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Welcome to Menopause Strength Training.
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So this week you may have noticed that I did not put out a podcast on Tuesday like I normally do.
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And it's because I've been so busy behind the scenes that I honestly just didn't have time to get it done.
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But now I'm ready to reveal to you what I've been working on.
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And it is pretty exciting.
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So I have for a long time had my Learn to Lift program, which is a 10-week introduction to strength training, which has helped hundreds of women so far to get started strength training.
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And then women graduate and they go on to my membership to continue strength training.
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But I'll tell you one of the challenges I still see out there is women are like, oh, I need somebody to be holding me accountable.
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I just can't get myself to do it.
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I'm not a DIY person.
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And for that reason, I now am offering a VIP version of Learn to Lift.
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And that means you will get my proven Learn to Lift program plus me helping you, coaching you along the way.
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All right.
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So it's my way of helping you to stay more accountable so you can finally get started.
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So let me tell you a little bit more about VIP.
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So I have found it to be so useful to have a situation like a group program where I get to start something new with a group of other people and then a coach to help keep me accountable.
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I don't know, it just makes it so much easier for me.
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And that's why I want to offer this to you.
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So you get my proven learn to lift program plus four live Zoom calls with me.
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These are check-ins.
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We'll go through and make sure you're all set up, answer all your questions, make sure you're applying progressive overload property properly, look through your technique on various exercises, all the things.
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Answer all your questions.
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Make sure that you are actually moving forward over the course of the 10 weeks.
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And it's going to be way fun because there's going to be a group of women that are on this journey with you, helping you to stay accountable.
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So let me tell you a little bit about what's in there.
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So you get my Learn to Lift program, which is a combination of a course which teaches you to lift.
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You've been hearing my podcast, you know how many episodes there are, and there's so much information that I am sharing with you and so many others online.
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And sometimes you're just like, oh my God, just give me the cliff notes and tell me what to do.
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That is exactly what the Learn to Lift course is for.
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And then you get your program delivered in the LinFit app.
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So the course has those cliff notes, and then it does have some more deep dive topics, but essentially I boil everything down to about one hour.
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Imagine you can save all the time of listening to all the podcasts because you get it all in the course.
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Okay.
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And then there's the app.
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And if you have never been in my app, it is really something that my members' students love.
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Your workouts are delivered here, which means you get a list of exercises.
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So, like in the screenshot there, you'll see exactly what you're going to do that day.
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Every one of those exercises comes with a demo video where I not only show but I also explain how to do that exercise correctly.
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And if you can't do that exercise, maybe you have a limitation, your ankles don't bend that way, you know your knee doesn't like that.
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There are always alternative exercises in there for you to choose from.
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And if the list of alternatives isn't good for you, then just reach out to me through the app.
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We have one-to-one chat and we'll find one that works for you.
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Okay.
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So we have all the demo videos.
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Then there's the tracking because in order to apply progressive overload, you need to know what you've been doing and then keep challenging your body as you go forward.
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And tracking is the way to do that.
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All right.
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So just a peek inside the abs.
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It makes like your training session so easy to do.
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I can't imagine going into a training session and kind of winging it.
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I just wouldn't get a good workout out of it.
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So it has all the exercises you're going to do.
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You see what you did last time.
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So if it's unless it's a new, brand new exercise to you, then of course you will be figuring out what your starting weight is.
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But otherwise, you see what you did last time so you know exactly what weight to put on the machine or what dumbbell to reach for.
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Then you also see how many reps you did last time, so you know what's the number to beat this time, right?
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Then there is the demo video, the alternative exercises, all of that is all in the app.
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Plus, you can take a look at your history and see what you've done before.
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For example, here I can see what I've done on box squats in the past, and then I can access the demo video.
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Now, as you know, I find this to be so important for us women to start strength training, and that is why this is designed to fit into your life, no matter how busy you are.
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Okay, so you can train at home with dumbbells only, and all you need is about a yoga mat's worth of space or at a commercial gym.
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Either way, okay, and then you choose how often you train.
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You can train two, three, or four days a week.
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And if you're new to this, I definitely recommend starting with either two or three days a week.
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You can always add later.
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And then I've designed the sessions so that they're flexible so that you can do a full session, or if you only have 30 minutes to spend, you can get a great workout in that way too.
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And I'll show you a little bit about this flexible session structure.
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So each session has six or seven exercises, and I split them into three to four primary exercises, then there are one or two additional exercises, and then an optional core exercise.
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So always do the primary exercises.
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If you never did anything but a primary exercise, you would still hit all of your muscle groups.
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I've made sure of that.
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But then there are the additional exercises so that you can do a little bit more on certain areas.
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So, what does that look like in practice?
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Here's an example of a full body day.
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So you would have two upper body and two lower body exercises in there as your primary exercises.
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And if you do those, you are golden, you're done.
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Okay.
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But there are additional exercises you could do.
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And in this case, it's bicep curls, tricep extensions.
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Now, your biceps and triceps do get worked when you're doing the chest press and the rows, right?
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That are the program that day.
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But some of us want a little more work on our arms.
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We want them to develop a little bit faster.
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So we do the additional exercises, which are biceps and triceps.
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Not needed, but maybe wanted.
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So this is my program that I've designed for fat loss for women in midlife.
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And by the way, you keep this program for life.
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So even if you're not thinking about losing weight right now, hold on to this.
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And by the way, I would still go through the course because the skills, the strategies that I teach in there will also help you with things like making sure you're hitting your protein goals and making meal time so much less stressful.
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So this is the method that I use to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks four years ago, and how I've maintained that fat loss over time.
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And I use those strategies every day to plan my meals because I just I don't have time to stress about it.
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And I certainly don't want to end up in a situation where I'm starving.
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I go down the kitchen and I just eat something, right?
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So this is an amazing bonus to have.
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All right, so you get my 10-week Learn to Live program, which normally costs$197 US.
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You get the four live Zoom calls with me, which are valued at$400.
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You get this group and accountability, which I guess I should put a price tag on, but you're just getting it because it's included.
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And if you sign up by Saturday, Midnight Pacific, you also get the midlife fat loss formula, which is$97 value.
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So you are getting all of these things for the normal price of my Learn to Lift program, okay, for$197 US.
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So if you have at all been thinking about getting started, then this is the time to do it.
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And the great thing is that we will finish this.
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So we'll get started on Monday, sorry, the Tuesday the 13th, doors close on Monday the 12th.
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We will get started on the 13th, like officially get started.
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We will be done December 22nd.
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So by Christmas, you will already be stronger than you are today.
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And I just wanted to share some first impressions of Learn to Lift, women that got started with it, and they're like, yay, they're enjoying the workouts, they love having just a plan to follow, good, clear instructions, and it feels so good to just finally get started.
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So many women in that position that they're like, oh, I should, I should, I don't know how to do it.
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I can't motivate myself.
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Where do you find the motivation?
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Now is the motivation because this is a great way to do it.
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And like Sarah said, after one month, she was already noticing differences in her body, already feeling stronger, already feeling different in her clothes.
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And then Cola started twice a week with dumbbells at home, had never strength trained before.
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She went through the Learn to Lift program and has since joined the membership and is a very active member and also has gotten her friend to sign up as well.
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And she's written me after this that this has been just life-changing for her.
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And I just I love to hear stories like this.
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This is why I want to get you started because it can be so life-changing for you.
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And then there's Hannah who joined the program and she actually had lifting experience, but you know, she was in the weight room and sticking to her corner, not really daring to go over there where the free weights were.
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But once she had a proper program in her hands and she had the instructions on how to do the exercises properly, she went over there.
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She gained so much confidence.
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And even though she had been lifting already, by the end of the 10 weeks, she was stronger.
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So she was dog sitting this big dog, and she said picking up that dog was so much easier.
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And when she had to move his crate from one side of her apartment to the other, she didn't need help.
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And she felt so proud, so badass about not needing help moving that crate.
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All right, so what I want to encourage you to do is to start your journey now.
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And here are just a few pictures of me from my journey at age 49.
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So, those of you who are just listening to this on audio, I'm in my basement.
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I've got this smallish dumbbell across my hips, and this is actually a screenshot from a video where, oh my god, I had like had no strength whatsoever.
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I was postmenopause, I was up five days a week at like group fitness classes, body pump, all the things, and yet I was really actually pretty weak.
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Fast forward to today, where I am doing glute thrusts on the machine over twice my body weight.
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That's the kind of thing that your body can still do, right?
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A lot of women wonder, oh, can I start after 40?
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Well, I started at 50.
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And then at age 49, I was, you know, just starting to strengthen my back with some rows.
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And a few years later, I was doing pull-ups.
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And I probably could have done pull-ups a little sooner, but I never really thought about doing pull-ups till one day I was like, hmm, maybe I'll see if I could do a pull-up.
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And now I can do unassisted pull-ups.
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So you will be amazed at what your body can do and how much stronger you actually can become when you follow a proper program following the science and start being consistent about it.
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And you know, it's not just about like lifting more weights in the gym or at home.
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It is about how you feel in your body, the confidence that you get, that you stop being so focused on like, am I skinny?
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And you start being proud of the fact that you're strong.
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And the fact that life is just easier.
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Carrying in the groceries, doing stuff around the house, you just are stronger.
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And I mean, I have to say, every time I pick up something heavy, be it a suitcase or a car tire, I just, you know, there's a little part of me that is just like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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This is so cool.
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I love it.
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There is time left in this year still.
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Picture yourself three months from now stepping into the new year, feeling stronger, fitter, and more like yourself again.
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So get started with me in Learn to Lift VIP for$197.
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You get all of it.
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You get the program, you get the extra coaching with me.
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And if you sign up by Saturday, Midnight Pacific, you also get the fat loss formula for free.
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It is a huge value, and you'll finally start doing it.
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Okay.
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Doors close Monday the 12th, so there is not much time.
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And if you want to read more about this and sign up, go to www be fit after 40, that's 40.com slash VIP, and the link is in the show notes.
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And I really hope that if you have been thinking about getting started and you're like, oh, I can't quite do it.
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I don't know quite what to do.
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I need some motivation, I need some accountability, take advantage of this opportunity.
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Honestly, take advantage of it.
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All right.
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I really want to see you in the program.
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And if you have any questions, reach out to me through Instagram or send me an email.
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And uh hope to see you in VIP.
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In the meanwhile, happy training.