Two ACL surgeries
and one comeback
taught me everything
I needed to learn.
My story
From ACLs
to active women.
I played volleyball at Stanford. Tore my left ACL my sophomore year and the right one a year later. The second one ended my playing career and started everything else.
Through two surgeries and two long comebacks, the only thing that consistently worked was the strength training. My PTs and S&C coaches became more important to me than the orthopedic surgeons. I knew before I graduated that I was going to do this work.
I moved to Boulder in 2015 because the trails and the climbing and the people made sense to me. I opened my training studio in 2019. The pandemic forced me online and I ended up loving it — most of my online clients are women who train hard outside and just need a coach who gets it.
Today I coach women whose sport is something other than the gym. Runners, climbers, skiers, hikers, cyclists, plus a healthy chunk of first-time lifters. The strength work is in service of the life — not the other way around.
Online + in-person,
one method.
Custom programming through a coaching app, weekly video form check-ins, and direct messaging M–F. Most of my online clients are outside Colorado.
One-on-one at my private studio in north Boulder. Real-time form correction, full strength setup, and the accountability of a scheduled session.
Four things
I believe.
These four ideas shape every program I write — from a first-time lifter's 90-day plan to a marathoner's off-season strength block.
Most cardio-dominant women undertrain strength because they're afraid it'll hurt their endurance. The data and my decade of coaching disagree.
We screen before we load. If your hip can't do what we're asking it to do, we fix that before we add weight.
For 95% of recreational athletes, real strength training is the most sport-specific work you can do. We don't need to mimic the sport. We need to build the body that does the sport.
We build over seasons, not weeks. Most of my clients are with me for years.
A decade,
year by year.
- 2014NASM-CPT. Started coaching while finishing my degree.
- 2015Moved to Boulder. Coached at a CrossFit gym for two years.
- 2017NSCA-CSCS. Started specializing in active women.
- 2019Opened my private training studio in Boulder.
- 2020Built the online side during the pandemic. Never went back.
- 2024180+ clients across in-person, online, and hybrid.
The women whose
sport is outside.
Not sure if we're a fit? A 30-minute strategy call is the easiest way to tell — no pressure, just a clear answer.
Off the clock.
I live in Boulder with my partner Tomás and a border collie named Juno who has more energy than the rest of us combined. I run trails most mornings, climb most weekends, ski when there's snow, and try not to get hurt doing any of it. Currently working through every 14er I haven't done yet — I have nine to go.
Want to train smarter
for the sport you love?
Book a free 30-minute strategy call. We'll talk goals, sport, schedule, and whether I'm the right coach for you.