An Interview with Cat Shamel

This is my conversation with Cat Shamel. Cat is a world class IPF Masters Powerlifter. In this podcast Cat takes us through her powerlifting journey From being inspired to start training after watching a 90s action film all the way up to her current status as one of the countries leading masters lifters.

Cat talks about her transition from weightlifting to powerlifting and the contrast between those 2 sports and why she prefers powerlifting. 

In the last few years Cat has dealt with some very challenging physical problems leading to life changing surgery, the main part of our discussion concerns the implications of recovering from a major operation and how she sensibly but courageously navigated her return to training and eventually competing again.