'My mum and I are mistaken for twins - she looks half her age with amazing abs'

15 March 2024 , 10:46

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'My mum and I are mistaken for twins - she looks half her age with amazing abs'

A super-fit gran has shared how she and her daughter, who is less than half her age, are often dubbed as 'twins' due to their striking similarities.

Jacqueline Hooton, 61, works as a personal trainer and has achieved some amazing things when it comes to fitness - she can impressively deadlift double her body weight. She and her daughter Saffron, 24, often joke about their resemblance, despite their 37-year age gap.

Jaqueline shared one post with her half a million followers on Instagram (@hergardengym) and her followers struggled to tell the difference between the pair, with some saying "I'm sure they're siblings".

The 61-year-old can deadlift double her weight and loves to keep fit (Jam Press/@hergardengym)

She and her daughter look super similar (Jam Press/@hergardengym)

In the video, Jacqueline and Saffron can be seen joining in on a trend where you mock what you've got in common. The pair stood next to each other in identical athleisure, saying: "We are mother and daughter, of course, we always dress the same. Of course we share everything. Of course we look like twins. We are mother and daughter, but who is who?"

The post was captioned: "Jumping on this trend and picking up on the lovely, funny and occasionally odd comments we get as a mother and daughter." Someone said: "Waaaaah! I want a mini-me!" Other said the pair were "adorable", with others insisting that they were "siblings" or "sisters". Another said that their six-year-old daughter said that they are "twins".

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While she receives plenty of well-intentioned comments about her age, Jacqueline says it is just a number. She said: "People tell me I look good for my age. I understand they mean this in a kind way. However, I think I look my age and I am comfortable with this. The description of 'good for age' is problematic. It tells women they are still being judged on appearance, even as they grow older.

Jacqueline isn't a fan of people telling her she 'looks good for her age' (Jam Press/@hergardengym)

The pair participated in the trend together, and people loved it (Jam Press/@hergardengym)

"It is a distraction from what really matters, our physical health. I am more interested in how we are ageing physically and what we can do to support healthier ageing, in terms of physical function, heart health, bone health, cardiovascular health, cognitive health and so on. I think one of the benefits of exercise is that it can have aesthetic benefits as well, but that's not my primary goal.

"My primary goal is to be as healthy and well as I can be, especially as I'm 60 years old [and] because I have osteoarthritis. It'd be very easy to sit down and think, 'I can't do anything', but it's even more important as we get older if we've got underlying medical conditions and things to invest that time.

"For me, it's definitely about health, it's definitely about function, and it's definitely with an eye on the prize – of getting to 100 years old or more and still feeling healthy and well."

Danielle Kate Wroe