Three generations of her family supported a 90-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease during a weightlifting competition for more than 70 years in Taipei, Taiwan.
During the three-round competition, Chen Chen Chin-Mei lifted 35, 40 and 45 kg.
“I want to tell all the elderly people to join exercise. You don’t have to work very hard, but it’s to keep you healthy,” Chen Chen said.
Competition officials say the event is aimed at helping Taipei’s aging population, and the country is on track to become a “super-aged society,” a designation given to countries where at least 21 percent of the population is 65 or older.
By 2025, Taiwan plans to have 288 fitness clubs for the elderly across the country, and by 2030, the average age of people will be 48.7 years.
