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Alexandra LaChance: From the CrossFit Games to Weightlifting National Champion
FromBarBend Podcast
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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
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