VT Lift Like A Girl

I am always interested in knowing other people's reasons for pursuing particular activities. Some of you may be like me and wondering what has made powerlifting my passion. What made me decide at 45 that I wanted to lift heavy? Until 2012 I never considered fitness important in any way. I had been a fat child and grew up to be an extremely overweight adult. At my heaviest I was 309 pounds. A gym in my area had run a contest named The Biggest Mooser in conjunction with a local radio station for a couple of years. in January 2012 I decided I was done being fat, out of shape, and generally miserable. I applied to be a Biggest Mooser and was one of four finalists. To make a long story short I was not the winner of the contest, but I did receive 6 months of free classes at Ben's Bootcamp. One of the early training sessions involved deadlifts. I'd never done a deadlift before that night, but from the moment I pulled that loaded bar from the floor I was hooked. I wanted to deadl...

Hi there.  Thanks for coming to check out my second blog. This one will be different from my original blog, The Journey Continues. This blog will be dedicated to powerlifting. I plan to write about my training, struggles, wins, the grind, the products I use, podcasts I love, and anything else I can come up with about this sport I love. I hope to also share some of the amazing powerlifters I know with you. I'll need to talk with them first and see if they'll be willing to be a part of this, so stay tuned.  This first post is being written on the five year anniversary of my very first meet. Vermont Powerlifting hosted the meet and I joined the All Raw federation. Such a warm, welcoming, friendly group. Not that it made a difference I was still nauseous, scared, and not sure why I'd allowed myself to be talked into a meet.  Fast forward five years and I've competed in twelve meets and brought home national and state records,  medals and trophies which have a nice home a...