I started lifting at 12 when my big brother would force me to weight train so I could spot him on bench. At 16, I was the only girl among a bunch of football players in my high school weight training class. I continued lifting after college but mostly used my time in the gym to train for other sports: skiing, hockey, hiking, racing BMX, riding dirt bikes. Gym time became spotty after I had my first of three sons and dove full time into building a business in the motorcycle industry.
I became what I'd consider a serious lifter only in the last few years and via a rather unusual path.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2018. About September, when I was done with surgeries and 7 weeks of daily radiation treatments and up more than 20 pounds, I decided to pursue a longtime goal and learn to play tennis. At lesson number six, I tweaked my knee — bad — and had to quit playing.
I signed up at my local gym intent on rehabbing my knee.
I felt like I'd come back home. My business was steady enough and my kids old enough so I could hit it hard for an hour and a half after work each day. I spent my Saturday mornings drinking coffee while deadlifting and getting under the squat bar. I put on decent amounts of muscle while dropping 17 pounds. An entrepreneur at heart, I started dreaming about launching a business in the fitness industry and went so far as to design a logo, buy a domain, grab an instagram moniker and attend the FitExpo in Los Angeles.
Then Covid-19 reared its head, gyms shut down and life felt like it went on hold. I moved my workouts to my master bathroom where I stopped bothering to put on leggings and worked out in my underwear.
In early June 2020 when gyms re-opened temporarily, I happened upon @coachpaulcarter on Instagram. He was launching a hypertrophy training group called the Yoke Squad on a brand new app called Train Heroic. I was intrigued by what looked like a great way to log my workouts and signed up immediately. Turns out I couldn't hijack the app to log my own workouts but I could put in the work Paul Carter laid out each week and hit PR after PR.
I first saw the GymPin in Paul's IG feed. I love simple ideas that are well executed and an idea began to form in my head. I knew hard parts from 25 years in the motorcycle industry and the GymPin felt like a fit. I was maxing out the stack on the leg extension at my new gym and ordered one up. I had been buying gear from around the country and the world, which seemed really inefficient. On Repeat Sports' mission became clear: to discover and stock "serious gear for serious lifters," bringing together the best equipment and saving time and money for our customers.
On Repeat Sports Inc. launched April 2, 2021, as the Official US Distributor of the Original GymPin. Within week's we were also the outlet for @coachpaulcarter 's Yoke Squad apparel line and then an authorized Angles90 dealer.
Expect more good stuff to come!