I Just Need 5 Minutes

Can I just get 5 minutes by myself PLEASE?

I mean I’m not complaining…but…🤯 

Time to go hole up in my garage gym. 

✌️ Mama’s busy.

Grab the workout below for a little break from the stress that is adulting.

3 Rounds

25 reps each exercise

Toe touches

Bridge hip taps

Side leg lifts

Bicycle crunches

Will You Be Successful?

I can tell right off the bat if someone will be successful in their fitness journey. Crazy huh? But really I can tell. Want to know how I can tell?

“Maybe you don’t know how to get there, maybe you’re intimidated to take the first step, maybe the prospect of change is scary but you know it’s needed.”

You want it so badly you can TASTE it. You want it so badly that nothing else in the world matters. You want it more than anything else.

At the end of the day, that’s what makes the biggest difference. I can’t want this for you. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I do want this for you, but you have to want it more. You have to want it arguably more than you want air. 

Here’s the thing: I also know that by the time you actually stop lurking on my IG, stop clicking the coaching link, STOP FREAKING TOE DIPPING and do the damn thing, you do want it more than air. By that point, you’re so sick and tired (ready for my cliche?) of being sick and tired, that you don’t give af about anything else. You’re in it to win it because you know how much the alternative SUCKS and you’re over the alternative. You’ve lived the alternative long enough and it’s past time for a change.

Maybe you don’t know how to get there, maybe you’re intimidated to take the first step, maybe the prospect of change is scary but you know it’s needed. Change goes from being a pipe dream to a necessity and when you hit that point, that’s when you find me.

Once you reach that point, anything I tell you need to do, any change I suggest you make, won’t feel like a sacrifice. You won’t feel like I’m inconveniencing you to incorporate healthy habits into your life. The excuses you once gave without a second thought will fall away.

Then all of those healthy habits won’t seem so extreme, they’ll be easy and you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner.

What side do you start on with unilateral work?

I love this question because it shows me that you guys are actively thinking about what you’re doing and how to make it more effective. So get it girl. 

I love unilateral work because it helps create symmetry through the muscle systems in the body. Fancy. Really it helps create balance. 

None of us are balanced. We all have certain muscle systems that are stronger on one side than the other, we have one side that’s stronger with balance, all those things. The predominate side of our body always makes whatever work we’re doing feel easier. It’s just nature. 

I like to work unilaterally or one side at a time because it helps to bring that balance back to the body. And (without getting super into the science) the more you balance you have, the less likely you are to hurt yourself. Unilateral work also challenges your core in a whole NEW kind of way (just trust me).

So when I’m doing a new exercise that’s unilateral, I start on my dominate side. Not only because it makes the movement feel “easier” because my dominate side is more coordinated, but it also helps give the movement more dexterity. 

Regardless of how you start, it’s imperative to be taking notice of how your body is moving and how things feel from side to side. The ultimate goal is that eventually both sides will feel exactly the same, whether you start on your dominate side or your side of opportunity. 

Which all makes me sound super smart. 

It also helps create neurological pathways, giving your body more awareness of what it’s doing so by the time you get to the second side, you don’t feel like AS much of a hot mess. 

That being said, it could be an extra mental challenge if you start with your non-dominate side first, so if you’re looking for that extra push, I say go for it. Give yourself that extra physical and mental challenge.

And keep doing it. Make unilateral work a regular part of your fitness programing so you can increase not just your mind/body awareness but also the symmetry in your body.