Weightlifting played a significantly huge role of who I am today. I am a smart, confident and proud young black woman. Not too long ago I was a very shy and self-conscious person. I am still shy, but not as painfully as before I started weightlifting.
What keeps me going
On the days when I feel exhausted and hopeless, I think back to my experience at the World Junior Championships. To see all of those elite athletes near flawless lifting, training twice a day with high intensities even when their bodies are aching, reminds me of what I am aiming for. I think to myself that to be like them, I just need to keep on pushing, just keep on grinding and NEVER STOP!
Recovery Habits
Having to train as much as I do is not a problem for me, but my recovery habit is the tough part. For example, having to remember to take my supplements on time daily, eating healthy and getting enough but not too much good carbs in my diet; like sweet potatoes, yams and green banana. Taking 45 minutes out of my busy schedule to take weekly Epsom salts baths and also getting chiropractic...
My Experience in Russia
It was 2 weeks before one of the biggest and most important trips in my life to the Junior World Championships in Kazan, Russia. I was having numerous problems with my body, which prevented me from performing the Olympic lifts. I was trying extremely hard not to worry about it, not think about how my injury would affect my competition, which was very hard for me because I am a perfectionist. As...
She’s my Rock
My best friend and older sister, Kia, had taken a year off from weightlifting because she had badly injured her hip. She was told that she had to immediately stop lifting or risk developing further debilitating injury. I was devastated when I heard this, Kia is my rock, she is the person I go to and connect with on numerous levels about the highs and lows of the sport. I could not imagine not...
One Kilo Away from Records
The Toronto Pro Supershow is held every year on the first weekend of June. I was not very excited to lift in this year’s Supershow because I had competed just two weeks before in the Canadian Senior Championships. I felt that I needed a longer rest period. It turned out that I didn’t because I made three personal bests! One in snatch, 87kg and one in clean and jerk, 107kg raising my...