by Athena Concannon | Sep 19, 2019 | Strength Training
I work with a lot of high-achieving women who don’t always love being a beginner at something. Us perfectionists? We like to get things right away! We’re quick to want to look at the end goal, and we definitely don’t like to appear incompetent. But...
by Athena Concannon | Oct 26, 2017 | Fitness, Strength Training
Pushups are one of the most bang for your buck exercises out there. They can get you some pretty sculpted shoulders and triceps. They don’t just work the upper body. They hit your core too. They don’t require any equipment, so you can...
by Athena Concannon | Oct 11, 2017 | Fitness, Strength Training
Many of you know that it took me almost TWO YEARS to do a chin-up. You see, being a fitness professional doesn’t automatically mean you can nail a difficult exercise like chin-ups on the first try. Being a fitness professional doesn’t mean you are immune...
by Athena Concannon | Aug 29, 2017 | Fitness, Strength Training
There’s no feeling quite like the one from pulling yourself over a chin-up bar for the very first time. In fact, I remember the exhilarating moment that I performed my first unassisted chin-up like it was yesterday. I had been working on my chin-up progressions...
by Athena Concannon | Aug 23, 2017 | Personal Training, Strength Training
People often ask me what my favorite body part is to train, and while sometimes it’s hard to decide, I’d say that my favorite upper body part to train is my back. My favorite lower body part to train is definitely glutes, which I guess make sense because...