{"id":18520,"date":"2026-04-18T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=18520"},"modified":"2026-04-18T23:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:44:00","slug":"vermont-senior-games-event-showcases-strength-training-benefits-for-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=18520","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Senior Games event showcases strength training benefits for older adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WILLISTON, Vt. (WCAX) &#8211; A powerlifting competition in Williston brought dozens of participants older than 40 to the gym, with senior powerlifters hoping to inspire generational strength.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deadlifting was the final event in the Vermont Senior Games powerlifting competition at the Lift VT gym in Williston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Julie Kaye, 66, can bench press more than 100 pounds and back squat and deadlift more than 200 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI was diagnosed with osteoporosis,\u201d Kaye said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She got the results back three years ago. Afterwards, she read a study that said weightlifting could help her grow bone density back. She got a trainer, hit the gym and reversed the diagnosis to just osteopenia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cJust knowing that I don\u2019t have to go on medication, that I can just be in the gym, and hopefully just do this through my 80s,\u201d Kaye said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Powerlifting can help with ways the body ages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSometimes we lose strength, sometimes we lose that mobility and the people that are here right now are keeping that strength going,\u201d said Jazmin Ferrari, owner at Lift VT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ferrari is also a coach. With the right trainer, the right plan and permission from a doctor, it\u2019s never too late to start squatting, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSome of these people didn\u2019t even start lifting until they became seniors. Seeing our bodies and our minds doing all of this together \u2014 it\u2019s amazing,\u201d Ferrari said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">James Chico Hernandez started powerlifting just two years ago. He was last year\u2019s Vermont Senior Games champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI hate losing,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He credits powerlifting with much of his physical success. He encourages his aging neighbors to give it a shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt keeps you going, it keeps you future oriented, to keep going and keep going and makes you think \u2014 hey \u2014 I\u2019m gonna live to 100,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Bill, 91, was bench pressing at the competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 WCAX. 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