ADVICE THROUGH              ADVERSITY 

Welcome to Advice Through Adversity! My name is Lexie Priessman. I am very eager to help you grow mentally as you continue to progress through your athletic career. Gymnastics can relate to many sports when it comes to adversity. No matter the sport you invest your time in, adversity is inevitable and I want to help you grow through and from the experience. 

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I am a former USA national team member and represented team USA in many International competitions. I competed four years at Louisiana State University, leaving with lots of accomplishments as a team and as an individual.

 

                         Accolades:      

.       2018 All-SEC

·       2018 First-Team Regular Season All-American (UB)

·       2018 First-Team All-American (UB)

.       2018 Scored a perfect 10.0 (UB)

.       2017 All-SEC

·       2017 SEC Uneven Bars Champion

·       2017 First-Team Regular Season All-American (UB)

·       2017 First-Team All-American (UB)

·       2016 Second-Team All- American (UB)

.       SEC Academic Honor Roll

.       2x SEC Specialist of the Week

.       4x USA National Team Member

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Individual accomplishments are always memorable, but those aren't the accomplishments I remember most. During my four years at LSU, team was everything. My favorite accomplishments and memories were being back to back to back SEC champions, 3x National Runners-up and competing in front of the greatest collegiate fans ever. 

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I decided to start Advice Through Adversity after lots of personal experiences. Adversity became part of my story. Adversity became a reason, I am who I am today. My adversity, became my passion to help you. I know accomplishments are usually more upbeat things, but some of my greatest accomplishments haven't been the success most athletes think about. My most memorable accomplishments have been the comebacks from injuries, both mentally and physically. I had 10 surgeries as a gymnast, but nothing stopped me. Two ankle surgeries, toe surgery, two knees, wrist and four shoulders. Three things that kept me going through my adversities then and now are PASSION. PERSEVERANCE. PERSISTENCE.

 

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A BREAKTHROUGH? Let me tell you, I have been in your shoes before. It was NOT easy, but it was WORTH it. Gymnastics taught me more than the sport itself. Gymnastics allowed me to learn from my failures and my success. We all go through tough times but the athletes who want it the most, will get to the other side. Adversity teaches life lessons and strong character that you will use for the rest of your life. I learned through adversity, that sometimes things are out of our control. We cannot control the uncontrollable. What we can focus on, is the way we respond to  what we CAN control and the challenges we are faced with.  

 

My life motto: Everything happens for a reason. I believe full heartedly in that life motto for many reasons. I am looking forward to talking with you and helping you through any adversities that you might be facing. I am ready to help you breakthrough and conquer your fears, frustrations, nerves competing, injuries, comebacks, fear of failure, body image, finding motivation, setting goals and anything else you need extra support through. 

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READ LINK: 

 https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_aa6b113c-096c-11e9-aeac-9b0b477d21dd.html

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