Candy Ass...woman of power

Sandi "Candy Ass" McCaslin

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February 11, 1964

Upstate New York

August 2002

I seem to draw some type of
inspiration from nearly everyone,
but in my heart I believe I can do
anything I set my mind to.

ADAU, IPA, APF, USA, SSA

630 squat - 425 bench - 430 deadlift - 1425 total

I am married, but I don't think that is what defines me as a person. I hope that I
can always maintain enough of myself that a man will never "define" me. We
have 3 kids, a 21 year old son, and 2 daughters, 14 & 10. At one time I thought
this is what I was living for. I moved out of Candyland and have started thinking
of myself more.

summary in my own words:

Zane & I have always pretty much done everything together. We went
to a local powerlifting meet in April 2002. We knew then that it was
something we wanted to do.
We hooked up with a small local team and did a few meets. I had only
been training a few months when I was diagnosed with 2 herniated
disks in my neck. This pretty much ended my full power career. I
concentrated on bench only for awhile because it was the only thing that
didn't cause me excrutiating pain. I have healed up pretty well so far,
and hope to be training full power again soon.
I had surgery on my neck in December 2004. The surgeon told me
there was a 50/50 chance that I would squat again. Just about a year
later I squatted 505 at a meet in Upstate New York. Things are moving
along just as I wanted.
As a wife and mother, I have many commitments to my family, and it
was hard to always make it to the gym. To solve this problem Zane & I
bought some equipment and set up a personal "hardcore gym". No
problems now. We train when we want. We have since opened that gym
to the public and are having a great time with it.
We love to hook up with other people and travel to their gyms or have
people over to our place. The coolest part about competing is meeting so
many cool people. I have made alot of friends in a very short time, and
I have so many memories that will last me a lifetime.