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I'm reinventing the expectations
as to what women can do
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I will continue to raise the bar. I'm here to
show people that the impossible is possible
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I'm here to show people that the impossible is possible. I got
into powerlifting because at one point I weighed 415 pounds
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When I looked in my kids' eyes, I wanted to make sure that I
was there for them. I went back to fitness, walked into a gym
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At that time, I did not know what powerlifting was. Saw
people moving heavyweight, saw people screaming loudly
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saw people just doing extraordinary things,
and I was like, hmm, let me try this
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My grandmother took care of
all of us, so many people
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not just our household, but the community as well. Everything
that I am today is a true representation of who she was
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Every time I deadlift, my grandmother is with me,
so what you guys see is an essence of who she is
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Powerful, strong, relentless, driven, determined.
There's also behind that kindness and love
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because every time I deadlift, you see the crowd, right?
Because I'm doing something that's seemingly impossible
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But when I hold that weight and I pick it up, that's
me proving that no matter how hard things are
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you're always going to find a way.
And that's what my grandmother did
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