I sometimes reminisce about my teenage years when my parents paid the bills, paid for my clothes and food. I believed I was just put on earth to get huge and complain about my clothes, food, and the fact that they didn’t provide me with everything I wanted.

You will have your supporters and your naysayers as with everything in this world, but I am in complete support of this shift in the paradigm. Why?

Of all of the things I wish I could go back and redo, these five things stand out as the most important or all-encompassing.

Being married to a physique sport competitor isn’t easy. I want this article to provide some authentic insight from the real pillars of strength: the women who play the support role.

I’m so proud to finally have achieved my original goal in strongman and to continue showing my kids that hard work and time in the saddle pays off.

Which of these three progress-sapping categories do you fall in?

Proximity has nothing to do with how good you will get in this sport.