By: Hunter Ferguson
Chandler powerlifter Emi McGuire spoke ti VYPE in a recent interview.
VYPE: What are your personal goals for the year?
My personal goals for the year are make a collegiate cheer squad, increase my maximum on bench to 135 lbs, and make my parents proud.
VYPE: What is your favorite athletic memory?
My favorite athletic memory is becoming Chandler’s newest All State Cheerleader.
VYPE: What teammate has left the biggest impression on you and why?
The teammate that has left the biggest impression on me is Kalee Peery. Kalee pushes me past my limits everyday in the weight room and I couldn’t be more thankful for her support and dedication to making me stronger. She is a very motivated person and that energy transfers over to me. We work together to reach our goals and have fun doing it at the same time.
VYPE: What is your favorite part of being on this team?
My favorite part of being on this team is the struggle and the challenge .I set goals for myself that might seem impossible and when I reach those goals it’s a whole different feeling. The hard work and dedication pays off. No one said it would be easy but feeling stronger and stronger everyday is why I keep pushing towards new goals.
VYPE: Do you participate in any community service projects?
Community Service projects I participate in are Lincoln County Relay for Life, volunteer at South Central Industries, Halloween Carnival, Ice Cream Festival, DHS Christmas Adopt a Child, Stamp out Starvation Food Drive, and Special Olympics Summer Games.
VYPE: What Clubs or Campus groups are you involved with and why?
Groups and clubs I’m involved in are Chandler Varsity Cheer, Dancer for Dreamcatchers Dance Company, National Honors Society, Student Council, PSI, Yearbook, FFA, Powerlifting, Stunt, BancFirst Student Board of Directors, and NASA. I participate in all of the listed activities because each of them have their own lesson. I learn essential and different lessons that will help me be successful in life.
VYPE: What has your sport taught you that you use in your daily life?
One thing that will always be engraved in my brain that I have learned in my sport is “you get out, what you put in.” If you walk into the weight room and just try to get through the workout, it’s not going to get you anywhere. But if you walk into the weight room and push yourself and expect to fail because the weight gets to heavy, that’s when you get stronger.
VYPE: What is the best advice that anyone has given you?
The best advice that I have ever been given is “it is all a mentality.” If you think your going to fail you will. If you think you can’t do it, then you won’t do it. If you tell yourself your going to get it, you’ll get it. Will it happen that day? No. But with the mindset that you will get it, you will make it happen.
VYPE: Who inspires you and why?
My Dad, Bruce McGuire. My dad never fails to get a workout in for the day. He will text me and ask me how many push-ups I did today and I don’t answer because I know he already has me beat with his 300 push-ups. Growing up, my dad would include me in his workouts. He wouldn’t force me to do them but of course I always wanted to. My dad has and never will stop making sure I get stronger.
VYPE: Here is your chance to give a shoutout or say thank you to anyone you wish.
I would like to give a huge shout out to my mom. My mom is my biggest supporter and is always there for me. My mom exceeds my expectations of being a mom and she is my best friend. I would also like to give a shout out to my coaches, Cynthia Snider, Randee Gray, and Jack Gray for helping me get to where I am today.
