TO GET HER STRONG
Oxygen|Spring 2021
THE OXYGEN CHALLENGE 7 IS HERE. TEAM UP, DIG IN AND KICK 2021 BUTT.
KATY LOREN
TO GET HER STRONG
It's safe to say that the last year has been insane. No need for details, obviously, but due to unforeseeable events, the world has become compartmentalized. People have been required to shrink their personal and professional lives and to exist within the confines of their homes, home offices and immediate families. It’s been hard — really hard — and we all need a break. Well, here’s yours, Oxy sisters:

It’s time to exhale that breath you’ve been holding so long (and probably didn’t even know you were) because The Oxygen Challenge 7 is here. In our seven-year history with the Challenge, we’ve asked you to choose one coach or another, one team or another, one “side” or another. But this year, we all desperately need each other in ways we never thought we would. This year, there is no choosing necessary — both coaches are available to all Challenge participants, which means that everyone has twice the opportunity to get stronger, leaner, more mobile and healthier than ever. So sign up, join in and get moving.

Let’s get strong together, or as we like to say it this year — (To.Get.Her) Strong.

ON THE RUN

Tara Laferrara has always been on the fast track to fitness — literally: In high school, she ran the 100 and 200 meters and nabbed the Colorado state title in the 200 meters in 2007. “I was on [some sort of] team starting at age 10 onward and strictly competed in track for six years,” Laferrara recalls. “All I knew was how to run fast and turn left.”

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