August 4, 2005

Stella Goren is only about 4-foot-10, but she packs a strong punch.

It all started when she was turning 79, and her husband asked what she wanted for her birthday.

\”I\’d like to work out at a gym with a personal trainer,\” Goren told him.

In spite of thinking she was meshugge and assuming this wouldn\’t last, her husband gave his wife of 45 years what she wanted.

\”I was very happy,\” Sam Goren recalled. \”I didn\’t have to go out and buy her a present.\”

It turned out to be the perfect gift. Goren has been working out at the In Training Fitness Center in Hollywood, and loving it, for the past five years.