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\nOprah Winfrey shared a video of herself at the gym on her 72nd birthdayThe icon did a series of deadlifts \u2014 an exercise she said Adele recommended\u201cI can\u2019t say I\u2019m ready for the Olympics,\u201d\u00a0Winfrey quipped, but added that she feels \u201cstronger\u201d<\/p>\n
Oprah Winfrey<\/a> hit the gym to deadlift a significant amount of weight on her 72nd birthday \u2014\u00a0and she credits Adele<\/a> for recommending the exercise.\n<\/p>\n The icon shared a video to Instagram<\/a> on Jan. 29 of herself deadlifting a barbell, while her trainer can be heard encouraging her in the background.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know what a deadlift was. I remember Adele told me she was deadlifting and I didn\u2019t \u2014 I pretended to know what she was talking about,\u201d Winfrey said after her workout, before stitching a clip from her 2021 interview<\/a> with the \u201cHello\u201d<\/a> singer, who shared that she\u2019d been deadlifting up to 170 lbs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI love it,\u201d Adele told her, sharing that at her peak, \u201cI feel like I could have been in the Olympics.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Winfrey \u2014 showing off good form and proper breathing while doing five reps \u2014 cheered, \u201cGot it!\u201d when she was finished with her deadlifts.\n<\/p>\n \u201cLife at 72 is looking different than every other decade. Two summers and two new knees ago, I decided to add strength training to my workouts because we all need to maintain muscle as we get older,\u201d she wrote in the caption, referencing her 2021 double knee surgery<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cI can\u2019t say I\u2019m ready for the Olympics like Adele, but I sure feel stronger \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd So in honor of another trip around the sun for me, go try something new. You never know where it will lead you. \u201c\n<\/p>\n Deadlift, as CrossFit<\/a> explains, is simply when the barbell is lifted off the ground and held at arm\u2019s length. It\u2019s a full-body exercise, \u201cactivating and strengthening virtually every muscle in the body.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n It’s the latest update in Winfrey’s ongoing wellness journey, which she’s historically shared with her fans: She recently opened up about her experience with GLP-1 medication<\/a>, telling PEOPLE she has “no more shame” about her ongoing struggle with her weight.”\n<\/p>\n “Let the people say what they will.”<\/p>\n