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82 year-old grandmother smashes abdominal plank record

Gail P Sherman
Apr 30, 2025
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Grandma plank

After caring for her husband for years before his death, 82-year-old Sarah Blackman needed to do something for herself. She decided to work on her fitness and hired a personal trainer to help her. Now she holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to hold an abdominal plank.

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