#cpt stuff

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Today's workout:

6 mile hike

stretch+plank

resistance band glute max kick backs

resistance band glute med side kicks

wide stance DB squats

side lying leg lifts

And then met with a client, so we did:

bicep curl variations

forward shoulder raises

tricep kickbacks

bent over forward rows

hammer curls

Honestly the last 3 days have been hitting 14-20k steps and just trying to manage stress. Workouts help, they always help, but some days are difficult to do everything and THEN find time to lift. Idk I want to get better about it which I know will happen once I'm more steady with my schedule and emotion.

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Chatted with an old friend from college bc I remembered they are huge into fitness, and turns out they’ve been doing 1:1 online coaching for years, and recently became a certified body builder!

He was so cool, I’m so glad he remembers me bc he is one of those more popular fitness influencers, and he even said he gets 100’s of messages a day.

Big news: he loves the program for beginners, and offered some input on organization / not making it too bulky and intimidating, breaking it up into different documents and stuff.

But he’s big into passion, making fitness and information accessible, and is now building websites and even creates his own vegan pre workout / protein powder.

If anyone is interested, I’d love to send over his website!

But also, I’m going to launch my 6 week step and core program and slowly getting different opinions and getting feedback from others is making me feel like less of a fraud 😭

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Hour and a half of fast walking on my treadmill watching ‘Fit for TV’

Fuck jillian Michaels and that whole industry. Growing up obese with this show at its height had alarms going on even back then over how unsustainable and what bullshit these people were going through.

Another reason I love being a CPT who has actually had experience being an obese person and focusing on health (no matter how much weight came off). Like holy shit watching these ‘coaches’ gave me second hand PTSD.

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Awesome client session!

We did an endurance bicep curl variation and talked about how to tweak it for progressions. We did tricep extensions, forward shoulder raises, back presses with dumbbells, and we did active bar hangs.

She swore she could only do 15 seconds—she did 25 with me!

4-5 weeks in and she’s making gentle progressions, we love to see it.

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Evidence that I can actually do pull ups! What a non scale victory bc like, I’ve been wanting to achieve this for YEARS

Also I have a client who wants to learn pull ups so I feel like less of a fraud lmao

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Is it bad that I kinda hope my client cancels today. I have a beautiful bread rising and I’m more into that rn

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It is crazy to me that since getting my personal training cert I’ve lost 20 lbs. BUT! I don’t feel like I’m overworking or starving myself? I have learned so much that I feel I can make informed choices and not be fucked by guilt (which used to drive binging sessions). AND I’m efficient in the gym with lifting and cardio.

It is insane how it has changed my daily habits and with out the crazy ‘lock in’ feeling I’m leaner and stronger and more in tune with myself.

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I’m very thankful I work with clients who respond to me, some don’t all the time but I know they got their workouts and what not. but there are people who reach out to me, give me all their contact info, then I reach out and they are silent and ghost?

I only send 1 follow up to go ‘heya, just checking…’ but I’m not going to send more you know what I mean? If you don’t respond, I’m not sending a bunch of messages bc what if you think I’m harrassing you?

Anyway this is multiple people and I feel like I’m making a good call saying ‘hey, you know what, it’s up to them to respond and keep the conversation going’ but my autism is saying ‘did we do it right are we doing this right are we in trouble’