Monica Wroblicky is a Viking shieldmaiden who wears other women’s knee sleeves as her elbow sleeves, eats donuts when she damn well feels like it, and spends her free time helping at-risk youth heal through horse therapy at Heart's Landing Ranch. She’s been training in Strongman for less than a year, has already won several first place honors, and …

Rachel Carrillo won the lightweight Master's division at California's Strongest Woman this year. Before she got into Strongman, Rachel was a Crossfit regional games athlete and an Ironman athlete and ultrarunner. And before that, she started as an elite artistic roller skater, traveling the world performing with a roller dance troupe in a white leo…

Maddy Stewart, aka One Rep Mads, uses strength training to help her flourish while living with mental illness. I love her sweetness, her boundless enthusiasm for the bench press, her boyfriend, her dogs, overalls, and pretty much everything. As a lifter on the cusp of the Millennial and Gen Z generations, she shares what it means to navigate social…

Deb Arana is a real-life Artemis. Don't believe me? She's a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, she's a pole dance and aerial performer/instructor, and she's a bow hunter. She's also a fierce Pilates instructor and grandmother who is killing some #physiquegoals at 58. Deb is a body whisperer who holds space for women to find their power in the very …

Fresh off her win at the Iron Gauntlet V Strongman/Strongwoman competition, our guest is Lindsay Hall! Her strength journey started when she walked into a gym to find some relief as a recovering addict. At 35 she got into strength through group training classes and began competing in Olympic lifting. A few years later, she was heading to the farthe…

She's a flame-haired, tattooed goddess who emerged as a Westside Barbell coach from a background of boxing and burlesque. She co-authored an epic book on the fighting life called Pain Don't Hurt. Now, Shelby sets women free through strength coaching and the feminist community she leads. You could gaze at her for hours on IG @shelbybelfast -- but wh…

The ultimate Strongwoman Squad drops by the garage -- three women from the @grassrootscrossfit team who are redefining what strength over 40 means as competitive Masters athletes at the National level. Natalie Studer, 47, is a kindergarten teacher who channels Maria von Trapp at work. Her strength alter ego, Rage Butterfly, has a fierce war cry tha…

Emily Stanwyck is a coach at Deuce Gym. She's also a wife, a mother, and a doula. We talk about how she's expanding her practice to guide women and couples through the process of becoming parents, how she won California's Strongest Woman in flip-flops, and how to use breast milk as a power snack (mind blown!) Follow her @emboslice_ and if you're in…

All hail the Platform Queen! Ari Phillip (aka Platform Queen Ari) broke the record for deadlift IPL/USPA Masters Division at the 2018 Mr Olympia with a 474 deadlift., and she plans to break her own record again this year. Five years ago she couldn't do 5 pushups in a circuit training and before that, she was crawling on the floor surrounded by food…

Welcome to the Valkyrie Garage, a new podcast celebrating female strength. Our first EVER guest to the Garage is Clinay Cameron. If you don't know her yet, stop everything and follow @clinayislivingproof right now. Clinay is part Division 1 athlete, part strength and fitness coach, part lifestyle advocate, and 100% goals. If you travel with her, sh…