?Being a Mom Who Lifts? This Elite Weightlifter Vows to Raise Her Kid in an Inspiring Way: ?That?s Freaking Awesome?

Women are taking over all fields and industries in the present era. In the past, people didn’t consider any masculine job or athletics to be suitable for women. However, normalizing the inclusion of women in bodybuilding is a very recent phenomenon.

Bodybuilding is not only a men?s sport anymore and, like many other women and moms, Lauren, who has a son, is making a difference in this industry. Lauren is an inspiration to many women and strives to change the outlook of the next generation of athletes.

Lauren says that children imitate what they see

Bodybuilding.com posted a video on 19 May 2023 on Instagram, showing a mom powerlifting while her kid watches her in the act. The post was captioned ?Kids imitate what they see, make sure it?s worth watching?. This post was originally posted by @vivirmividaa and she says in the video ?Honestly one of the coolest things about being a mom who lifts weights is that we get to raise an entire generation of kids who see women lifting in the gym as the norm?.

The post was tagged with ?Mom weightlifting with her kid watching”, by @ Bodybuildingcom. Lauren is an athlete, mother, and an elite powerlifter. She was also praised by another fitness champion, Chris Gallegos.

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Powerlifting has seen several famous women, such as Donna Moore and Jill Mills. The weightlifting industry will definitely add more women to the list of famous powerlifters.

Mom weightlifting and changing the norm

Lauren?s video got viral in no time, and the video has more than 2.19 lakh views. Chris Gallegos and bodybuilding.com shared it. Chris captioned the Instagram story as ?@vivirmividaa still one of my all-time faves?. People who commented on the video were also very positive about the new norm.? They encouraged Lauren for her inspiring outlook.

The weightlifting community is surely transforming and people are opening up to women competing and powerlifting in this era. Arnold Schwarzenegger also encouraged this positive change in one of his newsletters. His response was ?’First of all, don?t get discouraged because of your gender because, remember, fitness is for everyone. If anyone gives you crap about it, let your lifting do the talking.??

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This is surely inspiring and many other women like Lauren are weightlifting while being full-time moms. They are inspiring the next generation of powerlifters.