Aimee Anaya Everett
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Learning from your Misses
Aimee Anaya Everett
| February 6 2013 |
Weightlifting
I used to not think about other people’s training so much—about their mental state and struggles, or the fact that their minds may be racing during training as well. It’s not because I am some selfish bitch who doesn’t care about my teammates, I simply didn’t think that anyone else struggled as I do. I was oblivious.
It took me a lot of years to learn to relax in the gym, to learn that a missed lift wasn’t the end of my world as I know it, but a chance to m......
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10 Things New WOMEN Weightlifters should know
Aimee Anaya Everett
| October 1 2012 |
Weightlifting
1. Lift with other girls. Lifting with men is motivating; however, they just don’t understand certain things. Such as why we act crazy in the gym. Only girls can understand why you have to turn up Fergalicious or Beat It on Pandora to pump you up and/or have you break out in your PR dance. I think other girls, especially those who you have built a strong friendship with and have a sense of loyalty to, will keep you motivated even on the worst of days, and be smiling and cheering with you o......
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Where Have All The PRs Gone?
Aimee Anaya Everett
| April 24 2012 |
Weightlifting
“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves—to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.” - Unknown
Do you know what weightlifting is? It is the worst bitch you could ever encounter. It frustrates you, makes you cry on the inside, doesn’t take yes for an answer, and fucks all your shit up. Mentally and physically. Weightlifting continually tells you no. It pulls when you want to push and it pushes when you wa......
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Win a $200 Catalyst Gift Certificate!
Aimee Anaya Everett
| January 27 2012 |
General
Catalyst is doing an awesome giveaway! One entry will be randomly chosen to win a $200 gift card to Catalyst Athletics that can be used in the store OR for training! Rad!You must do the following to be eligible:1. Have a current subscription to the Performance Menu or subscribe before entering*. 2. Like us on Facebook (Catalyst Athletics) and/or follow us on twitter ( @CAthletics )3. Give a review of Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches, Bones of Iron, or the Olympi......
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Motivation
Aimee Anaya Everett
| January 24 2012 |
Weightlifting
What do you do when the thing you thought you loved is actually making you miserable? You find the reason. You have a good way of lying to yourself… I think that is where the old saying came from: your heart wants one thing but your mind wants another.
Here is my life story. And I am choked up and my eyes are clouded with tears, because I have to admit what I have known all along.
When I train I listen to Vanilla Ice. I bounce around to Britney Spears and Michael Jackson. I stre......
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March 8 2007
Aimee Anaya Everett
| March 8 2007 |
General
Control your emotions or they will control you. The mental strength needed to lift your absolute best is developed long before you step onto a competition platform. This takes endless hours of focus and preparation. Only through mental strength and eventually experience can you maintain control and also regain control over your mental state. Those athletes who can continuously perform close to their maximum potential have learned to control their focus, channel their emotions, and bounce back fr......
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