Strength Training - Train like a Female Pro Athlete

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Donna Wilkinson
D.C. Divas Women’s Professional Football Team
www.donnawilkinson.net  

Donna Wilkinson is a Professional Football Player, successful Entrepreneur and a Leading Edge Wellness Consultant. Known as “The Animal,” Donna has been a dominant force on the D.C. Divas Women’s Professional Football Team for the past seven years. Over these seven years Donna has played Defensive End, Fullback, Running Back, Linebacker, Tight End, and Punter. Donna is the 1st woman in league history to rush for over 1000 yards in a season, and led the NWFA in rushing in 2003 with 1,267 yards in 10 games and was the Divas offensive MVP. Donna has led the Divas to 5 straight Division Titles, 4 straight Undefeated Regular Seasons and 1 World Championship! She has been an NWFA All-Star and a Divas Team Captain. In 2003 Donna became the 1st Female in history to win the Washington Pig Skin Club “John W. Posey” Award - professional athlete of the year - also awarded to Jeremiah Trotter, Lavernues Coles, Todd Heap and Ed Reed. Donna engages in earning multiple streams of income. She works with people who are attracting greater prosperity into their lives, and those who want to achieve balance in the Five Pillars of Health (mind, body, family, society & finances). Donna has B.S. degrees in Business Administration and Health Fitness Management from Columbia Union College, and uses a variety of tools including the “Certified Wellness Home” program, the Nightingale/Conant “Lead the Field” program, Breakthrough Wellness Technologies, and her Personal Training background to help people achieve life success.

Strength Training - Train like a Female Pro Athlete

In this video, professional football player Donna “The Animal” Wilkinson of the D.C. Divas takes you on a personal journey into her strength training workout. Working with Velocity Sports Program Director Kenny Carrington, Donna goes through a variety of the basic power, strength and explosive techniques and exercises that will improve any athletes’ performance. A proper weight training facility is required for most of the exercises in this program. This video is designed for individuals in good shape, and athletes over the age of 13 under proper supervision who desire to take their game to the next level. Each lift must be performed with the proper weight adjustment for that individual. This video series includes a variety of tips and techniques that will make you strong and explosive!

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Hi, this is Donna The Animal Wilkinson, Number 33 Linebacker for the D.

C. Divas, Womens Professional Football team. Were here in Alexandria, Virginia at Velocity Sports, and were going to show you what its like to train with The Animal. Im here with my good trainer, Kenny Carrington, and were going to take you through a sample of what its like to train for professional football. Now, before you get started with any workout, make sure that youre medically clear that its safe for you workout. We take no responsibility for you doing any of these activities improperly and hurting yourselves, so please make sure that you do, do this workout with care. Now, before you start any workout, you want to make sure that youre warmed up. Now, Im already warmed up, and in order to see that warm up, go to How to Train like a Pro at Home, one of my other videos, and you will get a good view of what you should do to warm up and prepare for this type of a workout. So, lets get down and dirty and see what we do in the weight room with The Animal.

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