When it comes to walking my talk, lifting heavy things is my weapon of choice. Working out is relaxing, fun, therapeutic and just a part of my lifestyle. However, this isn’t always the case. Depending on what “life season” I am in, working out regularly isn’t always the fun, easy, breezy, beautiful walk in the park one imagines it’d be. Yup, not …
Meet Recap: Right To Bear Iron Powerlifting
Some people brunch hard on the weekends and others prefer to lift heavy things. This past Saturday marked my second powerlifting meet, the Right To Bear Iron competition in Poway, CA. We lifted hard and won hard. Take that brunch! But first, let’s backtrack to my first meet earlier this year (Read about it HERE). At the time I was …
11 Signs You Need To Switch Up Your Workout Routine
If you work out long enough, there’ll come a time where progress stops and boredom sets in. The signs of burnt out or overtraining are usually subtle in nature, until it snowballs and smacks you in the face! Don’t let that happen to you. I talked to Bustle Magazine about the 11 Signs You Need To Switch Up Your Workout Routine. …
The Four Workplace Scenarios Sabotaging Your Health
Health experts argue that the key to success lies in the small, subtle habits we cultivate everyday. Eating nutrient-dense foods, getting enough sleep, exercise and so on. We already know what it takes to keep ourselves fit, healthy and happy but it’s not that easy to implement these habits when competing priorities like deadlines, meetings, nagging bosses, and clients take …
How to Build Mental Toughness Through Powerlifting
My coach looked at me as I took a deep breath. “I’m ready for this,” I said. He smiled and said “That’s what I like to here!” It was my second deadlift attempt at my very first powerlifting meet, the USA Powerlifting California State Championships in Laguna Niguel, to be exact. Up until that moment, I had failed my third …
6 Tips to Crush Your First Pull-up (Part 1)
There’s nothing more impressive than seeing a woman knocking out a few pull-ups at the gym. It just looks so damn cool. A few years back I decided that I wanted to be just as cool dominate the pull-up bar too. I failed the first year, mainly because I was inconsistent and too focused on learning the kipping pull-up first (during …
Super Bowl Snack: Candied Bacon Wrapped Brussels Sprouts
There are three delicious things in life I can’t life without: Bacon, avocado and brussels sprouts (you can read more about my weird love for them here). Naturally, I’d find a way to get two out of three for a healthy Super Bowl snack. This is not the sexiest picture but when I had to um, taste test this recipe, I …
How To Program Squats Into Your Training
Engineering a sleek and powerful physique will require quality time with the squat. Athlete or not, you can’t get away from this movement; it’s one of the fundamentals. My motto is “Do it well, do it often, and do it heavy” This wasn’t always the case. I used to loathe squats because they were uncomfortable, awkward and hard – even …
Want to get strong? Get ya mind right!
The first time I attempted a snatch, I fell on my ass and dropped the barbell on my shin. That was the end of my snatch escapade. My first deadlift was through an absurd CrossFit WOD featuring high reps at a weight I had never pulled before. I couldn’t walk or sit for days as a result, and I avoided …
Easy Peasy Stuffed Chicken & Roasted Brussels Sprouts
I’m recovering from a killer wedding in Laguna. Staying up until 3am and taking full advantage of the open bar will really do a number on you, and needless to say, I am ready for a major detox. After a three hour power nap and a run, I felt a little more like myself. I quickly realized, however, that my detox …