Melissa Teich is a fitness competitor, who competes in the IFBB. She is also a coach. Teich shares a lot of workout videos on Instagram. A few weeks ago, she shared a video of herself doing squats with weights. She captioned the post, “Squat dump from the past few weeks 👻 When I look at the program and see my squat numbers for the week I get mad anxiety but lately it’s honestly been my best lift in training. I have high hopes for something in the low 500’s (in sleeves) at the American Pro in 9 weeks! Based on how things have been moving in the gym I have no doubt we can make it happen! I don’t compete just to compete, I show up to f*cking WIN. 9 weeks to work! LFG!”
1. She Does Squats
As you can see in her Instagram post, Teich likes to do squats to stay in shape. Piedmont reports that the exercise is very beneficial. “Squats are a compound, multi-joint movement, which means they exercise several muscle groups. When you perform a squat, you work your calves, quads, hamstrings, glutes, core and part of your back. A squat has more overall benefits than, say, a bicep curl, which strengthens an isolated area.”
2. She Uses Weights
Teich is also seen using weights in her Instagram post. She also shared these videos of herself lifting barbells. Teich captioned the post, “This past training week was good to me 🫶🤙 Only up about 5-6 lbs from my stage weight and I think it’s safe to say estrogen has re-entered the chat if you know what I mean (from a strength standpoint; nothing to do with a period- this girl doesn’t have one of those things thank god!)😆 strength is back tenfold and I PR’d every lift 💥 315 lbs to a 2 board, 500 lbs deadlift beltless & strapless and 530 lbs overload deadlift with mini bands. Life is good 😎Platform ready…just over 5 weeks out 🙌”
3. She Pushes Herself
Teich makes sure to push herself when she works out. She talked about this in the caption of this Instagram post. “Worked up to a max rep yesterday and was super happy with this. 415 for a sleeved top single at bodyweight 145 and 4.5 weeks out from stepping on stage. Naysayers will say I shouldn’t be doing this so close to a show and blah blah blah. Or that I over train. What it really comes down to is how one has conditioned the body over years and years of dieting and competing. I know what my body is capable of, I know just how hard I can push myself and I know I’m not one to back down #neversettle. So say what you will, think what you will, but I’ll just let the work and the end result do the talking 🤙🔥💯”
4. She Swims
Teich doesn’t just like to hit the gym to work out. She also likes to workout in the pool by swimming. Teich shared this photo on Instagram of herself after swimming some laps. She captioned the post, “Swam a couple miles and got a couple tan lines this afternoon 💦💦 🏊♂️🏊♂️ getting that triathlon itch again 🤷♀️”
5. She Has Dogs
Teich has two dogs, whom she prominently features on her Instagram. She shared this video of herself celebrating her pup’s birthday. Teich captioned the post, “Juice and Nia’s 3rd Birthday 🥳
Yes, I made them homemade cakes and I made @rafeteich sing happy birthday to them with me 🤣🤣Don’t mind the half chewed up rug compliments of Ms. Nia 😆”
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