Claire Max

Damn, what are they feeding the shieldmaidens these days??

This is just a BTS shot from my shoot with yesterday! Leave a ⚔️ in the comments if you would toss a coin to your Claire 💕

For Christmas in 2019, I was gifted a subscription to a training program with an online coach ( 💕). I had been working out on my own for a few months before that, but really didn’t know what I was doing and wasn’t following any programming or direction. I started working with that coach in January of 2020.

At first, I would only work out in my apartment complex’s gym, and only late at night when I knew nobody would be there. I was small and weak and scared but I did the thing anyway. And eventually I became less small, and less weak, and not scared anymore.

This January marks 6 years I’ve been on this journey. Through different training styles (bodybuilding-style training at first, then powerlifting, then CrossFit) and vastly different body shapes (all told I’ve gained ~35 pounds and dropped 10% body fat), coaches, illnesses (3 rounds of Covid? 4?I don’t remember) and injuries (including several broken bones lol), I have stayed consistent. Not perfect (never perfect), but consistent. It has changed me in so many more ways than physical.

Here’s to another year of getting stronger, better, healthier, and happier. 💪🏻