Patricia Light, who is 63 years old, often makes people double-take whenever they look at her. This is because of her flawless and toned physique due to bodybuilding. The resident of Nanaimo found her love for health and fitness during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown. Fast forward to three years later, and Light was winning her first category at a Canadian Physics Alliance Bodybuilding competition, in May.

The transformation from gran to glam was not an easy journey and had its challenges. She even faced a surprising difficulty apart from weightlifting. Let?s see how Patricia embarked on this journey.

Patricia Light defies age-old ideas

She talked exclusively with Nanaimo News Now and spoke about the fitness journey. Since Light is already 63, there was difficulty in finding a proper category for competition. Most people her age did not pursue bodybuilding according to her, and that is where all the difference lies.

?There aren?t a lot of women of my age doing bodybuilding. So a lot of the bodybuilding shows only have categories that go as high as like, everybody over 55 or everybody over 45, so my group had everybody over 55, so that was the group that I won,? she explained.

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While she did start her fitness journey alone, but eventually hired a professional trainer. Patricia also became a regular at the gym once it reopened after the pandemic. Surprisingly, weightlifting was not as difficult for her as posing with high heels was. Patricia hired a posing coach and overcome her hardest challenge within six months. She had to change her mindset not only around her lifestyle but around other integral aspects. This challenge was another hurdle she would have to overcome.

It is a mental fight for Light

Patricia not only concentrated on her physical training but also had to go through a mental reshuffle for the competitions. Light needed to convince her mind that it was fine to put on weight when she was bulking up for competitions. Patricia then went from losing 30 lbs to gaining 22 lbs of muscle, when she decided to join a bodybuilding competition in December.

She explained her struggles and triumph during this road to fitness, and said, ?It?s super important for women my age to embrace weight training because it is so good for us, and the myth that we have to get feeble in our old age just isn?t true. We don?t have to be that, and you can build muscle when you?re in your 60s, you can build it post-menopause, and we must. Otherwise, we are going to end up in places we don?t want to be.?

Patricia does not stop at one goal, and now she is focusing on powerlifting as well. This has left her family awestruck. The gran also said that she is planning to take part in a powerlifting competition in 18 months.

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63-year-old Patricia Light defied long-held standards of age, especially for women. She broke all odds and started bodybuilding at an age when people think life is about to end. Patricia is not afraid to show off her killer biceps, and she is inspiring other women to embrace their health and forget about what society thinks.