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I'm an adventurous introvert from Vancouver, Washington who lives on sleep + "me time." I'm a lover of lifting weights, dinosaurs, real talk and traveling with my husband. I am here to help you move better, lift more, bust the myths of the fitness industry, and inspire you to love the process.
When starting an online coaching business, you need a few things: Money Not as in investment but as in you need means to MAKE MONEY as a business. This will come through your service (ideally 1:1 coaching). Experience If you’ve trained people in person or worked in person in some capacity, how can you translate […]
To be clear, there are no core exercises specific to women. While the exercises below are NOT specific to women, they are all great ways to work the core. It’s important that we establish what “your core” is and what functionalities it has. Pinterest and fitpsos will have you thinking that your six pack is […]
Today’s episode is all about building a shape with your body and training factors that can help with that. I know that I don’t often talk about physique, but, fuzzy changes do happen with the clients that I work with as a byproduct of our training methods. So that is the angle that I am […]
In the light of the pandemic, there has been a slew of coaches transitioning from in person to online. I can’t blame them. Online coaching has many perks. But it’s also a whole new world compared to working with clients in person. I’ve been working with clients online since 2014 and coaching other professionals to […]
Ready for 4 back squat accessory lifts? In traditional program design the back squat is considered a “main lift.” It is a compound movement requiring full body tension and recruits large muscle groups. This typically earns it a place towards the beginning of a lift. And it can set the tone and needs for the […]
Practicing what you preach doesn’t mean you need to be the strongest, fittest, smartest, and/or perfect professional. This thought came up during the filming of 400 videos for my youtube exercise library as part of my Pure PROgramming Course. I have literally never been in “my best shape” for a shoot, or course/program creation. This […]
These lessons are very specific to our building experience. So you could ask this question to someone else and they would have completely different answers based on their own experience. For some context, Nate and I were not in a rush until I got pregnant. So we really took our time and wanted to do […]
Having round, well-formed, defined deltoid (shoulder) muscles is a arguably common desire of most men and women who lift weights. They really do provide a lovely shape to the upper body and back. While I don’t coach or often focus on aesthetics, this post may lean in that direction. But fear not. Building functional deltoids […]
Entrepreneurs are always looking for the next book, course, planner, or app to make life easier, be more efficient, or reach some new level of consciousness or productivity. I can’t blame them. If I am being honest, I am not a huge fan of reading. I am a much bigger fan of DOING and SELF […]
Let us thank Ed Zercher, a strong man from St. Louis for this squat variation. The Zercher squat is a bilateral squatting exercise. To be clear, squatting is a movement pattern that involves ankle, knee and hip flexion, into hip and knee extension. We can then load this pattern in any way we choose. The […]
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I, Annie Miller, bring you a no B.S. approach on how to navigate + thrive in the world that is online health and fitness. You’ll learn through the lens of the trainee, the strength coach and the entrepreneur. I don't shy away from the nitty gritty truths my friend. Join me.