Powerlifting champion Conswella “Sway” Bennett has been training regularly for 3 years, and this summer she won gold at the USPA Drug-Tested National Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada. She took 1st place for the 90kg Masters 1 Women, and 5th place in the 90kg Women’s Open division.
by Lis SmashPowerlifter Karina EspinosaKarina is a bundle of positive energy. She competed along with her teammates Sway and Lis back in July at the...
by Lis SmashPowerlifter David Holland is an original member of Team Lis Smash. He & I began working together in 2016 at a barbell club...
“I think it can be hard to swallow our pride and really evaluate what we need to do in our lives to be better people in general, and I’m glad that weightlifting has given me the opportunity to that, both in, and outside of the gym.”
Drew Smith is a competitive powerlifter on a mission to get stronger. After hearing about the Fantastic Beasts, Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Powerlifting Club, during Summer 2017,...
The podcast was on hiatus while we rebooted it into a female strength, comedy & lifestyle show called The Smash Life! I set out to...
Recently, writer Gray Chapman reached out to me: “I’m working on an article for SELF about overcoming gym anxiety, especially for women who are nervous...
Earlier this month, Smasher Sherisse Malone competed in the Georgia Log & Deadlift Championships at Rise Athletic Club in Oakwood, Georgia. It was her 5th...
Written by Conswella Bennett Susan DePasquale competed in her second powerlifting meet as a Masters III lifter at the USPA North American Championships on August...
Reed Gilbert is a recent Georgia State graduate and co-founder of the Fantastic Beasts, Atlanta’s LGBT+ Powerlifting Club. He competed last month in his first...
