We are excited to introduce Caitlin Hogan, owner of Annex Training Center in Long Beach, California. Caitlin will be teaching fitness and nutrition with Rise Out this fall as part of our SELFIE program, which focuses on social and emotional learning and mental and physical health.
Caitlin has trained at the Olympic level in weightlifting and ice hockey, earning six national titles in weightlifting and three silver medals at Pan American Weightlifting Championship. In addition to fitness coaching and nutrition consulting, she has served as the head ice hockey coach for the Anaheim Lady Ducks, the largest girls’ hockey program in the western United States.
You do not have to be an athlete to join SELFIE! The main goals are to learn about the way fitness and nutrition impact mental health, to develop a healthy relationship with food and exercise, and to form a positive body image based on your personal health goals rather than media-driven aesthetics.
Caitlin writes:
““A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite imagination, and instill a love of learning.”
My dad always taught me to share my knowledge and passion with others. As a lifelong coach, I do this every day. Nothing brings me more joy than teaching the younger generation how to love movement. It doesn’t have to be lifting weights or playing a sport, it’s instilling an understanding that we have the power to move our bodies and to create change inside of them to be a healthier human being.
This year I start a new venture with Rise Out as one of three new online instructors in their SELFIE (Social & Emotional Learning for Independent Education) Program. Rise Out helps homeschooled children (this program will focus on 14-17 year olds) develop an alternative education plan that supports academic goals while leaving room for personal pursuit of activities.
SELFIE is a year long health and wellness initiative designed to help students understand mental health and the mind-body connection, develop an empowered and confident stance on sexuality and relationships, gain media literacy tools for today’s social world, as well as plan for college and careers.
My classes will focus on helping students recover a childhood joy for moving their bodies freely outside of a structured PE Program. I’ll help students learn factual information about how movement and nutrition can impact your mood and emotions while assisting in the development of a personalized plan for creating healthy relationships with food and exercise.”
You can follow Caitlin on Instagram at @chogan25
Read more about the SELFIE program and the SELFIE team