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Marley Dodenhof

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@umichpowerlifting 💙💛 || 65kg Junior
Coached by: @thegainsmanifesto

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State Championship Recap!!

S: 155kg / 342lbs
B: 70kg / 155lbs
D: 170kg / 375lbs

8/9
Total: 395kg / 870lbs
BW: 63.9kg / 140.9 lbs
DOTS: 421
Placed: 1st in 65kg Junior + 2nd in Open Junior

Overall, what a solid day. I couldn’t have asked for better support at the meet or going into it. I hurt my knee just a couple weeks out and was so happy things got locked back in literally week of.
Thank you to my amazing coach, aka Professor Thomas Coons @thegainsmanifesto 🫡 He made the best calls, helped me get in a better mindset when I was freaking out, and ofc made prep and the day run smoothly.

Thank you to the squad, Ahmed, my secondary handler @ahmed._.lifts Tina, with the most FIRE photos @tina_thieu and ofc Yasmin @yazylifts and Johnny @jnyissa who although weren’t there, support me on and off the platform.

And to my most wonderful boyfriend, thank you Andrew for giving me confidence when I felt I wasn’t strong enough, always helping me with whatever I needed, and always being my #1 supporter. I love you so so much ❤️ @bars.barbell

Thank you to my dad for coming all the way from Omaha to see my lifts!! @melvyndodenhof (I don’t know if you will see this on Instagram but love you!)

(P.S, little does Phillip know @phill_the_overshooter, the second to last photo happened because he ghosted my fist bump TWICE.)

To the best and strongest team in Michigan, @umichpowerlifting I’m lucky to be your Pres 😎🫡 by @mars_muscle

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10 months ago

2025 Collegiate Nationals Recap:

S: 3/3
142.5kg / 314 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️

B: 3/3
67.5 kg / 148.8 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️

D: 2/3
160 kg / 353 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️

@ BW 64 kg / 141 lbs

DOTS: 394.17
Placed 22/51

Solid meet all around, happy to be part of the 3 plate squat gang and benching body weight!
A little dissapointed with deads, wanted and wanting a lot more, but not everything can be perfect

To start, thank you so so much to everyone who supported me and who donated to my Go Fund Me. I truly cannot express how much I appreciate it and how happy I am able to have gone to CNats because of it. Thank you.

Huge thank you to @thegainsmanifesto, Mr. Thomas Coons, who truly is an amazing coach and kept me pumped the entire time. With an awesome prep, him and @miss.groove got me out of my bench slump and I had such a fun meet because of it!

Thank you to all the family who came down. It was so great to see you again and for traveling just to watch me compete! I know it was a little hectic. ❤️❤️

Thank you’s to my lifting fam, especially Ahmed and Johnny, and @umichpowerlifting for all the fun this semester.

Last but not least, special thank you to my amazing, (and very handsome) assistant handler, @bars.barbell, Andrew, who kept my spirits up, and has helped me everyday over the last few months get ready for this meet. I couldn’t have done it without you, and I love you 🫶

I am so excited for the future, and to compete in many more meets to come. Now, it is time to build! 🤫🫡

(PS, these FIRE Media Day photos by renee.capouellez__ , thank you so much! 😮‍💨) by @mars_muscle

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2 years ago

As we get locked back in for training, it’s time for the cute and fun photo shoot with Megan and Kennedy, my gym parents <3 and the ones that first got my into the gym after getting injured in high school years ago. 🫶 I love you guys and thank you so much for the amazing photos! I couldn’t ask for better support back home. See you at the gym 🫡 by @mars_muscle

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2 years ago

W4 Recap:

B: so happy 165 match PR (it’s been since February 🙏)
we are locking in form & strength

S: 315x3 chill
Fatigued ish single 358 match PR since before injury

D: 353x3 ish, 5kg below Triple before since before injury
Working on dialing in that hinge and starting position, strength is there 🤞

Sweetwaters shannanigans

Some solid incline, and high bar squats just looked good this day

Coming in at 142 lbs / ~64kg, and 4 weeks out 🔒 by @mars_muscle

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4 days ago

W2 recap:

B: mid 155 single and 148x2
but I think I am locking it down
Willow helping me out (gym dog)

D: 320x3 ✅

S: 290x5 (silver chip on one side only)
loading high bar now? 245x5 very new feeling
tempo up AND down split squats

shots at work

Yasmin Teaching: How to Pose 101
we are so back 😗 by @mars_muscle

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21 days ago

W4/5 Recap:

S: 330x4 (5th Attempted) still +5kg PR
347 fatigued single
smooth 280x8 at the end

B: 165x1 Fail :/
we are working! 148x2 long pause

D: 347.5x4 getting back up there!

gym dog 🫶

BW: 64.5 kg 🤞 by @mars_muscle

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a month ago

W3 ish Recap:

S: 265x5
285x2 fatigued

B: 142x3
155 single

D: 330x4 (maybe rep PR?)
also first time pulling 330 since injury

Twin moved to Philly 🤞 but 35hrs of driving in 3 days ❌

Getting ready… by @mars_muscle

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2 months ago

W2 Recap:

S: 286x5 and 303 fatigued double
B: solid 148 single and 132x2 tempo
D: 286x4 -> overall dealing much better, and less pain

I don’t usually post accessories but 255 + whatever the leg press weighs, single leg x8, has to be some sort of PR by @mars_muscle

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2 months ago

W1 Recap:

Feeling itttt -> Deload Needed

S: 270x5 and fatigued double 286x6
B: 142 single
D: 264x4, hamstring not doing well this last week 👎

Me going into college vs Me going into my last semester 🤞 by @mars_muscle

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2 months ago

W4 Recap:

Are me and Javi the real twins?

S: 315x5 Rep Pr
On a week when not feeling the strongest, this felt great

B: 165x1 match pr attempt (x2)
It’s so close 🤞
135x7 match or rep pr not sure

D: 275x5, we are getting there, still finding hinge
Little worse hamstring pain this week, must lock back in on the PT

Love you zeus 💕🕊️ by @mars_muscle

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2 months ago

W3 Recap:

goofy crop of vids this week but oh well

S: 297.5x5, not my prettiest, def some forward leaning I need to fix again
with tempo backdowns 😵
-> if I were to go to PA would I have to adjust the placement of the bar on my back? (is it below or ON my rear delts? I say on but could judges tell….)

Lunch with the siblings (little bro is taller than me now)

B: not a bad 160 single
148 single

D: a solid 286x4 and sumo (!!) 255x5, learning to static start

New bench mat who dis?

Ready for W4 by @mars_muscle

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3 months ago

W2 Recap:

Going to put SBD in a new order every week so you never know

S: 280x6 (was meant to be x5)
B: 155 single, 148 single, 142x2 tempo
started using heels? we’ll see how it goes…
D: 195x5 definitely getting better, will be upping next week, still some minimal hamstring pains

Im not an astrology girl, but now, maybe I am because how come Mercury is in retrograde, I’m a Gemini, and both my phone broke and car broke down in the same week?
-> Did not workout at one normal day time this week.

Goodbye forever Reggie 🫶 New car has yet to be named by @mars_muscle

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3 months ago