Squat tips from Lis Smash
This is a pretty awesome time of year… I’m about to start working with Georgia Tech’s Barbell Club for fall semester AND I just started...
Check out the Women’s Strength Coalition
The Women’s Strength Coalition is an awesome Brooklyn, NY-based organization founded earlier this year by Shannon Kim Wagner. The WSC’s mission is to “inspire and...
USAPL Regionals recap: new Georgia squat record & 5 PRs
Two weeks ago I competed at USA Powerlifting Southeast Regionals in Orlando, Florida. This was the 7th powerlifting meet I’ve competed in, and my first...
Meet Week! My USAPL Regionals Training Diary
IT’S MEET WEEK! This Saturday I compete for the first time in 2 1/2 years. All the heavy training is done and I’m SO excited...
GIRL POWERlifter of the Week: Sherisse Malone
Nicole “Sherisse” Malone is a first-year powerlifter and strongwoman competitor who lives and trains in Columbus, GA. Sherisse competes tomorrow at the 2017 Georgia Log...
2 Weeks Out – My USAPL Regionals Training Diary
By this same time two weeks from now I’ll be relaxing poolside in Orlando with a belly full of Cuban food after competing at USAPL...
Get stronger this weekend! Powerlifting training at CFDA
This weekend I am coaching two strength classes which are open to the public/all levels/new lifters/old lifters/all genders/open minds/strength seekers. This is ATL powerlifting –...
Updated Barbell Club & group training schedule
Updated 2/22/2019 Coach Lis is proud to coach the Fantastic Beasts – LGBTQ+ Powerlifting Club and the Atlanta Womxn’s Barbell Club. Both sessions offer sliding-scale...
Keeping Lis Smash healthy with Krystol Hines, PT, DPT
Krystol and I have been friends since she joined CrossFit Peachtree in 2011, where I was a coach. She was attending physical therapy school at...
Atlanta barbell communities come together this weekend for 5 Bar Showdown
I still remember when I began competing at powerlifting, having to break it gently to a few of my clients that, “No the likelihood of...
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