As an elite athlete that is training at an Olympic level, I am here to tell you that this is all up to personal preference. I know crazy but here me out. For you to succeed at your best you have to figure out what is best for you. What I did to figure this out is a whole bunch of trial and error. So I am going to give you my exact meal or meals I eat before I work out for optimum performance. That way you can take a look and modify to your own personal needs. For this process, I kept a journal that I used to…
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3 Important Things I Learned From a Stretch Therapist
Whoa, Shifting gears once again because, why not! I wanted to start incorporating some of my lifestyle experience content on my blog so we can build a deep relationship and I can share more of my journey with you. For my OG subs and blog viewers, you already know about my track competition recaps, and they kind of just fill you in on how my competition went. This is a little different. So let me just preface this by saying I am probably the LEAST flexible jumper on the entire planet. HOWEVER, not for long! BECAUSE your girl is going to a stretch + massage therapist that has given her…
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1 Year of DC Living + Olympic Triple Jump Training Reflection
So it’s been about 1 year since I “eased” my way into training for the Olympics. And by eased I mean threw myself headfirst into a sea of unknowns. This has been a goal of mine that I’ve had since I was young, watching the track athletes run across the screen or at meets and I just knew that someday that was going to be me. Little did I know, I was going to be jumping rather than running. For those of you guys who don’t know what triple jump is. Triple jump is an event in Track and field where the athlete runs at a fast pace towards board…
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COVID-19 Quartine Fitness Update – Workout Videos? AsToldByDom Challenge?
Hi everyone, This has been a whirlwind of a month. We have officially entered into a pandemic with COVID-19 that has shut down most of the world. With all of this in mind, I wanted to let you all know that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and while this virus is effecting our lifestyles it doesn’t have to be in a completely negative way. I’ve been dealing with this as a track athlete, with all my competitions getting postponed or canceled. It’s hard and frustrating since these are fewer and fewer opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. However, on the positive side – it gives me…
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2/28 Indoor Meet recap + Future plans
I wanted to write a recap of my last meet that I competed in at Ocean Breeze in NY. My indoor season consisted of about 3 meets roughly. Our focus this season was to figure out the technique and fix certain things from a half approach (which means less speed and technique) so that when I go to full approach there are fewer major things to fix. I found that I enjoyed not having a full indoor season because it gave me time to adjust and not just be thrown into competitions and this new world of elite sports. This meet had some big things. I consistently used double arm…
