Embrace Your Real

Honoring your body with movement is better than NOT honoring your body with movement at all. BUT, if you are 100% committed to building the body you want, you want to ensure you're utilizing your workouts to fullest.

If you have goals of getting stronger, it would be a shame if you consistently put in the effort to show up, but the workouts you are doing aren't helping you reach your goals. In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to help you understand whether or not your workouts are effectives, to ensure your effort is actually going to pay off. I actually have four questions I need you to answer about your workouts and when you do, you'll have a clear idea as to whether or not your workouts are helping you reach your goals.

I know you want to build the body you want…I know I have talked about all the things you can do to build the body you want…but I also know I have never compiled it all into one podcast episodes where I give you a step-by-step guide. So that's what I am going to outline for you today in this episode of Embrace Your Real.

Are you mentally and emotionally drained?! Hint: Check out episode 179 to find out if you are + what you can do about it. There are a few things I didn't discuss in that episode that I believe are seriously contributing to us feeling drained and that's what I dive into in this episode of Embrace Your Real. In particular, there are 5 things we think we always need to do, that in fact, we don't. If we stopped, we would probably feel so much better in our lives. Find out what these five things are now and stop doing them in your life ASAP!

If you are feeling mentally or emotionally drained, be sure to check out my previous episode, Episode 179: 7 Signs You are Mentally and Emotionally Drained + What to Do About It.

Let's chat about being mentally and emotionally drained. Because here's the thing: Your mental and emotional health are tied to your physical health. If you are struggling to build the body you want, you will continue to struggle if you don't address your mental and emotional health. If you don't have these two under control, moving your body and nourishing your body will be extremely hard.

Most often, once people focus more on their mental and emotional health, their physical health naturally figures itself out. Sometimes the key to finally building the body we want is just living a life that makes you happy. Seriously, being HAPPY is the missing ingredient in reaching your physical goals. So let's chat about the symptoms of mental and emotion burn out AND what we can do about it.

Many of us don't work out consistently simple due to the fact that we don't have enough energy. We barely have enough energy to get ourselves through our day, let alone a workout. Yet, we have fitness goals we want to reach and it feels impossible to actually make it happen. Does this sound about right for you? If yes, this episode of Embrace Your Real is for you. I'm about to share 9 ways boost your energy with drinking a gallon coffee that will get you ready to crush your workouts more consistently!

WARNING: I'm about to bring you a load of real talk….real talk I know 99.999 percent of you need to hear. Today we are going to talk about "THEY"…what *they* say, what they think, what their opinion and perception is…We need to stop allow THEM to dictate what we THINK or how we ACT. So if If you're struggling with this, I have a few reminders to share with you.

It is long overdue for us to take some super common fitness myths. That's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I outline 7 of the most common fitness myths I see AND I give you the TRUTH for every single one. I'm super curious to know how many of these myths you believe!

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Life doesn't allow us to go back and relive our past, but it does allow us to live each day better than our last. This is exactly what I want to focus on in today's episode. My business has been built on the idea that we should all focus on Living Every Day Better, yet it is a topic I haven't ever dived into in the podcast. So let's chat about it.

How do we actually live every day better? What does that actually look like? Tune in to find out!

Alright, now that gyms are open again, I know many of you are transitioning from working out at home to getting back into the gym, or you're starting to go to the gym for the first time ever. Let's be real: The gym can be a scary place! Intimidation of the gym is a common fear and one I also personally struggled with. But, we have goals to reach an we can't let this gym-timidation be an excuse for skipping out on our workouts and hold us back from reaching our goals. If the gym gives you anxiety, then this episode of Embrace Your Real is for you! I've put together nine tips that you can implement today that will help you overcome gym intimidation in no time!

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