…and you’re probably not the only one. I do most of my training at home. It’s been that way for years, ever since I got really interested in training in…
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If you decided to ask me — which you didn’t — what the most important aspect of in-season training is, you’d probably be surprised by my answer. Because the absolutely, positively,…
AKA Do More Butt Stuff People write songs about butts. A good butt is an inspiration. From Sir Mix-a-Lot to Tina Blecher, butts can make the world go-round. More specifically,…
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…
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…
“I’m just busy,” she said to me. “And frustrated that I can’t stick with my training days because they take forever.” I was talking to a client of mine that…
In the dark, dank corners of the skating rink next to the bin of gear that has never been washed, skaters talk. They talk about the strategy they saw at…
When it comes to making the most of out of your training time in the gym, whether you’re an athlete or not, Abraham Lincoln has the answer. Or rather Adlai…