S4 E4 - Becoming The World's Strongest Disabled Woman with Erin Harris

Erin Harris spent 28 years hiding her arm under hoodies and baggy jumpers. Today she's the two-time World's Strongest Disabled Woman with four world records to her name - and it all started from a single TikTok video. 

In this episode Erin opens up about growing up with a limb difference, the bullying she experienced and how discovering Adaptive Strongman in 2022 completely transformed her life. What started as a gym session to lose weight before her wedding became a world-class athletic career - within just six months of training she won her first competition.

We talk about:

• How Erin hid her disability for nearly 3 decades and what finally changed.
• Discovering Adaptive Strongman and being mentored by four-time World's Strongest Disabled Man Mark Tonner.
• The mental game of lifting - imposter syndrome, inner critics, and getting out of your own head.
• Breaking world records.
• The lack of funding in adaptive sport and why it matters.
• Being a role model for children born with limb differences.
• Recovering from a rotator cuff injury and relearning how to trust her body.
• Why she refuses to hide who she is online - bad days included.

Erin's one note on vulnerability: don't hide who you are. Everything that makes you different is shaping the path you're meant to be on.

Find Erin Harris here.

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