Nursing Uncharted Ep. 100 - Part 1: Get Moving – A Nurse’s Guide to Fitness and Wellness with Hailey Abell

In this episode of Nursing Uncharted, we dive into the critical role physical health plays in the lives of nurses. Hailey Abell, a personal trainer with a passion for fitness, shares her inspiring journey from the corporate world to becoming a fitness advocate. Together, we explore the mental and physical benefits of staying active, practical strategies for incorporating fitness into a nurse's busy schedule, and the importance of body awareness in preventing injuries. Hailey also breaks down foundational movement patterns and offers actionable advice to help nurses prioritize their health and well-being, even amidst the chaos of daily life.

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We Discuss

00:00 The Importance of Physical Health for Nurses
04:55 Hailey's Fitness Journey and Passion
10:01 Finding Time for Fitness as a Nurse
14:58 Body Awareness and Simple Movements
19:55 Strength, Mobility, and Core Engagement
24:53 Practical Tips for Busy Nurses
29:30 Incorporating Fitness into Daily Life

Guest Bio:

Hailey Abell is a certified personal trainer and fitness enthusiast who transitioned from a corporate career to pursue her passion for health and wellness. With a focus on helping busy professionals, especially nurses, Hailey emphasizes the importance of body awareness, strength, and mobility in achieving overall well-being. Her mission is to empower individuals to integrate fitness into their daily lives, no matter how hectic their schedules may be.

Transcript

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Hey guys. Welcome back to another episode of Nursing Uncharted. Going with my theme of this year, which has been focused on mental and physical health of nurses. This is kind of the last check of the box of the well-rounded, mentally and physically maintained nurse. So I have been so excited for this episode because this is the the last part, and I feel like one of the most difficult things as nurses to find the time for which is staying physically active and physically healthy.

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So I am so excited to welcome my next guest, Miss Haley. So, hello. So introduce yourself a little bit about like what you do. And then I always like to started off with like a big passion of of yours. Yeah. Passion is a big part of why I do what I do. So my name is Haley.I've been a personal trainer for almost two years now, which in the grand scheme of things sounds like a very short amount of time. But like my own fitness journey if you want to call it that, really started post college for me. So about a decade ago now. You know, I did the college lifestyle thing, kind of went and post college I was like, okay, like something just like not really right here.And I could tell it was like a very big physical thing for me. So I joined a gym and truly the rest is kind of in history. I started very much as like a group class type of person because I walked into the gym, as most people do when they first start, just like, oh, what am I doing here?

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Like, we had a free rec center at college that I literally could not get myself into because like, all the frat bros are in there and I'm like, they're all like, lift and heavy. And I'm like, I don't know what I'm doing here. So yeah, I started like group classes. I did Gold's Gym for a while, and then like in my home town, we have Club Fitness, which I think is pretty, you know, specific to the Midwest by kind of like a planet Fitness style and started going to the gym, kind of like learned a lot from the group classes and went to social media where we can find a lot of information at ourfingertips and just started learning a little bit of, you know, whatever was out there and just seeing what can I kind of do on my own so I don't have to be set to like these exact times to go to the gym. So, you know, really, over the course of ten years, I worked in corporate America for a long time and like sales and recruiting.So I was I was a desk bound girl on my side of the desk all day. It was. And it kills your body. You know, there's two kinds of jobs, I guess. I guess there's a lot of different types, but, you know, ones where you're sitting and you're, you know what? Some people will call the desk bound warriors.

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They're just sitting there all day, or you're kind of up and moving all day long, and some people can have a nice mix of that. But as somebody who sat at the desk for hours all day, like my body was just like craving to go do something after. So that's why I typically would go to the gym at night.Some days could be longer or shorter, you know, you never know if you're going to be able to make that 530 class of your workday and day five. So that became kind of a little bit of a challenge. So I was like, no one's going to do this for me. I guess I got to figure this out on my own.

And so I did, and I ended up leaving corporate America about two years ago. And I'm just like, okay, now's the time to get certified as a personal trainer. And it's been life changing for many reasons, really. Joining the gym was that first catapult to really get me to where I am now, which I kind of believe. I'm from the Midwest.

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I grew up in Saint Louis area, Missouri, but I'm a big believer that had I never joined a gym, I would not be living in San Diego right now. And that's a story for another time. But you take a chance on yourself and your body, and you learn like this confidence and all these things that just if you can do things hard physically, you can do them mentally because what you're going to your mental state has to get you there physically.

So being able to like have those hand in hand. So all that to say, why I'm passionate about what I do like, that's exactly why I think we're having this conversation. Because that to me and like my household growing up, and that was a very consistent theme of my dad at the dinner table at, you know, six, seven, eight years old is like, what are you passionate about?

I'm like, I'm not really sure what we're talking about here, but this mac and cheese is pretty good. Like, I don't know. And so it was very just like, yeah, what do you want out of your life? Like, you know, so he kind of really pushed like that passion project. And I love that. Yeah. So now for me leaving corporate America, which I can say was not passionate about like I did it, I was good at it, but I didn't really enjoy it that much to where like, the gym was always my escape and anyone that would want to come with me or go on a walk instead of just like doing a happy hour,

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I'd be like, how about like we gym and go for a walk or something? And like, you know, let's mix it up a little bit. Yeah. And ultimately, that's why I do what I do now is just I work with primarily women. And so this goes for everyone. But like all kind of you'll might hear me steer a little bit more towards why men just that's my experience.

That's why I can relate to that is exactly why I do what I do is moving your body. I know how helpful it can be mentally, emotionally, physically. Like it just translates to everything in life. So yeah, that is that's why I do what I do every day. I love it, I love that and how you how you set the you know, it's your physical health has such a big impact on every aspect of your life.

And that's as much as we have been trying to record this episode for months. Right? It's literally like two and a half months. I know, it's actually I'm kind of glad this is the last component of it. And we're you know, as much as I don't want to see this, we are reaching the end of the year. And this focus for me this year has just been, you know, mental health, but that is directly related to your physical health.

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And, you know, I think like similar to you, I, I, I always joke, I don't know how to go to the gym. So I rely on classes even now, like I work with one of your partner, right, in personal training. But I feel most comfortable and confident in those classes. And you know, it's and working out at home.

So I started my physical journey doing beach body at home. You know, girl back in high school was doing that with my mom saying P90x like that. So I was like, you know, that's really what jumpstarted it. But then the other aspect of being at the gym is meeting people. And I think that unity. Yeah. And that also helps.

I've met some wonderful people at, at our fitness center. And, you know, it's it's definitely changed my life. And I'm, I'm doing that in combination with being a nurse. And I think one of the biggest things I hear from nurses is that I don't have time. I don't have time for the physical. I'm exhausted. We work 12 hour shifts on my days off.

I have kids, I have errands, I have meal prep, I have all these other things. How do I find the time and that's what I enjoyed most about our conversation is the tips you have for like getting started and or, you know, finding that that time and really focusing on you don't have to get to the gym and lift these weights and do this and this and this.

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If you focus on what's really important, it will physically make you last longer on your feet at the bench. Yeah, it's going to build your stamina, endurance and make your shifts like that much more enjoyable, which hopefully is the goal for like a lot because I have a lot of nursing friends too. So they I mean, like, I feel like I watched them like get beat up their nursing school, like not physically, obviously some of them a little bit, but like, you know, you go through a lot.They're like nursing school and graduating, finding your job like, you know, travel like there's so much that goes into nursing, like just the heroe

 of the world. I mean, it's crazy, like how much you all do and then like, you're in the service industry. So then, like, just giving that back to yourself because you can't pour from an empty cup, it's going to be so important.

Right. Exactly., you know, it takes a lot to, to fill that cup. And I think that that's unfortunately, from what I hear from nurses, this is the last drop to fill that. Yeah. And it actually is a huge, huge component and should be more more of something that we focus on and find the time for. So definitely I'm so excited to kind of dive into this and, you know, share your expertise with everyone of, you know, just how to get moving for the day, right?

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Yeah. And that's something like what I and even with myself like I if in a perfect world like I would spend two hours at the gym now for me, like, even like, you know, working with other clients, that's just not realistic all the time. Like you have maybe an hour in between. You got to fit it in and just kind of do what you can do.

So there's this a lot of what we do is like such a mindset shift of like it to get you there physically. You have to get there mentally first. Like you're not just going to like waltz into the gym one day without any mindset, any thought process to it. Like for most people, it's going to be like debilitating to be like, okay, I'm here and now what do I do?

So the community part with I group classes. That's why I started. My sister and I used to do them together like there was like the Les Mills group classes. There was one called like Body Pump that we were just getting to for a while. And I was like, okay, like, this is fine. Like we're vibing now. Yeah. So like that the community aspect is huge.

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People just want that accountability partner or like, no, like I have a date with myself. Like whatever that looks like to you. However, you have to like lay that out is huge. But a lot of it I feel like is ditching like, the all or nothing approach of like, okay, well, I have to do this full workout or I have to do the red light therapy in the sauna and the cold plunge and X, y, z.

It's like those things aren't really going to have much of a benefit if like, you're not doing the basics and your foundations with it's just like mobility, work, strength training, corps training, all of which you can do from home. I will recommend typically, like if you've done that for a few months, couple of years, like typically your body is going to crave a little bit more and just, you know, as if you okay, like I kind of got this down, like, what else can I do?Yeah. So a lot of it is just you really have to look at your own schedule too and know what is realistic for you. So everyone's going to be so different. Like nobody has the same 24 hours in the day. Because if you're a mother, if you're a partner, if you're working, like whatever your day looks like, everyone's day is different.

We can all say like, we all have 24 hours in a day. But that's just like, that's not really fair to say. So being realistic and looking like I typically what I really prefer to do and what I do with my clients too, is like kind of look at it by weekly, monthly, sometimes on a week by week days, because it just depends like what they have going on.

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Like if they have kids that they're dropping off, you know, whatever that may be, and they can only come in once that week, it's like, okay, if you're only seeing me once that day or once that week, like, well, what else are we going to do to make sure that you're still getting that movement? And so it's a lot of week by week, day by day.

Yeah. Like it's not this cookie cutter approach of like, here's your five day split. This is what you're going to do for the next six months. That's just going to be very daunting for a lot of people. And it's not really that realistic because life happens. You might get sick, you have a sick kid, you have something crazier going on at your job.

You're pulling extra shifts because maybe you're short staffed, like whatever that looks like. Yeah. So it's it's a lot of just kind of looking at what is your month look like, break that down by week and then like have some grace with yourself. Look at it by day. Yeah. And with nurses like that's a our schedule is not okay.

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We're. Yeah it's on a Friday you know and there's sometimes we're working six days in a row. You know that's exhausting. And you need the time to recover. And you know and some people, you know yeah we have to acknowledge they're not going to be comfortable going to a gym quite yet. You know, I know that it takes a lot to walk through those doors.I mean, I, I joke and other people joke,

you have to be fit to go to the gym. Yeah, because no one wants to walk in there, right, right. Surrounded by these people that know what they're doing. And you just starting out. So, you know, just having gaining some confidence at home. And like, I don't want to give away like you're like biggest tip.

But like what you said during our conversation, just like those simple things. Yeah. And help you so much. So let's kind of let's kind of get injected into that. So, you know, when when someone comes to you, you know, even even not at the gym, let's talk about more like, let's say a travel nurse and where we don't belong to a gym or a fitness center.

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And we're just looking at like, where do I start? Like, my body's hurting. I'm on my feet all day. What is like the first thing that you would tell someone so exactly? Kind of that is like, do a body scan like a where are you feeling pain? Where are you feeling? Like a lot of what this is, is like body awareness, like something that I realize so much about people and like, I kind of use my family a lot as an example because I'm always on specific family members of mine.

So just do a little bit of something like, I gave you the workout plan. I literally wrote it down for you. Did that just slip into the trash can? So it's like a body awareness, like, is it your feet that are hurting? Is it your back? Is your neck? Is it your shoulders? Chances are it's a good combination of all of that.

So having good body awareness and not just ignoring the things that are like maybe causing you pain, like lean into that a little bit. You know, if getting if you go to sit on your couch and I can poke fun of my boyfriend for this sometimes because he's a moaner and groaner as he sits up and down, I'm like, okay, how are you doing over there?

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So if like you're where you just check in with your body. So something as simple as that is your back hurting or your feet hurting, like do a proper squat like sit down on the couch, like actually sit, engage your core, pull your belly button and like do some deep breath. Like most I also am a pilot is instructor.

So all my classes there, we just start with like three minutes of breathing and like that's it. Like tune in with your body. Let's check and see how. How's your mental state? How is your physical state. Like how are things. So my biggest tips to especially for people who are a time constraint is five minutes in the morning and or five minutes at night.

So whatever you feel like, you can handle every single person that has ever looked me in the eyes, like, I'm not going to do that before I got bad. I'm like, great, then do it first thing when you wake up. I don't have enough time in the morning. I'm like, how many times you I'm so guilty of this, but how many times you press snooze?

We all do it, you know? It's just the way our society works. But something as simple as. Can you just squat down without, like, your knees caving in without like, you know, your feet completely flaring out? Can you comfortably get back up? How low can use what? Like can you get, you know, parallel to the ground with your butt?

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Can you touch your toes? Can you? That's a big one. Can you touch your toes like so many people can't touch your toes? It's quite shocking how many people can't. And like I and this is not like an age discrimination thing whatsoever either, because I have clients that are teenagers that I'm like, okay, like just like touch your toes and like we're both equally shocked on, like how difficult that is for that.

Yeah. So then like on them because they're younger, like those type of people. I'm like, you have nothing but time. So let's just practice this. So even and if that feels like a lot, you can sit on the floor and just sit up completely straight and like an elicit. So can you actually sit up all the way straight with your legs extended.

So it's very they sound they are simple things. They sound simple because they are. But simple doesn't always mean easy. You know, it's simple by nature. And like we can just sit down on the ground, we can sit and stand. But if your body's in pain, or if you haven't paid attention to these different areas, it's not going to feel great and it is going to feel difficult.

So simple doesn't mean easy. So we have to take that with a grain of salt too. But it's squatting when you're touching your toes, your hinging. So just kind of like hinging at your hips and creating that hip crease, touching your toes, standing and like a split squat. So can you, can you balance, you know, can you stand on one foot?

How is your core strength? If you do have limited mobility in your squat like that's that leads into a mobility thing where could be ankle, could be knee, it could be hip. More than likely it's combination of all three. Yeah. And that's and that's something that as nurses I mean I'm an acute nurse so I don't lift heavy patients.

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But majoriy of the population of nurses are lift having to lift lift humans. Yeah. And lift them safely for the patient. Lift them safely for themselves. And I think and I think back for when I, when I was young I was like 21. And you're working with me on the world, right. You know, ready to just start my career.

Yeah. And unlike I would sacrifice myself getting hurt 100% so the patient doesn't fall because in the hospital, if a patient falls, it's your fault. It's your fault. It's your fault. So, like, you don't get in trouble, so you sacrifice your own body mechanics to make sure that you don't hurt a patient, and which, like in a way, yes, I still would probably do that.

Like, I think about that all the time. Like if pair a baby, I would dive on the floor and hurt myself. Yeah. To like save the baby. But you know, if you have these key fundamental body movements in those like instances to like, okay, I'm going to catch this patient who's fine. Yeah. You can position yourself in a way that it's not going to put all the weight on your back and you're using your legs.

And and we talk about that in every hospital I go to, we talk about body mechanics and lifting and pulling and what are the ways you should do things. And we kind of check it off like, okay. Yeah. Like yeah obviously. Right. Like it does make a difference. It makes a difference in everyday life. When you bend over at the grocery store to get something on the bottom shelf, are you doing it correctly?

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Are you putting pressure on your back? So I think that this really is a good way to start, but a good way also to like check in with your body and see if you are doing these things correctly 100% because like, I mean, it's so much body awareness. And if you are sacrificing your own body, which like it's human nature, like if you see, yes, a baby like you're going to, you're going to do what you can to sacrifice yourself to save somebody like that, just like a human, maybe more like womanly, kind of like maternal instinct, but like, we're going to do what we can to, you know, protect and save others, especially in

a field like yours, like you're literally there to help other people. But that's exactly what I'm. The notes I had down is like, if you are sacrificing your body physically, like you're ultimately putting yourself and them at risk, which like is of course not the point. Like I know everyone in your field is always thinking, how do I make this person healthier?

How do I help them heal? How do I it's all on them. But if you're not kind of taking what you preach, you know, I'm practicing and you go home. It's it is so fundamental and it's very like basic movement patterns is a lot of what we talk about. Like with my clients, first time I meet somebody, there's four main things that we're going over.

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And it's movement patterns which are your squat, your hinge, your push and your pole. Those in a way, can all be kind of put together, but like pushing and pulling like you can pull vertically and horizontally and, you know, pushing you can push up horizontal and vertically. So think like a push up or like a row type of situation, a lap pull down versus like a shoulder press.

So there is a lot of different movement patterns using unilateral movement. So one at a time working because the stronger one arm or leg is individually the stronger everything is together. How do you brace your core properly when you are going to squat or hinge? Or. I always joke with my clients like I sound like a little, just like broken record in the air.

I'm like, is your core engaged? Is your bellybutton skipped in? Are we protecting our back? Like, whatever it is you're doing, I'm like, you can in theory, make anything a core exercise if you know how to properly brace your core and engage. Not just brace, but engage your core properly. Because bracing can kind of be one thing where it's more of a push out, whereas engaging is really like pulling those muscles in towards your spine.

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So are you just someone that braces and aren't actually engaging versus like really staying secure in your core, which is going to help all of your movement patterns? And on top of that, like anything you do in a programed fashion within like exercise or classes, like whatever it may be that you're doing, that structured program just makes your body that much more resilient in your day to day life, which is like a line that I say constantly to anyone who will listen.

I'm like, the more that we do these things inside the gym, because we're working in different planes of motion, like we're not just moving forwards and backwards or side to side, like we're pivoting, we're moving around. For my clients who want and jumping type of things like, you know, maybe add those amber balance. Yeah, whatever it may be.

Like all of that will work translates directly into a resilient body outside of the gym. So it's like does like I said yes to that? Like even like when you're talking, I'm like, I don't lift heavy at work. But when I have to like lift a box or do something, I'm always like, okay, go down my line. And then even when I'm walking down the to go to the grocery store because I live, I live right by the grocery store.

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So I walk. Yeah. Like, you know, I like my seltzer water. So I carry a 12 pack of seltzer, right? You're like, oh, I'm to load it in shoulder bag. So I'm like, this is a farmer's carry, you know. Exactly. I kind of like keep keep your course. Do you do take these basic things, these very basic movements that you don't need to be in a gym to learn and do, but it really helps.And just engaging your core. Yeah.

Increases that muscle. Like I mean it's stability, right. And whenever like people feel off balance, like if we're doing like a walking lunge, for example, that most people will feel very wobbly and off balance and, and I can tell the second that they stop engaged in their core because that wobble is like immediate and like also like we're in the gym, most of us are wearing like, pretty formfitting clothes, so I can literally see them disengage.

I'm like, they're like, yeah, I know I felt it, I saw them. So it's core engagement and mobility and like and I know we've talked a little bit about this, but strength, mobility and core like are kind of my three pillars that I work on. So strength training is always going to be like probably the foundation, but you can implement all three kind of under the strength umbrella if you just kind of broaden your mind a little bit, because mobility is really taking your joints through like the full range of motion.

And then how do you also progressively overload that over time? Because if you're somebody that can lift, you know, hundreds of pounds on the gym, but you don't have the ability to like, take your arms and interlock them behind your back or something because you're so muscly and tight. Do we really have a benefit of functionality there? Right.

So that's where like even in the gym, just, you know, yeah, I'm like, you know, if and if you can deadlift 1 million pounds but you can't touch your toe is like you're just reaching for the bar, but you can't fully touch your toes. And then also hold that for a minute. Like a lot of things you have to think about within, like mobility is it's kind of it's more dynamic stretching if you want to think about it that way.

Like stretching is really passive, where you're just kind of holding that stretch and waiting for that muscle to release. But most people hold their breath and just like, go out of it within like five to 10s because it's uncomfortable. Yeah, because it hurts. It hurts. Yeah. And you're like, I can't make through this. But if you really focus on your breathing, which is something I typically with my clients will do, like for example, say a Bulgarian split squat, a little more advanced, but then superset that with like a couch stretch, which is basically just the bottom portion of that where you then just like keep that bottom leg down, stretch out the front side of

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like that quad and hip flexor, and then you hold that for a minute and they're like, when is this minute going to be up? I'm not. I'm like, just keep breathing. And so it's it's implementing all of these things in a time efficient manner because I have 50 minutes with my clients, which is probably more than most nurses.

And most people in general really have. We, you know, we work at or I work rather at a pretty privileged community. I would say it was like, how are you going to word that? I was like, I'm looking for the word budget. And and that's San Diego as a whole. We're all pretty privileged to live here as a, as a community.

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But that's where most people don't have that type of time, you know? And like, that's where I know I'm very lucky to work in the community that I do with the people that I do, because they do have that time. But then there's people like you where you're like, I'm in, I'm out, I got to go. I got a million other things to do.

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And, you know, time, time is money. We all know. And like, Paulo's like, why don't you text me? I'm like, I'm busy. They're like, I haven't slept in four days. That's why I don't. No time for this one. Right? And I even think back to like Covid when everyone, you know, there was kind of two sides of that coin of, like, people kind of fell down the rabbit hole of, like, maybe the unhealthier lifestyle.

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And other people were like, well, I have nothing else to do, so maybe I'll get my shit together right now. And they fell in love with fitness. And there was like that side of it. That was a beautiful outcome of Covid. One of my girlfriends who is a nurse and she's a travel nurse, like I remember when she was traveling, like when Covid restrictions were a little bit lifted, me and one of my girlfriends would go visit her wherever she was at because we were just like, all right, oh, it's a new place.

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Let's go visit and see. Yeah. And she would be doing these, like morning workouts, like on her on her iPad or TV or whatever. And she would do like a 30 minute just like video class and like she was never somebody that really worked out before. But I just remember and I wasn't even a personal trainer at the time, but I like I went to the actual gym in her apartment complex with her now husband.

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She was like, yeah, you guys know I'm not a gym person, so like, I'll be here doing my video. And either way, I was like, I'm so proud of you. You're doing it like, that's all that matters. Yeah. So whatever. Like the time constraint is such a big piece of it. So like the beach body videos, sometimes they get like, you know, there's mixed reviews on it.

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I think at this point. Yeah, I like it. It's something that you can do from home. There's like and I think social media can get a really bad rap. And I hear that, I see that, but that also takes some self like some accountability. You can change your algorithm, you know, you can follow better people. You can follow like positive people, like you can really lean into like what the algorithm does for you.

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Yeah. And that's a big piece of what I did during Covid because I was not a trainer at the time, and I had like a couple of random weights. And I was like, I mean, at that point I was well into like the fitness journey. I was like, I need something to do because I will say, like, as addiction goes, like, this is the best thing to be addicted to in life.

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Like in your body will literally crave it. If you are somebody like once you have done it, do. Yeah, your body and like your body craves more and it craves like diversity. Like I have done string training for, you know, like I said, almost ten years and I just started doing Pilates in the last like year and a half.

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And that's why I got certified in it, because I was like, this is this was the missing piece because it's core and mobility and resistance training all in one, just in a different way that people ask me one or the other, what would you choose? I'm like, not a fair question because they just they both have their purpose.

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Yeah. It's like people like avoiding cardio sometimes. Me it serves its purpose. We have to do it, you know, and so using like even Covid as an example, like we can lean into those things like that we once had where all we had was a couple of weights, like a friggin milk jug. Whatever you got at home, like people were doing crazy things, like literally curling, like milk jugs.

00:27:27:17 - 00:27:47:02

It's like, have weights, weights sold out on Amazon. Exactly. It's like we know what we can do. We just have to remember, like, yeah, now that we want to go back to Covid by any means. But yes, there is no, not by any means. But that mindset of like this is what I have at home and what I have accessible.

00:27:47:02 - 00:28:07:18

Like I can do it at home. Yeah, yeah, I can do it. Well, going back, going back to the mobility thing, I think, during our first conversation, that was like something that really stood out to me. And even when you were, you were talking about, like your story with your dad, with the passion, but it kind of like went back to when I was little, like my mom was like running my bath for the night.

00:28:07:18 - 00:28:27:12

Right? I remember she would always when she was like done. It was so like, I remember this and I was little. She would bend down like bend in half, touch your toes, stay there. And that was like the end of like the bath was done running. Like she was like making the temperature. So cute. Yeah. And I'm like, I'm like, why would you do that?

00:28:27:12 - 00:28:45:20

And she said, this is where I get my where I get the time to like, stretch and that and that like, it sticks with you. I literally have not remembered that until you like, we were talking about those little things and calling that little bit of time, but my mom had the flexibility. And she could touch her toes and yeah.

00:28:45:20 - 00:29:04:12

Touch her toes with her hands. Flat. Flat. Yeah. On the floor like in weather because the floors level with the tub or like right, right, right. Within reason. And you could get down there. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, and that's something that I think just I wanted to point that out because that's how little. And that was the time I was 4 or 5.

00:29:04:12 - 00:29:24:22

Right. Like I was young, you know, because then it was like showers or easier, you know, right. Right on time. And then it to say you don't have the time with your kids, you do have the time. And then we all shower, we all bathe. Girl, I the amount of calf raises I do in the shower is like lowkey embarrassing because I'm like, I don't do enough calves at the gym.

00:29:24:22 - 00:29:36:06

So I just stand in my shower, I'm washing my hair and I do calf raises. I'm like, I mean, I'm going to get it in somewhere.

00:29:36:07 - 00:29:58:18

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