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Keeping It Real and "BittyStrong" with Alyssa Ritchey - Ep. 28

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Today on the podcast we have Alyssa Ritchey, a successful member of team USA for Olympic Weightlifting! Alyssa recently broke the Pan American Championship clean and jerk record in 2019. This girl is beyond bitty strong with the ability to clean and jerk double her body weight and has showcased that on a platform. We are so happy that she was able to come onto our show to chat about olympic weightlifting, Hashimoto Thyroiditis diagnosis and the struggle that many Olympic Weightlifters have with urinary incontinence. We loved connecting with Alyssa we think you will love this episode!


  • How Alyssa became a successful Olympic Weightlifter  (Video of 2019 Pan Am performance!)
  • Domonique Moceanu
  • Being Avril Lavigne in high school
  • Bikini bodybuilding competition
  • Crossfit for 3.5 years and quitting CrossFit because of immense fatigue and symptoms
  • From CrossFit to Olympic Weightlifting!
  • Being all in and making sacrifices or investments toward your goals
  • Being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s
  • What is Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis?
  • Alyssa’s symptoms for Hashimotos
  • Treating the person with the disease not the disease the person has
  • Mark Hyman's podcast
  • Becoming a mentally tough athlete
  • Alyssa’s mindset on her confidence and her authenticity
  • Being a great role model to young women
  • You are a badass by Jen Sincero
  • Keeping up with the Joneses but the joneses aren’t even happy!!!
  • Girls with a little piddle problem
  • Alyssa’s experience with seeing a pelvic floor DPT
  • Interruption from Griffy! (Meghan’s dog likes to podcast with us)
  • The human body is resilient
  • “You should be confident in who you are in life or no one will take you seriously”

    • Alyssa's IG

    Alyssa's Podcast- The BittyStrong Podcast


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