๐’๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง We all grew up asking permission from our parents, or teachers or whomever, to do things. We asked to stay the night with friends, go to a movie๐ฅ, skip a chore. We asked permission to do everything. But we are grown ups now, are you still asking for permission? I came …
Author Archives: MistiKlifter
Are you willing?
แฉแ๐ ๐๐แ แฏ๐แชแช๐แ๐? Yup, I totally ripped this off from a book ๐ by Gary John Bishop. I canโt say the name without the possibility of offending people. Just look it upโฆ I have been saying for years that the secret to sticking to any program is not motivation but by creating good habits. After …
Overcoming Fear of Free Weights
๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฑ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฑ!!! Do you feel like the free weight section of the gym is a meathead๐ฅฉ๐คฏ only zone? ๐ ธ ๐ ถ๐ ด๐ ๐ ธ๐!!! I think public gym layouts are made to keep women out of the free weight zone. Itโs intimidating and many women feel it is just setting themselves up to be hit on …
Family History…
DIABETES (TYPE 2), HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HEART/KIDNEY DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, OBESITY๐ค You may have a family history of these illnesses, but EVERY ๐ SINGLE ๐ ONE ๐ is avoidable &/or treatable. But hereโs the catch: You have to want it for yourself. You have to be ready for it. You have to do it for …
I just want to be thin!
๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป! I wanted to be skinny. Like all the other girls. I wanted to wear skinny jeans & not worry about them bursting with any false move. I did about everything I could to make that a realityโฆBut it didnโt work. I dieted.I took diet pills.I wouldnโt eat.I ran on the …
Too fat to exercise?
Iโแฐ TOO แดแฉT TO แฏOแKOแT! Do you feel like youโre too fat to go to the gym? Scared you wonโt be able to do the exercises or fit in the machines? Afraid people are staring at you? (Or worse, laughing behind your back?) โฐ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โฐ I might be ruffling some feathers here, but …
Qualified For More
In October of 2020 I qualified to compete at USAPL Raw Nationals. Since that moment I have been working toward that goal. 6 weeks out from Raw Nats I cracked my wrist. It was a hairline fracture, nothing really, I refused the cast and tried to train around it. I did everything from calcium boosters …
Insult Or Inspiration
I was insulted the other day. Insulted and judged by someone I know well. Someone I considered a friend. Iโm telling you this because we all handle these things differently, and with yesterday being โMental Health Awarenessโ day, I thought it would be a good topic. I grew up with my fair share of bullies. …
Before the Bar (Chapter 1) The Weight
I grew up believing that girls should be thin and blonde and pretty. That was the story implanted in my brain by, Iโll just sayโฆ people. Well, I am not blonde so I strived every day to be skinny. I would suck that gut in and hold it all day! By the way, did I …
Welcome to My New Blog about Self Image, Inner Strength, and Powerlifting
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. โ Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. Iโm just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Raising The Bar 