Progress over 4 weeks. I mostly write this blog for myself. I dig around and re learn things or get motivated by my past endeavors. I actually started this blog to be accountable to myself and it helps me stay focused on my goals.I doubt anyone will read this post and it's fine!! Here's the... Continue Reading →
Prep 2020-updates and things
https://www.instagram.com/p/B42eaQsjDVN/ I haven't prepped really since 2017. I took years off from my last competition to recover mentally and have been working on my mental health. Lots of self care there. So my goals for 2020 are to prep for a show I am producing in March! It's not a body building show but I'm going... Continue Reading →
Live like Lizzo! We will not atone to toxic people!
In our pole community, almost daily there is a post like this: "My boyfriend/husband/partner doesn't like me pole dancing. He said I'm a whore. He tells me I'm not very good. He tells me I'm dancing around the pole like a slut. He won't let me go to class. He won't let me post my... Continue Reading →
When Pants Attack
When Pants Attack. In 2013 I competed and then set on a course to build my glutes. In 2015 I dug out a pair of my old 'boyfriend' style jeans and they wouldn't go over my thighs. I took to the bed. Crying. Rob said something like.. "we worked on this with food, you trained... Continue Reading →
Resets, new beginnings, how to motivate yourself.
The sport with no finish line. Every day moves you further along, even when it seems 'boring' or uninspired. It comes with time and energy.. Ahhhhh... beginnings...New beginnings! I've been doing fitness for a long, long time.. but that does not mean that it isn't a struggle to stay motivated. Fitness ebbs and flows. It... Continue Reading →
How to be successful! Goal Setting!
My coaching series today is about Goals. I find some people fear them or they set non specific goals. But.. clients who use more specific verbiage like this"I want to get back down into my size 10 jeans.""I want to build my glutes."" I want to be able to get down on the floor and... Continue Reading →
Taco Tuesday Guest Blogger
For our IIFYM frens!! One of our athletes has a bomb blog so look check it out! https://www.brookecochran.com/post/iifym-taco-bell-the-best-taco-seasoning
JOURNEY TO STAGE: 26 weeks out
If you follow my blog, then you probably realize that I am totally transparent on my posts. I'm able to track my journey and if you are so inclined to follow.. then you will get the good, bad, and ugly. The last time I competed was June 2017. That show.. omg.. whew. I was messed... Continue Reading →
Increasing Intensity for Amazing Results
"I workout at home. I am not buying any more equipment. How do I make the workout harder?" "The workout my coach gave me is too easy." So let's dig right in and talk about your workout and the effort you need to apply to it. For amazing results, it should be intense. That means... Continue Reading →
How to understand people and use it to your advantage.
Did you ever wonder why some people act the way they do? Are some people a mystery to you and you don't know what to do with them? Do you know why YOU do the things you do? I do. I know now. But I didn't know and it was causing me a world of... Continue Reading →