Why I Lift. And Why I Think You Should, Too.

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BY LAUREN SAMS

I was never a sporty kid. Those genes must have been reserved for my brother, who was gifted at pretty much every sport he tried. I was the kid who saw debating as a sport. In high school, I mysteriously had my period four weeks a month. No PE lessons for me, no swimming carnival races.

It was a huge surprise to me that I picked up a weight at all; more surprising still, that I loved it so much it literally became the reason I got up in the mornings.

More than two years later, it is the thing I wake up for in the morning (4.50am, every day except Sunday). I am a complete nerd about lifting in a way I never felt possible.

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