Mom. Wife. Autism Advocate. Elite Trainer. Powerlifting Coach. Elite World Powerlifter. THSWPA/THSPA Judge. USPC Texas State Judge. Crossfitter. Ultramarathoner. Triathlete.
You trained for months.You followed the program. You took the heavy singles. You worked through the ugly sessions, the missed lifts, the aches, the fatigue and all the little sacrifices that come with preparing for a powerlifting meet.Meet day finally arrives.You check the roster.And there it is.Your name.That's it.You're the only lifter in your division.Technically,... Continue Reading →
Your greatest achievement isn’t what you accomplish. It’s who becomes stronger because you were there. For a long time, I thought success was measured by what I could accomplish. The numbers on the bar.The records.The titles.The medals.The finish lines crossed. Work harder. Become better. Accomplish more. And there’s nothing wrong with wanting those things. I... Continue Reading →
"She didn't become unstoppable by avoiding the hard things. She became unstoppable by walking straight through them." I saw this quote and sat with it longer than I expected to. Because it's not a poster quote to me. It's Orin Ultra 100 at mile 80 when every part of me wanted to sit down in... Continue Reading →
AI, Fitness, and the Responsibility That Comes With Influence There was a time when fitness transformations were some of my favorite things to see online. Someone would show where they started, share the work they put in, and show where that work eventually took them. The progress was the point. The struggle was part of... Continue Reading →
The Problem With Sponsorship/Ambassadorship Hopping When does representing a brand stop meaning anything?I've been thinking about this for a while, because I'm seeing it more and more across the fitness industry.Athletes and ambassadors are jumping from company to company, collecting partnerships, promoting multiple competing brands, or continuing to represent one company while simultaneously promoting another.And... Continue Reading →
I qualified for WABDL Worlds back in July at the Southwest Regional held in Plano, Texas on July 27th which I have still yet to blog about but eventually will. Worlds is my eighth meet to date since competing in my first meet back in April 2018 and training has not seemed to slow down... Continue Reading →
Let's talk about what happens when life gets painful for no apparent reason. When everything in your life gets tough. When things just go wrong. When you put all your hard work and attention and effort, energy and thoughts into this goal and it just doesn't work out. When everything falls apart. When you are... Continue Reading →
The most common reason people don’t stay healthy is because they have some kind of lame excuse preventing them from doing so. Fact is, strength training is one of the BEST things you can do to strengthen yourself physically and mentally, so by making useless excuses as to why you need to skip the gym... Continue Reading →
Back in August 2018, I competed in my second powerlifting meet with United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) at Bayou Border Bash that was hosted by Lake Charles Powerlifting in Beaumont. I had originally planned not to do another meet until December when I compete in Orange at the Lifting Spirits Invitational.Competing at World was not... Continue Reading →
Powerlifting requires risks and failures. If you are not willing to experience those risks and failures from time to time, then you will never experience success in anything you attempt to do and do well. I decided after my first meet that for my second powerlifting meet I'd compete in whatever the next local meet... Continue Reading →
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