1 . Seventy-eight-year-old Nora Langdon spends multiple days a week at the gym, training for lifting competitions three hours at a time. Now, she has become a(n) ________ to people of all ages.

At the age of 65, Langdon was ________ to live a healthier lifestyle. In 2007, she weighed over 210 pounds and often ________ to catch her breath while going up the stairs. She knew it was time for a ________.

After joining the gym and watching her trainer prepare for a powerlifting meet, she ________ the competition and decided to ________ it herself. She began with the basics— using a broom (扫帚) as a barbell before ________ moving to weights. It wasn’t long before she discovered lifting was her ________.

Although Langdon has won 20 of her powerlifting meets and has state, national and world records under her belt, she shows no signs of ________ anytime soon. Her next ________? To powerlift a total of over a thousand pounds.

“She’s really been a ________ to the gym, and to me, and to the whole powerlifting field,” her trainer said. “To see somebody at that age doing what she’s doing is ________.”

She wants others to know that with motivation and strong faith, anyone of her age can get into ________. She said, “Your body was made to ________ and you have to keep it moving in order to stay ________.