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Janae Marie Kroczaleski[1]
Born
Matthew Raymond Kroczaleski

(1972-12-08) December 8, 1972 (age 51)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMatt Kroczaleski[2]

Matt Kroc[3]
Kroc[4]
Matt 'Kroc' Kroczaleski[5] Janae Marie Kroc[6]

Janae Kroc[7]
Occupation(s)Powerlifter, Pharmacist
Known forStrength Athletics
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Janae Marie Kroczaleski[1] is a retired American professional powerlifter and competitive bodybuilder. Kroczaleski was assigned male at birth and named Matthew Raymond Kroczaleski and came out as transgender in 2015.[8] In regard to combined (squat, bench press, and deadlift) powerlifting total, as of 2015 she held the male world record in the 220 lb. weight class with 2,551 lbs (composed of 738 pound bench press, 810 pound deadlift and 1003 pound back squat) and the fifth highest total for the 242 lb. male weight class.[9]

Career

Military

As a member of the Marines, she served in the United States Marine Corps[8] from 1991 to 1995 and was selected for Presidential Security duty serving under President Bill Clinton. The tour of duty included time in Washington DC, providing security for military officers at the Pentagon and for some of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1992 to 1994. Assigned to security duty for Warren Christopher (then Secretary of State) during the United Nations Conferences in ’93, he was later assigned to the security force at the Presidential retreat at Camp David from 2004 to 2005.

Powerlifting

Matt began entering powerlifting contests after joining the Marines in 1991.[10]

In 2002 she graduated from college and bought a home, prior to the 2002 USAPL Nationals, and later went to London, Ohio to train at a compound with Dave Tate and Jim Wendler.[11] Kroc also trained with Mountain Dog John Meadows,[12] Branch Warren[13] and Johnnie O. Jackson.[14]

Kroc developed what she called "kroc rows", or dumbbell rows performed with extremely heavy weight and many repetitions.[15] She made a video showing 25 repetitions with 225 pounds,[16] and has been known to perform kroc rows with 300 lb dumbbells.[17] She also described lifting 300 lbs for 13 reps using straps and both 205 lbs for 30 reps and 175 lbs for 40 reps, neither with straps.[18] The 300x13 claim was verified at the 2010 Arnold Sports Festival.[19]

Kroc is a world champion and world record holding powerlifter and a National Physique Committee bodybuilder.

Seminar speaking

In 2012, Kroc spoke at Learn To Train Seminar 4. Kroc then shared this online from December 2012 to March 2013.[20]

Other

Kroc graduated from Ferris State University in 2002 and is a registered pharmacist working in the specialty pharmacy division of Walgreens. She has also had careers as a sponsored athlete under contract with both EliteFTS and MuscleTech and as an author and model, having appeared in and published articles in many magazines including Men’s Fitness, Powerlifting USA, MuscleMag and Muscle & Fitness and is a featured author for T-Nation. She joined YouTube in 2006.[21]

Personal life

In interviews, Kroc has described growing up in a trailer in a rural conservative area.[6] Matt started working out with cement-filled Sears weights at 6 years old, including doing 100 reps on a 10-pound dumbbell, and at 8 years old constructed a weight bench out of a 2x4 or 2x12[22] on cement blocks and made a barbell out of milk jugs filled with sand hung on a stick. She weighed 118 pounds as a high school freshman, and, after graduating high school at Standish-Sterling Central,

In 2004, Kroci was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Matt says he was Manliest of the Manly Men[6] known as an Ultimate Alpha Male[6] before she transitioned into Janae. She came out to her friends and relatives (including 3 sons, aged 2/4/6 at the time[6]) around 2005.[6]

In April 2015, the forenames Matthew Raymond were legally changed to Janae Marie. Janae was a name chosen by Kroczaleski's mother.[1]

In July 2015, Kroc came out as both transgender and gender fluid. After a solitary use of "her" in an open letter,[23] (misrepresented plurally as "pronouns"[24]) she said prefers feminine pronouns.[8] Kroc had only written of picking a gender to identify with "more" in the context of hypothetically being "forced" to.[25]

People describes an Instagram post where Kroc purportedly claimed to have had facial feminization surgery more than one year ago.[26] Earlier articles[27][28][29] make similar claims.

In September of the same year, she announced that she had begun a full gender transition, starting both surgical and hormone treatments, and would be ending her lifting career.[30]

In October, Janae referred to an interview where male pronouns are used to refer to Matt[31] as "one of my best interviews".[32] In the interview she mentions she's been on estrogen therapy for 4 weeks and is also taking a testosterone blocker.[31][33] That same month, she was mentioned on the cover of Muscle and Fitness[34] which featured an interview[35] and the only photo shoot of her.[7]

Awards

  • 2006 Arnold Classic WPO Powerlifting Middle Weight Champion
  • 2009 All-Time World Record holder in the 220lb class

Bibliography

Articles on Bodybuilding.com (as Matt 'Kroc' Kroczaleski):

  • Powerlifter to Bodybuilder? That's a Kroc! 10 December 2012[4] (revised 10 August 2015[36])
  • Matt Kroc's 'Kroc Row' Back Workout 7 May 2013[5] (updated 29 July 2015[37])

Articles on EliteFTS (as Matt Kroczaleski):

  1. Cutting Weight for the Pro Am 30 August 2007[2]
  2. Product of Your Desires 2 September 2009[38]
  3. The Key to Reaching Athletic Achievement 8 December 2009[39]
  4. The Kroc Row: Metroflex 17 April 2010[40]
  5. 3 Smart Ways to Survive a Diet 3 May 2010[41]
  6. The Final Hours and Results 10 May 2010[42]
  7. The Kroc Row: Training Legs with Starnes 10 July 2010[43]
  8. A Week of Training with Kroc 9 August 2010[44]
  9. Mental Meet Preparation 26 October 2010[45]
  10. The UGSS Return Story 23 November 2010[46]
  11. A Few Words About Discipline and Sacrifice 2 February 2012[47]
  12. Kroc's NPC Michigan State Championships Show 15 May 2012[48]
  13. I'm Not Like You 1 July 2012[49]
  14. How to Cut Maximum Weight for Competitions with a 24-Hour Weigh-In 22 July 2012[50]
  15. Advice for the Young Lifter 29 July 2012[51]
  16. Psychobabble Bullsh*t 29 August 2012[52]
  17. Matt Kroc Lost Footage (Part 1) 12 December 2012[53]
  18. Matt Kroc Lost Footage (Part 2) 17 December 2012[54]
  19. Matt Kroc Lost Footage (Part 3) 30 December 2012[55]

Articles on T-Nation (as Matt Kroc):

  1. The Five Tools of Mental Strength, A.K.A. Balls 9 February 2011[3]
  2. The Confidence Switch 23 March 2011[56]
  3. A Ballsy Approach to Injuries 26 April 2011[57]
  4. How to Stay Motivated 31 May 2011[58]
  5. Building a Big, Freaky Back 5 July 2011[59]
  6. Big Bench Program for Strength and Size 27 July 2011[60]
  7. Eat to Get Big Without Getting Fat 30 August 2011[61]
  8. Choices 28 September 2011[62]
  9. 5 Surefire Steps to Setting Goals 31 October 2011[63]
  10. Gruesome Tales from the Garage 13 December 2011[64]
  11. Bands For Size and Strength 19 March 2012[65]
  12. Get Your Mind Right! 10 April 2012[66]
  13. Kroc Rows 101 14 May 2012[67]
  14. 12 Weeks to Ridiculous Wheels 29 November 2012[68]
  15. Adversity Makes Us Stronger 3 March 2014[69]
  16. Heavy Deadlifting 101: Tips from an 810 pound Deadlifter 2 May 2014[70]
  17. The Simple Deadlift Program 3 June 2014[71]
  18. The 1000-Rep Arm Workout 28 August 2014[72]
  19. 10 Rules of the Insanely Strong 10 November 2014[73]

Books:

  • Insane Training: Garage Training, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, and All-Out Bad-Ass Workouts (2014) ISBN 1-25-002986-4

References

  1. ^ a b Kroczaleski, Matt (30 August 2007). "Cutting Weight for the Pro Am".
  2. ^ a b Kroc, Matt (9 February 2011). "The Five Tools of Mental Strength, A.K.A. Balls".
  3. ^ a b Bell, Mark. "Bodybuilding.com - Powerlifter To Bodybuilder? That's A Kroc!". bodybuilding.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Kroc is one of those dudes who can't just do something for fun; he has to do everything full-bore.
  4. ^ a b "Bodybuilding.com - Matt Kroc's 'Kroc Row' Back Workout". bodybuilding.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Transgender champion bodybuilder Janae Marie Kroc - full interview". RoverRadio.Com. 30 July 2015. It was quite a shock, I'm sure, for everyone. I was known as this Ultimate Alpha Male, which is definitely an aspect of my personality. But for a lot of years I've been hiding a part of who I am. I've been out to my family and friends for about a decade now .. me being the Manliest of the Manly Men .. they've known since they were two, four and six (50 seconds in .. 16 minutes in)
  6. ^ a b Tuthill, Matt. "Transgender Powerlifter Janae Kroc's First Photo Shoot". Muscle & Fitness. Janae has granted only one photo shoot—for the October 2015 issue of Muscle & Fitness, on newsstands now.
  7. ^ a b c Nichols, JamesMichael (1 August 2015). "Meet Janae Marie Kroc, Recently Out Transgender World Record Bodybuilder". Huffington Post. Kroc is sharing her story as someone who, while preferring female pronouns, says she feels both hyper-masculine and hyper-feminine .. Kroc also served in the U.S. Marines during her lifetime.
  8. ^ "Matt Kroczaleski Breaks Shawn Frankl's All-Time Record". Powerlifting Watch. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  9. ^ Green, Nate (24 May 2010). "Matt Kroc is More Man Than You".
  10. ^ Matt Kroc, T Nation. "Kroc Rows 101". t-nation.com.
  11. ^ rear delt destroyer set. YouTube. 25 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Exclusive Hardcore Training Videos - Kroc's Bodybuilding Training Lesson - MuscleTech". MuscleTech.ru.
  13. ^ Johnnie Jackson & Matt Kroczaleski Powerlifting - Full Length. YouTube. 16 July 2014.
  14. ^ "EliteFTS.com Inc". Articles.elitefts.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  15. ^ EliteFTS.com - 225x25 Kroc Row. 16 October 2007.
  16. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-07-28. Private video, access only if authorised by owner
  17. ^ "Kroc Rows 101". 14 May 2012. While I have done 175x40 and 205x30 without straps, there's no way I could've hit my PR of 300x13 without throwing the straps on.
  18. ^ Kroc rows 300x13 at the Arnold 2010. 7 March 2010.
  19. ^ Part 1 12 December 2012
    Part 2 17 December 2012
    Part 3 18 December 2012
    Part 4 1 March 2013
  20. ^ "kroc001: Kroc's YouTube page". YouTube. registered 2 September 2006
  21. ^ "Interview With Elite Powerlifter Matt Kroczaleski". criticalbench.com.
  22. ^ Kroc, Matt (27 July 2015). "Bodybuilder Matt Kroc Comes Out As Transgender". GymFlow100. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. living as a transgender woman being honest about her situation is very difficult {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ Camille (29 July 2015). "World record bodybuilder comes out as trans and gender-fluid". GayWrites.Org. Retrieved 11 February 2016. She used female pronouns to refer to herself in an open letter about her transition {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ Tempesta, Erica (29 July 2012). "'I'm an alpha male and a girly girl'". DailyMail.Co.Uk. 'If I am forced to pick a gender I identify with more it is female,' the 42-year-old said. 'However, this really isn't about me being a boy or a girl or something in between. This is just about me being me, who I am and who I know myself to be.'
  25. ^ Calderone, Ana (31 July 2015). "Meet the Champion Powerlifter and Former Marine Who Came Out as Transgender". Kroc – who is the all-time world record holder in the 220-lb. class for her 1,003-lb. squat, 738-lb. bench press and 810-lb. deadlift – said on Instagram she underwent facial feminization surgery over a year ago
  26. ^ Zeigler, Cyd (27 July 2015). "World record powerlifter is trans and genderfluid, living as Janae Marie Kroc". Outsports.com. It seems she had some facial reconstructive surgery in the spring of 2014 as part of her transition.
  27. ^ Rivas, Jorge (28 July 2015). "A world record powerlifter has been redefining what it means to be transgender, one Instagram photo at a time". Fusion.net. Kroc has been open about her transition and has been sharing her experience with her 2,000 Instagram followers. The first picture she uploaded about a year ago was a picture of her soon after her facial feminization surgery.
  28. ^ Prince, Sam (28 July 2015). "Matt Kroc, Transgender Bodybuilder: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Kroc may have had facial feminization in the spring of 2014
  29. ^ Shapiro, Lila (26 September 2015). "Before Caitlin, This Athlete Was Fired For Being Transgender". The Huffington Post.
  30. ^ a b Lacey, Stephen (18 October 2015). "Post Script - The World's Strongest Woman". Janae describes herself in two extremes: an alpha male and a girly girl. She doesn't hide either of those extremes. On her own site there's pictures of Matt squatting 900 pounds. There's one of him screaming at the bar on-stage during a competition. There's even another one of him in his marine uniform.
  31. ^ "This is definitely one of my best interviews thus far". 24 October 2015.
  32. ^ 24 minutes in: "I've been on a full dose estrogen therapy the last four weeks, and a testosterone blocker."
  33. ^ "Transgender Bodybuilder Shares Unbelievable Story". MuscleAndFitness.Com. World champion powerlifter Matt Kroczaleski came out as a transgender woman and rocked the fitness world.
  34. ^ Tuthill, Matt. "Transgender Powerlifter Janae Marie Kroc Shares Unbelievable Story". Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  35. ^ "Powerlifter To Bodybuilder? That's A Kroc!". Bodybuilding.com.
  36. ^ Kroczaleski, Matt 'Kroc'. "Matt Kroc's 'Kroc Row' Back Workout". Bodybuilding.com.
  37. ^ "Product of Your Desires".
  38. ^ "The Key to Reaching Athletic Achievement".
  39. ^ "Kroc Row: Metroflex".
  40. ^ "Smart Ways to Survive a Diet".
  41. ^ "Final Hours and Results".
  42. ^ "Kroc Row: Training Legs with Starnes".
  43. ^ "Week of Training with Kroc".
  44. ^ "Mental Meet Preparation".
  45. ^ "UGSS Return Story".
  46. ^ "A Few Words About Discipline and Sacrifice".
  47. ^ "Kroc's NPC Michigan State Championship Show".
  48. ^ "I'm Not Like You".
  49. ^ "How to Cut Maximum Weight for Competitions with a 24-Hour Weigh-In".
  50. ^ "Advice for the Young Lifter".
  51. ^ "Psychobabble BS".
  52. ^ "Lost Footage Part 1".
  53. ^ "Lost Footage Part 2".
  54. ^ "Lost Footage Part 3".
  55. ^ "The Confidence Switch".
  56. ^ "A Ballsy Approach to Injuries".
  57. ^ "How to Stay Motivated".
  58. ^ "Building a Big, Freaky Back".
  59. ^ "Big Bench Program for Strength and Size".
  60. ^ "Eat to Get Big Without Getting Fat".
  61. ^ "Choices".
  62. ^ "5 Surefire Steps to Setting Goals".
  63. ^ "Gruesome Tales from the Garage".
  64. ^ "Bands For Size and Strength".
  65. ^ "Get Your Mind Right".
  66. ^ "Kroc Rows 101".
  67. ^ "12 Weeks to Ridiculous Wheels".
  68. ^ "Adversity Makes Us Stronger".
  69. ^ "Heavy Deadlifting 101".
  70. ^ "The Simple Deadlift Program".
  71. ^ "1000-Rep Arm Workout".
  72. ^ "10 Rules of the Insanely Strong".

See also

  • Caitlyn Marie Jenner, another transgendered athlete who came out earlier in the year than (and explicitly inspired) Janae and whose middle name is identical

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