This week I interview National Weightlifting Champion, Mattie Rogers. After just 3 years in the sport, she’s already become one of the best in the world in her class and is making moves towards joining the 2016 Rio Olympic Games – did I mention she’s not even 21 yet?! Not only that, but she’s consistently going 6/6 on her competition lifts, or in other words, she’s no joke. In this episode we talk about mental preparation, team mentality, how to approach your first competition lift, and how she went from gymnastics, to cheer leading, to CrossFit, to National Weightlifting Champion and a whole lot more. Want more Mattie Rogers? – Click below: Instagram: @mattiecakesssss Facebook: Mattie Rogers – Athlete Page Topics of discussion: [4:55] Going 6/6 on your lifts & calming your nerves [7:00] Working with Coach Danny Camargo Camargo’s OLY Concepts Zygmunt Smalcerz, Olympic Training Center   [8:30] Setting the Junior & Senior American records [10:10] Setting standards for yourself & How to stay ahead of your competition [11:45] “We decided to move up in weight class… and from that moment on it’s been craaazzyy” [13:45] Team mentality – “we” VS. “me” [14:45] Bombing the snatch in the American Open [16:38] Prepping the week before a competition [117:45] Do’s & Don’ts for competition day [18:22] Competition rituals [19:20] Mental preparation Approaching your 1st lift in competition Missing a lift in competition   [23:30] Role models Jenny Arthur   Reviews: If you LOVE this podcast please click HERE to leave me a review. It energizes me to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support. Follow us on Instagram @brute.strength