The Stronger Revolution: Recent Episodes
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In our most recent episode of The Stronger Revolution, we sat down with Kaitlyn Yerger. She is an endurance athlete competing in long distance runs that span six (plus) hours. During our conversation, she told us about growing up with outdoor activities and how she got into endurance racing.
Some of us strive to complete a marathon: 26.2 miles of road running. There are industries built around people running marathons and training programs to help people achieve that goal. However, 26.3 miles on the road wasn’t enough for Kaitlyn. She wanted to run more … a lot more. Also, she didn’t want to run more on the nice smooth road, she wanted to do it on trail. An Ultramarathon is defined as any distance over standard marathon. Ultramarathons can be 50 miles, 75 miles, 100 miles, or more. They take hours and hours to complete. Runners have to train themselves to be able to eat during the runs and often have support teams to help get them from start to finish.
For her training, Kaitlyn obviously runs. However, she also attends CrossFit regularly. She needs to build strength in places other than her legs. She also needs to make sure that all of those little support muscles in her ankles and knees are strong. Trail running isn’t easy and can be incredibly taxing on the lower leg. After getting the taste of first place in a recent race, she’s gunning for top stops in upcoming races as well. Hear more about those in the full episode.
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Sometimes, you just need someone to tell you what to do and how to do it.
That might seem a little direct, but it is a sentiment we hear from new potential clients and current members all of the time. It even came up recently during our podcast interview with the Athlete of the Month for January 2023: Drew Farrar.
He and his fiancé moved to Pittsburgh shortly after COVID restrictions lifted in 2020. Drew had worked out in the past, but never stuck with a consistent plan. Part of the problem of knowing what to do. He would stick with cardio machines and lifting machines. Then, the other problem would start to creep up, boredom. Because he didn’t know how to use different kinds of exercise equipment, his workouts weren’t varied. He would also run out of workout ideas quickly and end of doing the same thing over and over again.
That’s why, when Drew moved to Pittsburgh and settled down, he decided once and for all to join a fitness program. Knowing about CrossFit from a family member, he search for and found Industrial Athletics. Since joining, he and his fiancé, Brendon, have been coming two to three times each week and he loves the variation in movements, equipment, and workouts. Better yet, he says, there is always someone here so he knows what he is doing is being done correctly and safely.
If you want to hear more about Drew from his interview, check out the podcast episode.
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Our past and our experiences form who we are. Only so much of our makeup is nature. The rest is nurture. Hopefully, our upbringing sets us in the right direction with the right outlook on life. However, that’s not always the case and never the case in every given situation. How we approach life is in large part controlled by our internal narratives. The stories we tell ourselves, and the ”facts” we believe, control more than we realize and often more than we’d like to admit.
In the most recent episode of The Stronger Revolution, we sat down with our Athlete of the Year, Ron Pontrelli. The conversation quickly lead to the narratives we tell ourselves. He talked about narratives as an adopted child and as an older member at Industrial Athletics. As the conversation progresses, we talked about how stories from other people find their way into our head and become our reality. We don’t question these narratives and we don’t see how they limit us.
By the end of the conversation, we discussed systems we use to see our narratives and question them. It comes primarily from self awareness. However, how do we increase self awareness? Well, it comes from experience, it comes from learning, it comes from wisdom. We have to challenge ourselves to experience life outside our comfort. Doing that can force us to see which narratives benefit us and which ones need to be abandoned.
Check out the complete conversation in the latest episode.
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