 5kg weight in each hand. In the 1980s when her late husband Max retired at the age of 60, she ‘didn’t want him to sit a