Tag: #thebreakroom

  • A Note From The Editor

    10 Days into January already! I wanted to write a quick personal farewell to 2023 and share my gratitude to all who follow along in The Break Room. This blog has been the small creative outlet I craved in my professional world. I’ve enjoyed meeting and connecting with others in our industry. I have already…

  • Movement Is Play

    I started my coaching journey as an apprentice in a small local gym focused on strength training for endurance athletes. I am grateful to my mentor for instilling in me two principles that I’ve carried with me since my early coaching days: movement is play, and movement is serious. The two may seem contradicting, but let’s look…

  • Coaching Clients To Compete

    Full powerlifting meets are run with squat coming first, then bench press, and finishing off with deadlift. There are 3 attempts each lift, and are organized into “flights”, starting with the person who has the lowest opening lift. Everyone in a flight will all take their first attempt, then second, then third. The number of…

  • Chronically Tight Traps

    The trapezius muscle (aka traps) plays a vital role in our upper body strength and shoulder mechanics. Yet, they often get a bad rap as ‘too tight’, ‘holding stress’ and having ‘too many knots’. This may even show up in the form of jaw pain, headaches or migraines. If you’ve found yourself saying these things…

  • Say Hello to the Editor

    Introducing myself as Coach Meg always still gives me a butterflies in my belly feeling. Coach, is such an influential title, and it is one I never take for granted. During my undergrad I always pictured myself moving towards the world of health/medicine/physical therapy and never thought I’d find myself coaching in a gym setting.…