dude my week started at 4:45am monday and I wrapped at 8pm, like you already know I needed strength for this week. yung qween @mcontifitness took me through a lil circuit after work—
quadruped to tripod animal flow
knee to elbow scissor-kicks
alternating lat pulldown
walkout to pushup (had to remind my body they weren’t burpees)
walking lunges
and baby’s first deadlifting journey!
A few things:
• Training is for YOU. For your mind, for your strength and stamina and energy. It’s more fun when you’re not trying to be impressive. Go for empowering.
• Move slowly and make sure your form’s right. Work with a buddy or check yourself in the mirror! Google tips on how a move should look and watch or film each other to make adjustments. Can’t get stronger if you get injured 🙃
• Vibe is key, for environment or tutorials or your playlist. Choose what makes you feel good. If it feels like punishment, it’s not right. I only like running if I am listening to garbage pop music. Podcasts get me farther on the bike or elliptical, but you think I’m sprinting to NPR? I’m not, and if you are, u wild. Madi and I trained to rap, I box to aggressive rock n hiphop, whatever gets you hype. I haven’t been able to stop listening to @simplecreatures since it dropped and now I’m deadlifting kettlebells idk
• Eat! Eat good food! Working out needs to be fueled! It should all inform the lifestyle as a whole. What’s gonna give you long term energy? Short term? What’s gonna help you rebuild your muscles? I can’t even begin to properly step into the soul-sucking cycle of food shame rn but fuel your workouts! Eat the rainbow! It can be hugely key in a mentality shift towards freedom
• Rest. I’ll report back when I learn this one…