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Kidnapping Survivor Elizabeth Smart Competes in Nashville Bodybuilding

5/25/2026

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Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart will enter a bodybuilding competition in Nashville this year.
She trains five days a week for 45 minutes, tracks macros and walks 10,000 steps daily.
A study published last year in Frontiers in Psychology linked resistance training to reduced PTSD symptoms.
Therapist Robyn Brickel notes that trauma often causes long-term body disconnection.
Smart now advocates for women and children while posing in a bikini on stage.

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Story summary

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart will enter a bodybuilding competition in Nashville this year.
She trains five days a week for 45 minutes, tracks macros and walks 10,000 steps daily.
A study published last year in Frontiers in Psychology linked resistance training to reduced PTSD symptoms.
Therapist Robyn Brickel notes that trauma often causes long-term body disconnection.
Smart now advocates for women and children while posing in a bikini on stage.