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Girl' Weightlifting i a very inten e People think that when it come to
port. It require trength and focus. weightlifting, the only thing you have to
Preparation for thi port start way do is work out in order to do your best.
before the ea on begins. Many girl However, ucce in weightlifting does
have to maintain a certain and specific not just come from the physical work,
diet and exerci e regularly all year. it come from mental work a well. You
Weightlifting i mainly an individual have to tay focused in order to do your
sport, however there i not one specific best. You cannot go into a meet with a
winner. The whole team works together million things on your mind and expect
to actually win the meet. Every girl i to win. You have to train your mind just
put into a weight clas . The amount of as much as you train your body. Many
weight that each girl lifts is added up people also believe that girls are not
within their weight class. If a girl lifts really supposed to participate in this
more weight than the other girl in her sport. What they don't realize is that
weight class, then they earn a point for girls are very powerful. They have the
their team. The team with the most willpower and endurance that it takes to
points at the end or the meet wins. This be successful. After all, anything guys
prove that the team must work together can do, girls can do better.
to win the meet.

pt(l9 fleird Savannah Thomas (lOth)
spots Madeline Ault (lOth) during a match
against Suwannee High School.

dor or ·~ 2-t.h) "I
What got ~ou "I started started weightlifting
in tenth grade
weightlifting
because it's fun because 1t looked fun
into and when I am and I wanted to try
at practice or at a
it out. When I did, I
WeightJrftJng? meet, it makes me realized that I really
feel like I'm really
liked it and I kept
powerful and in improving more and
control." more."