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World’s Most Prolific Female Record Holder Claims Groveland’s Wilson Island is an International Gem Worthy to be Saved

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By: WEBER WAY TO WELLNESS REPORTER

9/24/26 TAVARES, FL—315 W. Main Street was filled ONLY with people wanting to Save Wilson Island in Groveland, Fl at the Lake County Public Lands and Trails Acquisition Advisory Committee meeting where it was UNANIMOUSLY voted to recommend Wilson Island to the Board of County Commissioners for appraisal.

The next meeting will be Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 9am (same place). There will be a vote on whether to authorize formal property appraisals using funding from the $50 million conservation bond referendum approved by voters.

Alicia Weber, World’s Most Prolific Female Record Holder (records all in physical fitness), was one of about 30 speakers at the meeting. Everyone at the meeting shared the same vision of Wilson Island being a conservation hub that all ages could go to and learn and enjoy. Alicia proved that conservation is what people want based on her popular program.

Alicia has an archery fitness sports league of over 13 years. She had many different program themes over the years. However, Alicia’s Garden Warrior Archery Program has overwhelmingly become her most popular program over the past 6 years. The kids ages 4 and up keep wanting more of it and she has a lot of returning students. The program has an emphasis in teaching youth about Florida native plants and animals. They also get tested in the material as part of their competitive program.

You can see what achievements were made in Alicia’s 2025-2026 Garden Warrior Archery program here.

It would be a dream come true if people could one day be able to do research on Wilson Island and one day have students be able to go there for fields trips and even take classes there. The meeting proved this vision is shared by many. With Groveland’s Dark Sky certification, people could go there to view all the stars and moon at night too and of course enjoy the recreation like fishing, paddling, and walking the island.

Alicia stated, “Wilson Island belongs to Wilson Lake and the people are the custodians.”

Lake Wilson is a watershed and the forested island needs to remain as it is to be able to absorb all the stormwater and rain to prevent flooding. With all of its oak trees, magnolias, shrubs, wetlands, plants, hardwoods, vines, and smaller trees, it is certainly a hub for a wide variety of animals and birds that need to be protected.

Alicia does a lot of research within 9 miles of Wilson Island and she can prove that Wilson Island is not only a vital ecosystem, since it is a watershed, but also a critical environment for wildlife. Obviously, Alicia is not able to go on Wilson Island and do direct research, but with everything around it proving to be very abundant with wildlife (more so than other places), Wilson Island will certainly be an International Gem with people anxious to visit and they will see some amazing wildlife too and be awestruck just like how Alicia’s student’s become awestruck when they learn about Groveland wildlife in nearby places with Alicia’s stories, pictures, and videos.

It is time to become awestruck now with ALL the stats Alicia will provide about this area and AGREE that we must Save Wilson Island in Groveland, Florida NOW and let the city of Groveland buy it and turn it into a conservation area and passive park.

Wilson Island is definitely a bird sanctuary just like the Cascades of Groveland off Lake Wilson Parkway (less than 2 miles away). They both have mature oak trees and wetlands and this is what is needed to attract and support thousands of species of insects, birds, and mammals.

Above is a video clip of a regular evening just before sunset in the Cascades of Groveland Conservation Area (less than 2 miles from Wilson Island). The sandhill cranes fly over these towering trees that have been untouched. Then, they lower down into the wetlands behind them to settle down for the night. *They are a protected and state threatened species and their habits must be conserved.

Alicia studies birds in the Cascades of Groveland Conservation area (less than 2 miles from Wilson Island) and she has identified 77 bird species between June 14, 2025 – July 24, 2026. She can confirm her findings through pictures and bird sounds using the Merlin and iNaturalist apps. Below is a list of the species (in alphabetical order) she has identified in this area during the above time frame:

A – American Crow, American Kestrel, American Redstart, American Robin, American Barn Owl, and American Goldfinch

B- Barred Owl, Brownhead Cow Bird, Brown Thrasher, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, Blue Jay, Black-Crowned Night Heron, Black Bellied Whistling Duck, Bald Eagle (protected species under federal and state laws), Black and White Wrabler, Boat Tailed Grackle, and Black Chinned Hummingbird

C – Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee, Common Ground Dove, Common Night Hawk, Chimney Swift, Common Yellow Throat, Cedar Waxing, and Cooper’s Hawk

D- Downy Woodpecker

E- Eastern Bluebird, Eurasia Dove, Eastern Screech Owl, European Starling, Eastern Phoebe, and Eastern Towhee

F- Fish Crow

G- Great Crested Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, Great Blue Heron, and Great Horned Owl

H- House Finch and House Sparrow

K- Killdeer

L- Little Blue Heron, Limpkin, and Loggerhead Shrike

M- Mourning Dove and Marsh Wren

N- Northern Cardinal, Northern Mocking Bird, and Northern Parula

O- Osprey (Protected and part of Imperiled Species Management Plan)

P-Purple Martin, Prairie Wrabler, Palm Wrabler, and Pileated Woodpecker

R- Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Red Shouldered Hawk, Red bellied Woodpecker, Red Winged Blackbird, Red Eyed Vireo, Rock Pigeon, Red Headed Woodpecker (rare and threatened species), Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Red Tailed Hawk, and Rufous Hummingbird

S- Sandhill Cranes (protected species under federal and state laws AND STATE THREATENED SPECIES), Swallow Tailed Kites (protected species under federal and state laws), Swamp Sparrows, and Savannah Sparrow

Above is short clip of Happy and Healthy Sandhill Cranes the live and nest in the Conservation Area that has wetlands in Cascades of Groveland less than 2 miles from Wilson Island.

T- Tufted Titmouse

W- Wild Turkey (protected species under state laws), White Eyed Vireo, White Winged Dove, and White Ibis (protected species under federal and state laws)

Y- Yellow Billed Cuckoo, Yellow Rumped Wrabler, Yellow Throated Vireo, Yellow Wrabler, and Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Wilson Island should be saved as these protected and threatened species need Wilson Island.

Now, Alicia will share her personal research with the pollinators within 2 miles of Wilson Island. Of course, the more pollinator plants a person has in their yard, the more they will attract. Alicia also does landscape work and she can give a free consultation on how to attract more pollinators to a yard. She is currently working on having year-round hummingbirds and her first one identified in 2026 was on April 12 and she is still having them both male and female. Here is a clip of a female hummingbird that has been residing in her oak tree.

These findings once again come from the Cascades of Groveland Conservation areas. The peak season for pollinators is August – October. Alicia has identified 31 species so far this peak 2026 season as stated below:

A- American Bumble Bee (an endangered species)

B- Banded Sphinx, Black Swallow Tail Butterfly, and Bee Fly

C- Cassius Blue, Ceranus Blue, Checkered-White Butterfly, and Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies

E- Eastern Giant Swallowtail and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies

F- Fireflies (rare)

G- Giant Swallowtail and Gulf Fritillary Butterflies

H- Hummingbird Moth

K- Katydid

L- Long-Tailed Skipper

M- Monarch Butterfly

O- Ocola Skipper, Oak Hairstreak Butterfly (rare)

P- Pink-Spotted Hawk Moth, Palamedes Swallowtail butterfly, Polydamas Swallowtail Butterfly, and Polyphemus Moth

Q- Queen Butterfly

S- Southern Pink-Striped Oakworm, Sleepy Orange Butterfly, Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly, and Small Mocis Moth or Striped Grass Looper

V- Viceroy Butterfly

W- White Peacock Butterfly

Z- Zebra Longwing Butterfly (State Butterfly of Florida)

The only option is to SAVE Wilson Island because we can not lose all of these creatures!

Alicia has been able to find 22 bird species in one day in the Cascades of Groveland Conservation Area (within 2 miles of Wilson Island). +This is the greatest variety of bird species she has found in one day compared to anything within 9 miles of Wilson Island. Her next top destination for bird variety has been at Crooked River Preserve in Clermont where she identified a Max 19 species within a day. Finally, the third top destination for bird species has been at the Florida Scrub Jay Trail in Clermont with 15 bird species in one day.

PEAR Park in Leesburg (within 13 miles of Wilson Island) is also known for birds, but Alicia had a personal experience she will never forget —-running on the PEAR Park Trail with a medium sized Florida Panther one December day in recent years. Another avid hiker at PEAR Park encountered the Florida Panthers in December also (their peak breeding month). So there could even be a Florida Panther on Wilson Island!! They appear to be expanding their range. Alicia also heard of some sightings of Florida Panthers in the conservation area at Legacy Leesburg. Florida Panthers are endangered and protected. Alicia would advise looking for a Florida Panther in December on Wilson Island as that has been the month all the other local sightings have been in.

NOTE: This Florida Panther is a picture off the internet. Alicia and another hiker who encountered the Florida Panthers in Leesburg, Florida do not have any photos. However, the Florida Panther that Alicia encountered was the largest sighting at least 3 feet tall and 4 feet long. The other sightings have been babies and younger, small ones.

Within 2 miles of Wilson Island, coyotes, bobcats, and marsh rabbits inhabit the areas. Currently, with the drought, the Marsh Rabbits have been looking for new habitats and going into people’s yards more as their marshes are changing from the drought.

Alicia found a few in her yard recently and she never saw them ever there before.

Creatures need Wilson Island more than ever!

People need to do the right thing and conserve as more than 80 percent of Groveland Residents voted for it and it got approved with the Lake Forever Referendum in 2024. Anyone that goes against it will end up with guilt and regret.

Saving Wilson Island is also the most logical thing to do and I will briefly explain why below.

Why it is a VERY POOR decision for a developer to buy Wilson Island for $18 Million (or any amount of money $$):

1.) Bottom Line: There will be no profit. Even the Realtors who spoke at the 9/24 meeting were all about Saving Wilson Island and stated that it is soft market now. There is more supply than demand and people will go to a different area to get a cheaper home.

2.) People are not willing to buy expensive homes. According to Jax 4 News, Florida currently leads the US in House Foreclosures. Florida foreclosure filings rose 33% compared to 2025.

3.) Gone are the Covid Days when people would move down here from other states because they had a full-time remote job (meaning work from home). It was the influx of these remote workers that bought houses back then, but that is not the case now. The new definition of “remote” means travel or hybrid work. So not as many buyers.

4.) Nobody is going to buy a house or invest in a property that they will not even be able to get insurance on due the high risk of flooding. Development on an island with a watershed will have inevitable flooding and people will constantly be sinking their money in water damage. Or it could be so bad, that they get washed away. Only Mother Nature Knows how bad it will be.

Only Someone Braindead would think of building a development on Wilson Island as it is totally illogical for the following reasons:

1.) People move to Groveland because they are seeking higher than average yard space and more rural areas. A high-density development on an island is not even what somebody here wants.

2.) The watershed on Wilson Lake will no longer work properly with development on the island and no one can predict what Mother Nature will do. However, it is believed that just with a normal thunderstorm, the water will at the very least triple on the island. So routine flooding is inevitable.

3.) Once the island is destroyed and paved, it is irreversible. All the plants and animals will die. Water quality will be destroyed. Aquatic life will suffer. There will be a reduction of oxygen from lack of trees.

4.) Destroying the island and turning it into a development – is not fair to other homeowners along the shorelines of Cherry Lake Road because they will now be flooded also due to the watershed being disrupted.

Message to DEVELOPER: Unless you can find someone mentally ill with a lot of money that wants to live like this—then you are out of luck. My advice would be to look for a city that appreciates high density housing and needs more shops and stores and pay $18 million for a development in a big hustling and bustling city where you can actually make a profit.

Let’s continue to Save Wilson Island as the Proof is in the Pudding – it is an international gem! Thank you for reading and learning about the wildlife around Wilson Island.

Alicia can be reached at Awinningway@gmail.com

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2025-2026 Garden Warrior Archers Inspire Future Kids to Join Program!

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CENTRAL FLORIDA—BY: WEBER WAY TO WELLNESS REPORTER

The Garden Warrior Archery Program is underway for their 2026-2027 season, but first we will have a look back at the 2025-2026 season to get inspired!

Alicia Weber is a USA Archery Level 2 Instructor, fitness innovator with the “Weber Way to Wellness”, and a multi-sport coach of 29 years working with grassroots to Olympic level. Her archery fitness sports league is going on 14 years strong and this past season at least 30 athletes ages 5-16 competed in barebow category archery (without sighting devices), excelled in over 10 fitness obstacles, set records in 10 strength tests, set loads of new bests in speed and agility challenges, achieved fastest run times in a half dozen events, learned and became educated in over 50 Florida plant and animal species, achieved baseline fitness and conditioned to earn new benchmarks in over 20 proper form exercises, and embraced goal setting and good sportsmanship in their 10 events they competed in. ALL of the above were achieved in just 26 sessions of 45 minutes OR JUST UNDER 20 HOURS!!!

Alicia personalizes her training and guides each athlete to their best performances in fitness and archery. She also helps students develop a strong mental attitude with positive thinking as she is also an Elite Mindset Coach and Motivational Speaker.

Below is a look back with select highlights from the 2025-2026 Garden Warrior Archery Season where a total of 10 competitions took place within the 20 hours (these are virtual events at each location’s training grounds). Five Teams competed this year from Orlando and Lake County, Florida to go after the 2025 Fall Championship Team Title and Spring 2026 Championship Team Title.

CHASING MVP STATUS
Archer-Athletes have the ability to compete for most archery points in the 10 scored events and the male and female with highest score at their training location will earn the MVP Award. This past season An All-Time Record was set for Most Archery Points Ever within 10 competitions with 361 points!!

The Thrill of Working with Your Team In Multiple Skills and Events
Each team has athletes with different abilities- some might be more archery-inclined, while others excel in more types of fitness events, but everyone must give it their best to contribute to their team score. As Alicia coaches everyone, it normally comes down to just a few points that separate the top teams. The kids learn that it comes down to determination in a lot of events. Age is just a number. Our youngest team with 5-year-olds beat out the teams with the oldest competitors (14 -16-year-olds) in fall 2025 (just an example of age just a number). The Jr. Rubies (youngest team) placed 2nd out of 5 Teams in Fall 2025. Then, in Spring 2026 the older team at the Orlando location (Red Rubies ages 9-13) won the Team Championship and it came down to just one point in archery to push out some other top teams (Shown above in video)!

Gender is also irrelevant in this program. In archery it comes down to who can be the most focused. This is truly a sport that carries over to improving academics and classroom performance. Archery attracts kids who were failing and now they are back on track and on Honor Roll just as kids who were already exceptional students – they are now skipping grades and at top of class! Some Fitness Events are dominated by females (especially events with multi-tasking), while boys dominate other fitness events.

Above is Video of one of our multi-tasking fitness challenges where the female has the overall record of 11.4 seconds and two boys tie for next best behind her in 11.9 seconds.

WATCH SOLOMON DO OUR HARDEST ARCHERY CHALLENGE WITH PERFECT AIM!
Solomon is a prime example of someone who is determined and focused and he became the only student male or female this past season to complete one of the Toughest Challenges in archery that we have on an assigned target at 7 yards and no practice is allowed. They only get 4 shots and that is it.

SOLOMOM FROM TEAM WARRIORS (WINNING FALL TEAM) AND LUCA FROM TEAM RED RUBIES (WINNING SPRING TEAM) SHARE THE STRICT FORM PULL-UP LEAGUE RECORD (3 REPS)

Solomon was on the winning team in fall 2025. Then, his team placed 3rd in Spring 2026, while the Red Rubies won in Spring 2026. The Red Rubies had been defeated for a couple of years. They lost their MVP from 2024-2025, so they all had to step up their game. They were able to keep their positive attitude and finally achieve their long-awaiting team victory after a disappointing 3rd place team finish in the fall. Achieving fitness all-time records are 60 point bonus for teams, so both of their teams earned 60 points for sharing this pull-up record.

Kids can attempt to Achieve Fitness Benchmarks for 30 points for their Team!
Only 4 students achieved this tough fitness benchmark this season where only 2 reps were required of this “Commando Grip Flexed Hang Twister” testing strength and mobility as the knees have to touch the elbow for it to count.

7-YEAR-OLD STUDENT INVENTS NEW EXERCISE!
Kids get a leadership role in this program and can use their creativity like this 7-year-old to create new exercises or activities. They are also strong in safety rules and became referees in the events.

KIDS CAN GET THE PROGRAM PERSONALIZED TO THEM.
This past season all the kids begged for more fitness obstacles and agility challenges, so Alicia tailored her spring to their request. Above are some of the best performers ever at certain agility challenges.

KIDS DO SPORT SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT TRANSFERS OVER TO BETTER ARCHERY.
The agility obstacles ranged from 32 feet to 103 feet in length. Brendon (age 14 and above) was the second oldest student in the league this season and he set an 80-yard suicide run record with 2 perfect throws of the yard darts in their targets at 6 and 12 feet away (fastest runner and only person to get perfect score).

KIDS CAN TRY AND BEAT THEIR COACH IN ARCHERY AND SOME EVENTS FOR BONUS POINTS.
We did a wide range of sprinting challenges in the spring program per the request of the majority of students. Above is playlist of some of the sprinting events and the top performers and how the kids did compared to their coach. Cody who is mainly an elite hockey player joined the Warriors in Black team in the spring to help with sport specific training and strength gains for hockey. It really helped him as he was picked up by an elite hockey team in Lakeland and he also started getting offers to join Elite Junior Teams.

KIDS JOIN THE ARCHERY TO HELP WITH THEIR OTHER SPORTS.
Cody met his goals by joining Alicia’s archery program to improve his hockey. He joined program unable to do one chin-up and just a month after starting the training he did 7 strict form Chin-Ups to set the All-Time League record!!

Luca (age 10) becomes first person ever in the league to do a strict form “Truly Strict Leg Twisted Pull-up” on 5/4/26.

Solomon then came back and beat the new league record on 5/14/26 by doing 2 reps of the “Truly Strict Form Leg Twisted Pull-Up”.

COACH ALICIA WILL FOLLOW THE MOTIVATION OF THE GROUP AND CREATE A CURRICULM AROUND IT.
Solomon was highly motivated and pushed himself and competitors to try and go after fitness challenges in spring 2026. Solomon becomes first student (age 10 or Under) to do a proper form bar dip.

Speaking of exercises, this season set the most ever new marks or All Time League Records in Strength Tests that help develop strong archery.

When Alicia asked Solomon, Brendon, and Luca, “Why do they think so many records are falling with this group?” They all replied with same answer, “We love setting goals and seeing what we are capable of achieving.”

The kids understand the conditioning process and so these results you see in the list below are from first setting a reachable benchmark like 5-10 seconds for a dead hang. Then, we keep setting a new goal as benchmarks are achieved. They are also given training tips on what they can be doing outside of class to improve, so over the course of the year, they keep improving.

LEADERBOARD AND NEW LEAGUE RECORDS SET IN 2025-2026
1.) Triceps Extension Bar Hang *Franklin age 7 set a new 10 and Under record in 64 seconds. *Azaria age 9 set girls record with 41 seconds for 10 and Under. The All-Time League record was set in 2019 with 2:18 by an 8th Grade Boy and the All-Time League record for girls was set in 2019 by 6th grade girl in 60 seconds.

2.) 10 Cone Touch 1 Leg Balance Speed Reaction Drill
All Time League Records Set by Kemzie in 7.09 seconds and Brendon 7.28 seconds

3.) 30 seconds Plank Hold Followed Right Into Consecutive Pushups (no pauses allowed and once form fails – attempt over) All Time League Record set for 32 consecutive Pushups shared by Abe 7 years old and Brendon 14 years old . All Time League Record for Girls set at 6 by a 7 year old Alex.

4.) Flexed Bar Hang All Time League Record Set by Brendon at 55.4 seconds
All Time League Record Set by Alex for Girls with 17.0 seconds
Solomon set record for age 10 and Under with 48.0 seconds.
Honorable Mention will go to Abe age 7 with a 39.33 seconds (best ever for 7 years old)!

5.) Australian Pull-Ups (full ROM upto 10 seconds for a rep)
All Time record is Luca with 40 reps and Azaria with 31 reps.

6.) Dead Hang
*10 AND Under records set with Franklin in 1:26 and Alex (girls) in 1:21.
Luca gets an Honorable Mention as the 2nd Best EVER in 2:10
The All Time record was set in 2018 in 2:30.

7.) Pronated Grip Pull-Ups All Time Record Set at 3 strict form reps shared by Luca and Solomon. No girls record yet.

8.) Chin-ups All Time Record Set at 7 strict form reps by 16-year-old Cody. No girls record yet.

9.) Bar Dip Record All Time Record Set at 1 Rep by Solomon. No girls record yet.

10.) Leg Crossed Strict Form Pull-Up All Time Record set by Solomon with 2 reps.

11.) Commando Grip Flexed Hang Twister All Time Record of 6 reps by Luca. No girls record yet.

Thanks for reading the summary from a FUN mental and physical sport program that develops wide ranging skills in 20 hours. Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com to join.

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Homeschool Archery Program in Central Florida

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Alicia Weber is a USA Archery Level 2 Instructor and Running and Fitness Coach that has a Homeschool Archery program at Acres of Grace Farm in Howey-in-the – Hills, Florida.

She is currently recruiting for the fall 2024 season. If interested, you can contact her at Awinningway@gmail.com

Alicia’s first-ever homeschool archery team, Three Arrows, tied for third place out of 5 teams in the Spring 2024 Archery Competitive Season. Tremendous Achievements were made in the first-ever Homeschool Archery program where records were set and broken in a League that is 11 years old.

The Homeschool children have proven to be very motivated and excited to excel in the “Aim to be Your Best Archery Program” made specifically for homeschool kids. It gives them individual and team challenges and a well-rounded enrichment. They enjoy how the program is personalized and how the skills build based on their progress.

They had their hardest challenges on the last day of their Spring Semester. They competed in a 10 yard (15 arrow) and 15 yard (15 arrow) challenge shooting a total of 30 arrows. Brendon a 12 year old boy set the league record for youth boys with his score 177 points. A girl who only did archery for three days set the Youth Girls Rookie Record with 97 points. All the students who competed scored points on both the 10 yard and 15 yard targets. Children from 7-18 can join this homeschool program and have the opportunity to compete in various events as a member of a team and individual.

https://www.midfloridanewspapers.com/clermont_news_leader/eedition/page-16/page_023fbc64-f956-5f4a-b280-8e1687109812.html

Click Link Above to read featured story of Alicia on Acres of Grace Farm.

Alicia is a highly motivated coach and elite multisport athlete who is always breaking barriers. So far this year (as of May 1, 2024) Alicia has set or broken a total of 32 strength and endurance world records. She has been the World’s Most Prolific Female Record Holder, since 2012. In addition to record breaking, she has been competing in 4 sports annually. She competed in her 6th world championship for Indoor Rowing in March (18th total world championship) where she placed 23rd woman in the world out of 419 lightweight women. She competed in three Cross Country clay trail 5k races so far this year placing 3rd, 1st, and 9th overall out of the women. In addition to competing, Alicia enjoys laughing and doing comedy and public speaking. She had a couple Improv contests for the homeschool archery and they placed 1st in one event and second in another event!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_Di_MSdoU
snake comedy show
Easter Weeding Competition
Alicia’s 3rd cross country race of 2024 and largest in state on a clay trail!

https://www.instagram.com/barrierbreakercoach

CLICK LINK ABOVE FOR ALICIA’S COACH INSTAGRAM.

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Roller Coaster Ride of Records and Unique Endeavors for Mighty Muscle Woman

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By: WEBER WAY TO WELLNESS REPORTER

CENTRAL FLORIDA—FALL 2023 Alicia Weber brings in her 10th Anniversary of her Archery Fitness League this year as tremendous records are set and new opportunities are on the horizon. She held a Garden Warrior Obstacle Archery Contest at Acres of Grace Farm on October 6th where 20 youth competitors tried their best to go as fast they could go and shoot one arrow for accuracy. Kids as young as 4 and upto 15 took part in the challenge. Future events will be available at Acres of Grace Farm for Alicia’s archery and running and conditioning programs. Alicia has been working with ages 6 to 14 in running and conditioning. In the past 2 years, all of her students achieved increased speed and endurance in just 4 HOURS of training (1 hour a week for 4 weeks). Their improvement rate has been 2-16 percent in just 4 hours. Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com to get in a program. You can also follow her on instagram.

Above Alicia performs her FIRST-EVER 7 Consecutive Day Challenge of the SAME Challenge. She pushes herself to keep improving each day with the 250 rep strict form routine with the goal of 4 minutes or faster.. She even surprised herself at her rate of improvement. She began on Day 1 with a time of 3:48.3. She ended in 3:25.2 on Day 7! This was performed August 7-13, 2023. The 7 day playlist is above – it starts with Day 1 and ends with Day 7.

Alicia started progressing on another Youtube viral challenge this year known as the 100 Mike Tyson Push-Up Challenge. Her playlist is above for this challenge. Some of the progressions are at Rumble. She made 5 attempts in 123 days from March 31, 2023 to July 31, 2023 and she went from taking 4:24 for the consecutive bout down to 3:14!! She dropped 1 minute and 10 seconds and improved by 27 percent in 123 days!!

Alicia has been working as a wellness and fitness professional for over 25 years! She has been known to be time-efficient and get clients massive results (just like she does for herself)!

Alicia launched her FIRST-EVER Podcast on her youtube channel at WeberWay2Wellness where she teaches people how to get in tune with their bodies for athletic and health success. She also reveals some of her inspirations and their great successes from learning how to get in tune with their bodies.

Alicia’s First Podcast came in 2023.

2023 has been a big year for Alicia – she has achieved now 202 career victories in sports and she has competed in 17 world championships! She did her best performance thus far at the SkiErg World Championship for 1k Sprints. She placed in the Top 17% of women in the world and in her fastest time of 4:19.3. 2023 marks her 5th consecutive year to compete in these world championships and it brought the most competition so far (751 female competitors).

Alicia began washing her hair ONLY with shampoo Ginger this year. In celebration for her new-found favorite natural shampoo that she grows – she broke a record and shows off her hair after a shampoo ginger hair wash.

Alicia was soooo excited to break this tough 3 medicine ball one minute push-up record! She has now taken the record to 71 reps in one minute!

The Weekend of October 21-22 was a Special One!! Alicia achieved her 202nd Career Victory (placing first among females in a 5k cross country race) AND breaking a record she has really been focusing on. She did 43 consecutive reps for the Feet on Wall Consecutive Push-Up Record.

ATTN: STRENGTH FEAT FANS…. Alicia made one of her most exciting, unpredictable productions thus far. It is a Halloween Thriller where Aussie Amanda gets a great chase and challenge in exercises and armwrestling by a much younger guy! The Exclusive Show is found at Videoteasing.com/amanda.htm

Here is a preview of the NEW Exclusive Show with Aussie Amanda.

Alicia’s most “on the edge” or adrenaline pumping record of 2023 came on 10/27/23. She was going for 15 minutes of consecutive shoulder-width grip pushups and had to be over 484 reps to break the record. She was able to muster out 493 reps to re-set it as she stayed strong and on target the last minute to just make it over the record!

Alicia is here breaking the 15 minutes of consecutive shoulder-width grip pushups here on 10/27/23.

Alicia loves her improv character comedy and Halloween!! She made her most dramatic Halloween improv comedy show thus far! She collected comedy material in 3 different cities in Central Florida and more in Calabassas, CA. This production is an improv comedy with no scripts.

https://youtu.be/VRVifRPdTAQ?si=y_pFIBk8C04hC4Od

One of Alicia’s favorite characters is “Sister Anita Man”. She performed in her show “Sister Anita Man Searches for New Nunnery After Incident”.

https://youtu.be/OLGQMHTDlNE?si=7aNVgtNTHqblwo6g

Alicia met up with Lancey Ace – video game world record holder. They did some training and a creative photo shoot. Lancey Ace holds video game world records at Recordsetter World Records and Guinness World Records. Check out their armwrestling training!

https://youtu.be/cCuRby_oLbo?si=Mu22klYfgz69_JpA
Alicia thought she reached her 45th world record for the year by 11/6/23, but to her surprise she broke a dozen world records in just this ONE consecutive bout of challenging plyometric plank exercise. She ended up reaching 55 world records so far for this year!! The full details are in the video description above.

Alicia was really excited to “earn her turkey” by doing one of her hardest and most arduous challenges of 2023. She then ate her turkey after completing the challenge. She made a Thanksgiving/Post Thanksgiving Aerobic Strength Series. See the video playlist above with 3 videos. These are ALL NEW challenges. The longest one was on Thanksgiving Thursday and the other two took place on the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving. They all involve Suicide Runs and Ring Chin-ups and/or Ring Dips.

Thank you fans for being a Big FAN! We wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season from Alicia and her Clan of characters!

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11th Archery Fitness Championship in the Books with Agility Archery!

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WEBER WAY TO WELLNESS REPORTER—CENTRAL FLORIDA, Fall 2021 Seven Teams throughout Central Florida competed in the first archery fitness championship, since the pandemic. It goes down in the books as the 11th Championship and the Red Rubies from Orlando have won their 7th Team Championship with 167 points!! The mixed teams “Arrow Buddies” from Clermont/Groveland and “Amazing Halcyon” from Winter Garden/Clermont tied for second place with 165 points!!

Top Three Boys Overall in Fall 2021 Agility Archery Championship

Ninety percent of the competitors were newbies this season, while the rest consisted of veteran competitors. The youngest competitor was age 6 and oldest was 16. Kai (age 11) won the individual male agility archery championship with 63 points representing the Red Rubies. Following behind him was his teammate Tristan with 61 points. The third place boy was veteran competitor and 2020 Spring Archery Champ, Adam, from Team Amazing Halcyon. On the female side, Lilly from Team Arrow Buddies (age 14) won first for women and tied with Tristan for second overall with 61 points. Maryrose from Amazing Halcyon placed 2nd for girls with 53 points and Zoey from Arrow Buddies placed third for girls with 49 points.

Top Three Girls Overall in Fall 2021 Agility Archery Championship

The youth train and excel in the most difficult type of archery – barebow category archery (without sighting devices). They were tested in archery at 10 yards, magnetic darts at 6 feet, and a 9 foot long timed agility archery challenge. The combined results make their total score.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLa3sEEKVU
Watch the Male Agility Archery Champ in ACTION!!

Kai knew that he did not need a bow and arrow to practice to get better. Coach Weber gave him and all the students Top Secret 2 minute bodyweight exercises that helped make previous champions. Coach Weber said anyone who does their “exercise homework” will improve sooo much that she will not recognize them in one week! Kai took his homework seriously and stunned everyone with results no one has seen him do in practice.

“I have been doing my 2 minute exercises, which made me more confident and capable of achieving great things in archery,” exclaimed Kai, the 2021 Fall Champion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8pZUKH750A
Watch female agility champ in ACTION!

Lilly loves the fitness added into archery and definitely knows it makes a difference. “It feels cool to win for girls and place second overall out of boys and girls. The agility training translates to better archery as it helps with the hand-eye coordination and speed,” stated Lilly, the Female 2021 Champ.

Runner-Up Champ, Maryrose, said, “I am excited to participate. This seems like a fun opportunity.”

Third place Zoey on second place team really wanted to do a unique sport. When she heard about Alicia’s Archery Fitness Sport League she jumped on the opportunity to join! “I am actually really surprised that I got third place for girls already as a newbie. I enjoy the archery and the fitness. It is a fun sport,” said the excited Zoey after hearing the news that she won third place!

Overall, the kids enjoyed the camaraderie, good sportsmanship, weekly challenges, and championship competition that they had this fall 2021. Now, they will look forward to 2022 and the new challenges in the Archery, Fitness, Sports League under the tutelage of Coach Alicia Weber who has trained athletes from grassroots to Olympic level in her 24 year career.

Highlights from 2021 Championship!

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Alicia Weber’s Summer Full of Sports to Fall Into Archery in 2021

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Contact ALicia @ Awinningway@gmail.com to join Fall Agility Archery!!

CENTRAL FLORIDA 8/24/21 —After a long hiatus from the Archery, Coach Alicia Weber, will bring back the Fall Agility Archery season in September!! Classes are filling up, but spots are available—Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com to join the Youth Archery Fitness, Sports, League for ages 5-18 and get on a team! Jump into a unique fitness where all equipment is provided and youth build strength, stamina, quick reaction time, memory recall, attention to details, coordination, and self-esteem!!

Alicia Weber finishes 3rd Woman Overall in the Last 5k Trail Race on 6 hills on 8/8/21!

KEEP UP WITH WEBER—Since April 2021, Alicia has won 4 USA Parkrun Series (Virtual races) on cross country courses during the hot, humid months in Central Florida. Her best 5k time of 20:21 was faster than last summer (2020 summer cc best for 5k was 20:49). Additionally, Alicia adds SKi Erg as her 18th Sport with TOP 10 Finishes!! Alicia competed in the SkiErg July World Performance Series and placed in the top 10 in 4 events!! Her best event (placing 7th woman) was the SkiErg 5k in 24:50.4. Back on July 9th, Alicia shaved 28 seconds off her personal best in the 4k Bike Erg World Championship where she did her best to date placing 57th woman in the world out of 108 women in new PR of 8:37.6. Last but not least, Alicia competed in the last 5k Clay Trail Race in Clermont (where the road will be paved soon). The race is up and down 6 huge, steep hills. Alicia placed 3rd woman and 15th overall out of 200 competitors. TRAIN WITH A CHAMPION AND BECOME A CHAMP TOO! Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com for in person or virtual personal training.

Here (Above) Alicia takes on a popular Crossfit Challenge”Cindy”, but uses only Strict form!! Here Alicia “World Record” Weber does her first Strict Cindy (20 mins) for most rounds of 5 shoulder-width pull-ups, 10 shoulder-width push-ups, and 15 squats with arms held out…27 rounds on 7/24/21.
Here (Above) Alicia creates a new strength and stamina challenge for fan’s birthday! She will attempt to break 5 of her medicine ball pushup records, without stopping and only doing “volleyball sit-ups” in between exercises!! Watch what she does!!

BELOW ARE 4 TABATA WORKOUTS Alicia Completes in record style…they have been researched by Japanese scientists and proven to greatly improve athletic performance and Vo2max lung capacity. In fact, research has shown that 4 Tabata workouts 4 times a week (16 minutes total) had much greater fitness results than 5 one hour workouts at moderate intensity a week (5 hours total)!! Click here to learn more Tabata Workouts and the Proven Results
CLICK HERE FOR MORE TABATA WORKOUT IDEAS FOR BEGINNERS

Above is Tabata Workout to build bone density and improve athletics! There are 8 rounds in 4 minutes. Then, 2 minute rest between exercises.
Squat + Bounce Squat = 1 rep (20 secs On + 10 sec rest) X 8
-2 minutes of rest-
Push-up + bounce push-up = 1 rep (20 secs On + 10 sec rest) x 8
Above is a 7 MINUTE AND 50 SECOND Upper-Body Tabata Workout focusing on pulling strength and deltoids.
Above Tabata workout might be the most challenging in this Series – a 4 minute Tabata Shoulder-width grip pull-up mixed with squats for active 10 seconds of “rest”…then less than 15 minutes later repeat with wide-grip pull-ups combine scores and compare scores!!
8 MINUTES OF TABATA AB WORKOUT… This is a new challenge Alicia performed after a 5k cross country run (21:38)… 8x (20 sec over-under abs + 10 sec 6INCH hold “rest”) then Non-stop to 8 x (20 scissor abs + 10 sec 6INCH hold “rest”) FOR MOST Reps (209 on 8/25/21)…

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Welcome New Year and New Decade 2020

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Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com to join the 2020 Self Defense Archery Program for ages 6-18.

Back by Popular Demand in 2020…Self Defense Archery in Central Florida!
Learn all the RIGHT MOVES and COMPETE TOO! Click here for more info.

Alicia began 2020 by re-setting a Recordsetter world record she held for 3 years, but she made it even tougher… It is the consecutive staircase pull-up record with 15 steps per rep. She first set record on 1/20/2017 with 10 reps… Now, see the new benchmark.

2019 RECAP: The Red Rubies won their 6th Team Title in the Archery Fitness League out of 10 Championships. For the first time, a Groveland boy (From Growling Tigers Team) won the individual Championship title and led his team to their best team finish of second place out of 5 teams. Returning multi-champion, Raven, of Team Anime utilized Qigong to take a big lead and win after holding a 3-way tie with two other girls. The anticipation for the Spring 2020 Self Defense Archery season is very high after everyone aced the self defense and greatly improved their archery in the fall.

Alicia “World Record” Weber excelled in her sports. She added her 18th individual sport in 2019 and competed in her 8th World Championship in the 2019 World SkiErg Sprints (1,000 meter). She only trained for 6 weeks and had weekly massage to help recover and perform her best in minimal amount of time to learn a new skill. She met her time goal for her first ever 1k race and placed 167th in the world out of 748 women!!

Alicia weighing in at only 112 pounds competed in the skiErg where extra weight adding momentum can be a competitive advantage. Alicia focused on using proper form engaging her core and triceps properly and came through the 1,000 meters in 4:25.9 to place 167th out of 748 women in the world.

Alicia moved on to setting more challenging records this year. She was not setting records at the pace she was previously accustomed to (one record every 42 hours). LOL She slowed down her pace to focus on developing more challenging workout record categories termed “World Record Weber Record Breaking Workouts”… In these workouts she may need to break a current record and then add more new records within the workout. Her goal was to set one a month. She ended year with 14 new record breaking workout records. You can follow these workouts at the link below.

World Record Weber Record Breaking Workout Playlist based on Most Popular Views at Top.

Members of Alicia’s Archery Fitness League can partake in many special opportunities throughout the year such as developing Improv Comedy, competing in different sports outside archery, working on their Art skills, attending group sporting events, and learning many other skill sets. Contact Alicia for more info at Awinningway@gmail.com

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10 Year Old Wins First-Ever Obstacle Archery Championship Series

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CLERMONT, FL May-July 2019 Fifteen archer-athletes toed the line in the first-ever Obstacle Archery Series Championship (11 events). They knew there would be archery (in rare form though), but they were unsure of the other multi-faceted physical fitness events. Training sessions were available to prepare and improve. In the end, three teams (6 archer-athletes) finished the Series in Top-Form full of determination and interest in the new challenges. Cody (age 10) of Team Fire Bows won the 2019 Championship (2 points ahead of the runner-up, Nathan, a multiple archery champ).

Cody, Age 10, Wins Obstacle Archery Series Championship (first overall out of boys and girls ages 9-13).

This sport has a greater emphasis on physical fitness and sports, Cody’s forte. However, Cody has also been an archer, since age 4. The Series Victory did come down to a final archery score where Cody set a record with 18 points out of a possible 30 points. Cody has proven himself that he is now a Top Archer and All Around Athlete. Cody has competed in various archery competitions, since age four. He never won. In fact, he finished last in some events. With his passion, hard work, and determination it was only a matter of time when he would begin winning. On July 23, 2019, Cody’s time has come and he was officially crowned the first-ever Obstacle Archery Series Champion. Cody and his teammates together won the Team Championship ( with a 50 point lead over the second place team).

Full RESULTS Below:

First Place Team Fire Bows:
Cody W. 221 points, Andrew 186 points, and Cody M. 156 points (Top 2 individuals score for team, so Cody W 221 + Andrew 186 = 407 points)

Second Place Team Fe4rLes:
Joseph 190 points + Benny 167 points= 357 points

Top Male Finishers (No girls finished all the events)
1. Cody W. 221 points
2. Nathan 219 points
3. Joseph 190 points
4. Andrew 186 points
5. Benny 167 points
6. Cody M. 156 points

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Spring Has Sprung with Self Defense Archery Champions and Summer Awaits with Obstacle Archery

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Coach Alicia Weber Starred at the Europa Games (one of the largest fitness expos in the World where she set the Pull-Up record and moments later took a Top Time in an Obstacle Race on April 13, 2019) as her league took on the Central Florida Self Defense Archery Championship in April 2019.
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Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com for 2019 Summer Obstacle Archery (training/competitions) in Central Florida.

Spring has sprung with a bundle of physical and mental tests, shooting stars, and Superstars of Self Defense Archery in the ninth Championship for Central Florida. Coach Alicia Weber began her Spring Campaign with her own series of record-breaking workouts (shown below) and feats of strength at the Europa Games Fitness Show.

Alicia juggled her own events in April as she had her league consisting of six teams throughout Central Florida compete in a 3 event Series Championship in Self Defense Archery (a highly skilled sport, which tests mental and physical readiness).

The three events become more taxing on the mind and body as they progress through the one month long championship series. All the archer-athletes are in the dark on what will be next to come, but with their grit-determination and focus, they all achieve phenomenal follow-through. This training helps them become Top Students, all around athletes, and good people (building sportsmanship, confidence, and self-esteem).

This season there were 6 teams throughout Central Florida (three were Varsity Teams and three were Junior Varsity Teams). Clermont’s Team Anime won their THIRD Team Championship title with 1,085 points to defeat their biggest rival (Team Red Rubies) by 29 points. Team Red Rubies placed second with 1,056 points. The new Groveland team (Team Curry Wolf) placed third with 698x points.

Varsity Overall Winners
1. Nathan of Team Anime 348 points
2. Henry of Team Red Rubies 333 points
3. Matteo of Team Red Rubies 305 points
4. (First Girl) Raven of Team Anime 285 points
5. (Second Girl) Ashley of Team Anime 228 points
6. (Third Girl) Kalena of Team Anime 224 points

Nathan became the First Male to win two consecutive Series Championship Titles. He won in fall 2018. This is his third championship title. Raven won her third championship title. She is the most prolific Top female competitor in the league.
Honorable Mentions:
1. Brandon of Varsity Team Curry Wolf led his team with 220 points placing 6th overall out of boys and girls. He achieved the fastest male in the league title for a Self Defense Balance Drill in Event 3 (giving his team 10 bonus points).
2. Drew (on Varsity Team Curry Wolf) was the only athlete in the league to achieve a Bullseye(x) on a small target in Event 3 at 12 yards.
3. Ashley of Team Anime was the fastest competitor in the entire league to complete a self defense balance obstacle course in Event 1.
4. Kalena of Team Anime was the league dark horse…after only two practices she was able to complete the three part Series Championship and place third for girls!

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Archery Fitness History is Made in the Eighth Championship

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Top Archer Athletes from the 2018 Self Defense Archery Fall Series Championship

Is it possible to have six teams competing over the course of several months and have a dead heat tie between two teams? Is it possible for a youth boy to perform a Robin Hood Feat in a Series Championship? Is it possible for a girl to come out of nowhere and win against veteran female archers plus have the third highest score among all competitors?

ABSOLUTELY, anything is possible in Alicia Weber’s Archery, Fitness, Sport League where students are trained to be positive thinkers too!

It all came down to the third and final event (the toughest event with 4 squares to hit clockwise followed by a hard to hit small bullseye worth 20 points). Coed Team Anime nailed it with a full 33 point lead on the second place Team Red Rubies. Their TOP Archer, Nathan, had a near perfect score in the archery with 60x points out of a possible 70 points.

Nathan easily secured first place overall with 163x points, but the All boys team known as Red Rubies were not ready to say “goodbye” to their chance at winning a fifth Team title. They pulled together in great camaraderie, grit, and determination and shot each arrow like it was their last chance to shoot. They worked so hard and garnered so many points that they were able to tie with Team Anime for a final score of 656x points. This is the first time in archery fitness history that 2 teams tied at such a long and drawn out 3-Part Series Championship!!

Two rookie teams kept building tremendous focus and momentum in Events #2 and #3 to bring their teams to the TOP. Team Curry Wolf placed second with 583 points. Their team was led by a bow hunter turned phenom archer, Amber, who scored 137 points. She was the first place girl and she had the third best score out of everyone. Team Couriers placed third with 571 points. Their team was led by Brandon who placed third for boys with 137 points.

The Junior Rubies consisted of the Leagues youngest competitor (a six year old girl). There is also a 7 year old. Some of these motivated competitors also take a Leadership course. They work on multiple skills, while they also compete in this championship. They finished 4th place with 522 points.

In fifth place was a new team known as Fit N Fighting Fortiter with a determined 7 year old girl and other young boys and girls. The 2018 Spring Series 2nd Place Champ, Anecya, led the team on the girl’s side, while new league boys (Andrew, Sean, Benny, and Payten) got their feet wet in the new sport. The team scored 307 points.

The Top 3 Males and Females Win Unique Awards. Here are the Top 3 Individual Results:
Boys
1. Nathan on Team Anime with 163x points
2. Matteo on Team Red Rubies with 139 points
3. Dylan on Team Red Rubies and Brandon on Team Couriers with 137 points
Girls
1. Amber on Team Curry Wolf with 137 points
2. Amanda on Team Anime with 128 points
3. Raven on Team Anime with 124 points (only athlete to win a Series Championship 2 consecutive times and be in Top 3 in THIRD Series Championship)

Join a POSITIVE Winning Group of Youth archer athletes in the New Year…Contact Alicia for more info at Awinningway@gmail.com

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