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What Strong Means to Me Now

What Strong Means to Me Now

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...
The Real Foods A Female Athlete Needs

The Real Foods A Female Athlete Needs

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...
How to get Mental Toughness

How to get Mental Toughness

*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...
It’s okay to be strong

It’s okay to be strong

*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,...
10 Reasons Hurdlers Are More Successful

10 Reasons Hurdlers Are More Successful

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...