Join me and guests, Luna Bruno, Molly Hendryx, and Ashley Hamby, for a conversation about balancing life as moms and nationally ranked powerlifters. Get to know them as they share inspiring stories about their fitness journeys and motherhood and how going after their goals and carving out time for their mental and physical well-being has empowered them and made them the best moms and role models they can be for their children.

Meet Ashley. Ashley started using Pilates and home workout videos when her daughter, McKenna, now 3 and a half, was a year old because she wanted to lose the baby weight. She got her first set of 8 lb dumbbells a few months later and quickly discovered she really liked lifting weights and getting stronger. She joined her first gym a year later in July 2021 and competed in her first powerlifting competition in January 2022. She started with a free remote coach that did her programming for 12 weeks but then found herself on her own and did the meet prep by herself and went to the meet alone. Shortly after that meet she hired a coach and joined the Ironside powerlifting team.

Connect with Ashley on Instagram @ahamby19

Meet Molly. Molly is a 2x Submaster national powerlifting champion, a single mom of two girls, Tyra, 17, and Charlotte, 7, and a strength and cheer coach. In high school, Molly was a cheerleader and mid-distance runner. She didn’t start lifting weights until after having her second daughter. She joined a bootcamp style gym that also had a powerlifting coach. After moving to Portland, and falling into a period of depression, it was three years before she started lifting and running again to help move past this dark period. She started powerlifting seriously again and joined the Ironside powerlifting team mid-2022.

Connect with Molly on Instagram @body.project.fitness

Meet Luna. Luna is from Southern California and has lived in the US, Mexico, and Canada. She is mom to Kira, who is three years old. She’s been a full-time single mom for 2.5 years and moved herself and her daughter from Canada to Portland in 2021. Luna has always been an athlete, playing water polo, softball, and volleyball in high school. She’s always processed her emotions through fitness and movement. She started powerlifting in 2020 after her husband left her and her daughter to help her get through a very difficult time. She is also on the Ironside powerlifting team and a nationally qualified elite lifter.

Connect with Luna on Instagram @moonwarrior_luna

Your host, Heather Campbell, is the founder and owner of Made4More Fitness LLC, an online and in person strength and nutrition coaching business. Heather helps clients unlock their superpowers through custom strength training and personalized nutrition strategy with an overall holistic approach. Heather believes and promotes that movement is medicine. Everything we have to succeed is already inside every one of us. Strength training unlocks these powers and spills into every aspect of life. It is unbiased and limitless - no matter age or experience level - it is available to everyone!

Connect with Heather using the links below. She'd love to hear from you about topics you are interested in hearing about or to sign up for a free strength training and nutrition consult.

Website: www.made4more.fitness

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