# @maddyforberg on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BjI4cagHtKf - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13377837-maddyforberg-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/49dd512fa2.jpg - **Posted:** 2018-05-23T23:42:11.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Maddy Forberg (@maddyforberg) — https://gondola.cc/maddyforberg ## Caption A Thank You Letter to Strength Athletes (just in case you needed it) • Thank you. Thank you for making the choice to test your limits, the choice to put function first. Thank you for valuing your abilities and not JUST the appearance of the skin you’re in. • Thank you for encouraging mental gains. Thank you for learning inner confidence, pep talks, self-coaching. Thank you for learning that you can have hype from the whole world but that it means nothing if you can’t do that for yourself. Thank you for learning how to make strength from within. • Thank you for learning this hype but checking your ego at the door. • Thank you for showing up- even on days that suck. Even on hypertrophy-no PR days. • Thank you for knowing that progress isn’t ALWAYS lbs on the bar, sometimes it’s technique, attitude,etc. • Thank you for your post-PR screams, hugs, dances- thank you for immediately thinking “MORE”. • Thank you for accepting the fact that you’re going to work hours in the gym and your progress isn’t likely something your distant family members will ask about/recognize at holidays. Thank you for not expecting everyone to understand your sport, but still loving them for inquiring and trying to connect anyway (“oh yeah, I used to lift weights back in high school”) • Thank you for being scared enough to try. • Thank you for being vulnerable, thank you for your temper tantrums- throwing your belt, slamming your weights. • Thank you for cursing the sport sometimes - Thank you for being stubborn enough to come back the next day and ask “what can I do better?” • Thank you for asking questions, researching, trying different things when you are stuck. • Thank you for fueling your body for performance. • Thank you for never expecting thank you or praise. • Thank you for being part of a community. Thank you for competing, growing, spreading strength. Thank you for pursuing strength. ♥️ • #powerlifting #weightlifting #strongman #strength #fitness #liftheavy #liftweights #strongertogether #fitness #compete #bodypositive #squat #bench #deadlift #rawjunior ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 8,370 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 113 ## Tags squat, strongertogether, bodypositive, rawjunior, weightlifting, strongman, fitness, bench, liftweights, liftheavy, powerlifting, deadlift, strength, compete --- Copyright (c) Gondola