【外刊英语精读】60岁健身重启人生 | bodybuilding after 60

<p>A &nbsp;new start after 60: I always battled with my body image – until I became a bodybuilder at 64</p><p>60岁后重新开始：我一直有身材焦虑，直到64岁成为了一名健美运动员</p><p>In &nbsp;2021, at 64 years old, Marlene Flowers entered her first bodybuilding competition. Oiled, tanned and wearing a bikini, she found herself under bright lights on stage, twisting and contorting to show off her taut muscles alongside people half her age. Once the flexing was over, she then performed a one-minute posing routine to the theme song from Flashdance, one of her favourite films.</p><p>2021年，64岁的玛琳·弗劳尔斯参加了她的第一次健美比赛。站在舞台上的明亮灯光下，她全身涂油、皮肤黝黑、身着比基尼，扭动着身子展示紧实的肌肉，其他参赛者只有她年龄的一半。在肌肉伸展结束后，她进行了一分钟的姿势表演，背景音乐她最喜欢的电影之一《闪电舞》的主题曲。</p><p>If &nbsp;you had told Flowers when she was in her 50s that she would be inviting people to judge her figure, she would have laughed in your face. She had a natural aptitude for freestyle swimming as a child, but struggled with her body image. Self-conscious and often shy, Flowers went on to marry and divorce...