(CNN) A man broke into the Rochester, New York, home of an 82-year-old woman. It didn't end well -- for him.

Willie Murphy said she was getting ready for bed Thursday night when a man began pounding on her door, urging her to call an ambulance for him, CNN affiliate WHAM reported

Murphy told WHAM she called the police but wouldn't let the man in her house. Then, she said, he became angry and broke through the door.

"It's kind of semi-dark and I'm alone, and I'm old. But guess what, I'm tough," she said, bearing her muscular arms. "He picked the wrong house to break into."

Murphy is an award-winning bodybuilder who said she works out at her local YMCA almost every day.

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