I DO THE LEARNING FOR YOU! ๐. This is a 50 second read. Each post covers 3 things to help you get strong + lean (IDEAS AND YOUR INPUT IS REQUESTED๐): 1-๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต, ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ & ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ (๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ): Cortisol isn't bad. It's supposed to go up in order to wake us up; turn us "on" in times of stress (even good stress like exercise or performance). Many of us never fully come back down. Thanks to busy-ness, demanding schedules, traffic, mean people, doom-scrolling, etc ... CORTISOL stays stuck in "go mode" & our bodies pay the price over time. Today: Spend 2 minutes doing something that makes your body feel safe, calm, and unhurried. โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ 2-๐ช ๐๐๐ค: ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ Type I muscle (slow-twitch) fibers help us with endurance and daily activities. Type II muscle (fast-twitch) fibers = strength, power, and muscle growth. We lose this as we age How to know you're training for type II: โ Lift heavy-ish reps in the 8 to 18 reps range, get close to "failure" โ Lift heavy and intense enough where at least a minute rest is required in between sets You can train with me, with the cues required to stimulate type II fibers here! (15 min free workout) โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ฏ- ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐โ๐บ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ปg/๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ณ๐๐น: Receiving therapy + life/leadership coaching (Thank you Lana in Toronto). Long story short, they've helped me become more self-aware and rely less on my environment and others to determine how I feel. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. If someone's mad at home, work and I'm caught in the crossfire, (or even if I unintentionally offended someone), I can remind myself that I'm not in danger (๐๐บ๐ฆ-๐ฃ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ) and that I didn't do anything wrong. Often a valuable lesson is even learned โ Having more agency over myself feels really good.