Lifting Over 40 – Power Lifting – Building Muscle – Body Building with Vicki Morgan

It’s never to late to start training! Body building, powerlifting and building muscle with Vicki Morgan.

About Vicki Morgan:

• ACE licensed and insured.
• Flex Senior Citizen Training certified.
• 13+ years in the gym.
• Powerlifting coach for 3 years.
• 10 years competitive Powerlifting

Physical and mental strategy, bone density, strength, weight loss, meal plans, bodybuilding, sculpting & competition prep. Break through mental roadblocks and discover your true potential. All levels welcome.

Certifications

• ACE licensed and insured.
• Flex Senior Citizen Training certified.
• 13+ years in the gym.
• Powerlifting coach for 3 years.
• 10 years competition experience
• AED CPR certified

NASA Female Powerlifter of the Year 2012

NPC Top 5 Masters 50+ Figure Competitor 2 years in a row

National Records in Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift

Vicki Morgan has the three main traits we look for when selecting a personal trainer

1. She has the heart of a teacher.
2. She is well trained and has tons of knowledge
3. She has experience

Over the years we have worked with and talked to many trainers and Vicki has one of the most inspirational stories we have come across. It’s not because she overcame some huge life altering adversity but because she didn’t start lifting weights until she was 40!

This is a big deal because how many times have you heard (or said to yourself) I’m too old for that? One of the great things about iron is that it doesn’t discriminate. Whether you’re a guy, girl, old guy or even a kid a five-pound weight treats everyone the same. The gym teaches us all how we can change our bodies and become a better physical specimen than we were the day before.

On this episode Vicki shares with us some of her passion for weight training and takes us along with her as she shares her journey with health and fitness. She shares a story about a group of people in their late 80’s and 90’s that started lifting and changed their entire lives by being able to care for themselves again by getting in and out of bed and becoming more mobile.

She gives us some tips on dynamic stretching and warming up before lifting and how we train our brains to prepare for lifting. She describes how we can warm up for a lifting session.

The first thing is to do some dynamic stretching, for example: If you’re planning on squatting for the day you would want to do some alternating body weight lunges focusing on utilizing your quad and hamstring muscles.

Second, some body weight squats and even some goblet squats with a hold at the bottom to really get a good stretch.

Third, during her training she helps develop a connection between the mind and body making sure you have every aspect of the lift dialed in.

We asked Vicki about her thoughts on supplements and she believes in an all-natural diet filled with lots of lean meats and vegetables. She does believe in some protein powder and ZMA, which is a zinc and magnesium blend. Unfortunately, there’s no secret diet filled with supplements and short cuts… Chicken and broccoli!

We would like to thank Vicki again for her expertise on this episode and believe she is a great trainer and would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a trainer or coach.

Listen to her interview for some great advice and motivation on this episode!

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And as always remember – Stay Motivated!

Drew Smith