Maggie's Modern Life

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**Maggie's Modern Life** is a YouTube lifestyle channel created by Maggie Marks. It chronicles everything from her experiences as a ballerina, to her education, to her career in law enforcement, to her becoming a professional competitive shooter all while juggling being a busy working mom.

## Background

Maggie’s YouTube channel started out as a segment on her wife’s self-titled channel, Lindsey Shaw, called Shoot Like a Girl with Maggie. In the segment, Maggie showed practical shooting techniques and tips aimed specifically at women. After becoming a mom, Maggie became affectionately known as the TacFit Mom, a name she jokingly used when starting her own Instagram account.

Maggie's Modern Life started out as an extension of Shoot Like a Girl with Maggie where she offered shooting advice and techniques aimed at women, as Maggie’s popularity grew so too did the popularity of her channel. Maggie has gained popularity as being one of the few female orientated tactical channels, and for being one of only two channels from LGBTQIA+ content creators aimed at shooters, and the only one aimed specifically at female shooters. It has also gained popularity among the 'guntube' community for Maggie's sexual orientation not playing a part in her content, and therefore being suitable for everyone.

Frequent guests include the members of the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (Sentinel Blue), especially the Sentinel Blue Women's Team members; Victoria Allen, Sonia Knight, Charlie Lenzen, Tracy McGaren and Rachel Petersen. Fitness YouTubers Lindsey Shaw and Justine Ziernik, law enforcement moms Nicola Levin, Ella Grant and Callie Roberts, and Tactical Goddess creator Tammy Doyle. It also features interviews with pioneering women in federal law enforcement tactical teams such as Lisa Alvarez of SRT New Orleans and Georgia Ceberano of SRT Chicago, two of the only three women currently serving in HSI Special Response Teams.

Due to Lindsey working from home, she edits and uploads all of Maggie's videos at the same time as hers. Lindsey also frequently appears in Maggie's videos; Maggie jokingly refers to Lindsey's presence as 'the star factor'.

## Types of videos

* **Shoot Like a Girl with Maggie**: Maggie offers real world practical shooting tips and techniques aimed specifically at women. Including the best gun for the woman’s use case, getting proficient with steel targets, cleaning and maintaining a handgun, picking appropriate weapons and gear.
* **TacFit Mom**: Maggie’s own personal health and fitness program which she has used for her entire adult life. Incorporating dance techniques, cardio, strength training, martial arts, and other activities Maggie shares her journey from ballerina to mom, and from mom to being in the best shape of her life.
* **SRT S\*IT**: A segment aimed at aspiring female SWAT and tactical law enforcement officers. It includes tips for tactical and CQB proficiency, building upper body strength, increasing stamina and endurance, and training routines for prospective female LEO’s in order to help them get in the right shape and mindset to succeed in tactical operations. It also chronicles Maggie's training with the Los Angeles SRT.
* **SB Maggie**: A series chronicling Maggie’s training and competing in various competitions and championships with her team the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (LAPST) also known as Sentinel Blue.
* **Fitness, Friends, and Firefights**: A series featuring real world stories from Maggie and her friends and teammates. The stories generally include things such as overcoming obstacles and adversity, achieving goals, recounting law enforcement or military experiences etc. One of Maggie's most popular videos recounts her experience during the 2023 Pico Rivera Ambush.
* **Shooting the Sh\*t with Maggie**: A personal video diary of Maggie recounting her everyday life experiences, struggles and challenges, wins and losses. Shooting the Sh\*t with Maggie has quickly become Maggie’s most popular segment.
* **Reviews with Maggie**: A review type segment where Maggie reviews different weapons, modifications, gear and accessories. Reviews with Maggie has proven popular as she often reviews things from a more real-world realistic standpoint than a lot of 'guntubers' and offers recommendations for different use scenarios.
* **Maggie's Brutally Honest Reviews**: A subsegment entitled of Reviews with Maggie, Maggie's Brutally Honest Reviews features Maggie giving reviews about popular or polarizing firearms in a real and unbiased way. Several people have praised Maggie's unbiased review style, explaining that while Maggie is a self-confessed 'Glock Fangirl', she never allows personal preference to dictate her reviews and always recommends things for what she believes are the best use scenario regardless of brand. Fans have also praised her review style, stating that while Maggie is a professional competitive shooter, her reviews always focus on real world scenarios with a very limited portion being dedicated to professional shooters.