On this episode of The Iron Edge Podcast, Ken sits down with legendary strongwoman Lacy Hughes, who has been involved with the sport for almost 20 years. Ken & Lacy dive into a vast range of topics including the growth of strongwoman, her first international competition, how to train and stay healthy as a masters athlete, and a lot lot more.

As always, you aren’t going to want to miss this!

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Content;

00:00- Intro

01:00- When she started competing in strongman

03:36- When the women’s side started to get bigger

05:41- Biggest driving factor behind the growth of strongwoman

09:39- Training crews back then vs now

14:05- Her first international experience

15:32- The difference of strongman internationally to strongman here in the US

18:30- Women’s pay out in the sport

22:00- Where she sees the sport going

22:54- What has the gym taught her

23:45- Staying healthy within the sport

24:27- Her training schedule and mindset being a masters athlete

29:08- Overcoming the feeling of being lazy

33:36- Training partners and her gym now

37:47- Having a coach and how it’s been an asset for her

39:44- Is there an age limit to competing?

40:40- Learning from competing and frequency of competing

43:58- What is next for her

46:05- The changes in strongman events

49:40- The federations when she started in the sport and how it’s gotten bigger

55:03- Can we fully standardize strongman?