Brittany Wiebe just completed her second season with the Houston Astros organization as a strength and conditioning coach in the Dominican Republic. Prior to joining Houston, Wiebe worked as a graduate assistant for the football and Olympic sports programs at the University of Missouri from 2016-18. During the summer of 2016, she served an Olympic sport strength and conditioning internship with Clemson University. Wiebe has also served strength and conditioning internships at Sanford Power Center, and at North Dakota State University. Wiebe graduated from the University of Missouri with a Master of Education degree in May of 2018. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from North Dakota State University in 2016. While at NDSU, Wiebe was a guard on the women’s Division I basketball team. Wiebe is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a certified USA Weightlifting- level one sports performance coach, and is certified by the American Red Cross in CPR/AED/First Aid.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Her best professional baseball story
• Life in the Dominican Republic
• Locomotion and crawling

Quotes:

• “Something new happens every day. There’s definitely a lot of adversity out here” (5:18)
• “Love what you do. Be passionate to go to work everyday” (13:48)
• “I always like to think people first” (14:06)

If you would like to learn more from Brittany, you can follow her on social media:

Instagram: @coach.bwiebes