Author name: emily

My goals have certainly changed over the years. To become a professional dancer. (Check.) To become a hairstylist. (Only on myself.) To become a Marine.(Say what???) And one very specific goal that was always there, in the back of my mind….always. To be thinner. To be thinner. To be thinner. As a dancer, one spends […]

For the past 10 weeks, I have had the pleasure of training one of the most determined and hard working women I have ever met. She isn’t an athlete. She is not a figure competitor. She is not an on-and-off trainee, someone who tries it for a little while, cancels a few times and then

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That’s my plan. Jack Black It took me a long time to understand how to do a push up correctly.  Everyone has their opinion of how to teach a push up. To be absolutely honest with you, I actually learned how to correctly perform a push up

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda Strength. Power. Determination. Effort. Skill. We all have the ability to be strong. We all have the power to change our lives and to change people’s lives.  This past Saturday, we had the pleasure to change people’s lives through

Right now my training program consists of the big lifts – squat, deadlift, press (bench is a work in progress – no video to show just yet but coming soon..). My assistance work focuses primarily on Romanian deadlifts, glute bridges and hip thrusts, body rows, push ups, chin ups (for all upper body lifts), lunges

Recently, I read a letter to the editor in The Baltimore Guide about some very basic things that people could do to make life just a little better for themselves and their neighbors. Things like “Actually come to a full stop at stop signs” and “Take their shopping carts back to the store entrance.” I

Today, I would like to show you two pictures of myself.  Taken exactly twelve months apart.  In the first picture, notice the sunken eyes and chicken arms.  Focus on the flat, almost non-existent butt.  I was trying my best to look sexy. Ugh. I am pretty thin in this picture.  About 130 pounds, which is

We are very excited to announce the first in our series of specialty workshops.  On August 20th, we will have Mike McKenna lead a strongman /strongwoman clinic.  Mike is the owner and head coach at McKenna’s Gym.  Mike is a USAW and USATF Certified Coach, a competitive Olympic lifter and strongman. Additionally, Mike is a

Now that summer is here, I can share my top five exercises for a flat belly: Close the refrigerator. Squat. Deadlift. Pushup. Farmer walk. Bonus exercise: Make sure that refrigerator is still closed 😉