Last year Nadia joined the fantastic Barbell Babes Brigade: a powerlifting training centre run for women, by women.
Not every member joins BBB to compete, of course, so every few months they organise their own ‘lifting party’. This is an event that gives all members an opportunity to come together in front of a hugely supportive audience of trainers, peers, and invited friends and family while they attempt personal-best lifts.
The assembled crowd cheers and celebrates a successful deadlift. Those are Nadia’s upraised arms in the foreground :)
This is the second lifting party that Nadia has participated in (and that I have, therefore, attended) and they’re always so much fun.
Nadia watches someone off camera attempt a deadlift. Nadia is wearing her BBB top with their ‘just strong’ tagline written in large, bold capital letters across the back.
Also, it turns out pigtails are super handy when you’re a strong badass who is lifting heavy weights in her shoulders :)
Nadia warms-up before her squat attempts.
This year Nadia managed a 75kg squat (up from 55kg last year!), 47.5kg bench press, and 65kg deadlift. Click those links (to Nadia’s Instagram account) to watch videos of her doing to those lifts.
If you’re a woman who is interesting in powerlifting and wants to be trained by (and train with) a fantastic bunch of women, I cannot recommend Barbell Babes Brigade enough.
Group photo of the participants at the March 2020 lifting party.