Frances Manias pt. 2 - Episode 69

This week Iron Sisters founder and powerlifting extraordinaire, Frances Manias, is back on the podcast to dig a little deeper into her personal story. In this episode, we discover why sisterhood means everything to Frances and how the Iron became her foundation when the world she once knew took a 180° turn. We hope you love Frances and her story just as much as we do.

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Highlights

• 2:30 - Don’t compare your progress to anyone else’s progress.
  • Focus on your strengths & not trying to fix all your weaknesses.
• 13:50 - Frances’s most important aspects to life.
• 17:19 - Her life changing realization that turned her world topsy-turvy.
• 34:10 -  Bodybuilding and Powerlifting’s pivotal role in Frances’s journey.
• 42:40 - Building sisterhood.