SNR #187: Katie Anne Rutherford – The Importance of Perspective in Chasing Strength & Physique Goals

Sigma Nutrition Radio

Danny Lennon

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4.8 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Katie Anne started her initial athletic endeavors in high school; running track and cross country before transitioning into bodybuilding while attending college at The Ohio State University.

Her first contest prep and powerlifting meet both took place in 2014. In her first season of competing, she came away with two first place wins in figure, a powerlifting meet win, and her IFPA figure pro card.

Katie Anne is currently an elite USAPL 72kg powerlifter, IFPA Natural Figure Pro, and coach. She was the 2015 USAPL Raw Nationals 72kg Junior National Champion.

In This Episode We Discuss:

Katie Anne’s background in athletics and her transition to bodybuilding and powerlifting
The trap for athletes of putting all their self-worth into their athletic acheivement
Gaining perspective and focusing on the process when chasing goals
Advice on how to women can deal with scale weight increases when building muscle
How attitude and positivity are a skill, and like any skill need to be practised

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0:00.0	Sometimes the hardest times for a lot of individuals are coming off of these seasons where they've been, it's like so much focus on your endeavor, like a college sport.
0:19.0	If you're in athletics, and a lot of times college
0:22.2	athletes they struggle with the post college because it's like okay what's my purpose now
0:27.9	my purpose before was just whatever pursuit that I was doing and it's it can become very dangerous
0:36.2	if that if that becomes what you're worshipping every day.
0:39.1	And it's like your only focus and then other things in your life kind of fall down around you
0:43.4	because it's like the only thing you're focusing on is just this one pursuit.
1:08.0	Yeah. Hello and welcome to another episode of Sigma Nutrition Radio.
1:15.2	As always, I am your host, Danny Lennon, and we are at episode 187 today.
1:21.0	And in just a moment, I'm going to be joined by Katie Ann Rutherford, who is a pro figure competitor,
1:32.8	a power lifter in USAPL, the 2015 junior national champion in the USAPL. And like I said, it has a pro figure card as well.
1:39.2	So this episode was one that was originally going to be planned to be on my other podcast,
1:45.3	the Sigma Powerlifting podcast, due to Katie Ann's background in powerlifting. But I think a lot of the messages that we got into and a lot of topics we actually discussed ended up being things,
1:51.1	I think are just much more applicable to the general audience and any of us that are interested
1:56.2	in improving our health, our body composition and doing that in a way that's actually going to enhance
2:02.4	our lives. And I think a lot of the messages were really, really important. So I wanted to release
2:07.7	this on Sigma Nutrition Radio. And so I'm certain that a lot of you are going to resonate with
2:14.9	the messages that Katie Ann promotes here.
2:18.3	And it's going to be useful to you whether you're a coach.
2:21.2	Some of the things she talks about,
2:22.9	she emphasizes with her coaching clients is particularly important.
2:26.4	And maybe if you're someone who has been struggling through dieting phases
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