Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Winterize Your Workout

Lean into the seasonality, and make this year’s winter workouts the best ones yet!

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Handle pressure Like The Pros

You don’t have to be a pro athlete to utilize these sports performance strategies!

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Changing Your Injury Lens

The way in which your brain perceives your injury has actual, physiological repercussions!

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

How the Self-Sacrifice Culture in Sports Impacts ATs

Self-sacrifice is glorified in sports. As Athletic Trainers, many of us grew up steeped in this culture. Now that we work in it, is it any wonder that we have trouble pulling back and setting boundaries without guilt, shame, or a sense of failure?

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Know (AND Show) Your Worth as an Athletic Trainer

I'm sharing some strategies that have helped my colleagues and I negotiate raises, bonuses, hours, and starting salaries at new jobs. I know that not all of these will apply to every setting, or feel feasible for every AT, but I hope you find the one that works for you!

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Athletic Training H2T

Athletic Training H2T isn’t just about the ability to provide physical treatment head to toe - it’s about having the skill set to provide care for the injury AND compassion for the impact the injury is having on all aspects of a person’s life; the skill set to treat their head and their heart, their surgery and their sense of self.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Good Vibes Only?

Bringing positivity - not the toxic kind- to the every day work of being an AT.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

The Fitness Industry & The Holidays

This holiday season, I want to share the mantra I use year-round so my clients DON'T get caught up in this cycle - it's all about learning to hustle and flow.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Self-Care For Busy People: Four Ways To Honor Yourself Today

Sometimes it can feel like "self-care" has become another thing to add to your already overflowing to-do list, another item to fit in your already stretched budget. And if you don't find the time/money for it, you feel guilty because you've been told it means you must not value your own happiness enough.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Quiet Quitting & Athletic Trainers: Does It Apply To Us?

I NEVER want to quiet quit athletic training - to emotionally disengage or turn an athlete away because it’s time to clock out. But when I was experiencing burnout and compassion fatigue, I used to daydream about a job where I wouldn’t care so much, where being on my A game every day wouldn’t be so important to so many people. It took a lot of work to find the seasonality and boundaries I needed to be able to be emotionally present without becoming emotionally exhausted.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

What is Holistic Fitness?

My idea of holistic fitness came from my 15+ years working with everyone from elite athletes to weekend warriors, and realizing how much work we did beyond the physical.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

How Minimalism Changed My Life

Beginning to practice minimalism brought me to an important realization about the life I had created vs the life that I actually wanted to live.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Resistance Training for Weight Loss

Let’s break down the science behind why resistance training is a successful strategy for both weight loss and maintenance of your goal weight.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

The Deadlift Dilemma

Why is this exercise so hotly debated, and more importantly - should you be doing it?

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Choosing Health Over Harm

Today, I feel compelled to speak in response to some of the comments I've seen directed toward Simone Biles after she chose her health as a priority.

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Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC Erica Marcano, MS ATC, CSCS - The Notorious ATC

Seasons of Sweat

If you spend time on social media, it's easy to be inundated with people who have made health and fitness transformations over the past five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes. And if you don't fall into that category, it's just as easy to shame yourself.

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