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BECPOTALEJ

@becpotalej

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Founder & coach @lionessperformance👸
Helping women become strong enough for the life they want.
@lskd Store Athlete | BECP-LSKD

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14 years dreaming of building a gym. 10 years coaching. 7 years building Lioness. And 5 years building the dream gym.

For the last 2,557 days, I’ve genuinely woken up everyday thinking, what can we do today to keep moving @lionessperformance forward?

It’s still crazy to me that after all this time, and despite the absolute whirlwind that running a business can throw at you, my passion for this place only continues to grow.

Golly, it’s easy to get caught up in the little things each day and forget to look at what you’re actually building. So this one is less of a highlight reel and more of a little love letter to myself.

We’re doing it, lil one ♥️ by @becpotalej

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Un-fknnn-rrealllll 🥹😭♥️ by @becpotalej

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4 months ago

Introducing LSKD Fountain Gate store athlete @becpotalej 😤

Q: What’s your story? Tell us where you’re from and what you’re passionate about.
From as young as 14, I was in the gym trying to figure out how I could become a better athlete for the netball court. What started as improving my performance quickly became a lifelong curiosity about what I was capable of, and training became the place where I learnt just how much we’re capable of when we stop placing limits on ourselves. That passion grew into Lioness, a women’s gym and strength community I built to help others discover the same thing. I’m passionate about showing women they’re stronger than they think, more capable than they realise, and that training is so much more than building a strong body—it’s a vessel for building a bigger life. When a woman starts believing in what she’s capable of physically, I’ve seen that confidence ripple into every other part of her life.

Q: What’s your favourite way to move, and why?
I’m a strength girl at heart—the heavier the barbell, the better. But I’ve always loved variety, so my weeks are a mix of heavy lifting, long runs and yoga. They each challenge me in different ways, and together they keep me feeling strong, grounded and connected to why I love movement in the first place.

Q: What does being 1% better every day mean to you?
To me, being 1% better means never losing your curiosity. The more willing I am to learn, be challenged and step into the unknown, the stronger I become—not just as an athlete, but as a person.
 We’re honoured to have you on team LSKD.  VICTORIA…you ready? 👀

LSKD FOUNTAIN GATE.
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2 months ago

Devastating 😭😭😭 by @becpotalej

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8 days ago

HOW TO FIX BUTT WINK

When @becpotalej demonstrated her low bar squat, someone in the audience noticed that she was losing her brace at the bottom, resulting in butt wink.

So we assessed why it was happening and worked through it step by step.

Bec was already wearing elevated heel squat shoes. My preference for low bar squats is to use flat shoes unless mobility restricts your ability to achieve the required depth. In that case, elevating the heel can help.

The next thing we tried was pushing the knees out further.

Pushing the knees out is an action known as hip abduction. Hip abduction can allow greater available hip flexion, which can help you achieve depth without running out of room at the hip.

This can be done by slightly widening the stance if necessary, or simply keeping the same stance and pushing the knees out further.

We tried it.

Very little changed.

So we moved on to her bracing strategy.

A common mistake when trying to maintain a “neutral spine” in the squat is excessively extending the spine. This flares the ribs and places the pelvis into an anteriorly tilted position.

Instead, I wanted Bec to stack her ribs over her pelvis.

Ribs down.
Contract the rectus abdominis.
Bring the pelvis back towards neutral.

The cue I used was to “piss up a wall.”

Once we combined this with her knee position and maintained that brace throughout the movement, the difference was immediate.

No butt wink.

This isn’t an argument that butt wink is inherently dangerous. Plenty of people squat with some degree of it without experiencing problems.

My issue with it is performance.

I want the torso to remain as rigid as possible throughout the squat. The hips and knees should create the movement while the spine transfers force.

If the spine is moving under load, I consider that a leakage of energy.

When I have the option, I want to eliminate that movement, maintain the rigid brace from start to finish and create the strongest possible transfer of force into the ground. by @becpotalej

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12 days ago

A CrossFit comp wasn’t on my bingo card this year 😂 but it’s been hellaaa fun introducing a variety of new movements back into my training! After a few sessions back to thrusters (humbling) we just bloody secured the 60kg, how DAMNN fun!! (questionable tech, tech gods spare me) let’s see what Sunday brings ☠️😆 by @becpotalej

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9 days ago

Often when people start benching, they cut the rep short and stop before the bar reaches their chest. There’s this little fear that if you come all the way down, you’ll get squished and not make it out alive 😂

A simple cue: think “chest to bar.” Keep your chest proud and think about bringing it up to meet the bar as you lower.

This can help stop you from deflating and sinking into the bench as the set goes on, losing that steady shoulder position and turning those final reps into a bit of a mess. It can also stop that icky shoulder pain you may be getting in ya bench 😝

Simple but effective, fellow bench girlies xx by @becpotalej

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Well, it finally happened. Cait came back to the gym 😂
Not quite the circumstances we imagined, and obviously, she came dressed as the Lorax.

Cait doesn’t need cancer to teach us she’s strong. She already was. Now, strength training gets to help her hold onto some of that strength while her body goes through something incredibly fucking hard.

Proud of you. (Ick, I know. So sorry for being so nice xxx)
💖💖💖💖 by @becpotalej

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a month ago

A little bit of love for our mums. 🥹💙

We know you know how important it is to look after yourself, to move your body, to feel strong and to have something that’s just for you.

But we also know that knowing all of that doesn’t make it any easier to juggle everything that comes with being a mum.

Our Mums & Minis classes have officially kicked off and it’s been so lovely watching mums get their training in, little ones hanging out beside them, and everyone just making it work.

It doesn’t have to be perfect, quiet or go exactly to plan. There’s room for all of it here.

And we’re just really happy we get to make a little more space for mums to keep doing something they love. 🦁💙 by @becpotalej

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Ahhh thank you I guess? 🤨😂💖 The matching @lskd kits add some mayo to the case. I’ll agree that the personality is a 110% match too 👯‍♀️

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📍 @lskd.stores fountain gate
💸 BECP-LSKD for 15% off besties (ps yes! You can use the code in store & online) by @becpotalej

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24 days ago

Every conversation counts.
Next month your local gyms and studios of Enterprise Avenue are teaming up for Mental Health Month: Together, We Thrive

Across two weeks from 18 — 31 October we are hosting free community classes to raise money for @mindfullaus doing important work in our local community — to encourage conversation, raise awareness and reduce the stigma about mental health and wellbeing.

Donate via the LinkedIn in bio (House Account).
Reach out to a friend and try something new together.
📸 @lamport.lens by @becpotalej

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14 days ago

@lskd.stores Fountain Gate Shake out run!

A morning with our incredible community, sharing a run, coffee, community values together and good chats!

Perfect if you ask us 🫶🏽

@lskd @lskd.running by @becpotalej

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