A 64-YEAR OLD grandmother is dividing opinions in her family over her racy fitness photos on social media. Model and fitness coach, Lesley from Melbourne, Australia began working out at 50 years old after she split from her ex husband. Not only does she feel her workouts have turned back time, but it’s made her closer to her fitness-fanatic granddaughter Tia. Tia and Lesley both have a large Instagram following, and receive a lot of attention from their photographs. Tia, aged 19, loves her gran's glamorous look. But Lesley’s daughter Vanessa, 42, thinks her mom should tone things down when it comes to her Instagram photos...
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00:00I don't like wearing clothes that are designed for a certain age.
00:04She's 64, so I think she dresses maybe more like a 30-year-old.
00:08I have about 35,000.
00:10The guys are from 18, which is really funny.
00:13Sometimes they're really naughty.
00:15My grandma is so close to me.
00:17She feels like she's my age half the time.
00:19Because she just looks amazing for her age.
00:22She does get a little attention.
00:25It's your mum.
00:26It's not like it's your teenage daughter or something like that.
00:28If your mum was posting in her lingerie, tell me how you would feel.
00:33I can't cover it up.
00:34And if I want to show it, then I can show it.
00:37I don't approve of them.
00:39Nope.
00:40My grandma is so close to me.
00:42She feels like she's my age half the time.
00:44I think it's 45 years between you two.
00:46What?
00:47It does not feel like that.
00:50I didn't take good at my fitness, not as much as you two.
00:54We're extremely busy.
00:56Yes, a little bit.
00:57Okay, let's push it girls.
00:59If I'm with my mum, they think that we're sisters.
01:02If I'm with Tia, they think we're sisters.
01:04Yeah.
01:05And you two, they get mother and daughter for you two.
01:07Yeah.
01:09What, do you think I was the mum?
01:10No, she was the mum and that was the daughter.
01:13That's their mum.
01:17Isn't it great?
01:19We're going to go home quickly, get something to eat.
01:22And then you guys have just a quick shoot with some new apparel.
01:25We often do shoots for our social media.
01:28My Instagram, I have about 35,000 on it at the moment.
01:33The guys are from 18, which is really funny.
01:36Sometimes they're really naughty.
01:38I'll take everything as a compliment and it's really great that they even follow me.
01:42So it's really fantastic.
01:45Because she just looks amazing for her age, she does get a bit of attention.
01:51Her Instagram, I think it's good.
01:53It promotes health and fitness really well.
01:55But he's still, you know, there's a few bikini photos.
01:58I'll go on my Instagram and I'll see what she's posting.
02:01I'll call her and go, Mum, delete it.
02:03I know.
02:04Get it off.
02:05I'm into fitness and I'm always in the gym in skimpy clothes.
02:09And also I compete, so you're used to being on stage in a teeny bikini.
02:13And I have no problems in sharing that.
02:16I'm not so shy about my bodies.
02:18She's really cool.
02:19She's very young.
02:20He literally borrows my clothes.
02:22This was yours, wasn't it?
02:23Yeah.
02:28I suppose I don't like wearing clothes that are designed for a certain age.
02:32Because I think then we become ageist and people expect that they need to look or feel a certain way.
02:40She's 64, so I think she dresses maybe more like a 30-year-old.
02:4435.
02:4640, maybe.
02:48Some pieces are quite skimpy.
02:50Hey.
02:51Hey.
02:52Hey.
02:53Hey.
03:03They're pretty.
03:04They're really cool.
03:05Wow, you've got new photos now too.
03:07What would your followers think of that?
03:09I think they'll like them.
03:11I've got a feeling.
03:12I have been known to do some lingerie ones and that, but they don't always get as approval.
03:20I don't approve of them.
03:21But, you know.
03:22Hang on, if your mum was posting in her lingerie, tell me how you would feel.
03:27Or even us, Lucas.
03:29If your mum, you know, was actually in lingerie on social media with X amount of followers, how would you feel?
03:36Look, it's alright.
03:37Lesley, you know.
03:39I mean, it's your mum.
03:41It's not like it's your teenage daughter or something like that.
03:43I think when it's your mum, it's different.
03:45Yeah.
03:46I'm coming back for the lingerie.
03:48No, you're not.
03:49Hold on.
03:50Because you're not.
03:51Nope.
03:52She'll give me constructive criticism when I need it, because I can be a bit naughty.
03:56I don't want her to change.
03:58No, don't.
03:59Just tone it down a little bit.
04:01She's not a teenager, but it's what she likes to do.
04:04So, I have to support her with it.
04:06I'm proud of my mum with what she's done.
04:08It is her passion.
04:10It's what she's good at.
04:11I think you just have to go where your heart is.
04:13And that's what she's done.
04:15I believe I have to be a product of what I believe in.
04:19I can't cover it up.
04:20And if I want to show it, then I can show it.
04:23Why be old and sick if you don't have to be?
04:26Like, why not feel on top of the world?