What Weightlifting Taught Me About Imposter Syndrome

Sarah Willey
4 min readJan 11, 2021
Photo by Victor Freitas on Unsplash

I didn’t know in my teens and twenties that my weightlifting practice was going to teach me a life lesson that I could apply outside of the gym. Today I’d like to share with you what my weightlifting taught me.

When I took a weightlifting class in high school, the teacher paired everyone with a partner to spot them based on how much we each lifted. That suggested that…

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Sarah Willey

Consultant, writer, business scholar. Nonprofit nerd; passionate about relationship-building and community. sarah@sarahwilleyllc.com