From Powerlifting to Strongwoman: this is Veronique Cormier's journey to a national Canadian record in the most iconic of strongman events – the Atlas Stone.

57kg lifter Veronique, quickly made a mark on powerlifting with a raw squat well over double bodyweight, a raw total over six times bodyweight and World Championship qualification.

Since then she’s added a national title in strongwoman.

Veronique has been training hard with the atlas stones, and was keen to work on the 100kg one – approaching double her weight. It wasn’t easy, although she went from being barely able to get it off the ground to lifting it over the bar in training.

The recent Canadian Nationals gave her a chance to try all aspects of her strength, followed by a record attempts session.

Admitting to a weakness in deadlifts she managed 9 x 300 lb to win that event, confident it would have been no reps a year ago. She also won a sandbag medley and atlas stone ladder to finish second overall.

As if that wasn’t enough, she then attempted the 220lb stone, and cleared the bar.

“I worked really hard on stones this prep from not getting the 220 stone more than a few inches off the ground to making it look so easy on the day,” Veronique told Great Vegan Athletes. “The announcers were convinced I would get 245. It’s not there yet but definitely the next goal.”

Amazing effort Veronique! 🌱💪

Read the full article here: https://www.greatveganathletes.com/news/from-powerlifting-to-strongwoman-leafys-journey-to-the-national-record/

Photo credit: @leafylifter

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Ric Carroll, aka the Yeti, recently competed in the Battle of the Bridge North East US regional strongman competition in the 105 kg middleweight category and won!

The competition also offers places at the Arnold Classic for division winners.

In an interview with Great Vegan Athletes, Ric Carroll reported:
“The volunteers and judges were amazing and the judging was strict. There were so many competitors it turned into about 10-11 hours of competing. It was one of the most competitive, with the top four guys in the area. After suffering my Achilles injury during the first event at Arnold 2023 it was not only my goal to get back to The Arnold 2025 but this was the competition to do it.”

Congratulations Ric Carroll!

Read the full article here: https://www.greatveganathletes.com/news/vegan-yeti-takes-strongman-win/

Ric switched to vegan in 2020 saying he wished he had done it sooner. He also noticed that, “Physically, my recovery is through the roof. My inflammation is down dramatically.”

Find out more about Ric in this interview by VeganLinked https://youtu.be/VTez0cHAO5E

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