Meredith Anderson is another Weyburn athletes who will be competing in the FemSport Challenge, to be held in Regina on Saturday, August 20.
Anderson lives in St. Benedict, a small rural and farming community, where she lives with her common-law husband Travis. She is a registered massage therapist, and runs her own business out of the St. Benedict Community Centre.
“There is definitely one thing that I love about FemSport, it encompasses all aspects of fitness and I get to train with all kinds of fun equipment like tires, kettlebells, plyo boxes, equalizer bars and agility equipment,” said Anderson.
“It makes me feel strong and empowered to get outside and flip a 290 pound tire over and over,” added Anderson. “FemSport is a competition where you need to be a well rounded athlete, as speed, agility, strength, endurance and power are all necessary to do well in the given events. It allows so much variety in my training sessions including workouts that centre around functionality.”
“Training for FemSport conditions you to be fit in so many different ways so that you can tackle anything that life throws at you,” said Anderson.
Last fall, Anderson decided to commit to competing in FemSport for the first time. “I had heard about it from a former coach a few years earlier but hadn’t looked into it much until I needed a new challenge and goal to work towards. Knowing that I had a competition to train for, it became a great incentive to keep working hard over the fall and winter with my personal health and fitness goals.”
She had asked a couple of friends and training clients to join her team, “FemFierce”. Nora Gies and Chelsea Wytrykusz, along with fellow training partner and individual competitor Christine Roberts, have been by her side on this journey to FemSport.
“It’s incredible to see women supporting and encouraging other women! That’s one of the other amazing things about FemSport, it brings together like-minded individuals with similar goals and it helps create a community of women who help inspire and motivate one another to be the best versions of themselves that they can be,” said Anderson.
“I know it can be intimidating, especially for someone who may be a bit newer to their fitness journey, but I want others to know that they can do anything they put their minds to,” said Anderson.
“It requires commitment, hard work and some dedication to improving your fitness, but it is so worth it. You will start realizing that you are inspiring others around you that you didn’t even realize are watching your journey.”
Anderson said that when competition day comes, it doesn’t matter how well an athlete might place since FemSport’s motto is “become your own champion”!
“It’s about showing yourself that you are capable of greatness and having fun while doing it. The positive energy that comes with women building each other up is what we need in today’s world.”
FemSport started in 2011, and each event in the competition has six challenges: tire flip, obstacle course (including car push, value and agility apparatus), box jumps, tire drag, an inverted row and a kettlebell relay.
