I recently started doing workouts that my body craved- intuitive movement. I used to feel like I had to do intense long workouts 5x per week to see results. I would push myself even when my body felt like it couldn’t. By doing this, I was only spiking my cortisol levels and stressing my body out. My body was exhausted, my periods weren’t regular and I was stuck in this vicious cycle.
Recently, I did more research on working out and the woman’s body. It was brought to my attention that the type of workout your body craves at a given time, all goes with where you are in your cycle. That’s when I noticed that I sometimes would want to do a lower impact workout, sometimes something more intense, which was all for a reason and that was okay.
I have different workouts that I do when I crave them. Because if this, I constantly need to switch up the platforms I use.
Lately I’ve been loving:
Gabi’s fitness
@gabigarbarino
Full body
40-50 minutes
You feel sore, sweaty & doesn’t feel like you’ve given all your energy once you’re finished.
Stacy Lel fitness
@stacylelfitness
10-60 minutes
Barre on crack. The burn is real
Many options: no equipment, only bands, lower intensity, higher intensity
FITFOMO
@fitfomo
Express to longer workouts
So much variety: HIIT, barre, kickboxing, spinning, sculpting, and meditations.
C25K app
@officialc25k
Couch to 5K
App that gives you running prompts to improve stamina, by increasing your jogging intervals and lowering walking intervals. Very encouraging.
I love giving my body what it wants. I see major change in my stress levels, my hormones have regulated and my body is much more at peace.
Do what feels good for YOU, not what looks good on somebody else.
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