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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.
Short and VERY surprising answer? NO. You don’t need them. Sure. Depends. What’s your goal? Allow me to explain. You need a squatting pattern or several of them. But that doesn’t mean you need to specifically back squat. Take it from a controversial and OG professional in strength and conditioning, Mike Boyle. I was so […]
Push ups are a big insecurity for a lot of women. I know this because I hear about with my clients and now, @madelinemihaly hears about it inside Built By Annie (BBA). She told me I needed to make this post. So here we are…thank Maddy. Before we get into progressions, and how to use them, know […]
Programming Q’s part 1 If you’re here for the business side of things, then go ahead and join my free on demand workshop, Your Biz | Your Way – 3 steps to build a profitable online health and fitness biz And while you’re on the site, snag all the free resources – you’ll find goodies […]
Comparing touch and go and reset deadlifts: Deadlift how you please with either touch-and-go or reset. Neither option is better or worse, they simply have different purposes. Generally speaking you’d progress from reset deads to touch-and-go deads as you become more proficient at the movement and you increase your capacity. Why? In touch-and-go deadlifts there […]
A moment for our society that now praises big ass booties, but used to praise no shape, pancake butts. Let us please do better. Sweet Jesus. No matter your genetics, or societal standards (which will change in 10 years), the hip thrust is the mother of all glute exercises. And I am here to help […]
Use the cues from this post the next time you sumo deadlift. We covered the conventional deadlift previously, so check that out here if you missed it. Some of the cues are the same, as there is some general crossover between the two variations. Before diving into cues, know that the sumo deadlift is a […]
The deadlift might be one of the most feared and poorly performed lifts in globo gyms, crossfit boxes, and garage gyms everywhere. Let’s get some facts straight before we dive into form, cues and specifics. Deadlifts are a compound lower body pulling exercise. They are largely a posterior chain movement (glutes, hamstrings, upper and lower […]
Want nice shoulders? Bench press. Want a stronger chest? Bench press. Want stronger pulling? Bench press. Want to get big ol’ tiddies? …get implants. Bench pressing can certainly help develop your pectoral muscles, but it’s likely not adding a cup size to your actual breasts. Mmmk? I cover bench press in depth in both Movement […]
Garage gym owners were the real MVP’s of 2020. We were attempting to put off building our home garage gym until we built our house (sometime in 2021), but after gyms in Washington closed again in Nov 2020, we couldn’t wait any longer. Obviously it is a privilege to be in a financial spot to […]
What is your weakest lift and why is it overhead press? But seriously…why though? I added 2.5 big ones (pounds) to my strict press the other day. So you can basically call me Arnold now. In all seriousness, strict pressing is a thing for a lot of female lifters. They feel WUH-EAK. WELL, news flash […]
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