At-Home Fitness Glow Up

If you’re contemplating at-home fitness for the coming cold months, it really doesn’t take a lot to vary the workouts and create the right amount of challenge for yourself. If you’re looking for an at-home fitness glow up, I’ve attached a list of all my favorite exercise equipment choices. Although none of this equipment is sponsored, I always recommend purchasing from small business directly from their website or store. That being said, lots of these items can probably be found much cheaper at your local Target, Wal-Mart, Amazon, Dick’s, or Ebay.

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Favorite Stability Ball Exercises

Stability ball, physioball, swiss ball. This allusive exercise companion has been a staple in my training for quite a lot of years now. I had implemented it into some of my climbing-specific accessory work due to the increased core engagement the squishy instability it provides. For climbers, it is a great tool for increasing core strength, which is the backbone of our sport. When the pandemic hit, it made sense to incorporate the stability ball into my virtual fitness training. It can take a normal exercise and really turn up the burn!

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Transgender Day of Visibility

Today has been internationally recognized as Transgender Day of Visibility. Yet it is nice to see our VP Kamala Harris supporting trans visibility; making today an official day for American transgender citizens to SHINE!

However if today isn’t your day to come out and be visible, don’t worry about it. You are not obligated to and no one is forcing you to try and figure your -ish out.

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We Must Talk About This…

Hate crimes are never acceptable, but the rise in Anti-Asian rhetoric amidst COVID-19 has been insurmountably overlooked and absolutely NOT OK on astronomical levels. From the negative portrayals of the AAPI community by the media, to our very own U.S. politicians pedaling hate, racism, and xenophobia in their speeches; it is clear that we have a deeply rooted issue.

America, it is time that we address our racism problems. Enough is enough.

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Transgender Equality in Sport

We are entering a new era, one where gender is being defined under the guise of an umbrella, rather than a boxed binary. Whether you are on board or not, trans people exist; we won’t be erased, and our fight for trans equality and representation will continue on.

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