Discover this podcast and so much more

Podcasts are free to enjoy without a subscription. We also offer ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more for just $11.99/month.

Alexandra LaChance: From the CrossFit Games to Weightlifting National Champion

Alexandra LaChance: From the CrossFit Games to Weightlifting National Champion

FromBarBend Podcast


Alexandra LaChance: From the CrossFit Games to Weightlifting National Champion

FromBarBend Podcast

ratings:
Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Alexandra LaChance has been an elite collegiate gymnast, CrossFit Games athlete, and — most recently — a National Champion weightlifter, winning that title in May 2019. Her progression through sports has fantastic lessons for athletes of all types, particularly when it comes to the demands of strength training."I love CrossFit. I still love CrossFit. I still love doing CrossFit for fun," says LaChance. "Training at the level where you're trying to make the games, your training with other games athletes, training together as a group, I think is the most fun thing I've ever done."In this podcast, Alexandra opens up about the highs and lows of success, especially in CrossFit during a time when that sport was absolutely exploding in popularity. How did her gymnastics background help and hurt her? Why did she make the switch to weightlifting full time, and what are her ultimate goals in that sport?We also talk about overtraining, working through and around injury, and what Alex wishes she'd known about nutrition all along.
Released:
Sep 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Learn from the top athletes, coaches, and influencers in strength! Each week, the BarBend Podcast brings together some of the world's biggest strength names across weightlifting, powerlifting, CrossFit, strongman, and more. BarBend Editor and Co-Founder David Thomas Tao sits down with the strength community's smartest and strongest minds to with a focus on their learnings through training, competition, and coaching. We dive deep on their journeys and where strength training has taken them. World record holders share their competition secrets. Coaches give their most underrated tips. And top thinkers and researchers from the realm of strength science go deep on their most promising findings. This podcast is the perfect companion for experts and beginners alike, covering a wide range of topics to keep listeners up to date on the world of strength.