TOPS Athletics and Synergy One Labs

Exciting news!! Let me start by just saying the most difficult thing for any athlete dipping their foot in the pool of professional athletics is acquiring sponsorship and support. That process alone can take years to develop with mixed results and sometime countless contacts to get your foot in the door. So when the phone rings and it’s a premier athletic business offering you an opportunity that is valuable beyond words, it is difficult to contain the excitement! I’m thrilled and pleased to announce that TOPS Athletics and Synergy One Labs will be providing me a premier sponsorship for 2015. I am humbled to be working with this amazing group of people! Their sponsorship means a great deal to me and my future development in the sport. The guidance and expertise they offer will provide incredible training and development opportunities for me ranging from strength conditioning, nutrition, injury prevention, recovery and physical benchmarking.

I recently worked with Jeff Smith at his facility testing my VO2max for running. It was a lot of fun and a fantastic experience to have such a great guy to walk my through it. The second test that he did with me was a Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) which is the measurement of how much food, or energy, is required to maintain basic body functions. This has already proven valuable as there were indications that I wasn’t up taking enough daily calories to maintain my current fitness level.  I also had some time with TOP's athletic trainer Bailey Borsuk who walked me through a series of range of motion tests. Bailey identified a possibly weaker glute or hip flexor. She will develop a corrective physical conditioning plan to address this issue. Sort of feels like they are building me block by block… how cool is that? The amount this team cares is amazing and their positive attitudes are contagious! I love working with them and look forward to the future with them!