{"id":55710,"date":"2025-10-02T06:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55710\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:02:06","slug":"how-indias-viral-weightlifter-mummy-70-overcame-arthritis-to-become-stronger-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55710\/","title":{"rendered":"How India\u2019s viral \u2018Weightlifter Mummy\u2019, 70, overcame arthritis to become stronger than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lifting weights in her salwar kurta \u2013 a traditional Indian outfit consisting of a tunic, loose-fitting pants and knotted scarf \u2013 Roshni Devi Sangwan stands out from other gym-goers in South Delhi, in the Indian capital New Delhi.<\/p>\n

The garb does not appear to hamper her performance: the grandmother of three can perform a 105kg (230lb) trap bar deadlift, 120kg leg presses and 60kg squats.<\/p>\n

These are impressive feats for a 70-year-old woman who, before taking up weightlifting in September 2022, had never exercised before, let alone stepped foot in a gym.<\/p>\n

At the age of 68, Sangwan, known on Instagram to her 111,000 followers as \u201cWeightlifter Mummy\u201d, was diagnosed with arthritis<\/a> in her knees<\/a>. This painful condition causes inflammation and deterioration of the knee joint cartilage.\"RoshniRoshni Devi Sangwan can perform a 105kg trap bar deadlift. Photo: Ajay SangwanHer doctor said arthritis was normal for someone her age and warned that it would progressively worsen. He recommended that she avoid doing too much housework<\/a> and climbing stairs<\/a>, and that she undergo physiotherapy and take short walks for exercise.<\/p>\n

After four months of physiotherapy, her son, Ajay Sangwan, suggested she join a gym and train with him. It took her four more months to agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lifting weights in her salwar kurta \u2013 a traditional Indian outfit consisting of a tunic, loose-fitting pants and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[28022,46926,8809,46920,565,134,46924,46925,46921,12074,111,139,69,38404,46927,46928,46922,4770,18401,46923],"class_list":{"0":"post-55710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-arthritis","9":"tag-battle-rope-exercises","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-deadlifts","12":"tag-fitness","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-hindu-goddess-durga","15":"tag-how-to-age-well","16":"tag-leg-presses","17":"tag-new-delhi","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-rowing","22":"tag-salwar-kurta","23":"tag-south-delhi","24":"tag-squats","25":"tag-walking","26":"tag-weightlifting","27":"tag-world-strength-games"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}