Badasses deserve their own post
I was going to lump this in with the previous entry re: garden/lawn nerdery, but changed my mind - because a badass like Sarah Robles deserves her own post. In short (and to quote a Buzzfeed article I'll link below):
"Sarah Robles is ranked higher than any other American weightlifter, male or female ... but outside the world of squats and snatches, barely anyone knows her name.... “You can get that sponsorship if you’re a super-built guy or a girl who looks good in a bikini. But not if you’re a girl who’s built like a guy,” she says.
The 23-year-old from California became the highest ranked weightlifter in the country last year after placing 11th at the world championships, beating out every male and female American on the roster. On her best day, she can lift more than 568 pounds — that’s roughly five IKEA couches, 65 gallons of milk, or one large adult male lion."
Go read this article . It's fascinating - I mean, I knew it cost money to go to the Olympics (never mind to train for them), but I had no idea how little support the athletes receive, or how financially demanding - and sometimes prohibitive - it is for men and women without endorsement deals.
But Sarah has an IndieGoGo campaign , established to help her raise the finds to cover the cost of her training and bring her coach with her to London, and I'm delighted to note that a RT from Hulk Hogan (among others around the Twitterverse/Facebook) have gotten the fundraiser up to its modest goal. But frankly, this woman deserves better.
I threw in my pence yesterday, and encourage you all to do the same. She's short on the very basics, let alone what it takes to represent her country overseas.
That having been said, why the hell isn't Sarah Robles on a box of Wheaties? Somebody get this Olympian a Gatorade commercial! Strength and beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, people, and this woman is an honest-to-God powerhouse - an outstanding example of badassery and perseverance.
And I, for one, am proud as can be that she's lifting for Team USA.
"Sarah Robles is ranked higher than any other American weightlifter, male or female ... but outside the world of squats and snatches, barely anyone knows her name.... “You can get that sponsorship if you’re a super-built guy or a girl who looks good in a bikini. But not if you’re a girl who’s built like a guy,” she says.
The 23-year-old from California became the highest ranked weightlifter in the country last year after placing 11th at the world championships, beating out every male and female American on the roster. On her best day, she can lift more than 568 pounds — that’s roughly five IKEA couches, 65 gallons of milk, or one large adult male lion."
Go read this article . It's fascinating - I mean, I knew it cost money to go to the Olympics (never mind to train for them), but I had no idea how little support the athletes receive, or how financially demanding - and sometimes prohibitive - it is for men and women without endorsement deals.
But Sarah has an IndieGoGo campaign , established to help her raise the finds to cover the cost of her training and bring her coach with her to London, and I'm delighted to note that a RT from Hulk Hogan (among others around the Twitterverse/Facebook) have gotten the fundraiser up to its modest goal. But frankly, this woman deserves better.
I threw in my pence yesterday, and encourage you all to do the same. She's short on the very basics, let alone what it takes to represent her country overseas.
That having been said, why the hell isn't Sarah Robles on a box of Wheaties? Somebody get this Olympian a Gatorade commercial! Strength and beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, people, and this woman is an honest-to-God powerhouse - an outstanding example of badassery and perseverance.
And I, for one, am proud as can be that she's lifting for Team USA.
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Some of them take on a greenish hue when they hear such things.
I used to have to appease the REALLY susceptible ones. Thankfully, I don't have to do that anymore, b/c the Captain told them to keep their opinions off-duty.
I work in Emergency Medicine, which is where I first witnessed the phenomenon.