top of page
BLOG
Search
olivia park
Feb 28, 20202 min read
How disciplined is your discipline?
Discipline is an important attribute to have. I do believe it is a form of self care. It gives you a road map, it takes the draining...
olivia park
Feb 26, 20203 min read
The one thing you must do to maximise your training.
Low energy availability is rife amongst women that kick it hard in the gym but also kick it hard in life. I’ve no doubt you’ve heard or...
olivia park
Feb 26, 20202 min read
Two things you must do to ensure you’re training for YOU.
You don’t have to do deadlifts. Or squats. Or bench press. You don’t have to do specific exercises because that’s what you’re...
olivia park
Feb 26, 20202 min read
Yesterday was my 35th year orbiting the sun.
Edward used to always say ‘we’re all just specks of dust.’ I could never understand it. It’s like, okay yes, but I am a human and...
olivia park
Feb 26, 20202 min read
Hands down my fav exercise right meow: The B stance squat.
What is B stance? Taking a B stance or staggered stance is an epic way to do unilateral (single limb) training. Often single leg work...
olivia park
Feb 21, 20202 min read
No matter what, always make a pro-you choice
I was talking with a musician friend the other day. He’s incredibly intelligent in many ways and one of these ways is that he can create...
olivia park
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Sometimes I wish my superpower was rewriting the dictionary.
Especially creating new words for the fitness industry. It’s hard to talk about things, using words that everyone can relate to,...
olivia park
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Getting to know yourself can be a very sweet, tender thing—If you let it.
It doesn’t have to be a ball and chain situation. But exercise and nutrition often feels like this. Battling with your mind and...
olivia park
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Each exercise starts and ends when you touch the weight.
In the video below I’m in there like swimwear just going ham. ☄️There’s no sense of awareness, set up, intention. ☄️There’s no...
olivia park
Feb 21, 20202 min read
If you’re chasing sweat in the gym, you need to read this.
It’s confusing AF when you have memes insinuating and straight up telling you that your sweat is a badge of honour. 👉It makes you...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20201 min read
Sweat doesn't equal strength
Fitness can get hairy when our expectations are not aligned with what we are doing. I love group fitness, but for some programs there are...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20202 min read
Tough love with a hug
Taking radical responsibility for what you want, who you are, being honest with yourself and not depending on others for your inner...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20202 min read
Imagine if your top ten played on repeat.
Forever and ever. I mean, I can get down on multiple rewinds of Pony by Genuwine, but to show up on my playlist every day would be...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20202 min read
When was the last time you were actually stoked to go to the gym?
Like genuinely pumped? You weren’t solely driven by the consequences of not. Truthfully, you’re not always going to want to go. That’s...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20202 min read
The one thing you can do to knock down the patriarchal lens in fitness ...
11, 12, 13 ... On the 14th rep he squeezed my tricep and commented, ‘Very good’. Earlier, he squeezed my hips and told me...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20202 min read
2 ways to know you’re slaying your training.
There can be a huge difference with gains when you can accurately gauge your effort level. With all the humans I have worked with over...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20202 min read
3 reasons you lack motivation.
How you feel is not the problem. How you contextualise those feelings can be. Objective thoughts and feelings can coexist with the...
olivia park
Feb 15, 20202 min read
‘Where you’re at is exactly where you need to be'—does this saying drive you nuts, too?
It can be a slippery slope to using exercise as a way to suppress the lack of fulfillment in parts of your life—hobbies, job,...
Olivia Park
Aug 12, 20196 min read
Part two: Perimeopause and Menopause: What the Frick to Do?!
Perimeopause and Menopause: What the Frick to Do?!
Olivia Park
Aug 12, 20195 min read
PART 1 of Perimenopause and Menopause: How to balance hormones
Dealing with peri-menopause and menopause are some of the most common things I get asked about as a Female Health and Performance Coach.
bottom of page