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You are not alone! HER Strength was created to give women a platform to share how they overcame a situation which pushed them into their destiny. Every week you will have the opportunity to meet one of those powerful women.

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Andrea Pettyjohn

What is your name: Andrea Pettyjohn https://www.instagram.com/callmedrea._/ What is your strength activity, how long have you been doing it, how’d you get started? I started powerlifting about a year and half ago. Before that, I did weightlifting for fun and lose weight. When I began I was almost 300lbs and could barely walk a block. After…

Kait Haddad

What is your strength activity, how long, how’d you get started? I’ve been a powerlifter for over 10 years. I began lifting weights as a young kid with my dad in our basement. He was the one who introduced me into powerlifting. We use to sit at the table to eat breakfast and read Powerlifting…

Persistence, Commitment, Faith and Support

Hi, My name is Sarah Dockham (@sdfit37 via instagram). I have played sports my entire life. I was involved in softball, tennis, swimming, and soccer in my early childhood. The summer before 8th grade, I got into a bike accident where I flipped over my handle bars. I had a fractured skull, lost partial hearing, and…

Never Alone

Every day life applications. In the beginning of my powerlifting journey, I was blessed with great people around me willing to help. I had no idea that back squatting had so many ques and instructions. You see, when you back squat there is a certain way to hold the bar on your back. If you…

I’m Different. Yeah, I’m Different

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.” Matthew 5:16 I read a story about how an old man carried a little can of oil with him everywhere he went. If he passed through a door with squeaky hinges, he put a little…


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