CARLYLE - Lily Sedor, a Grade 12 student who attends the Gordon F Kell High School in Carlyle has joined the world of powerlifting after initially joining the gym to get fit.
What started as a weekly visit to the gym through the high school with her gym teacher Collin Wilson and the class helped her find that getting in shape and strength building was actually an enjoyment.
At the age of 15, Sedor decided to go to the gym regularly, but wanted to do more with her training, but did not know quite where to go with it.
Sedor is the daughter of Tim and Jennifer Sedor, and she was raised in Carlyle. Jennifer is presently the mayor of Carlyle.
After digging into all aspects of the sport that involved strength, it was not long before she was informed that there were classes in Weyburn for powerlifting and she joined the ranks.
For five months and twice a week she began to build her strength through the program offered and when she felt comfortable with her abilities she began to be coached under Ryan Fowler.
She did not always have a love for the gym, in fact she felt that exercise was daunting and at the time would never have stepped foot into a gym.
Those thoughts have completely changed Sedor and is now dedicated to her sport of powerlifting.
“What really sticks out to me in this sport is the support and diversity within it,” said Sedor. “The community is so supportive of one another, and the people are highly diverse.”
“I want people to know that there are no requirements for who can be in the sport,” she said. “I have seen people in their 70’s lifting insane weights as well as kids as young as 7 lifting.”
Sedor is currently training as a sub junior and is training to compete in the Sask provincials. She has attended two competitions, but she feels that it is not about the win, it is about a person competing against themselves to do their p personal best.
Her attempts in competition have been in squats for 235 lbs., in bench weights it is 130 lbs., and dead weight 300 lbs.
She feels that in Weyburn at the competition she did not perform as well as she could have.
It is her hope to continue with her training and build her strength to possibly one day make it to nationals.
