On this episode of The Iron Edge Podcast, Ken sits down with legendary strongwoman Lacy Hughes, who has been involved with the sport for almost 20 years. Ken & Lacy dive into a vast range of topics including the growth of strongwoman, her first international competition, how to train and stay healthy as a masters athlete, and a lot lot more.
As always, you aren’t going to want to miss this!
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Content;
00:00- Intro
01:00- When she started competing in strongman
03:36- When the women’s side started to get bigger
05:41- Biggest driving factor behind the growth of strongwoman
09:39- Training crews back then vs now
14:05- Her first international experience
15:32- The difference of strongman internationally to strongman here in the US
18:30- Women’s pay out in the sport
22:00- Where she sees the sport going
22:54- What has the gym taught her
23:45- Staying healthy within the sport
24:27- Her training schedule and mindset being a masters athlete
29:08- Overcoming the feeling of being lazy
33:36- Training partners and her gym now
37:47- Having a coach and how it’s been an asset for her
39:44- Is there an age limit to competing?
40:40- Learning from competing and frequency of competing
43:58- What is next for her
46:05- The changes in strongman events
49:40- The federations when she started in the sport and how it’s gotten bigger
55:03- Can we fully standardize strongman?
