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I gave @tinytiff97 one instruction today for snatches:

“Don’t wobble” … watching this sequence back, this is the best her snatches have ever looked.

Coaching, just as performance, is non-linear. Sometimes you take a few steps forward and then a few steps back, but anyone worth their salt will always navigate the journey with their athlete - learning and growing from their experiences. Don’t make excuses for your actions, find the answers.

@philosophicalweightlifting

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Our favorite activities outside the gym: watching weightlifting and eating!

Thanks talented photographer @professor_ejiofor for these pics from our Team BBQ!

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Great vibes at the gym today for Big Wednesday! @judylifts did a squat PR!! @fattydyun came back the day after his elbow dislocation to hang out! 3 of us got the memo that it was maroon shirt black shorts day! @tinytiff97 from east bay dropped in and graced us with her presence!!

And a whole lot more! You gotta lift with us to find out what we are up to! If you love the barbell sports, come say hi!

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First Hyrox complete ✅

Loved getting to compete with my day 1 training partner @sallyannfrench

Big thanks (and congrats) to @tinytiff97 for bringing us out to @hyroxhk. Maybe the real hybrid rockstars were the friends we made along the way.

Next time we’ll remember to actually practice wall balls.

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Madagascar video postcards

Memories in motion from our honeymoon @sallyannfrench

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I spent 2 weeks in Madagascar to honeymoon with @hamiltonnguyen, chosen because we gave our wedding guests pushpins to vote via a map at our reception. Hamilton’s friends sent us to Madagascar.

Madagascar is one of the most challenging countries I’ve visited, but also rewarding. Relatively few tourists make it not only given the long flight(s), but the tough journey within the country. Madagascar has unimaginably bad roads. Even in the city, running water isn’t always available. Madagascar consistently ranks among the world’s poorest countries.

But it’s beautiful. Its national parks are barely touched, where it’s possible to go days without seeing another soul. Madagascar has huge potential, but unsustainable environmental practices put its future at risk.

I leave humbled and grateful for my time and luxuries like paved roads, refrigerators, water and clean energy. Some highlights:

1: Eating Zebu!

2: Hiking Andringitra National Park. Landscapes include a moonscape-like environment and granite towers.

3-5: Climbing Peak Boby pre-sunrise (Madagascar’s tallest climbable peak). The summit trek (2,658 meters) took 2.5 hours, necessitating a 2 a.m. wakeup for sunrise.

6: Camping. I spent 6 of 14 nights in tents, soaking in stars.

7-8: Enlisting local kids to build bridges, literally. Slats regularly fall out. The only way to cross by car is to bring your own wood to lay down drive over, then take back and use for the next bridge. Enterprising kids wait by damaged bridges to move wood (for a fee).

9-10: Swimming in Isalo’s mountain pools. Piscine Naturale was so beautiful it looked artificial — and no one else was there.

10. Swimming in a man-made pool at Isalo Ranch. Hotels feel especially nice after tents with no running water and electricity!

11. Buying soda from some kids and instantly recognizing it as soda served at Epcot’s soda taste area.

12. Wandering markets that draw people from miles (most people arrive on foot).

13-14. Hiking Isalo National Park.

15-16. Lemurs!

17. More zebu!

18. A final farewell song and dance.

19. Doing it with @hamiltonnguyen! An unforgettable adventure for our first year married!

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Today on the front page of @nytimes! I’m quoted on behalf of @nerdwallet talking about how wild of a week it’s been in travel. Grab your copy!! ✈️

And a shoutout to my amazing team at NerdWallet, including my fabulous publicist @sydneyclanton, my editor @run_write_cook who gives me freedom to try new and often silly ideas I pitch, and my homie who does it all - that’s my dear @mileswithmeghanco - (among many others) who have been integral in shaping this grand adventure! They are all a key part of this key career dream milestone! Thank you! Thank the academy!

I have the coolest job in the world!

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Margaritaville state of mind. Key Largo, FL.

#leicamini3 #kodakektachrome

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Transbay Barbelle Club takes pink gingerbread house-making VERY seriously!! The third annual Transbay Galentine’s Day Party was a success!

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2025 was definitely not always a fun party —especially given the state of the world and my personal struggle with severe chronic back pain for most of the year — but I’m so glad that our wedding was! It was a highlight of the year getting to see so many of our friends from all different parts of our lives and dance to the bangers of our youth together. I feel so incredibly lucky to know all of you (far too many to tag!) and am so thankful to all of you for making October 11 the best day ever. 🥂here’s to many more nights like this one in 2026 & beyond 😊😘

And to my awesome husband - @sundayultimate: I know there’s been a lot of ups & downs this year and I truly couldn’t have gotten through any of them without you♥️. Love you tons and looking forward to more meals and movies; nights out and nights in with our girls; and just spending time together in this new year and for all the new years to come 😘

Profession photos 📷: @caitlinoreillyphotography

#thankful #weddingyear #dontstoptheparty #goodbye2025 #bestfriends

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2025 what a YEAR for the Transbay Barbell Club! We did a lot this year! New friends joined us, and some moved away (but are forever Transbay!).

Between us Transbaes, we got new jobs, started med school, launched a clothing line, moved, overcame health challenges, got engaged, took up other hobbies and so much more outside the gym!! Two of us even married each other!

Inside the gym, we set PRs, clocked some amazing training and kept those tires warm.

Many of us showed those skills on the competition platform; a few even competed internationally this year! We showed up at meets locally, at the national level and even the international level!

And though we are a barbell club (that’s weightlifting and powerlifting, usually), many of us branched out beyond the barbell, competing in sports like Scottish Highland Games, Strongman and Bodybuilding this year.

What a time to be the Transbay Barbell Club! Thanks everyone for a great year! 2026 is going to have a lot to live up to!

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This one you definitely gotta watch til the end!!

So much fun with the Christmas Eve crew!

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