Alexandra Allred Explained

Birth Name:Alexandra Powe
Birth Date:February 5, 1965
Birth Place:Frankfurt, West Germany
Occupation:Author, Fitness Instructor
Nationality:American
Period:1993–present
Genre:nonfiction-fitness, fiction-mystery
Spouse:Robb Allred (m. 1991; three children)

Alexandra Powe Allred (born February 5, 1965) is an American athlete, author, environmental advocate, and fitness instructor. She has written and contributed to more than 20 books, fiction and nonfiction.

Personal life

Allred was born in Frankfurt, West Germany and was raised in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic with her parents and one sister. Her father was an American diplomat stationed throughout Europe. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in History. There, she met her husband Robb Allred and they were married in 1991. Alex has three children.

In 2017, Allred graduated from Tarleton State University with a M.S. in Kinesiology.[1]

Career

Athletics

Alexandra Allred was the first female to make and form the US Women's Bobsleigh team in 1994 by winning the nationals competition with a push time of 6.386 seconds.[2] She was four months pregnant with her second child at the time and was a subject in studies by Dr. James Clapp for health and fitness in pregnant athletes.[3] These studies were used to write the Olympic Committee's safety guidelines for pregnant athletes in 1998.

Allred was featured in Redbook magazine,[4] FIT magazine,[5] and Oxygen magazine[6] in articles about her expertise on health and exercise during pregnancy.Allred was featured in Real Simple magazine [7] as a coach and mentor for women in sports.

She has also been featured in several books as an expert on fitness and exercise.

Advocacy

The Allred family moved from Ohio to Midlothian, Texas (cement capital of Texas) in 2001. Alexandra's youngest child, then two-year-old Tommy, had a sequence of cases of pneumonia, bronchitis, and other asthma related complications.[14] [15] In 2008, the elementary school was named by the USA Today [16] as being in the upper 1% of most toxic schools in the nation. In 2006, Alex, as a part of Downwinders at Risk,[17] went to talk to Congress about clean air regulations. There she and her son Tommy met with future-President, then-Senator, Barack Obama and Senator Dick Durbin,[18] [19] [15] and was nominated as a White House Champion of Change in Public Health in 2014.[20]

Writing

Allred wrote White Trash (2016).[21] She wrote Damaged Goods (2012) which won the Independent Publisher's Silver medal.[22] The Allie Lindell Series of mystery novels contains Roadkill (2013), Sweet Breath, and Anniversary Killer.

Her 2013 book, Swingman, was the inspiration for the documentary Swingman by filmmaker Mark Birnbaum.[23]

She's contributed to several books on fitness and dog training.[24] Best Breast Exercises: Simple Steps to Lift & Shape your Breasts (Fit Expert Series) (Volume 2) (2014) and Get Fit For Your Pregnancy: Simple Exercises To Help You Look Great & Feel Energized Through Your Pregnancy (Fit Expert Series Book 4) (2012).

In 2005, she was recruited by Volvo to test drive and then write about driving their prototype 'Extreme Gravity Car' then featured in Volvo Magazine.[25]

Allred was diagnosed with dyslexia while at Texas A&M and has made it a mission to visit schools to speak to children and young adults with dyslexia to break the "I'm dumb" stigma. Allred cites that writing books is what made her overcome the stigma.[26]

Selected works

Fiction

Non-fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tarleton State University - Department of Kinesiology - Members. ResearchGate.
  2. Web site: Their Program Needs a Push. Candace. Putnam.
  3. Book: Atta Girl!: A Celebration of Women in Sport. Alexandra Powe. Allred. Karen. Powe. Michelle. Powe. 23 July 2017. Wish Publishing. 9781930546615. Google Books.
  4. Redbook Magazine July 2003 issue
  5. FIT Magazine August 2003 issue - pages 46-48
  6. Oxygen Magazine September 2003 issue - pages 71-75
  7. Real Simple Magazine July 2012 issue article titled 'Sole Sisters'
  8. The Athletic Woman's Sourcebook:: How To Stay Healthy And Competitive In Any Sport - pages 156-157, 182-184
  9. The Women's Home-Based Business Book of Answers - pages 3-4, 7-8, 16-17, 33-34, 67-68, 142, 197-198, 203, 230, 336
  10. Hard Fought Victories: Women Coaches Making a Difference - page 197
  11. Driving Forces: Inside the First U.S. Women's Olympics Bobsled Team - pages 1-101
  12. The Daring Female's Guide to Ecstatic Living: 30 Dares for a More Gutsy and Fulfilling Life - pages 122-125
  13. The Martial Arts Woman: Motivational Stories of Human Triumph - pages 153-156
  14. Web site: Alexandra Allred. 27 April 2011.
  15. Web site: Asthma and Clean Air: One Mother's Fight in Texas. Marcia G.. Yerman. HuffPost. 2 August 2011.
  16. Web site: USA TODAY Special Report – the Smokestack Effect – Toxic Air and America's Schools . 2017-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101212215013/http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/index . 2010-12-12 . dead .
  17. Web site: Downwinders at Risk — Cleaner Air Through Citizen Action. www.downwindersatrisk.org.
  18. Web site: Tommy Allred Meets the President. 27 May 2011. Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 2017-07-23.
  19. Web site: How I Met the President . Earthjustice.org . 2017-07-23.
  20. Web site: Champions of Change. The White House.
  21. Book: Allred, Alexandra. White Trash. 15 October 2016. Next Chapter Publishing. 978-1941398135.
  22. Book: Allred, Alexandra. Damaged Goods. 14 September 2012. The Writer's Coffee Shop. 978-1612131337.
  23. Web site: FRAME OF MIND BRINGS INDEPENDENT FILMS TO KERA . Dallasfilmcommission.com . 2017-07-23.
  24. Web site: A Best Friend, Yes. Best Runner, Maybe Not.. 21 January 2010. The New York Times.
  25. Volvo Magazine 2005 Issue 2 - pages 38-43
  26. Web site: About. www.alexandraallred.com. 2019-05-03.

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