Join me and guest, Alyssa Ages, for the second episode in a series of conversations about the athlete mindset.

Alyssa is a journalist, published author, strongwoman competitor, endurance athlete, former fitness trainer, and mom to two vivacious daughters. Mindset has and continues to play a pivotal role in Alyssa's life whether its writing to meet a deadline, preparing for a strongman event, running a marathon, or raising her two daughters.

Alyssa is the author of "Secrets of Giants, A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength." After experiencing a significant loss, Alyssa went from flipping monster truck tires and walking with 300 pounds on her back to barely managing to get dressed. After a long time away, when Alyssa returned to the world of lifting heavy things and found herself coming back to life she asked: What if strength isn't about how much we can lift? What if it's about how we manage life's struggles?

In Secrets of Giants, Alyssa interviews strongman competitors, psychologists, researchers, and coaches who offer insights into the myriad of ways that the pursuit of strength can permeate every aspect of our lives, from building resilience and confidence, to finding joy in discomfort, to teaching us to handle adversity.

Connect with Alyssa:

Instagram: @alyssaages

Your host, Heather Campbell, is the founder and owner of Made4More Fitness LLC, a remote 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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness

Podcast Introduction Credits:

Original music by Roel Moreno

Sound Engineer Dylan Metcalf

Join me and guest, Carina Davis, for the first in a series of conversations about the athlete mindset.

Carina is an elite powerlifter, and has a story to tell. Mindset plays a pivotal role in Carina's life whether peaking for a meet, coaching her athletes, judging or running a meet, or raising her 10 year old son.

In addition to being single mom, Carina is a coach, ref, and meet director for the WRPF (World Raw Powerlifting Federation) and a full time social worker. She's been competitively powerlifting for 6 years. Her best competition numbers are 595 raw squat, 397 bench and 551 deadlift.

Connect with Carina:

Instagram: @quadzilla619  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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness

Podcast Introduction Credits:

Original music by Roel Moreno

Sound Engineer Dylan Metcalf

Join me and Guest, Dr. Marie Benkley, for a conversation about perimenopause, menopause, and aging and ways to manage symptoms while continuing to live life on your terms.

Dr. Benkley is a menopause- and perimenopause-focused naturopathic doctor practicing in Portland, OR. She also sees patients virtually in OR, WA, and NH. She provides comprehensive and evidence-based menopause healthcare, treating bothersome symptoms such as hot flashes as well as addressing other areas of health that can be impacted by menopause, including mental health, sexual health, cardiovascular health and bone health. She has expertise in a variety of treatment options for menopausal symptoms, and offers menopausal hormone therapy, non-hormonal medications and natural therapies. Dr. Benkley is a queer woman and passionate about inclusive menopause care for LGBTQ+ people. Outside of work, she loves backpacking, powerlifting, riding motorcycles, and spending time with her partner and German Shepard pup. 

Connect with Dr. Benkley

Instagram: @drmariebenkley

Website: www.drbenkley.com

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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness

Podcast Introduction Credits:

Original music by Roel Moreno

Sound Engineer Dylan Metcalf

Join me and guest, Casey Lynch, for a conversation about being a touring musician, powerlifting coach, and internationally ranked competitive powerlifter.

Casey started playing guitar when she was in her teens. To get a good idea about who Casey is and why she is so accomplished, adaptable, and able to pivot here's a glimpse into why - she is left-handed, but plays guitar "right handed," because all the guitars she held when learning and practicing were standard and she didn't know there was any other option. She grew up playing violin and piano and also plays bass. She went on her first month long tour when she was 18.

Casey joined Witch Vomit in 2017 as second guitar and has been crushing it ever since.

Around 2016, Casey started going to the gym and discovered powerlifting. When the pandemic happened and touring or playing shows at all wasn't an option, Casey dove deep into powerlifting and powerlifting competitions. Fast forward a few years and after dabbling in writing free strength training programming for friends for several months, Casey became a certified strength and conditioning coach with a background rooted in powerlifting.

Connect with Casey

Instagram: @casey.lynch.cpt

@getoffmycasey

@witch_vomit

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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness

Podcast Introduction Credits:

Original music by Roel Moreno

Sound Engineer Dylan Metcalf

Join me and guest, Karen Cronian Hurley, for a conversation about her powerlifting journey which began at age 65 and now at 70, has earned her International Elite powerlifting status.

Karen is a 90kg and 100kg powerlifter with an International Elite total that places her first in the World with a total of #733/332.5 kg. She began setting records, at the age of 65, at her first meet and at the age of 69 set her first official World records. This year, at age 70, she set additional State, National and World records. Karen loves to share about how she got into lifting, what it is like to be an older female lifter and the importance of challenging oneself. A trail riding horsewoman since age 47, married for 41 yrs, and mom of 2 young adult sons she has always had a busy life. Karen worked as a mental health professional for over 40 years during which she started programs and mentored many people in clinical skills and leadership. A fun and surprising fact about Karen is that in the 80's she was in a local Improvisational theater troupe called "Loose Associations". Karen now enjoys being retired. Connect with Karen

Instagram: @aboveaveragemaster

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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness

Podcast Introduction Credits:

Original music by Roel Moreno

Sound Engineer Dylan Metcalf

Join me and guest, Sharayah Johnson, for a conversation about her Dad, Doyle Kenady, world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor, best known for winning the 1978 and 1980 IPF World Powerlifting Championships and for being the first person to deadlift 900+ pounds in front of international judges in 1986 at the Budweiser World Record Breakers in Hawaii. Born with a birth defect in his low back, Doyle was told he would never be able to lift over 100 pounds. Forty-two years later, in 2022, Sharayah, representing the USA, became the 75kg IPL World Powerlifting Champion. When outside the gym and off the platform, Sharayah is a high school Trainer, bakes incredible cakes, and is a talented photographer.

Powerlifting USA article on Doyle Kenady: https://physicalculturestudy.com/2019/08/26/frederick-c-hatfield-dr-deadlift-powerlifting-usa-vol-10-no-4-novemeber-1986/

Connect with Sharayah

Instagram: @sdkjohnson

Website: www.sharayahdawnphotography.com

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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness

Join me and Dr. Natasha Barnes for a conversation about strength training, climbing, and rehabilitation through strength.

Natasha offers rehab and coaching for climbers who want to build strength and resiliency. Her mission is to educate & empower climbers to build resiliency through strength training and smart climbing programs. She wants to empower climbers to take control of their rehab and training process and help them become more resilient humans. She does not "fix" people, she helps guide them towards recovery through education, movement, and appropriately dosed training.

Natasha is a former competitive climber with over 22 years of experience, and is one of the few rehab professionals in the world who climbs and also specializes in treating and training climbers. She is the former National Bouldering Champion and Teva Games gold medalist (now GoPro Mountain Games/IFSC Vail World Cup). She has bouldered multiple V10’s and V11’s and climbed 5.13d/14a outdoors. She's been featured in climbing films, interviewed or featured in climbing magazines and podcasts. She is also a competitive powerlifter with an elite total and the 2019 Sub Masters National Champion (75 kg weight class).

Connect with Natasha

Instagram: @natashabarnes

Website: www.natashabarnesrehab.com

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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness

Join me and Linda Franklin for a conversation about being a competitive athlete with Type 1 Diabetes.

Linda was born 1956 in Northern California and has been active her whole life – from jumping off the roof of her house, to cheerleading, to snow and water skiing, to lifting weights when in her 20s. At 26 years old, Linda was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. She learned that exercise was an important part of the equation when trying to control blood sugars. She dove into skiing and has continued staying active .

Linda had two daughters in her 30s despite being told she may never be able to have children. While raising her daughters she got into aerobics (it was the Jane Fonda era after all) and at 45 started playing competitive soccer. At 57 she started doing CrossFit and at 61 started powerlifting. She’s competed in nine meets setting State, National and World records. She is currently training for a national level powerlifting meet later this year.

Connect with Linda

Instagram: @linda.gets.strong

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

Email: made4morefitness@gmail.com

Instagram: @heathercampbellfitness