I didn’t realize how many unspoken rules I had about exercise until I started breaking them. Accidentally at first, then intentionally, and now with a bit of curiosity. For most of my adult life, movement was supposed to look a certain way. Focused. Structured. Contained. Done in a particular room, in a particular order, wearing the “right” clothing, following the “right” exercises, and never—ever—multitasked.

But the more I work on this project, the more I notice that none of those rules came from me. They were absorbed. Picked up. Assumed. And for decades, they quietly shaped how I moved, or didn’t move at all. Today’s workout made that really clear in a way I didn’t expect.

I was recording during my mobility session. Yes, recording while doing a mobility routine, and I realized just how many things I do during workouts that the “exercise world” would probably shake its head at. And yet, these little rule-breaking moments are the reason I keep showing up. They’re the reason movement feels doable and not like one more performance I have to get right.

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