I would have had no idea that I qualified for the North American Open Series at The Arnold 2022 at my first ever weightlifting competition if I didn’t hop onto good ole Google later that day and ask:
“How do you know if you qualify for the usaw open?” 🤣
That’s how I found out y’all! haha. I honestly had zero expectation of anything more than getting my feet wet at this meet. I doubted what the Google results were telling me, and still kinda do. I have those thoughts of- “but it was only my first meet, I’m just a novice”, “surely my numbers need to be higher”, and things like “I’m not good enough”… but, it’s true so I need to just hush.
Qualifying total criteria for my weight class:
115
My total at my first comp 1.5 weeks ago:
115
😅✌🏽
Still not sure if I’ll go or not, but it sounds like an amazing opportunity and exciting to think about! For now, here’s to the daily grind and evolving 💪🏽
Shouts to my coach back there lukelathamwl & 📸 shots by jimmy_loyola_jaime