Smashing Barbells, Making Babies, and Rolling 7's on the Come Bet with 5x CrossFit Games Athlete Cassidy Lance-Mcwherte — Barbell Shrugged #432

Cassidy Lance-McWherter grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she began her athletic career as a gymnast. Lance earned a Division 1 athletic scholarship to the University of Washington on the gymnastics team. After multiple knee surgeries, she transitioned from gymnastic athlete to coach. During this transition period Cassidy discovered her passion for CrossFit in Texas and decided to dedicate her life to the sport. Lance competed with the NorthWest CrossFit Team at the CrossFit Games in 2010. Lance continued her CrossFit career and competed as an individual at the South Central Regionals in 2011 and 2012. Cassidy Lance placed top 3 at Regionals and qualified to the CrossFit Games in 2013 and 2014. Cassidy now competes in the GRID League and plays for the DC Brawlers, and has recently relocated to Ocala, Florida. Lance has recently opened up her own CrossFit Gym in Orlando, Florida called Waterside CrossFit where she currently trains to qualify for the CrossFit Games. In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, Anders Varner and Doug Larson discuss: Retiring from the sport of CrossFit The experience of having a miscarriage The mental struggles of miscarriage How to push forward with very public adversity in your personal life Where to go when it feels like there is no hope The power of relationships And more… Cassidy Lance-Mcwherter on Instagram Anders Varner on Instagram Doug Larson on Instagram TRAINING PROGRAMS One Ton Strong - 8 Weeks to PR your snatch, clean, jerk, squat, deadlift, and bench press 20 REP BACK SQUAT PROGRAM - Giant Legs and a Barrell Core One Ton Challenge 8 Week Snatch Cycle - 8 Weeks to PR you Snatch Aerobic Monster - 12 week conditioning, long metcons, and pacing strategy Please Support Our Sponsors "Save $20 on High Quality Sleep Aid at Momentous livemomentous.com/shrugged us code "SHRUGGED20" at checkout. US Air Force Special Operations - http://airforce.com/specialops Organifi - Save 20% using code: "Shrugged" at organifi.com/shrugged BiOptimizer - kApex www.kenergize.com/shrugged use the code "shrugged10" to save 10% ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Show notes at: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/bbs-lance ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Subscribe to Barbell Shrugged's Channel Here ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged