On Thursday night Willie Murphy was in the middle of her bedtime routine in Rochester New York when she heard the man bang on the door.
Murphy told WHAM-TV she called the police and refused to let him in but the man broke the door.
"It's kind of semi-dark and I'm alone, and I'm old. But guess what, I'm tough.
"He picked the wrong house to break into," she told WHAM-TV, flexing her muscles.