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Thank you for you support!
It all started when…
Sam has been training for 6 years now, a journey that began in grief after the loss of her twins and subsequent successful pregnancy with another set of twins. One day, after looking in the mirror at her own self image, her eyes welled up in tears. The belly protruding in front of her reminded her of her failure as a mother. She felt that she looked like a “walking casket” and wanted to do something about it. And so begins the fitness journey. Sam cried her way through the journey many days but being surrounded by a positive gym family helped to create who you see before you today.
Since beginning the journey, Sam completed her masters studies in Social Work, became a certified personal trainer herself, and created a personal training program targeting social determinants of health and child loss in child bearing aged women.
The decision to compete was made for several reasons. The road from child loss to the stage is extremely personal for Sam. She decided that she’d like to prove to herself that it can be done. Then, in her grief practice, it will be possible to gear clients into a more physical recovery during the process. Secondly, as an open door to achieving pro status, a win would mean more opportunities to speak to the fitness community about the importance of targeting women and children and leading them to in fitness as a preventative measure to health issues that lead to infant mortality. Thirdly, Sam is extremely dedicated as a personal training client as well as a trainer. Being coached and trained in this athletic forum has been proving to make her a better client and trainer to her clients. Finally, and maybe more basically…your support will relieve the stress off of the family she’s raising.