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Grandma becomes a bodybuilding champion

Her life changed when she started bodybuilding

Newsroom September 23 06:53

Debbie Allsopp, who has two grandchildren, has claimed prizes in eight bodybuilding competitions since beginning her muscle-building quest three years ago.

According to The Sun, the 48-year-old woman used to drink a dozen vodka Red Bulls and six tequilas.

“Once a month I’d go on a bender and be falling out of a nightclub drunk as a skunk,” Debbie said.

“I’d lost sight of myself. The more I was a mum, the less confidence I had. I was just another mum doing the school run and had no identity.”

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But, then she got divorced and one day she John who suggested bodybuilding.

From that time, everything changed. She began training five times a week and saw effects on her body within a month.

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After eight competitions, she finally won a string of medals, has qualified as a fitness trainer and has hundreds of bodybuilding friends on Facebook.

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