Ashley Strength and Fitness

One of the reasons I love my job: I get to teach future generations how to build strength because strength is for everyone.

Here’s and her 8 year old daughter, Mia, squatting together and kicking butt on leg day … with a little rope climbing thrown in at the end. 💪🏾💗✨

Client shout out: Mike is making so much progress, both with his form and the amount of weight he’s lifting. 195x3x3 on deadlifts, followed by pauses at 155x3x3.

But what I’m most proud of is his finally being able to get under a straight bar for squats. Because of two injuries, he hasn’t ever been able to do this without pain, and today, he did it. We’ve worked so hard to get him to this point.

Next up: his first powerlifting meet. Let’s go!!!

I had the honor of coaching for his very first powerlifting competition. I’m very proud of Danny’s performance! 9/9 with PRs for both squat and deadlift.

Squat: 424.4 lbs, ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Bench: 270.1 lbs, ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Deadlift: 474 lbs, ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Total: 1168.5 lbs

I told Danny I fully expect him to be out lifting me within year, and that’s what we’re gonna do.

Have I mentioned that strength is for everyone? 🤩 Here’s 74 year old Eric, drilling deadlift technique — three sets of 155x5 reps and deficits at 115x3x5.

Resistance training is not only great for building strength and muscle; it also helps to build bone density, which is especially important for our elderly population, many of whom suffer from osteoporosis.

Lifting weights is safe (and healthy!) for the vast majority of people. Just make sure you learn the proper technique. ✨

Lift like a girl! working on technique and building strength. I’m so here for it — I love watching my clients move better and become stronger. 💪🏾✨

Remember Heavyn from last week? She came back for more! On our last set of squats, she made it very clear that she wanted to do it on her own, with no help.

She was super proud of herself and I was, too! …still wouldn’t give me a high five, so I had to tickle it out of her. 😆