Exercise doesn’t have to be complicated. Unfortunately, with all the info on the internet, people are getting confused! So let me share some tips with you.
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✨Your training program doesn’t need to be perfect, especially if you’re just starting out ✨ I work with a lot of men and women coming off of stressful times in their lives, and exercise hasn’t been a priority. The key to get more exercise in is to switch mindset away from “exercise” to “movement” instead.
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✨MOVE more. More spurts of exercise during the day. Break it up a little.✨
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✨Make a small goal, show yourself you can accomplish it and THEN modify it.✨
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✨The search for the perfect program makes people procrastinate in even starting!✨
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Let me tell you - I’ve been athletic my whole life, and exercise is a near daily habit for me. But when I switched my own perspective from “I need to get more exercise today” to “I need to move more consistently // I need to set up a specific training session” I felt the exercise pressure melt away!
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You see, movement is easy and can be increased and modulated each day based on your needs. And training sessions are vital to schedule in your week, and the word training necessitates that you are working towards a GOAL. No more of this mindless exercise people!
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Today was a great example, I went for a run and I honestly haven’t gone on one in weeks. The stress of last month hit my body in a delayed timing type of fashion, and when one undergoes a large emotional stress it’s wise to decrease physical stress to help the body compensate. So I naturally dialed down my training sessions. I did more rest, some heavy weight lifting, some sauna. But that’s it. Until I COULD FEEL that urge “hey, I really want to go out and exercise and move” — that was the queue I was waiting for - my body literally saying “thanks for the rest, I can move more now 😊”
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✨There should be no such thing as exercise guilt or exercise pressure✨
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If that’s you, you need a mindset shift. And if you’re struggling to start because you don’t have the perfect program, start WALKING for a total of 60 minutes each day (break it up into smaller chunks to make it easier). And if you’re... 👇🏻👇🏻
How. Funny. Is. This!
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And can we please talk a little sex for a moment?
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Specifically libido!
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How’s your libido?
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Yes. Your sex drive.
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No good?
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Tell me... 10/10 meaning you’re a complete horn-dog, give it to me all the time... and 0/10 meaning don’t touch me?
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Where are you on that scale? Now? 1 year ago? 5 years ago? 10 years ago?
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Your libido actually tells me a lot about what’s going on in your body! A healthy and fertile person should have a reasonable sex drive! But I find that people who are sick, who have hormone imbalance, or who are over stressed and don’t know it, have really poor libidos.
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Also... ladies... do you have any pain? Any dryness? Any friction? Are you able to get wet with appropriate foreplay and stimulation? Can you reach orgasm?
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I ask these questions to every single woman I work with! And for men, it’s more along the lines of “Any sexual issues? Any difficulties getting erect or staying erect or finishing?”
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And today, I talked to a woman, who for the first time actually revealed to her doctor (me) that she was having libido issues. But it had been years since she sought out to address it!
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There is a lot of shame around talking about sex. In my office, it’s NORMAL. Because she was brave and admitted her dysfunction... now we have something we can work on, together! Her husband is going to be very happy very soon 😉
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Talk to your doctor today if sex isn’t great for you. Many times there are symptoms that we can take action on, and help give you your CHA-CHA back!
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