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“I still take classes at the Edge Performing Arts
Center in LA, but with broadcasting and hosting,
I don’t have the time to devote to it to turn it into a
professional thing.”
owever, dancing, according to Lindsay,
is the best workout one can do. “It works
every single muscle in your body, while
at the same time lengthening your muscles. Plus,
you are having such a great time, you don’t even
realize you’re exercising and getting in your cardio.
I take class three days a week and then mix in a
Pilates class or two with the Reformer machine.
It gives me the same long and lean muscles
that dance does, but also tones and adds a little
definition.” With life on the road, you would think
most people would have a hard time maintaining
a fit body and eating healthy, but Lindsay reveals
how she accomplishes just that and what her day
to day routine can be like. “It varies based on
the sports season and who I’m working with or
covering that year. I love variety though. It keeps
me fresh and on my toes. If I’m on the road, I’m
working from 7am until after midnight most days.
And once it does end, I’m prepping for the next
day or sneaking in a late-night workout at the hotel
gym around midnight.” She also divulges how
she keeps her throat ready for those long days
of talking, “I have to start every morning off with
hot water with lemon and honey to get my throat
warmed up in order to be able to talk for that many
hours while working.” It definitely takes a great
love of your job, combined with hard work and
dedication to pull off days like that – and Lindsay
manages to do it all with panache. Just as she also
manages to expertly navigate a world where being
a woman, albeit an advantage in certain situations,
means a hardship in others, and having to prove
yourself is expected.

In talking about her own experience as a
woman in the business and therefore having to
prove herself even more, Lindsay explains that
it’s, “Every day of my life. And the more feminine
you dress or look, the more you place a target on
your back. If you ever see me wearing a dress,
just know that I’m on my NFL A-game that day and
could brief you on anything you ever wanted to
know about a defense or the league in general.”
That’s certainly good to know, and we will have
to test Lindsay on that theory one day. Although,
as someone so prepared and excellent at what
she does, it’s safe to assume that Lindsay is
actually always at the top of her game (or at least
knows how to appear so)! She says that being
a female also means you get stereotyped every
time you walk into a room, specifically a network
meeting. “The first few minutes are crucial and
are your time to prove you can dissect defenses
and know coverages.” To counter the “dumb
blonde” stereotype, Lindsay came up with her
own ingenious defense plan, if you can call it that.
She started writing and doing radio and said her
thinking is that, “No one can deny a woman is
knowledgeable when she’s conversing with males
on the radio and taking callers’ questions.” That’s
an extremely good point, and hopefully our readers
at Fitness MOST can learn a thing or two from
Lindsay about refuting stereotypes. There’s no
denying, however, that male reporters don’t have
to deal quite as much with athlete egos and locker
room antics from players as females reporters do.
Lindsay said, “I once had a situation where a star
athlete sent the team PR guy to ask for my number
claiming to ‘want an interview at a later date.’ When
I told the PR guy to relay the message that ‘he
could set it up with our network and I didn’t want
to give out my personal information,’ he refused to
interview with me for the remainder of the season.”
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