Olympic Weightlifter Neisi Dajomes in Two-Piece Workout Gear Says "Give Yourself the Pleasure to Dream"

Neisi Dajomes, the powerhouse weightlifter from Ecuador, has made a name for herself on the international stage, winning gold in the 2020 Olympics and bronze in 2024. As she prepares for future competitions, including the Paris Games, Dajomes remains laser-focused on achieving her dreams. In a recent Instagram post, she shared a glimpse of her training routine, confidently stating, “You can only stop dreaming when your eyes close and never open again… give yourself the pleasure to dream and fight to make it a reality.” Dajomes combines her passion with intense weightlifting sessions, proving that hard work and dedication are key to making dreams come true.

1. She Follows Her Dreams

Dajomes is all about following her dreams. She talked about this in the caption of her Instagram post. “You can only stop dreaming when your eyes close and never open again.🦋 WHILE THAT HAPPENS, GIVE YOURSELF THE PLEASURE TO DREAM AND FIGHT TO MAKE IT A REALITY.✨ #losangeles2028 💫✨. A little memory before Paris. 🔥”

2. She Weight Lifts

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Weightlifting is the main way Dajomes stays in shape. ACE Fitness states that lifting weights has a lot of benefits. “Using heavy weights increases intramuscular coordination, the number of type II motor units and the amount of muscle fibers engaged within a specific muscle. Have you ever felt your muscles shaking while lifting heavy weights? This is because you are recruiting and activating the larger type II muscle fibers, which are only stimulated to work when a muscle is challenged with heavy resistance or working to fatigue.”

3. She Does Dips

Dajomes is seen doing tricep dips with a weight in this Instagram video. Strongman states that the exercise has a lot of benefits. “Bodyweight dips are a powerful exercise that can unlock a range of benefits for your fitness journey. Not only do they help build upper body strength, but they also provide an excellent way to develop muscle mass and give you that toned, athletic look. Moreover, dips are an adaptable exercise that you can tailor to your fitness level, making them suitable for both beginners and experienced gym-goers.”

4. She Does Lunges

Dajomes is also seen doing a lunge-esque exercise in this Instagram video. Lunges have a lot of benefits. ACE Fitness states, “They’re a form of unilateral training, which means you’re working only one limb or side of the body at a time. And unilateral training is a more effective way to build functional strength (than using both legs) because these types of movement mimic other everyday motions, like walking and climbing stairs — and not just to the working leg. Research suggests the strength gains to the nonworking side are about half of the strength gains of the working side.”

5. She Bench Presses

The bench press is one of the most effective compound exercises for building upper body strength, targeting key muscles like the chest, shoulders, and triceps. By engaging multiple muscle groups, it promotes muscle growth and enhances overall stability in the upper body. Regularly incorporating the bench press into a workout routine can lead to increased muscle mass and improved endurance, which is beneficial for both athletic performance and everyday activities. Additionally, bench pressing can strengthen the core and improve posture by encouraging proper body alignment throughout the movement.

Lya Bavoil is offering up a little “gym motivation” in her two-piece workout gear. In a new social media post the power lifter shows off her amazing body in a two-piece exercise set while lifting super heavy weights. “TOOOO THE MOOON 🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️,” commented one of her followers about her impressive Instagram video, while several others left fire emojis. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Self-Improvement

Lya is driven by self improvement. “(My motivation is) to always be better. Not better than someone else, but better than I was yesterday, or the months before. Just keep pushing hard, and keep trying to reach perfection. There is no perfection, but there is always something you can work on, with technique and form and things like that. So I just want to be better every day,” she told Fitness Volt.

2. Healthy Diet

Lya works with a nutritionist to achieve her dietary goal. “It depends on the day, but sometimes I eat three or five times a day. It depends on my day, if I work or not, or if I wake up late or not. I have my macros everyday, that I have to hit, like my macros when I train and when I don’t train, but I adjust it with my meals. I’m around 2000 calories per day.”

3. Asperger’s

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Lya has Asperger’s. “It helps me in a way, because I always do the same squat, bench, deadlift, and I feel secure with powerlifting,” she said. “There are no surprises in training, I know what I have to do every day. I have my plan, and it’s always the same competition lifts,” she continued. “The challenges were learning how to handle it in public, and in competition. But now that people know, they care about it. They pay attention to me more than other people because they know things like noises can be bad for me. It secures me, and makes me feel great. I’m not afraid anymore to compete in international competitions. Now I have friends in powerlifting and they know it, and they help me.”

4. Her Favorite Exercise

“My favorite exercise, and it always surprises people when I say it, but it’s bench press. I like bench press because you don’t have to wear the sleeves, you don’t have to wear the belt. I feel free, and I don’t feel very tired after bench sessions.”

5. 5 Training Sessions a Week

Lya hits the gym almost daily. “I train five days a week. I do four squat, five bench, and two deadlift, and I essentially just do competition lift,” Bavoil said. “(I train) heavy like two days a week,” she says.

Sarah Robles is getting her sweat on in her workout gear. In a new social media post the Olympic weightlifter jokes about aging during an intense exercise session at the gym. “When I was a literal child, it squatted 150 for 5 sets of 8 and everything was just fine. Today, with 130 for 5 sets of 5...I am sore,” she captioned the Instagram clip. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. From College Track Star to Olympic Weightlifter

Sarah first started weightlifting in 2003 or 2004 “as part of my strength and conditioning program for track and field. I lifted in a few local meets and loved the sport. I wanted to compete for fun some day in the future. I was an all-American discus thrower in high school and received two full track and field scholarships to the University of Alabama and Arizona State University,” she told Bar Bend. “During my redshirt season at ASU, I was introduced to weightlifting as a sport again. My coach at the time said the numbers I was lifting in the gym could get me a medal at the Junior National Championships. I met him on a Thursday, qualified for Junior Nationals 2008 that Sunday and ended up making the 2008 Junior World team after an athlete ahead of me pulled off the team. I was able to lift well enough there to bring home a silver medal. That experience really fired me up. I decided to give weightlifting a try for a year and if I liked it, I would stick with it. I loved it! Now I’m answering these questions as a two-time Olympian.”

2. A Balanced Diet

“I don’t really have a regimented diet,” Sarah says about her approach to eating. “I try to have a decently rounded diet and consume a lot of protein. I try to fill half my plate with meat and the other half with fruits or vegetables. I try to consume most of my carbohydrates at the start of the day and keep it to a minimum—or not at all—at dinner. After training, I drink protein. My diet is really nothing special.”

3. 5 Days a Week Training

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Sarah trains like it’s her job. “I train five days a week, training once a day in the afternoon. I train at 90% or more pretty frequently. Saturdays are my days to try and lift as heavy as possible in the competition lifts. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are generally squat, pull, and press days. Tuesday is a snatch day, Thursday is a clean day, and Saturday is heavy snatch as well as clean and jerk day,” she says.

4. Hiking

What does Sarah do in her free time? “I like hiking, camping, and reading,” she said.

5. Self-Love

Sarah promotes self-love. “Fat people don’t need to perform ‘health and fitness’ to prove to you they’re worthy of respect and human decency. I find it fascinating that an an elite athlete, sometimes I get a free pass on some prejudices because I’m being a ‘good fatty.’ People know I workout all the time and that I’m conscious of my diet and other perceived health markers. Basically, I’m not like OTHER fat people. However, those biases you have about fat people are what people who don’t know me automatically have about me. I’m not excluded from being a fat person. It’s an interesting dichotomy to be both a world-class athlete and also part of this ‘obesity epidemic.’ I get told I’m promoting obesity and that fat people like me are bad for society and the health care system and all that. Then I get messages from people saying they just got into the gym for the first time or signed up for a competition because I inspired them in someway,” she writes in a Facebook post.