Last Saturday, February 16th was my first competition of 2013, the RX Muscle Bros vs Pros 14 at Gold’s Gym in Deer Park, NY. I competed in the women’s deadlift event where the women deadlifted 185lbs for the maximum number of reps without setting the bar down. I did 99 reps to win my third consecutive deadlift title. It was a great day that will fuel me for weeks and months to come but maybe in a different way than you would imagine. The real victory came in the few weeks before the competition.