Building the total young athlete involves several things: - Attacking all muscle groups in the gym - Working on explosiveness and building power (moving weights fast) - Doing power movements purposefully and correctly The Dumbbell Push Press is one of my favorite total body power movements that works on...
Peruse any Instagram fitness influencer's account and you'll see a bevy of posts like this: - "Lose 10 pounds with this cleanse!" - "Melt body fat with this pyramid scheme supplement!" - "Tone up for the summer!" - "Lose your mid thighs in less than two weeks!" Ahhhhhh. It's always the...
Dear Strong Female Athlete, Take up space. In fact, so much space that the world rumbles from your strength, people's hearts vibrate from how loud you roar, your friends drop their jaws at your relentless confidence, and the weak are inspired by how hard you go after...
Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete getting yelled at by her coach for making a mistake. Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete crying and her dad telling her, "you're being sensitive!" Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete scrolling Instagram comparing her body to influencer...
Dear Young Female Athlete, I feel for you. The world is flooded with distractions. Instagram. SnapChat. Homework. Sports. Practices. Instagram. Tournaments. Games. ID camps. Grades. Instagram. It is overwhelming, I know. Being immersed in the digital times has its way of sidetracking us from our dreams. Our dreams to start...
Hi, my name is Erica. And I'm a female. We overthink, put pressure on ourselves, expect perfection, and overreact to small things. And more often than not, we're likely to go bonkers when our boyfriend texts us back, "Okay." What do you mean okay-with-a-fucking-period-at-the-end?! That's females, well, thinking like...
I'm writing this as my 252nd published blog post. As a blogger of 2 meager years, I find this impressive. And maybe you do too. You see, back in 2013, before I got into online writing, I was in a terrible place. Staying in my comfort zone was...
I'm in Miami and there are a lot of nice butts. And this is an excellent preface to today's exercise for confidence. Being from Baltimore, I feel like I'm a foreigner. I'm light skinned and blue eyed, Dutch, don't like Cuban sandwiches, and don't own a...
Evolution is a crazy thing. And I'm not talking about Charles Darwin's discoveries with finches in the Galapagos Islands. But, holy shit balls. His work is kind of groundbreaking. And the conclusions he made about species of finches and their beaks? Okay, I'm being a nerd. Natural sciences...
WOW. I'm honored to announce that I am featured on the latest episode of the WOW Collective Podcast with trainer and coach Nardia Norman - someone who I have looked up to for quite some time. I caught Nardia's eye after my Fitness Celebrity vs. Fitness Professional...