08/17/2026
🚨 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 🚨
Katrina shares about her experience at Alloy and how strength training helps her keep doing the activities she loves!
“Once upon a time, I was a super fit gym rat.
Then covid and motherhood and the cumulative effects of years of untreated injuries happened.
About 2 years ago I started hiking and backpacking, and most recently climbing and generally escalating levels of adventuring. I quickly realized how much strength and endurance I had lost, and struggled to keep up with my friends who are much stronger and faster hikers than me. On top of that, my back and shoulder had started hurting enough that it was becoming limiting. I knew I needed to get strong again.
At the end of last year I started PT so that I could be functional enough to work out again and then signed up for Alloy. Just a few months ago I was getting lightheaded and winded just doing lunges. Frustrating to say the least. Since then, I’ve gained measurable muscle and strength and am feeling stronger on the trail. (A pistol squat likely saved my life on my last trip!) While I’m still working on rehabbing my injuries, I can finally pick up my heavy pack without it being a whole ordeal, get further up the mountain before I have to take a break, and generally feel closer to my former “bad-ass mama” self. I have new motivating goals to go along with my new-again quads and am striving for snow-covered summits!
Every time I have to climb up something tall with a 45 lb backpack, I whisper to myself, “This is why I use the big box!”
Thank you, Katrina, for sharing and always being up to go the extra mile, literally!