Sarah Meyer is a two-time world champion powerlifter, seven-time world record holder and tested lifetime-natural athlete who has built an extraordinary career by focusing on the process rather than chasing outcomes. Her path to the top wasn't conventional. Before powerlifting, Sarah spent around 15 years as a musician and piano teacher, and she never grew up playing competitive sport. She eventually found strength training almost by accident and, rather than starting with some grand ambition to become a world champion, simply chased the next five pounds, the next personal best and the next opportunity to improve. That philosophy ultimately took her to the highest levels of drug-tested powerlifting.
Sarah has achieved so far- Certified Personal Trainer through the National Strength & Conditioning Association, a Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach, and a Certified Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism Coach. She was the World Champion and best lifter at the IPF Drug-Tested World Championships in 2023 and 2024.
But Sarah's story goes far beyond lifting. We talk about her 16-year battle with Lyme disease, including periods of severe pain, neurological symptoms, nausea, insomnia and being largely confined to her home — while continuing to train and compete. She explains how years of dealing with chronic illness changed the way she thinks about resilience, flexibility and coaching. We also get into her history with food and dieting, the mistakes she made when she was first learning to train, and how years of self-education, coaching, mentorship and eventually thousands of hours of hands-on experience transformed the way she approaches strength training. We spoke about former guests on the show like Dr. Dani Antonellos, All Black Rugby legend Conrad Smith, Dr Caroline Packard and Anne Desjardins.
Sarah now runs StrongHer Lifts, where she combines powerlifting/powerbuilding, bodybuilding, biomechanics, nutrition and individualised programming to help women become stronger and more confident athletes. We get deep into what actually makes a good coach, why online coaches need real-world experience, how she identifies the bottleneck holding a lifter back, her approach to powerbuilding, training during pregnancy, and why she believes there is always something you can do. Ultimately, Sarah's message is bigger than lifting weights: don't build your life around the outcome — learn to love the process, keep improving, and build something you can sustain for the long term.
🔗 Connect with Sarah:
Main Website: https://the-reboot-mentorshipsprint.com
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/sarah_strongherlifts/
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