I was really excited to talk with American Record Holder Quiana Welch. She's strong and gorgeous with an infectious personality, and she's about to become a mom.

We discuss:

1. Her background and how she got started lifting

2. Becoming pregnant in the social media age; her fears about her body changing and goin through it with everyone watching

3. How it has affected her following and how social media can be a strange strange place

4. Staying active while pregnant and how her training and diet has changed

5. Fears about becoming a mom and her competitive plans post baby

6. Being a role model to other women and how it feels breaking barriers as a woman of color in weightlifting. 

Follow Quiana and find out more about her training programs on her instagram: @quiana_welch

On this weeks episode I talk to 10x IPF World Champion Jen Thompson. 

We discuss:

 * How that meet changed her training going forward

Vote everyday at www.sbd-usa.com/jen

Follow Jen:

@jenthompson132

YouTube: 132 Pounds Of Power

YouTube: Thompson's Gym

Twitch.tv/jenthompson132

After listening to Joe Rogan's episode on Social Media and it's impact on kids (specifically its damaging effect on girls) I wanted to sit down with my 9th grade daughter and get her take. 

Do you allow your children to be on social media and what is the most disturbing trend you see?  Join the conversation over on instagram: 

https://deskgram.net/strongmompodcast

Joe Rogan Episode: https://youtu.be/CI6rX96oYnY

New Website and Programming: https://www.marisainda.com

As the year comes to an end everyone starts setting New Years Resolutions, I look back at a different kind of goal setting list-My fitness bucket list. This is a list I made back in 2011 of fun things I wanted to try before I die. Find out if I accomplished anything on the list and what things I added to it this year.

Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review and join the conversation by following me on instagram @strongmompodcast.

 I love this episode because fathers play such an important role in the lives of their daughters (and sons) and what better example than the amazing James Townsend. 

 I got to talk to him about:

-His athletic background including his time in the NFL.

-Becoming a father at a very young age and the struggles he faced with racism while trying to be an involved dad and how that experience affected the way he parents now.

-Kids lifting and how he dealt with some of the backlash on the internet and how he's raising strong and confident girls.

-Moving across country, opening a new gym and dealing with racism

Join the conversation and tell me how you liked this episode by going to strong mom Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/strongmompodcast/

Follow James and his amazing daughters here:

https://www.instagram.com/youngtonym/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/princesspfreya_doll/?hl=en

This week I talk with Shy, Host of Creep it Real Podcast-We talk about:

-Her time at Bodybuilding.com

-Being a stepmom and some of challenges she faces and her advice to people stepping into a blended family.

-Hunting for food and some of the backlash from people that are misinformed about what it means to be a hunter this day in age.

-and of course we talk about her Podcast and how I've become paranoid as a result of true crime. 

Follow her on Instagram @shyvonfranklinstein

Her Podcast: @creepitrealpod; available everywhere you listen to podcasts

This week I talk with super mom Stacey Schaedler about balancing work and life with 2 kids under 2, keeping a new relationship strong as well as your pelvic floor! She also gets personal discussing the passing of her sister and how that changed her own parenting style. 

Find her:

Instagram @staceyschaedler

http://www.staceyschaedler.com/smart-strength-landing-page/

http://www.staceyschaedler.com/online-nutrition-coaching/

http://www.staceyschaedler.com/mamas-in-love-with-fitness/

http://www.staceyschaedler.com/oh-baby-top-10-tips-moms-first-year-postpartum/