Classes I am teaching this week:
Monday: 12 noon Sculpt, 4:30pm Cardio Core
Friday: 6:30am Cardio Core, 5:15pm Pump Express
Saturday: Quarry Lake 9:30am Pump
This week's Training Openings:
M, T, W, Th: 8am
M, W, Th, F: 9am
T, W: 11am
W, F: 10am
I use to work out for a six pack. And then I wanted my shoulders to turn heads and drop jaws. After that I did squats and lunges until I was blue in the face for I despised the cellulite that I have on my thighs. There was always a MONDAY when I would recommit myself to a clean nutrition program. I would throw everything out on Sunday that I knew was not going to help me be super cut and lean, however I then would find myself repeating this process not too long after that. Fitness magazines would either make me depressed - how the heck am I ever going to look like that - or they would motivate me instantly and get me all fired up for at least a few weeks. Before I was a trainer, I honestly thought fitness meant having a six pack and eating egg whites until you just didn't even want to eat anymore which then meant six pack. Seriously. Awful, I know but that's how I thought. I grew up chunky, but I was an athlete. Distorted body image and approach to fitness I mastered. And then I became a trainer...
Now I do not define fitness by what my body looks like. Of course, I am not cured of distorted body image, however since I have been injured since May 15th I have been forced to take a different approach to staying in shape. What can your body do is now my motto. I still have subscriptions to fitness magazines but I now actually read the articles and not just look at the pictures. I have 25 clients who each have a unique story about their quest for fitness, and this is what has helped me stay FIT.
Through each client's quest for fitness I have been able to dig deeper inside of myself to understand my own definition of health and fitness. And that's the biggest lesson of them all! An ah ha moment that literally has changed my life. WE ALL NEED TO DEFINE WHAT FITNESS MEANS TO US AND THEN PLAN OUR WORKOUTS AND NUTRITION GAME PLAN ACCORDING TO THAT. What can your body do? Yes, it's not just about the journey to a six pack and sculpted deltoids!
I have clients who can run marathons and those who are in fear of the treadmill. There are women who take 4 classes a week and those who I coach weekly via text message to just make it to our scheduled appointment. I have a client who now workouts to keep depression at bay. There's others who train with me in order to function at work amidst the daily stress. I have clients who step on the scale to track their progress and those who just want to fit into their jeans better. I am learning in the two years I have been a trainer at Pure there are many whys and whats, and they are personal...as they should be.
It is important to know why you exercise and eat nutritiously and to define what you are working for. Without knowing the why and what you will be more likely to stray from a CONSISTENT EXERCISE GAME PLAN.
With everything that is going on in my life right now, I have been forced to redefine the why and what and now understand that these will change and have to change in order to continue moving forward and seeing results. Write this down! What are you working for and why are you working for it? At 32 I have finally gotten through my thick head that fitness goes beyond the quest for a six pack and sits deeper in our souls.
What does fitness mean to you?
Tell me about it at chelsea@pureaustin.com
FOUR CHANGES YOU CAN MAKE TODAY WITH YOUR NUTRITION IN ORDER TO SEE MORE RESULTS FROM YOUR EXERCISE ROUTINE
cathe and faith 1. Drink two 32 oz bottles of water a day.
2. If you eat out of a box, make sure it has less than 5 grams of sugar a serving and it does not contain white flour.
3. Consume 5 oz of protein at each meal.
4. Do not let your blood sugar get too low. Eat every 2-3 hours.
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