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Lady powerlifter, strength coach, mother of cats, budding sommelier, and steak fry connoisseur. 💋🥂
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Just thinking about the times I lifted the most weight I’ve held in my hands. Just thinking about the time I felt the strongest, leanest, most powerful version of myself.

Just thinking about beating that version of myself sometime soon. And finally feeling the drive to actually do it. 💪🏾♥️ by @terriboo621

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4 years ago

My baby’s gone. For 14 years, this little fluff nugget has slept at my side, always on my left, right beneath my chin, nearly every day I’ve been home.

He knew the sound of my car and would yell at me in greeting every night I’d come home. I’d always hear him before I saw him.

He always knew when something was wrong — when I was sick or upset or angry — and always gave me extra cuddles on those days.

He was a big, tall boy when he was healthy — 18 lbs and his head came up to my knees, and whenever someone new would meet him, they’d say, “that’s not a house cat, that’s a tiger,” and he had the biggest personality to match.

My heart is so fucking broken. He was my constant buddy, my first fur baby as an adult. I have so many memories, so many photos, but not nearly enough time with him. Saying goodbye to him today was fucking awful and I still feel like I’ve been punched in the gut.

Thank you, @herbietheluvbug, for coming with me today and helping me through this, and for loving Auto so much. He loved you, too. I couldn’t have done this alone. ❤️‍🩹 by @terriboo621

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4 years ago

Self care Sunday: I’m just reminiscing about the first time I picked up a barbell. I deadlifted 200 lbs (nearly locked out 250 lbs). I was hooked from then on.

Here are a few of my favorite deadlifts … I’ve still got 600 lbs on my mind. It’ll come this year. 💪🏾😄 by @terriboo621

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4 years ago

Whew, chile. I posted this seven years ago yesterday, after reading SO MANY psychology and relationship books and throwing myself into intensive therapy, including a five day hospital stay.

What I’ve learned since then is that all of what I wrote was an effort in masking who I am to conform to what society expects me to be.

And all it did was make me more suicidal. Since then, I’ve overcome SO MANY traumatic experiences — my mom had died two months before, losing everything after COVID and a catastrophic car accident, my best friend died, five other friends died, my two cats of 14 years died, I almost ended up homeless twice, experienced domestic violence and an incredibly fast discard after a whirlwind romance, and chronic debilitating pain.

What I’ve learned is I’m not too much. Do I fit into society well? Am I perfect? Fuck no. But I am loved and I am worthy of that love. And I am not too much or too little for the people who love me.

And for those who can’t stomach me, oh well. I don’t like them either. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I refuse to mask myself or make myself more palatable for people who allow their own insecurities to dominate their values.

This has caused me to distance myself from people who were once close to me, and I’m grieving the loss and/or distance in those relationships, but I’ve also made connections with people who love my neurodivergence and my values. They love me for who I am, not who they want or expect me to be.

And that feels so much more authentic. That feels more like home. by @terriboo621

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5 days ago

First day back to work since last Tuesday. The thing about working for yourself and getting sick is that there is no paid time off. On top of that, I am *exhausted.*

Y’all, please, if you’re sick, STAY THE FUCK HOME. And if you can’t, wear a mask. Out here, costing people coins in THIS economy? 🥴🫩 Can we fucking not? Thanks. by @terriboo621

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6 days ago

I just wanna pick up heavy things and put them down again. This stupid sinus infection has completely zapped my energy (I damn near took a nap after simply taking my laundry downstairs 🫩) and my uterus is protesting very loudly about it all by trying to hemorrhage its way out of my body. I’m over it. 😑

So instead, I’m just reminiscing on how pretty and pain free these lifts were that day. 315 like butter. 🥹 taken in The Weight Room RWC by @terriboo621

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8 days ago

Decided to start my loc journey again — and listen, we’re just gonna ignore the James Brown stage for now. My hair was much longer the first time I loc’d it.

This time, I installed smaller two strand twists and I’m thinking about going even smaller, and maybe getting them done professionally. Did as best a grid pattern as I could (better than last time for sure), though, and the best part about locs is they aren’t meant to be perfect.

Can’t wait for these to loc and start budding. I think I’m going to love it … and that gives me one more reason to stick around as long as I can — I wanna see these get booty length. by @terriboo621

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10 days ago

Figured out how to use my quads on squats again, so that’s cool. 😄 And! There was no pain at all during last night’s training so I’m fucking stoked. 315x3x6, 245x2x5 paused, and last week’s 305x3x6.

I’m cautiously optimistic. Should still get an MRI on my hip, but this is the first time I squatted completely pain free in almost three years. 😭 by @terriboo621

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13 days ago

Leaving the original sound on so y’all can hear the cues I’m giving my client. Today, we focused on keeping the bar close — I was trying to say, “the whole time, my arms and the bar are touching my legs,” which means my lats are staying engaged and that helps me to keep the power in my quads vs pulling with my back — because a deadlift is a push, not a pull.

These felt so good tonight. Top set of 425x5, which is the heaviest I’ve touched as a working weight in about two years. Second video is my last warm up at 365. 😄 by @terriboo621

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17 days ago

Late night gym session to get myself out of my head. I trained squats yesterday, but will post those another time (I don’t feel like trimming videos right now) ran out of time and energy for my accessories so I came back and did them tonight.

I already feel more stabilized. I think I may need a competition to prep for because the routine helps to control my ADHD and depression symptoms. I think school might be making them worse. I dunno. by @terriboo621

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19 days ago

First time under three wheels in at least a couple months and there was only a little pain. But apparently I forgot how to use my quads. I won’t be going heavier until I remember how to use them again.

Still, happy(ish) with this. Did 315x2x6, then a set of five (slightly) paused. Gotta find my strength again, and gotta stop guarding my hip so damned much. 💪🏾🤦🏾‍♀️ taken in The Weight Room RWC by @terriboo621

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a month ago

Got to lift with some of my girls today! One of my kids, @bridgetreynolds_, is visiting from college and it’s ALWAYS a good time lifting with her (peep those guns — I helped build that 💪🏾😤)!

It was @shwnsprs’s first time going through one of the workouts I put myself through. For someone who’d never touched a weight before she met me just a few weeks ago, she did amazingly well.

I’m so proud of these ladies. My heart is so happy. I fucking love my job. 🥰 taken in The Weight Room RWC by @terriboo621

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a month ago