10/02/2026
Lifetime PR of 315 for 3 reps today🥳💪
I believe this is 10 pounds more than my old 3 rep from when I was still competing in 2013 right before getting pregnant.
It was really hard, but I also wasn’t completely maxed out either. Goal is to stay strong and avoid injury and lift another day.
Deadlift used to be my best and easiest lift but after the birth of my boys, it never felt good. Then after tummy tuck surgery it still wasn’t right. During that time, I focused on fixing my back squat and did what I could when deadlifting and didn’t let it get me down. I was starting to get some big PRs on back and front squats, figured I cannot be greedy, and was grateful for what I had.
But then after lots of patience for a number of years just slowly itching up in weight without pushing it too much….
I am now consistently lifting over 300 pounds for reps.
After my tummy tuck surgery in 2019, I never put the weight lifting belt back on either, so it’s all raw strength.
I hope this helps motivate you in some way if you are in a different chapter of life right now, knowing what the future might hold years down the road.
It is truly a lifetime of athleticism.
And I will tell you I have more gratitude now than EVER and enjoy training the most I have in my entire life.