By the time my marriage fell apart in 2015 and I got divorced, I was around 415lb and I knew that I wanted to change. Right now, I hover at around 280lb-290lb, but for one powerlifting competition I got down to 275lb.
In 2017, I moved to Howard County in Maryland and was looking for a new gym but I couldn't find anything similar to that class, so I tried Tae Bo and kickboxing but they didn't really do anything for me.
Bench lifts, squat lifts and deadlifts with barbells were all new to me, and I remember people telling me that I shouldn't bench because I would look like a man. I had to stop listening to all the negative comments., and at the end of 2017 I was doing so well that he suggested I sign up for a meet. My first competition was in Baltimore City in 2018 and I think I ended up with a 231lb bench press, a squat lift of 385lb and a deadlift of 396lb. That was nothing compared to what I lift now.
After that, I told my coach I wanted to get to a 600lb deadlift. He put together a program for me and I did everything he asked. I was the primary carer of my children at the time and I work in property management so I move a lot. I would always base my move around what gym was closer and if it had childcare.
There are other 37 and 38 year old women who powerlift but in the community people are blown away that I'm 37 and have only been powerlifting for three years. It feels crazy to see my name next to the record for the heaviest female deadlift in the world. That day, the atmosphere in the room was electric. Everyone was walking up and wanting to take pictures, but it really didn't hit me until the next morning when I woke up and I had gone viral. I realized I had done something huge.
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