Jennette Rerucha is my wife (best friend, training partner, etc.). She is a fitness trainer, works motivating clients in my clinic and community and is an inspiration to those around her due to her healthy, well-rounded lifestyle.
Previously I would describe her fitness status as she can outrun most lifters and out-lift any runner. Combine that with impressive flexibility and unbelievably healthy x-rays. None of this is by accident but due to her consistency of training. She is well rounded in fitness (and in life) with many options to choose if she decided to compete in a strength or conditioning sport because she has a very good foundation.
Jennette has always exercised but never had formal instruction or has never competed in anything her entire life. Competing is not her comfort level or personality. Less than four months ago she discussed wanting to compete and to do her first powerlifting meet. She grew a lot in the knowledge of training, knowledge of herself and met a lot of great people (who also competed) during this time. She competed twice in four months. She finished 3rd at state by adding 100 pounds on her powerlifting total, added more muscle on her fit physique and grew as a person and a professional. She is 15 lbs away from the state record squat and shattered her previous life comfort zone. This next year she plans on competing in Olympic Lifting and CrossFit as well as enhancing her powerlifting total and achievements. Congratulations Jennette on being awesome(er) and continued inspiration to those around you.
There were 300 men and women competing at the Georgia State Powerlifting meet. Georgia is a state with a lot of depth and tradition of strong lifters that are very successful at the national and world level. There are great people and lifters in every division and weight class. The people you get to know in strength sports is part of the prize for competing. The lady who won the Masters division in each meet my wife competed in was 61 years old. Thank you, Marlene, for being a great person and an inspiration of whoop-ass.
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