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Shauna Russell grimaces while lifting a Chevrolet Trax at last summer\u2019s Rainier Classic event in Seattle, Washington. PHOTO COURTESY JOHNNY PREHN<\/p><\/div>\n

She\u2019s been one of the strongest w\u0101hine in the islands for years now, and yet when Shauna Russell was introduced to powerlifting a little more than two decades ago, she was rather unimpressed by the iron-pumping activity. At the time, all the Maui High School student appeared interested in was completing a set of lifts in class and making a beeline for the door. <\/p>\n

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Russell and staff keep patients\u2019 bodies feeling powerful at Big Island Physical Therapy. PHOTO COURTESY SHAUNA RUSSELL<\/p><\/div>\n

But there was someone present who was both impressed and intrigued by her potential. That someone was the high school football coach, who showed Russell how to perform the back squat in class one day and then watched in amazement as, plate by plate and weight by weight, she began to exceed all expectations.<\/p>\n

As Russell recalls, \u201cHe kept putting on weights and saying, \u2018I just want you to try this \u2026 now try this,\u2019 and he was tripping out! I was looking up at the time and thinking, \u2018OK, so now what?\u2019 I just wanted to get out and go home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Russell hoists and carries a heavy sandbag as part of last summer\u2019s Rainier Classic competition. PHOTO COURTESY JOHNNY PREHN<\/p><\/div>\n

Russell did eventually go home, but thankfully, she kept coming back for more. With each additional session, she learned to complete other weightlifting exercises, such as the deadlift and the bench press. The lukewarm reaction she once had for powerlifting had suddenly disappeared and in its place was a growing fascination with the sport. Soon, she was encouraged to test her brawn at an upcoming high school meet.<\/p>\n

Initially, her only objection to entering the contest was in wearing a wrestling singlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Oh, hell no! There\u2019s no way I\u2019m wearing that thing!\u2019\u201d recalls Russell, chuckling at the memory of her protest to coaches. <\/p>\n

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Shauna Russell, at right, and her sta\ufb00 often use powerlifting techniques and machines, such as the leg press, to strengthen patients\u2019 bodies. PHOTO COURTESY SHAUNA RUSSELL<\/strong>
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However, she eventually agreed to don the singlet and show off her considerable feats of strength at her first-ever meet. Not surprisingly, she\u2019s been showing off with muscular performances ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I like to do: lift weights,\u201d says Russell, whose powerlifting background has given way to Strongman events in recent years. <\/p>\n

Powerlifting, she explains, focuses on three main lifts: bench press, deadlift and back squat. In contrast, Strongman competitions are geared toward testing an athlete\u2019s strength, power, endurance and mobility through a series of \u201cmore dynamic\u201d events. Competitors score points by hoisting various implements, including logs, kegs, loaded dumbbells and sandbags. They even pull heavy vehicles.<\/p>\n

Naturally, Russell is comfortable with either form of powerlifting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the fact that it\u2019s always all on you. No matter the outcome, you\u2019re the only person you can depend on in order to get better and to lift the weight,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Russell wasn\u2019t in Pennsylvania last week competing at the Strongman Corporation Nationals \u2014 but she should have been. She qualified for the annual event following her second-place finish in the Amateur Women\u2019s Open division at last summer\u2019s Rainier Classic in Seattle, Washington. However, because she felt that her technique needed refinement, she chose to sit out this year\u2019s nationals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m competitive and I always want to win. Is second place a good place for me to finish? No, it\u2019s not,\u201d says Russell, who\u2019s ended up as the bridesmaid at Rainier for the past two years. \u201cThis last time at Rainier, I feel like I lost that \u2026 I don\u2019t feel like I was beaten. I just made mistakes that were unnecessary, like not warming up properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have my heart set on winning it,\u201d she adds about next summer\u2019s Rainier Classic. <\/p>\n

Then, peering into the future, Russell pledges, \u201cThat\u2019s when I\u2019ll make a serious run at (nationals).\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, she promises to be \u201call about building on what I have and getting more particular in dialing in my technique and conditioning.\u201d
\nRussell\u2019s next competition will be at February\u2019s all-women Strongman event, hosted by Imua Iron in Kailua-Kona. A top three finish all but guarantees her another invite to the 2024 national competition.<\/p>\n

So just how strong is Russell? <\/p>\n

\u201cI can squat 415 pounds and my deadlift is like 385,\u201d she shares. \u201cI don\u2019t like to deadlift, but you can\u2019t do Strongman without it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even her so-called weakest event, the bench press, produces a maximum lift of 185 pounds. That number doesn\u2019t impress her much, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really kind of puny,\u201d mutters Russell through nervous laughter, as if there\u2019s something wrong with only being able to essentially bench press an average-sized NFL cornerback. \u201cBut I\u2019m working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also hoping to make improvements in the confidence department. Admittedly shy by nature, Russell will often modify her physical appearance at meets in order to channel a different persona and power through the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very much a behind-the-scenes kind of person. I realize that competing in front of people is part of the game, and I accept that, but that doesn\u2019t mean I like it,\u201d she says. \u201cSo, I\u2019ll braid my hair in different colors just so that I can be a different person. Then, I don\u2019t have to think about being in front of all those people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite this \u201cweakness\u201d when operating in the spotlight, Russell is completely at ease when engaging with her growing fan base. In fact, she frequently finds herself encouraging her admirers \u2014 especially those who lack confidence \u2014 that they\u2019re capable of amazing and powerful things as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI use powerlifting as a way to let them know that, \u2018Hey, you can do this, too!\u2019 I mean, I didn\u2019t even know what the heck I was doing when I first started,\u201d she says. \u201cThere are so many strong women, strong people here on the Big Island, but also everywhere in Hawai\u2018i, that can do other things. I love powerlifting; I go to every powerlifting competition here just because I love strength sports in general. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut everyone is different. Some people might want to try something else, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

While possible titles at Rainier and the nationals remain in her future, there\u2019s one honor she already holds. \u201cDr. Russell,\u201d as she is known, has been a physical therapist on Maui, Moloka\u2018i and Hawai\u2018i island for more than a decade. By launching her Pakolea Rehab business in 2009 and acquiring Big Island Physical Therapy seven years later, Russell has been able to help heal and strengthen countless patients, all of whom have sought her expertise and guidance in manual therapy and neuro reeducation over the years.<\/p>\n

At Pakolea (\u201cphysical therapy\u201d in Hawaiian), Russell employs nine individuals \u2014 three physical therapists, two physical therapist assistants and four support staffers. Despite the number of employees, she insists that more help is needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always tell people that I can run a hundred clinics if you only promise me that I wouldn\u2019t have to worry about staffing,\u201d says Russell, who previously did physical therapy work at The John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. \u201cThe biggest thing is (Hawai\u2018i Pacific University) has started their doctorate and physical therapy program. Hopefully, we\u2019ll have more Hawai\u2018i-grown PTs so that there are more of our people treating our community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice for patients to be able to relate to people from their community as their clinicians,\u201d she continues. \u201cThat\u2019s one of my missions with this company, to help promote this profession to our younger people.\u201d<\/p>\n

As much as the native of K\u012bhei, Maui, loves her day job, she insists her passion remains powerlifting. She may not have immediately embraced the sport when it was introduced to her so many years ago, but she\u2019s glad that she ultimately got on \u201cthis ride.\u201d It\u2019s why she doesn\u2019t like wasting a moment of training in her pursuit of \u201cgoing as high as I can possibly go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond conquering the next Rainier and finally participating in the Strongman nationals, her dream would be to participate in the Arnold Strongman Classic, held annually in Columbus, Ohio, and widely regarded as the pinnacle of Strongman competition in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be crazy to compete in the Arnold,\u201d says Russell in closing. \u201cBut regardless, I\u2019ll always love this sport. It\u2019s never boring.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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