What is your first and last name?
 Natalie (Natty) Freed

- What is your height and weight?
 5" 0' and 110-120, depending on what I have going on

- How old are you?
 23 years old

- Wher- Where do you currently reside?
 Pittsburgh, PA

- What is your profession?
 Director of Web Content (SupplementCentral.com)

- How did you get started into lifting weights and training?
 I lifted a little in high school for other sports & continued into college since I decided against organized sports. In Sept 04, my neck & lower back were fractured in an accident. When I got back to the gym after finishing physical therapy in Feb 06, I started training for powerlifting and competed for the first time 7 months later. I went home with a WABDL world record deadlift!

- Were you athletic growing up?  What other sports have you done or are currently doing?
 Yes - I started with gymnastics and dance & I've ridden horses since I was a kid. For one competition, we ran, swam, and shot in addition to riding. In school, I ran and threw for track & field and was a 4-year starting forward on the soccer team.

-   - What are your goals in powerlifting?
T    To keep challenging myself and to have fun, to meet other lifters and to hopefully come away from the experience with no major injuries!

-      - Have you considered bodybuilding?
 No, I'm not sure if I could deal with that kind of diet!

- In your opinion, what is your best bodypart?
 Who knows, maybe my upper body.. definitely not my legs.

- Do you enjoy performing onstage?
 For the most part.. not really

- Why do you love lifting weights?
 It's a great way to challenge myself and take my mind off daily life & stuff that stresses me out. Lifting reminds me to work hard in order to meet my goals.

- Tell us what a typical day is like your you. 
My schedule changes around from day to day - usually I get up any time from 4 to 6 am. I work for SupplementCentral.com - some days from home, some from the warehouse, and some from my gym (Celli's Fitness Center). I train 3 days a week with Ryan Celli and do cardio on my own time, depending on how I feel. With the time left over, I cook, clean, buy groceries, and hang out with friends & family. Ideally, I get to sleep by 10 - early by most peoples' standards!

- Do you like to show off your muscles when out in public or do you cover up?
 I cover up unless it's way too hot.. I'm not really comfortable with people looking at me & I'm usually freezing anyway!

- What kind of stuff would we find in the backseat of your car?
 Nothing - but in my trunk right now: my gym bag, a pair of boots, box of .380 ammo, paper towels, some rags, and a blanket from Mexico.

- What sports do you watch?
 Nothing really. If I had to pick, I'd watch PBR bull riding or equestrian

- Favorite movie actor/actress?
 Either Russell Crowe or Orson Welles

- Do you have childhood trinket that you still keep?
 A ring my grandpa made from a spoon

- Person you would like to meet?  (living or dead)
 Another hard question - Hank Williams III, John Mosby, Tom Waits...

- Have you ever eaten anything alive?
Not really, besides random bugs by accident & maybe a worm.

Last updated: Aug. 25, 2009 @ 9:56 a.m. PT