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My new daily saying.. “Meet your body where it is at”

By: Debbie Potts
Date: May 30, 2018

My new daily saying.. “Meet your body where it is at”

Some days as an athlete (of any level!) you are in the mood for a strong, powerful and high energy type of workout..then other days you feel like doing a slow, relaxed and easy type of workout. The lessons I have learned over the years or what my body tells me… you need to meet your body (and mind) where it is at in the moment. You can’t force your body to do a hard, high intensity workout if you feel like a slug. It just doesn’t happen.

We must learn from my lessons shared in my book ‘LIFE IS NOT A RACE’… listen to your RED FLAGS and meet your body where it is at today. If you ignore the signals your body is saying when you need a recovery workout or active rest day – you will have a workout that is non-productive. You may take one step forward and two steps back.

If you want to improve your performance in your favorite sports or just get stronger… make sure you have a training schedule that makes sense for your body. We are not supposed to do “HIIT” Training day after day (high intensity interval training). If you do a type of workout as we do at Fitness Forward Studio with intervals one day that raises your heart rate to “RED ZONE” then you recover back to “GREEN” or “BLUE” Zone before you do you your next “HIIT” set. High intensity interval training is great one or two days a week when appropriate…for those who are not experiencing adrenal fatigue or excessive stress constant stress from daily life (or internal sources).

If you are healthy to do one or two “HIIT” workouts per week then you should exercise in the “GREEN” or “BLUE” zone the following two days for your workout sessions. Instead of listening to our body, most people get competitive when training in a group and ignore the body signals when to stop, reset or recover. The lesson learned in my story- sometimes LESS IS MORE. More is not always better. Quality over quantity.

How do we train clients (and many trainers) to listen to their body and adjust workout based on how they feel that day- and communicate that to themselves or to their trainer/coach. Sometimes you don’t feel like doing a hilly bike ride or speed intervals even if you try for 15 minutes …then you should switch the workout of the day do an easy ride or run or even a walk!

LESS IS MORE.
More is not better.
Quality over quantity.
Red/Green-Blue intervals workout 2 times per week max
Spend more time in the blue/green endurance training zones
Active recovery day 1-2 days a week (walk)

Learn more in my personal story about my struggle, batter and road to recovery with adrenal exhaustion in “LIFE IS NOT A RACE” on Amazon and the tools to transform the WHOLE you from the inside out with The WHOLESTIC Method Manual and Workbook also on Amazon.