Now is about the time that you start to see all the “Start Your Summer” and “Build Your Beach Body” programs flooding the interwebs. The reason why these programs exist…
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Ever feel like one of those wacky, inflatable, arm-flailing tube people when you’re on-skates? Maybe it’s just when you have to travel a long distance laterally across the track. Or…
At the beginning of January, I started a pre-season prep challenge with about 40 skaters. It’s been going great (!) but we’re approaching that transition from pre-season, where you can…
If you were to scour the globe and ask every roller derby athlete what scares them, it’s unlikely that anyone would come right out and say, “PLATEAUS. Plateaus scare me.” But…
All athletes have a pre-season. Even if you’re one of those unfortunate athletes that never get an off-season. (#thoughtsandprayers) And how we approach the pre-season can have a huge impact on…
Sit-down conversations and frantic emails from injured skaters are one of my least favorite parts of being Iron Octopus Fitness. Especially when they’re in the throes of a near panic attack…
For a long time after I started lifting, I only thought about strength in terms of the gym: How much weight am I putting on the bar? Is there a…
I’ve always been an over-planner, so knowing what I’m doing on any given date months from now has never been a problem. It’s just the way that I view the…
I’m going to repeat that title for posterity: THERE IS NO PERFECT TRAINING PLAN. There’s not a perfect training plan for roller derby athletes. There’s not a perfect training plan…
Honestly? It was a question that I’d never been asked outright before, but it’s also one that I think about incessantly. You might say that it’s the question that helped…