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Jane McCubbin began lifting weights in the 1980’s out of solidarity with her sister-in-law, who wanted to venture into the testosterone-filled weight room at the former Lodi Fitness Center.

“Back then females didn’t go in the weight room,” McCubbin said. “…She asked if I would go with her.”

McCubbin agreed to join her sister-in-law, Dorothea Johnson. After the pair found a place amid the men, other women began to join them. There, McCubbin’s weightlifting career began. Three decades later, McCubbin is a champion deadlifter who has set 15 world records.

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