{"id":17812,"date":"2026-04-09T18:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17812"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:41:40","slug":"saturday-night-social-bless-willie-murphy-the-82-year-old-bodybuilder-who-defended-herself-against-the-dude-breaking-into-her-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17812","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Social: Bless Willie Murphy, the 82-Year-Old Bodybuilder Who Defended Herself Against the Dude Breaking Into Her House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\" class=\"align-bleed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.pastemagazine.com\/wp-content\/juploads\/2024\/01\/zwkvoh3jgbjqdza2h7zw.jpg\"\/><figcaption> Screenshot:  (<a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/he-picked-the-wrong-house-82-year-old-beats-up-break-in-suspect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHAM<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have seen my newest hero\u2014both physically and spiritually\u2014and it is 82-year-old bodybuilder Willie Murphy. \u201cHe picked the wrong house to break into,\u201d Murphy told <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/he-picked-the-wrong-house-82-year-old-beats-up-break-in-suspect\" rel=\"noopener\">WHAM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An ICON. I have lied literally ever other time I\u2019ve called someone an icon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- inlinecontent_1_noslideshow --> <!-- RevContent \n\n<div id=\"revcontent-hidden\"> --> <!-- revisit --><\/p>\n<p>The man she defended herself against started pounding on her door down on Thursday night after 11 p.m., saying he was sick and needed an ambulance. Murphy told WHAM she called the police but wouldn\u2019t let him inside her home. \u201cI hear a loud noise. I\u2019m thinking, what the heck was that? The young man is in my home. He broke the door,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The man who broke into her home didn\u2019t know that Murphy is a bodybuilder who has won medals and works out at her YMCA branch basically every day. She told the news station she can deadlift 225 pounds. A fit icon!<\/p>\n<p><!-- inlinecontent_2_noslideshow --> <\/p>\n<p>She hid in her house as the man walked through the house and eventually grabbed the nearest thing to her. \u201cI picked up the table, and I went to work on him,\u201d she said. <em>THE TABLE<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy added, \u201cThe table broke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- admarker --> <ad\/><\/p>\n<p>We love a fit lady! I want to make her proud of my physical and spiritual journey. 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