Day: August 22, 2020

Fitness model, 74, who lost over 62lb after struggling to walk up and down stairs has become an Instagram sensation – and now teaches workouts to over 800,000 followers

By Monica Greep For Mailonline

Published: 03:19 EDT, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 04:15 EDT, 22 August 2020

A 74-year-old fitness model who lost over 62lb (over four stone) three years ago has become an Instagram sensation – and now teaches workouts to over 800,000 followers.

Joan MacDonald, from Cobourg, Canada, who tipped the scales at 198lbs (14st 1lb), was on medication for high blood pressure and was struggling with with such severe arthritis she struggled to walk up and down her stairs.  

Determined to make a change, the mother began weight training and planning her macros, eating five balanced meals a day – amounting to around 1500 calories in total. 

She now weighs a slender 136lbs (9st 7lbs) and has amassed thousands of followers by sharing her weight loss journey through her Train With Joan Instagram account. Fitness model Joan MacDonald (pictured), 74, from Cobourg, Canada, has become an Instagram sensation - and teaches workouts to over 800,000 followers

Fitness model Joan MacDonald (pictured), 74, from Cobourg, Canada, has become an Instagram sensation – and teaches workouts to over 800,000 followers Joan tipped the scales at 198lbs (14st 1lb), pictured left, but now weighs a slender 9st 7lbs 136lbs (9st 7lbs), pictured right

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‘We are going to show cops were just doing their jobs’: Attorney for one of the officers charged in George Floyd’s death outlines his defense argument after claiming the black man killed himself by overdosing on fentanyl

The attorney for one of the Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing says he’s going to prove the cops were just doing their jobs after claiming earlier this week that the black man killed himself by overdosing on fentanyl.  

Thomas Lane, 37, is one of the three officers charged with aiding and abetting murder for holding down Floyd’s legs during his May 25 fatal arrest. 

Another officer, Derek Chauvin, is charged with murder after body cam showed him kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as he pleaded: ‘I can’t breathe’. 

Lane’s attorney Earl Gray, who has been fighting to get the charges dropped, has since outlined his defense argument, saying he doesn’t believe there is enough evidence to convict his client. 

‘We are going to show that my client and the other cops were doing their jobs,’ Gray told the Los Angeles Times. 

‘None of these guys – even Chauvin – actually killed him. He killed himself.’ 

In a memorandum filed in court on Monday, Gray claimed that Floyd swallowed a ‘lethal dose’ of fentanyl as he was resisting arrest. An attorney for Minneapolis officer Thomas Lane, who is charged in George Floyd's killing, claims the black man contributed to his own death because he overdosed on fentanyl during his arrest

An attorney for Minneapolis officer Thomas Lane, who is charged in George Floyd’s killing, claims the black man contributed to his own death because he overdosed on fentanyl during his arrest

Thomas Lane, 37, (above) is one of the three officers charged with aiding and abetting murder for holding down Floyd's legs during his May 25 fatal arrest

Lane's attorney Earl Gray has been fighting to get the charges dropped

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