Learning Olympic Lifting teatime tales

Samantha Kelly 6 subscribers
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Introduction to who I am. I am Sam, Sam I am and at 52 I decided to learn olympic weightlifting. I'm not athletic, I'm not physically gifted in fact the opposite. I have a hypermobility spectrum disorder, veer towards hypotonia, have POTs oh and a 90 degree femoral anteversion. I'm the kid that came last in everything on sports day and in PE. Think I still actually have trauma from the pity clap of each time coming dead last. So obviously in my 50s I decided to learn a really difficult sport rather than sticking with yoga and Pilates or HIIT classes like a sensible person. I'm a year in, generally loving it, pretty rubbish at it still but hey in another years time I'll be a bit less rubbish

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Samantha Kelly asks What have you done outside your comfort zone lately?

@Siggy17

You have a great story, I look forward to following your journey.

by Samantha Kelly

@Sarokel Creator

Thank you! Hopefully this time next year I'll be just a little less s**t at it and the following year and so on 🤣

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