by Erica Douglas | Apr 2, 2017 | BLOG, Sport Culture, Strength
Yes, girls are afraid of the weight room! Here’s why; The weight room is intimidating. Equipment they’ve never used. Loud grunts and groans. Big strong boys. Boys in general. A coach they’ve never met. A wall of mirrors. The ambiance of a weight room...
by Erica Douglas | Mar 31, 2017 | BLOG, Strength
Manly. Sweaty. Stinky weight rooms. Those three things are how my teenage brain rationalized the concept of strong. Basically, being strong wasn’t for me! But that’s wrong. ALL WRONG. That misconception flaunts the idea that female athletes don’t...
by Erica Douglas | Mar 31, 2017 | BLOG, Nutrition, Strength
Food is our fuel. Not only for our muscles, but for our brain as well. In order to make progress in anything- school or sport- you have to eat and eat properly. Someone can function with inadequate diet, but they will never reach their potential until they give their...
by Erica Douglas | Mar 31, 2017 | BLOG, Legacy, Mindset, Strength
*Legacy Posts are from girls who have been there, played hard, and learned a lot along the way. Mental Toughness. What is it and how do we go about getting it? There will always be a bit of mystique that surrounds the concept of mental toughness. You can’t physically...
by Erica Douglas | Mar 31, 2017 | BLOG, Legacy, Strength
*Legacy posts are from girls who have been there, played hard, and learned an awful lot along the way! It’s ok to be strong. I’m not sure girls hear that. Or hear it enough. Or worse, believe it. But they should. Strength, while often immortalized as a male attribute,...
by Erica Douglas | Mar 28, 2017 | BLOG, Strength
In the sport of Track and Field, there are runners, jumpers, throwers, and then there are Hurdlers. What started out as a desire to do the thing few others wanted to try turned into the greatest training ground for this thing called LIFE. Being a hurdler didn’t...
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