Coach Erika
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08/17/2021
It's my BiRtHDaY and that means a lot of reflection and goal setting for me. Not because age and birthdays matter a ton, but they're anice built in "review" points like you might get annually at work 🤓
Reflections:
💫 Damn, I've been through a lot of physical (and emotional) pain. But, I made it. I'm stronger and getting even stronger. And this experience taught me a LOT about how to help others dealing with similar.
This hike was a mile to the summit with a 2000 foot elevation gain at a LOT higher than the sea level I'm used to😅. In 2014, I remember I couldn't walk a flat mile without a lot of pain. Major progress.
💫 I've been training people for 11 years 🤯 when most people give up this "passion career" after about 2-3. Still not sure if I'm dumb or passionate but thats still pretty cool 😅
💫 I can't believe I finally work for myself. Its been a looonnggg time coming. I still get freaked out by it but I'm sticking it out! 😜
Looking forward:
🔥 Keep building up my strength and endurance to get to a point where my body can handle all of the adventures 💪
🔥 Keep working on growing my own virtual training business 📈
🔥 REMEMBER to take advantage of this new time/location freedom I have and live a life full of adventures - big AND small 😁
$20 says my baby bro comments on this post saying "Erika's from the 80's!" To remind me how old I am.
From 35lb (painful) deadlifts in 2016 to 145lb barbell deadlifts today, I'm a pretty happy camper.
The other day, I posted a video to my stories from June 2016 where I was working on deadlifting a 35lb kettlebell which was so encouraging to look back on now that I'm doing over 100lb more than that in a harder lift.
But ohhhh, man - the frustration I felt back then and even a little still. My legs were garbage (compartment syndrome from 2011), my head and neck injury seemed to limit LITERALLY everything, and my low back would regularly get a pinched nerve since my injuries made it so I couldn't build tension through my core. I was a MESS.
But, uh, it was character building?? 😂😂
We'll leave that one up for debate. 🤪What this experience DID do was help me:
1. Test exercise science theories of progressive overload. It solidified my belief that if you can just find the right dose of exercise and the appropriate ratio of work to rest - you CAN improve.
2. Understand others dealing with chronic pain and injuries. These things are exhausting, isolating, and demoralizing. Depending on the severity, you can feel like you're perpetually stuck on survival mode and just barely making it by. The feelings of fear, scarcity, and even loneliness can be visceral.
3. Seriously increase the encyclopedia of exercises in my head for helping people get from point A to point B. I'm sure my clients reading this are thinking of at least one whacky variation of an exercise I gave them to get the job done 😅
My goal in posting this is to show some proof that consistency and stubbornness pay off. If you're anywhere close to where I was KEEP GOING.
This was 5 YEARS in the making for me. Now, that doesn't mean it'll be that long for you to make progress. There were many complications for me over the years that made this process slower but the consistent effort still paid off.
I hope that this also shows how important it is to look back at how far you've come especially if you're not where you want to be.
And if you need some encouragement, I'm HERE for it👊
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