# @maddyforberg on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJ5e6EgWd3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13377376-maddyforberg-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-01-27T22:24:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maddy Forberg (@maddyforberg) — https://gondola.cc/maddyforberg

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Wow. 5 weeks out.
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Last year at the Arnold I watched the meet. I was pretty miserable at that point in my life. Highly insecure with everything especially getting into this industry. Sat in front of that platform and thought “I don’t think I could ever compete here”. I was scared. 
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chadwesleysmith just wrote my peaking block and I nearly cried looking it over #soft 
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I just feel so lucky every time I get to train. We GET to do this. Not a chore. Powerlifting has brought so much growth and direction in my life. I owe my life to the barbell, I swear.
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 I’ll step on the platform in 5 weeks. 10 weeks later I’ll graduate nursing school. Then soon leave the Midwest. Life happens fast and every bit of it simultaneously rough and fantastic.
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Thanks for reading my rant. In my feels. I love powerlifting. For those of you competing at the Arnold, I hope the next 5 weeks y’all hit your macros and PRs and sleep and then have a lot of success come meet day. Can’t wait to see y’all. #powerlifting #usapl #compete #allbite #nobark

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soft, nobark, usapl, powerlifting, allbite, compete

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