The elixir of youth: a Chinese woman who looks 25 at 50

Just a few years ago, the whole world became aware of Liu Yerin from China. After she started posting pictures of herself on social media, the Chinese woman quickly gained a lot of fans. Yerin works out a lot and often, whether it’s running, swimming, boxing, or biking. Thanks to her trim body and beautiful skin, the Chinese woman has become popular all over the world. A seemingly ordinary story, except for the fact that Liu turned 50 this year.

Liu Yerin worked as a librarian before she retired. She was born in 1968, and started practicing sports when she was about 20 years old. Since then, Liu has not stopped practicing.

Yerin has been working out for over 30 years and believes that it is regular exercise that keeps her young and beautiful. Thanks to her workouts, she looks almost the same as her 23-year-old son.

Son Liu admits that people often think 50-year-old Yerin is his girlfriend. Once, because his mom looks young, his girlfriend took offense at him. She just didn’t believe that Liu Yerin was his mom. It took the guy a while to explain everything to his girlfriend. Yerin’s son makes no secret of the fact that his mom has always been beautiful.

“When my mom was little, she was considered the prettiest girl in school. I would say she hasn’t changed over time.”

“Whenever I told people my real age at the store, strangers would start crowding around me wanting to know my secrets.”

Yerin is often asked what the secret to her perfect skin is. It’s actually quite simple. The main secret of the Chinese woman’s good figure is sports, and the secret of clear skin is the absence of cosmetics. Liu very rarely uses cosmetics and yet she works out regularly.

Li believes that she looks young partly thanks to her genes. However, of course, in order to maintain her beauty and trim body, she works out a lot.

“I swim in the lake and do strength training every day.”

In the summertime, she often participates in running marathons, swimming, and boxing. And in the winter, Liu is not idle either. In winter, her favorite activity is outdoor swimming.

There is a lake near her house, and for 30 years Yerin has been swimming there in winter. The 50-year-old Chinese woman believes that exercising in cold weather helps her maintain her beauty and look younger. She admits that at first it is scary to dive into cold water, but then you feel great all day long. As Lee emphasizes, “the most important thing is that you stay healthy throughout your life.”

Swimming is an integral part of Yerin’s life. Every day she challenges herself with a new challenge. For example, she has already swum across the Yangtze River in China and the Han River in South Korea. In March 2016, Liu Yeling set herself a different challenge: to swim across the sea for the first time. And she succeeded. She successfully swam across the Strait of Malacca in four hours. As Liu later admitted, it was the hardest thing she had ever done in her life.

“I struggled because my goggles were leaking and the salt water was making my tongue sore. It felt like there were dozens of cuts on my tongue, it was unbearably painful.”

Liu attracted worldwide attention and she began to be called to various programs on television. Now she often goes to different cities, travels and takes part in the filming of TV programs. On one such program, she even decided to do yoga outside in minus 40 temperatures.

“I want to remain as beautiful when I am 80 years old,” Liu confesses.

Liu Yerin says that she decided to share her secret because she wants to inspire women to take up sports, because it will help them feel much more confident.

That’s why on her page in the Chinese social network Weibo, in addition to her photos, she often publishes various training materials.

“I wasn’t scared at all. In fact, I felt great. It was nice to do exercises in the cold weather.”

And not too long ago, Liu had a bikini photo shoot in minus 40 temperatures in Siberia. When asked why she wears a bikini so often, the 50-year-old Chinese woman guffaws that she saves fabric for the country. However, Yerin admits that bikinis are her armor. They make her feel confident, healthy and young.