Grit Strength and Physical Therapy

12/11/2023

Building resilience is critical

In injury prevention, injury risk reduction, rehab and strength training

Learn from failure and adapt as needed

A common thing you’ll hear in the strength & rehab community is “progress isn’t linear”

This is true in life as well
No matter how hard we try, how much we work and how much effort we put in, there will always be ups and downs

Most of us will have re-occurrences of our pain
All of us are faces with obstacles (adversities or assaults)

Why not become as resilient as possible to be able to bounce back quicker and become harder to kill?

🏋🏽‍♂️Having trouble training because of pain
💪🏼Looking to get stronger and learn how to lift?
💆‍♀️In need of some recovery?

Ive got your back (and shoulder)
Come find your GRIT

12/09/2023

I never would have tried that
But I just went for it
And I’m still standing

🟢My favorite job is giving people the freedom to move

🟢I’m just here giving you the green light to experiment with movement . After so many have told you you couldn’t, shouldn’t, or won’t be able to do that again

Back pain is complicated

But don’t ever forget that we are not as fragile as they told us we are



🏋🏽‍♂️Having trouble training because of pain
💪🏼Looking to get stronger and learn how to lift?
💆‍♀️In need of some recovery?

Ive got your back (and shoulder)
Come find your GRIT

12/06/2023

HARDEST WORKER IN THE ROOM
Coach “whoa that’s an intense choice”
Suzi “you said pick up the heaviest thing we could”
Coach “I did write that (after checking later)”
Suzi “I don’t want to waste my Friday” 😂🫶🏼💪🏼

Suzi has been coming to my Barbells with Friends class for almost a year. She’s an OG, been here from the start

But she’s been strength training for a long time

She understands how important and empowering strength is and she doesn’t understand how you don’t know that too

She teaches when I can’t
She recruits friends and family to come in with her
She pushes and inspires those around her
She is a constant reminder of why I do what I do and why I love it so much!!
She’s also one of the few I’d call if I had to move a body in the middle of the night 😂🤫

Come join Suzi

As much as I didn’t plan on running women’s classes, cause strength is for EVERYONE, I do know how important it is to feel comfortable, safe and empowered in your environment

If you’ve got something holding you back
A barrier you can’t get through
An injury that keeps you from starting or getting back at it
Just reach out, let’s work through it together

But for now let’s celebrate Suzi, her strength, determination and friendship! 🫶🏼



🏋🏽‍♂️Having trouble training because of pain
💪🏼Looking to get stronger and learn how to lift?
💆‍♀️In need of some recovery?

Ive got your back (and shoulder)
Come find your GRIT

09/12/2023

BARBELLS WITH FRIENDS

One of my favorite things to do is teach
I do this in a bunch of ways in my practice
This is just one way

Here’s our newest Barbells with Friends team member Cathy!

While I’ve worked with her before as a private PT client, she’s now transitioned over into the semi-private/ group setting! 💪🏼

She will be learning the basics of squat, bench, deadlift and overhead press.
✅ set up and re-rack
✅gaze or the importance of eye / neck position
✅ bar path & speed
✅ breathing and bracing
✅ modifying exercises to meet your needs, body size, limb length, etc
✅ how to create the necessary tension or rigidity to move more efficiently

Barbells with Friends clients get:
🔵 a solid program to follow
🔵 2 or 3 days a week depending on your schedule
🔵 Am and pm sessions available
🔵 Simple and effective in an un-intimidating atmosphere
🔵 Access to all the equipment needed
🔵 flexible
🔵 someone to watch the way they lift, provide instruction, and spotting
🔵 a skilled professional to walk you through rehabbing an injury if you happen to get one or have one to start out with

Come join us!!
You’re gonna love it and you’ll be so surprised how much more your capable of! 💪🏼💪🏼

🏋🏽‍♂️Having trouble training because of pain
💪🏼Looking to get stronger and learn how to lift?
💆‍♀️In need of some recovery?

Ive got your back (and shoulder)
Come find your GRIT

06/28/2022

When I originally chose GRIT I did not intend it to be an acronym, although that is what it became. All the words, for me, really define the different aspects of GRIT. As I continue to introduce myself we are gonna talk a little but about goals.
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One of the top benefits of a cash based PT practice is that YOU get to define your own plan of care. You have an expert guide to help (me) but where else in the medical world do you get so much input into not only what your goals are but how to achieve them.
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YOUR goals are what defines your plan of care.
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We can design a training/rehab program to get you back to where you want to be and more or if you already have a program we can supplement some of the work you are doing with exercises hand picked for you.
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Not injured (yay) and just want to be as strong as you can be? I can do that too! I spend my time split between barbell based strength training and keeping injured humans moving and training while they rehab. Often they both blend together so give me a shout if you are not sure what direction to go.
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We talked yesterday about short term vs long term goals. Both are extremely important. It can get a little tedious to continually reach for those long term goals without some small little wins along the way, so let’s get started now!
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MY goal, my mission, my purpose is to help you learn to be as independent as possible by teaching you to self asses and change the way you respond to minor or major injuries and facilitate healing as soon as you notice something is up.

06/23/2022

First order of business this week….

Updated the website! ❤️
Much work
In love with the outcome

You can learn more about GRIT, about me, and what I do here.

There’s also a shop with shirts like these, mugs ☕️ and stickers! Had a bunch of people asking so here’s the link

https://www.gritstrengthandpt.com/shop

Or visit the website in my bio and click on shop (after you look around)

Keep and eye out for more! I’m doin the work and looking forward to taking care of my community 🙂

06/22/2022

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