Women in Weightlifting ft. Aimee Everett - Ep. 89

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2017

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Aimee Everett from Catalyst Athletics is on the podcast this week. Aimee's story is one of the most admirable examples of true dedication and persistence. Coming from two heroin addict parents, it's hard to imagine the inspiration and influence she would later have in countless lives in the world of weightlifting. In this episode we’ll be talking about women in weightlifting, motivation, loving your body, as well as her far from normal childhood and finding her path to Coach Mike Burgener. Enjoy the show.

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Topics of discussion:

[1:20] Being yourself

[3:20] Coloring your feelings; adult coloring book

[5:50] “Raised by wolves”

[16:20] Young athlete career

[24:30] Coaching from the soul

[33:40] Finding balance as a Coach

[42:10] W.A.G. nutrition

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone this is Mike Kazu and you're listening to the brute strength podcast.
0:03.6	This week I interviewed Amy Everett of catalyst athletics.
0:07.5	Amy has an incredibly inspiring story of going through extreme hardship as a child to becoming one of America's best lifters,
0:17.0	to now being one of two female international weightlifting coaches. So we talk about coaching, leadership, body image, and in general we just have a ton of fun.
0:28.0	Amy is an absolute blast and she's got a lot of wisdom to share.
0:33.0	So before we get started, if you've been a regular listener of this show
0:36.0	and haven't done so yet, please put this show on pause, head to iTunes,
0:40.0	and leave me a quick review.
0:42.0	Hope you enjoy the show.
0:43.0	What's up everyone? This is Mike Kaju. You're listening to the Brut Strength
0:46.4	podcast. Amy, thank you so much for giving up some of your time today. This is long
0:52.4	overdue. You are of your someone that I look up to so much in the community but also someone that I consider
0:59.6	a dear friend and you're one of the most entertaining people I've ever met as well as one of the best coaches.
1:07.5	So I'm very excited for this conversation.
1:10.0	Thank you.
1:11.0	Oh, thank you for having me and oh my gosh, thank you for all those nice words.
1:15.0	So you're actually one of the most authentic people I've ever met.
1:19.0	You're unapologetically yourself at all times
1:22.0	as far as I can see.
1:23.0	Have you always been that way and if not what changed?
1:28.0	I actually haven't always been that way.
1:30.0	I think for a long time I had a lot of
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