Social media has opened a channel for people worldwide to share their true stories. The inspirational stories of celebrities and medal-winning athletes were shared in Tabloids, till the past few years. However, that has changed with platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. The fitness community became more aware of the incredible weight loss journeys across the web. Yet another story of inspirational weight transformation was shared by Denise Kirtley, who started her weight loss journey in her fifties. 

The bodybuilding woman now spills beans on what has made her take up the route of fitness and the principles that guided her to lose 50 pounds. She even added a clip of her transformation from overweight to chiseled body in her post.  

The fitness tale of Denise Kirtley

The California-based woman gained weight in her late 40s due to health conditions like perimenopause. Having realized the power of choice, Kirtley, the 52-year-old bodybuilder, decided to change her lifestyle for the better. “We get to choose how we age,” she said in one of her Instagram posts and credits this thought to her body transformation. The former recruiting executive has now become a fitness coach and offers valuable inputs on her Instagram handle with 161K followers.

Calling her 52-year-old self happier, healthier, and stronger, Kirtley reveals the three principles of her training routine that have shifted her life from an unhealthy to a fitness-oriented one. She calls strength training, nutrition, and mindset the three pillars of her weight loss journey. 

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“I lift weights 5x per week using a progressive overload to build muscle,” she detailed in her post while emphasizing on tracking the macros. She maintained that she had “enough protein” to facilitate muscle growth. Mindset is the third pillar she detailed about. “I work on maintaining a healthy, positive, and determined mindset,” Kirtley said, crediting it to be “the key to lasting change.” The post resonates with the clip. Denise Kirtley is another addition to the list of influencers who took to bodybuilding in later years of life. The most celebrated among them all is Granny Guns. 

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The 66-year-old Granny Guns is known for her fitness videos on her Instagram, with over 420K followers. Flowers took to lifting weights at 58 and never gave up on her fitness routine ever since. She is widely revered by the fitness community online for her hard work and passion for fitness.

Preaching her fitness mantra, Flowers once stated, “Don’t let fear stop you.” Granny Guns is proud of herself when she notices that she is influencing people to hit the gym. “Proving it’s never too late for fitness, one of my greatest accomplishments,” she once confessed. 

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Instagram has helped the fitness community grow, with many influencers sharing their stories and routines. What do you think of Denise Kirtley’s three principles? Let us know in the comments below! 

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