Andrea is not only a coach of many physique and strength athletes over at 3DMJ, but is one of the few people you will ever hear of that has true experience competing in physique, strength, and fitness sports (GridLeague in the case of the latter). And on top of all that awesomeness, she has wonderfully strong opinions on real sh$t that just might change the way a few of you think about the decisions you make.

TIME STAMPS

• How Andrea got into the gym in the first place - 4:10
• What competing in gymnastics was like, and how it's affected her even up till now - 8:10
• What her first few years lifting looked like - 17:00
• Her biggest risk she took in order to pursue a career in fitness - 22:00
• An explanation of the mistakes Andrea made during her first bodybuilding prep, and the lessons learned as a result - 27:50
• How her second competitive season differed from the first - 34:40
• Why she didn't particularly "click" with powerlifting - 37:20
• An explanation of what GridLeague is, and what drew Andrea to it - 43:40
• The adaptations she's needed to make to her training and nutrition to compensate for drastically different goals than earlier - 57:20
• On the disconnect between mainstream Crossfit and real competitive Crossfit - 1:09:00
• The "Quick Questions" begin - 1:40:00

LINKS FROM THE SHOW

• The Champion's Mind book
• Grit book
• Power Monkey Fitness
• Gymnastics Bodies
• 3DMJ blog
• Catalyst athletics

CONNECT WITH ANDREA ON

• Athlete Instagram
• Coach Instagram
• Youtube

CONNECT WITH BOOTSTRAP BARBELL ON

Instagram

Facebook

My personal Instagram and Snapchat