Sometimes social media can give you misconception of what it's like to live with an elite athlete.  Today my boyfriend, Benjamin, is here to share exactly what its like to live with an elite athlete and its not always easy.  

Ben talks about what it's like for him when Alyssa travels for weightlifting, what he eats when Alyssa is going through an intense weight cut, the limitations in our life because of Alyssa's 2020 Olympic Dream, and how social media started to ruin Alyssa's training last year. 

Benjamin is attending school in Akron to become a Certified Nurse Anesthetist.  Alyssa and Benjamin have been dating for 4 1/2 years. 

Max Aita discusses changes that were made to Alyssa Ritchey's programming after  World Championships in 2018 and how the changes affected her most recent performances.  Max and Alyssa talk about the level of trust & commitment it takes from each of them in their coach-athlete relationship in order to be successful.  Max dives deep into how any coach can be successful in the backroom for at local, national, and international level weightlifting competition.

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Hunter Elam, 2019 National Champion & 2018 World Team member puts a pause on nursing school to chase her weightlifting dreams.  She tells us about her fun pre-competition rituals, her string of weight cuts from 69kg to 59kg, & how it felt making her first World Team.

You can FOLLOW her on Instagram @_hunterelam 

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