https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 14:02:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site/page/2#post-194130 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:03:23 +0000 Isabel 194130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fantastic and inspirational !!!!</p> <p>It always makes me sad when I read about people who really didn't like themselves when they are younger......your story is so great because you did embrace yourself and along the way, the world, too.</p> <p>CONGRATULATIONS !! ( It is also an honor for them to have you on ! ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site/page/2#post-194124 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:54:41 +0000 morethanbeige 194124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great article. Thanks for sharing it with us, Katja. You've inspired me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site/page/2#post-194122 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:46:45 +0000 Alecia 194122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Katja, I'm a powerlifter (or at least, I intend to get back to it now that I'm not pregnant ). My powerlifting team has more women than men. Stumptous is a go-to source for lots of us. It is awesome that you were featured. Way to tap into your strength. I wish more women would. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site/page/2#post-194015 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:34:10 +0000 Katja 194015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much for all your kind replies. I'm blushing here, but also feeling pretty good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site/page/2#post-193982 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:57:35 +0000 Debora 193982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Katja, thank you so much for sharing this with us! What an amazing and inspiring story. We are so fortunate to have your presence here on the forum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193974 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:00:24 +0000 Sparky 193974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Katja, I finally had a chance to read the article. It leaves me speechless. You truly are a hero and an inspiration. Wow, just wow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193965 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:14:52 +0000 April 193965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Katja, the fitness story is great -- thanks so much for sharing. As I've said to you before, I equally admire that you're here on YLF since illness has a way of deciding for us how we'll be seen by the world ("A Person in a Wheelchair"). I think it's so important that you've taken back some level input on that. People will always notice the chair, but the beautifully-dressed person the in chair will help them more quickly see what's beyond it: a competent, thinking, relevant person with style.</p> <p>Cheers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193964 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:13:00 +0000 Dawn 193964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats Katja, you truly are an inspiration! Thank you for sharing the article with us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193931 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:00:09 +0000 An 193931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are awesome Katja! What an inspiration. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193908 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:46:30 +0000 Refugee 193908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this. All of us have those areas in life who believe we are limited. I remember reading once, "argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. You have disregarded your perceived limitations and are a rockin' example for all of us. I want to be you when I grow up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193854 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:14:26 +0000 elpgal 193854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am humbled by your article, Katja. Thank you for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193812 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:57:23 +0000 shell 193812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful article! Thanks for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193801 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:48:53 +0000 greenglove 193801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are my new hero. I am so glad that you shared this with us. We all need to be more aware of how we limit ourselves with or without illness and/ or disability. Every day is a chance to make a choice about how we live. You have chosen to move forward and be strong but are also very real about the difficulty of accepting your illness. I know people probably go on and on about how inspiring you are- but you are. You could have chosen to accept yourself overweight and sedentary and others would have respected you for that decision. I am so glad you have blessed us with your fashionable presence on the forum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193743 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:59:41 +0000 Anonymous 193743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations for being chosen to be featured on the website. Your story is amazing and you are an amazing woman. Your story leaves me pretty much speechless. All I can say is you are strong! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193736 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:12:46 +0000 Debbie 193736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is very inspirational. Thank you so much for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193718 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:48:40 +0000 marianne 193718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KAtja, I just read it and you're incredible. Thank you so much for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193717 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:47:02 +0000 chewyspaghetti 193717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's awesome Katja! Thanks for sharing that- and congrats on being featured. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193698 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:25:49 +0000 Queen Mum 193698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an inspiration Katja! Thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193697 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:16:18 +0000 Melissa 193697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved the article! I read stumptuous off and on when I need a push to get me working out.</p> <p>One of the things I really liked was seeing how you navigate the complicated line between doing too much and doing too little with a chronic illness. It's such a difficult balance and needs so much constant tweaking that it can be easier sometimes to just do nothing at all, and I find it very cool that you have chosen instead to try and push yourself while recognizing your limits. </p> <p>The wheelchair racing sounds like so much fun! When is your next race? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193692 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:06:48 +0000 LoP 193692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful article! You're an amazing woman with strength and self-discipline. Thank you so much for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193641 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:23:58 +0000 Anonymous 193641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is the most inspiring article I have read in a long, long time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193633 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:12:34 +0000 Kate 193633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193611 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:15:32 +0000 Lisa 193611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193560 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:17:03 +0000 Sihaya 193560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Katja - what an inspiration. I have shared this with a friend who's living with a significnat physical disability. Having an intermittent condition that was initially suspected as potentially being MS, I am in total awe of how you do this. I loved hearing the part of you doing weights tenaciously even if it meant you wouldn't do anything else that day. Wow!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193535 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:44:21 +0000 Katja 193535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <blockquote><p> I hope you don't mind me being nosey and asking what your husband (given your description of him in the article) has to say about of your transformation? Do you ever train together? Given your strength, have you ever challenged him to an arm wrestle? I'd be pretty close to putting my money on you to win! </p></blockquote> <p>First, he's super happy about these changes (I call this my mid-life crisis sometimes - other people buy a Ferrari, I bought a handcycle and a racing wheelchair). We've had no stress or tension that you sometimes see when one partner makes a lot of changes.</p> <p>We do ride together, although it's hard for him to go that slow (he rides circles around me waiting for me to get there). We sometimes lift weights together. He asks me for advice on form (!).</p> <p>It's been interesting that as I've been getting stronger, he's actually seeing more age-related muscle loss (he's 67) and is started to get a little alarmed. So my curve is up, his is down, and we're getting closer to each other. I might actually be a better swimmer(!), partly because he's so skinny he's a sinker.</p> <blockquote><p> I have a 25 year old friend who has been battling MS for a few years now and wants to start exercising more; I am going to send her your article! </p></blockquote> <p>Oh, that would just make my day! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193524 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:32:45 +0000 Steph 193524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such a great story, Katja. I have a 25 year old friend who has been battling MS for a few years now and wants to start exercising more; I am going to send her your article! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193516 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:07:13 +0000 Louise 193516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow such an inspiring story x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193486 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:03:49 +0000 bj1111 193486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>you are such an inspiration, on so many levels. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193399 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:23:12 +0000 Katiepea 193399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great and informative article Katja and what an amazing story of physical transformation.</p> <p>I just love the image of you bench-pressing 70lbs! Even more than that, I'm so impressed that you mostly use free-weights over fixed. The additional stability and control required by you to use the correct form when undertaking each exercise is a mighty feat in my book! (Particularly when those dumbells you are lifting are mighty heavy!)</p> <p>I hope you don't mind me being nosey and asking what your husband (given your description of him in the article) has to say about of your transformation? Do you ever train together? Given your strength, have you ever challenged him to an arm wrestle? I'd be pretty close to putting my money on you to win! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-featured-on-womens-strength-training-site#post-193378 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:47:20 +0000 Mac 193378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Go, Katja!!!! </p>