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MacKenzie OBrien

@_mackenzieeee__

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always moving 🏃🏼‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️ always grooving 🌊🌲🌞

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WE’RE ENGAGED!!! ❤️‍🔥💍❤️‍🔥

My whole heart, in this life and every other. Im so eternally proud and grateful for every moment of living, loving, and growing we’ve done together. I’m so excited for every moment yet to come.

My best friend to climb every mountain, jump into every water, push every goal, and celebrate every milestone with forever ❣️✨💍

July 28, 2026 taken in Lake Tahoe, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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In exactly TWO MONTHS I’ll be running my first half marathon!!

My two inspirations are my cute coach @allenbjur pushing me to run farther and faster and @wizkhalifa reminding me to stay young wild and free and hit some post run flicks 🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️📸

Feeling strong and fueling well!!! taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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Some days I’m so excited to share my Strava report and some days the run was so uninteresting, I never even look at it.

Thats the beauty of training, sticking to your program even when its boring, or feels too easy or too hard.

Having a goal oriented program is so key. And theres no way you’re getting to that goal quicker by skipping around the plan.

It’s designed to build you up without breaking you down. So stick to your plan FOR THE LONG RUN! taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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2 months ago

Find your movement, find your medicine and let it add to your life, not take away from it 🫶🏼

If you’re curious to talk more about movement, training, programing or nutrition, send me a DM. Lets figure out how to make your movement something that enriches your life and supports your own goals 🤸🏼‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️🏄🏻‍♀️🧗🏼‍♀️ by @_mackenzieeee__

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A few more moments from the best Tahoe trip ever 💛💍 I’d stay here hiking, swimming, and laying on rocks all summer if I could 🌞🌲 taken in Lake Tahoe, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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Knee pain while running? Sometimes the answer isn’t getting stronger- its getting more stable! 🏃🏼‍♀️

Our joints rely on the muscles and tendons around them to create strong controlled and stable movement. By loading them with good alignment and in ranges of motion you can actually control, you’re teaching your body to move more efficiently.

The point of pain isn’t always the source, our body works as one connected chain so limitations and the hips, quad, ankle or foot can all contribute to how your knees are feeling.

These are some of my favorite accessories because they help you:
✨Build glute med strength for a stable pelvis- no more hip drop!
✨ Take the knees through controlled pain free ranges, with movement and isometrics.
✨ Improve foot and ankle strength and mobility for a stronger foundation.

Accessories aren’t the flashiest or heaviest lifts, but they are the small consistent pieces of training that keep you running, lifting, hiking, and doing the things you love for years to come 🫶🏼

Save these for your next warm up or throw them in between your lifts! If you have questions about training- send me a message! 💌 taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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3 months ago

If you’re struggling to get your toes to bar, or even your toes to target feel out of rhythm and hard to maintain, the issue could be with your foundation- your kip swing!

When we kip in the warm up it’s not just to swing around on the bar! Even tho it’s fun.

Heres a few common factors I see in kipping that ultimately limits your movement:

1. No tension! Swinging into that hollow body and then going lax as you pass through the arch. You lose all your rhythm and momentum here.
2. If you have a hard time feeling those positions, spend more time in them. Strengthen them. Floor work goes a long way here building strength and body awareness.
3. Wheres your push coming from? I see many people drive through the hips and legs,because thats how a T2B looks in action, but that really limits how you move around the bar. Pushing with your shoulders and lats gives more movement and space = more space to get those legs up and compress for the T2B later.

Kipping has positions and it has driving forces that make a huge difference!

Just like a squat, where you want to be strong in all positions from top to bottom to maintain control, gymnastic movements are the same way.

Stay tuned to see how scaled variations and progressions should look to actually build the skill in your workouts 👀🤠 taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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3 months ago

I’ve been thinking about how much we convince ourselves we need one more thing before we’re ready to start something new, or set a new goal.

The right shoes.
The perfect routine.
The fancy tech.
The supplements.

Theres so much information out there, its easy to get wrapped up in it and feel like you’re missing something before you’ve even begun

Somethings can be helpful along the way, but they aren’t what gets you started, and they certainly aren’t what keeps you going.

Most of my gym clothes are thrifted, my running glasses were a hand me down from a gym friend, I’ve ran with one reliable pair of shoes and use my old watch that lives on the charger outside of runs.

I’ve made a lot of progress since starting; lifting, running, crossfit- and its all been made far from an “optimized” routine

The rest comes with time, built on experience and knowledge.

So if you’ve been waiting until you feel “ready,” remember that you don’t have to have it all figured out to begin. You dont need perfect, you just need to jump in.

Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Learn along the way.

Consistency will take you farther than anything you can buy.
💛 taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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Girlhood is a heavy squat day in a cutie lil’ matching set, I don’t make the rules ✌🏽🤠🤎 taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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3 months ago

A very full body lift session. Hitting some upper body strength and power paired with dynamic core and hip stabilization movements.

Y’all ever do a bird dog row? 🥵 just try it.

Ive been enjoying these types of workouts where Im focusing on either upper or lower body power and pairing it with all the accessory movements for another muscle joint group

It’s helping me find the time to mix in movements I want to do to complement running and other skill work! taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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3 months ago

Look who joined me for a little 5k run to West Cliff! 🌊

Running has been feeling sooo good

I’ve been focusing on increasing my weekly volume without too much intensity.

Excited for my first ever Wharf to Wharf in July and will be starting a training block written by Allen!

Lets see if my coach will log some more miles with me along the way 🤠🩵 taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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4 months ago

What’s better than this? Some gorgeous mornings lately in Santa Cruz, go get after it! taken in Santa Cruz, California by @_mackenzieeee__

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