A 76-year-old woman who has a passion for working out has become a social media sensation for her incredible level of fitness and for living life free from ailments and medications.
Native New Yorker Lauren Bruzzone, 76, currently lives in Stamford, Connecticut. Technically retired from her career as an attorney for IBM, she now works part-time as a consultant and teaches math at the University of Connecticut. She also works out five to six times a week.
“I enjoy working out and exercising, and I think it’s good for me,” Ms. Bruzzone told The Epoch Times. “I always used to do a little bit of exercise ... going to some ladies’ groups ... then I sort of stumbled into CrossFit because one of my friends told me about it, and when I was doing CrossFit, I met [Wesley James] and the whole thing went to a whole different level.”
Wesley James of Norwalk, Connecticut, 35, is now Ms. Bruzzone’s personal trainer.
Watching Ms. Bruzzone in her CrossFit classes—at a place that Mr. James used to rent, he was amazed by her strength and her interest in being at the gym.
“It’s not often that you walk into a gym, and you see somebody her age doing the type of activity that I witnessed her doing,” he said. “So I watched her for about a year. I noticed that she would stay after her class to work on her pull-ups, and when I decided to offer my help, I told her to give me three weeks. ... I figured I could turn this into a story.”
“It was funny,” Ms. Bruzzone said, “because Wes took it and a couple days later said, ‘You’ve got two million views!’ I freaked out, like a deer in headlights. Now I’m a little calmer.”
