Packed and ready to crush it

It's less than 24 hours until my first powerlifting meet! I haven't been this excited and nervous since my first Ironman competition!

I'm all packed and ready to go...singlet - check, power shoes - check, CSA shirt - check, EliteFTS belt - check and deadlift socks - check!

My twelve weeks of training have prepared me well and all that's left to do is crush it! This first meet will put my official numbers "one the board" so that I have a baseline and I can set goals to work toward for future meets. Hopefully this is the start of a great road ahead! 

This never would have happened if it wasn't for inspiration from a few people. They will probably never see this, but I want to thank Julia Ladewski for being a strong female force in powerlifting and writing about how to prepare for your first meet on Girls Gone Strong, which first put the bug in my ear; thank you to Kellie Davis for writing about her first experience at a meet, which helped me realize that it's a goal I can reach too; and Jen Sinkler for writing about her experiences and asking me why I'm NOT signed up for a meet yet, which gave me that final push to signed on the dotted line! A huge, HUGE thanks to my coach, Jesse Burdick, who is an elite powerlifter, coach, dad and just all around awesome guy! Thank you Jesse for taking me in, teaching me proper technique and form, giving me tough workouts, pushing me to lift heavier than I thought I was capable of and making me laugh. I probably looked like a deer in headlights when we first met! And finally, thank you to my husband for his continual support, my children for giving me the smiles I needed to keep pushing, and my friends for always saying the right things to keep me motivated! 

Next blog post is a full report on the meet y'all!