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Oftentimes, as overachievers, we find ourselves having a really, really hard time with the idea of rest.
00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:13.919
And that is something that can absolutely be contributing to the reason why your body is not changing.
00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:15.919
Welcome back to the embodiment lab.
00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:16.879
My name is Addy.
00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:19.600
And today we are talking about rest.
00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:21.280
We're talking about steps.
00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.239
We're talking, we're talking about active recovery.
00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:25.679
We're talking about all the things.
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:34.880
And I just want to have just honestly an open conversation and just let my thoughts fall out of my brain and into your ears.
00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:36.799
That was a really weird way to say that.
00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.600
But that is my personality just flowing.
00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:41.439
We're going to let her just flow.
00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.280
If you know me, maybe you know this, maybe you don't.
00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:49.759
I'm not really an Apple Watch kind of girl.
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:52.159
I was never a Fitbit kind of girl.
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.640
I was never a like step tracker kind of girl.
00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:07.200
But recently, and when I say recently, I mean like 10 days ago, for the month of September, the mentorship that I'm in for business is doing a challenge.
00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.480
And one of the daily non-negotiables is 10K steps.
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:14.000
And I am like, okay, this is a challenge for 30 days.
00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.640
We've got to do all six of these daily non-negotiables.
00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.040
How do I make sure I'm actually going to do the 10K steps?
00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:20.239
Guess I got to get a tracker.
00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.079
So I ordered a ring.
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:24.000
No, not the aura ring.
00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:26.719
I did get, I don't even know what the brand is.
00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:31.920
It was like one of the first options on Amazon when I typed in ring tracker.
00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.000
And so far I'm really loving it.
00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.599
I was a little suspicious because it is$40 and it came from Amazon.
00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.560
But so far, I am loving it.
00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:50.560
It tracks things like step, sleep, stress, heart rate, oxygen levels, menstrual cycles, like all of these really cool things.
00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.359
And yeah, it's just, it's been super, super cool.
00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:59.280
But I've learned a couple things and I have solidified a few beliefs.
00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:06.400
So before getting this tracker, like I am a very active human being.
00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.919
I always have been, obviously growing up a dancer and then working out most of my life.
00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.879
Steps were never something that I really concerned myself with.
00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.520
I have a couple clients that do track steps.
00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:26.879
Steps are not a requirement in my program, depending on the client, obviously, because everything is very personalized to each client.
00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.759
But I do not track steps.
00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:31.280
I didn't.
00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:35.439
And the reason for that is I've always been active.
00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.080
I work out five times a week.
00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.719
I usually walk after my workouts.
00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:42.639
I'll go for walks in the morning.
00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:43.759
Like I'm moving around.
00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.719
I work from home, but I move around quite a bit.
00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:52.479
I'm not just like parked at my desk for eight hours straight and I don't get up to walk.
00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:54.240
Like I move around quite a bit.
00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:02.319
And when I got this ring and I started tracking my steps, I realized because the first day I started tracking was on a Monday.
00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:09.039
And I realized it actually wasn't like that hard to hit like a decent amount of steps.
00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:14.960
I would say I probably hit about like 8K steps that day without really trying too hard.
00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:22.479
That first day I was just trying to see, like, okay, like naturally moving, going to the gym, moving around my apartment, you know, doing my normal things.
00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.840
How many steps do I get without really trying?
00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.960
And I was getting about like seven to eight K steps.
00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.439
And then the next day I was like, okay, we got to kick this up a notch.
00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:35.759
How are we going to make sure that we get the rest of them to get to 10K steps?
00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:46.800
So at first I was like, 10K steps is like such an easy goal until I did it a couple more days and went, wait a second, this takes a little bit of effort.
00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:54.319
So what I've learned is I think 10K steps for most individuals is actually a really decent goal.
00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:04.719
Because as long as you're not just like sitting at a desk for eight hours and not actually moving and you're moving around throughout the day, it's not too hard to hit seven to eight K steps.
00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:22.639
10K is that line where it's like, okay, we got to actually be a little bit more intentional, a bit more strategic about hitting the 10K steps, which is part of why I do actually really like that goal of hitting 10K steps because you got to be a little bit more intentional about it, which challenges you to get a little bit more active.
00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:29.120
It challenges you to take the long route to get places, it challenges you to park at the back of the parking lot.
00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:30.720
Different things like that.
00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:34.959
You're just being a little bit more intentional about okay, when am I gonna go for some walks?
00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.360
And I love that about it.
00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:38.560
I love that.
00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:54.560
But my first weekend with this tracker was this past weekend, and I got pissed off because it was really freaking hard to hit 10K steps on a weekend where I just want to be a couch potato.
00:04:54.639 --> 00:05:00.079
And you might be listening to this going, Haddy, duh, you're not moving, you're on the couch, you're not getting steps in.
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:00.720
Duh.
00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.040
And yeah, I realize that.
00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:07.519
But this is a struggle that a lot of my clients have.
00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:17.120
And a lot of women that feel that they need to be constantly in motion to get results have a hard time with the idea of rest days.
00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:23.199
And I've gotten this question often, pretty often, from clients of like, what do you do on rest days?
00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:25.839
What do you think of active rest days?
00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:33.680
And I've always told them, like, if you want to get your steps in, you want to stretch, you want to do some core, you want to do whatever, like, go for it.
00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:35.439
I don't see any harm in that.
00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:41.920
And for me, I've always just taken my rest days as like couch potato days.
00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:44.319
Like, I don't really do active rest days.
00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.639
Like, I want to just rest.
00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.439
And so that's kind of how I've approached it.
00:05:49.519 --> 00:06:03.600
It's been a very loose approach to rest days until this past weekend, where your weekends, my weekends at least, are times for me to recharge mentally and to recharge physically.
00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:12.079
On a Sunday, I don't want to remove myself from the couch unless I have to.
00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:21.920
So on a Sunday, I would probably get maybe, I haven't tracked it yet, maybe two to four K steps, maybe.
00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.399
And I think that's completely okay.
00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:26.720
Completely okay.
00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:42.720
Especially if you are somebody who is doing a lot, your job is very demanding, you have a lot of chores to do around the house, you're taking care of other people, you're going to the gym five, maybe six days a week.
00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:48.959
It is completely okay to take a full rest day and absolutely relax.
00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:50.480
Completely okay.
00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:57.439
I don't think one day, even two days, where you are out of the gym is going to set you back.
00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:58.639
In fact, it's not.
00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.920
It's not gonna set you back, it's not going to ruin anything.
00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:04.720
It's going to be so good for you.
00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:18.079
Because if you are constantly in motion and constantly moving and constantly doing things, at some point, that is overload for your body, and it's going to contribute to some inflammation.
00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:31.680
Whereas if you were to rest, give your body a chance to recover, reset, fuel yourself, and allow that food to go into your body and help you recover, then you might flush out a lot of that inflammation.
00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.879
And this isn't giving you permission to just be a lazy couch potato five days out of the week.
00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:44.879
No, like still get in your workouts, still get in your steps, but actually let rest days be rest days.
00:07:45.120 --> 00:08:00.800
Now I have decided that as soon as September is done, I will be going back to my full-on rest days, and I will not give a shit about hitting a step count on my rest days, which are at this point in time, Thursdays and Sundays.
00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:02.000
I will not.
00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:11.360
But until the challenge is over, because I am a girl of my word, and I will be hitting the 10K steps for every single day of September.
00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:16.399
Um, I will be getting in my steps on Sundays and Thursdays.
00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.720
But this solidified my belief that no, rest days are like meant to be lazy days.
00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:23.839
Like be lazy.
00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:33.279
Give yourself permission to be lazy and understand that it's not just being lazy and lazy equals unproductive.
00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:38.799
If you are hitting your workouts, rest is so productive.
00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:43.440
The only time that rest becomes unproductive is when you have too much of it.
00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:45.600
Put that on a t-shirt.
00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:46.799
That's good.
00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:48.879
But take your rest.
00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:52.240
I'm giving you full-on permission to rest.
00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.399
And I stand on that.
00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:00.559
Anyways, I think that's all that is coming out of my brain on the concept of steps and rest.
00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:04.720
So we're gonna keep this short and sweet and cut it off there.
00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:11.120
If you have any questions about anything that I talked about today, you're more than welcome to message me on Instagram.
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I love chatting with you guys about the podcast.
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But that is it for today's episode.
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I hope you enjoyed and I will chat with you in the next episode.
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Bye.
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Oftentimes, as overachievers, we find ourselves having a really, really hard time with the idea of rest.
00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:13.919
And that is something that can absolutely be contributing to the reason why your body is not changing.
00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:15.919
Welcome back to the embodiment lab.
00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:16.879
My name is Addy.
00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:19.600
And today we are talking about rest.
00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:21.280
We're talking about steps.
00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.239
We're talking, we're talking about active recovery.
00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:25.679
We're talking about all the things.
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:34.880
And I just want to have just honestly an open conversation and just let my thoughts fall out of my brain and into your ears.
00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:36.799
That was a really weird way to say that.
00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.600
But that is my personality just flowing.
00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:41.439
We're going to let her just flow.
00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.280
If you know me, maybe you know this, maybe you don't.
00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:49.759
I'm not really an Apple Watch kind of girl.
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:52.159
I was never a Fitbit kind of girl.
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.640
I was never a like step tracker kind of girl.
00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:07.200
But recently, and when I say recently, I mean like 10 days ago, for the month of September, the mentorship that I'm in for business is doing a challenge.
00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.480
And one of the daily non-negotiables is 10K steps.
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:14.000
And I am like, okay, this is a challenge for 30 days.
00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.640
We've got to do all six of these daily non-negotiables.
00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.040
How do I make sure I'm actually going to do the 10K steps?
00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:20.239
Guess I got to get a tracker.
00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.079
So I ordered a ring.
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:24.000
No, not the aura ring.
00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:26.719
I did get, I don't even know what the brand is.
00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:31.920
It was like one of the first options on Amazon when I typed in ring tracker.
00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.000
And so far I'm really loving it.
00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.599
I was a little suspicious because it is$40 and it came from Amazon.
00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.560
But so far, I am loving it.
00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:50.560
It tracks things like step, sleep, stress, heart rate, oxygen levels, menstrual cycles, like all of these really cool things.
00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.359
And yeah, it's just, it's been super, super cool.
00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:59.280
But I've learned a couple things and I have solidified a few beliefs.
00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:06.400
So before getting this tracker, like I am a very active human being.
00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.919
I always have been, obviously growing up a dancer and then working out most of my life.
00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.879
Steps were never something that I really concerned myself with.
00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.520
I have a couple clients that do track steps.
00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:26.879
Steps are not a requirement in my program, depending on the client, obviously, because everything is very personalized to each client.
00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.759
But I do not track steps.
00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:31.280
I didn't.
00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:35.439
And the reason for that is I've always been active.
00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.080
I work out five times a week.
00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.719
I usually walk after my workouts.
00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:42.639
I'll go for walks in the morning.
00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:43.759
Like I'm moving around.
00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.719
I work from home, but I move around quite a bit.
00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:52.479
I'm not just like parked at my desk for eight hours straight and I don't get up to walk.
00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:54.240
Like I move around quite a bit.
00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:02.319
And when I got this ring and I started tracking my steps, I realized because the first day I started tracking was on a Monday.
00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:09.039
And I realized it actually wasn't like that hard to hit like a decent amount of steps.
00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:14.960
I would say I probably hit about like 8K steps that day without really trying too hard.
00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:22.479
That first day I was just trying to see, like, okay, like naturally moving, going to the gym, moving around my apartment, you know, doing my normal things.
00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.840
How many steps do I get without really trying?
00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.960
And I was getting about like seven to eight K steps.
00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.439
And then the next day I was like, okay, we got to kick this up a notch.
00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:35.759
How are we going to make sure that we get the rest of them to get to 10K steps?
00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:46.800
So at first I was like, 10K steps is like such an easy goal until I did it a couple more days and went, wait a second, this takes a little bit of effort.
00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:54.319
So what I've learned is I think 10K steps for most individuals is actually a really decent goal.
00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:04.719
Because as long as you're not just like sitting at a desk for eight hours and not actually moving and you're moving around throughout the day, it's not too hard to hit seven to eight K steps.
00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:22.639
10K is that line where it's like, okay, we got to actually be a little bit more intentional, a bit more strategic about hitting the 10K steps, which is part of why I do actually really like that goal of hitting 10K steps because you got to be a little bit more intentional about it, which challenges you to get a little bit more active.
00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:29.120
It challenges you to take the long route to get places, it challenges you to park at the back of the parking lot.
00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:30.720
Different things like that.
00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:34.959
You're just being a little bit more intentional about okay, when am I gonna go for some walks?
00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.360
And I love that about it.
00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:38.560
I love that.
00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:54.560
But my first weekend with this tracker was this past weekend, and I got pissed off because it was really freaking hard to hit 10K steps on a weekend where I just want to be a couch potato.
00:04:54.639 --> 00:05:00.079
And you might be listening to this going, Haddy, duh, you're not moving, you're on the couch, you're not getting steps in.
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:00.720
Duh.
00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.040
And yeah, I realize that.
00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:07.519
But this is a struggle that a lot of my clients have.
00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:17.120
And a lot of women that feel that they need to be constantly in motion to get results have a hard time with the idea of rest days.
00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:23.199
And I've gotten this question often, pretty often, from clients of like, what do you do on rest days?
00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:25.839
What do you think of active rest days?
00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:33.680
And I've always told them, like, if you want to get your steps in, you want to stretch, you want to do some core, you want to do whatever, like, go for it.
00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:35.439
I don't see any harm in that.
00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:41.920
And for me, I've always just taken my rest days as like couch potato days.
00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:44.319
Like, I don't really do active rest days.
00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.639
Like, I want to just rest.
00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.439
And so that's kind of how I've approached it.
00:05:49.519 --> 00:06:03.600
It's been a very loose approach to rest days until this past weekend, where your weekends, my weekends at least, are times for me to recharge mentally and to recharge physically.
00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:12.079
On a Sunday, I don't want to remove myself from the couch unless I have to.
00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:21.920
So on a Sunday, I would probably get maybe, I haven't tracked it yet, maybe two to four K steps, maybe.
00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.399
And I think that's completely okay.
00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:26.720
Completely okay.
00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:42.720
Especially if you are somebody who is doing a lot, your job is very demanding, you have a lot of chores to do around the house, you're taking care of other people, you're going to the gym five, maybe six days a week.
00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:48.959
It is completely okay to take a full rest day and absolutely relax.
00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:50.480
Completely okay.
00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:57.439
I don't think one day, even two days, where you are out of the gym is going to set you back.
00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:58.639
In fact, it's not.
00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.920
It's not gonna set you back, it's not going to ruin anything.
00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:04.720
It's going to be so good for you.
00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:18.079
Because if you are constantly in motion and constantly moving and constantly doing things, at some point, that is overload for your body, and it's going to contribute to some inflammation.
00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:31.680
Whereas if you were to rest, give your body a chance to recover, reset, fuel yourself, and allow that food to go into your body and help you recover, then you might flush out a lot of that inflammation.
00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.879
And this isn't giving you permission to just be a lazy couch potato five days out of the week.
00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:44.879
No, like still get in your workouts, still get in your steps, but actually let rest days be rest days.
00:07:45.120 --> 00:08:00.800
Now I have decided that as soon as September is done, I will be going back to my full-on rest days, and I will not give a shit about hitting a step count on my rest days, which are at this point in time, Thursdays and Sundays.
00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:02.000
I will not.
00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:11.360
But until the challenge is over, because I am a girl of my word, and I will be hitting the 10K steps for every single day of September.
00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:16.399
Um, I will be getting in my steps on Sundays and Thursdays.
00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.720
But this solidified my belief that no, rest days are like meant to be lazy days.
00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:23.839
Like be lazy.
00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:33.279
Give yourself permission to be lazy and understand that it's not just being lazy and lazy equals unproductive.
00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:38.799
If you are hitting your workouts, rest is so productive.
00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:43.440
The only time that rest becomes unproductive is when you have too much of it.
00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:45.600
Put that on a t-shirt.
00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:46.799
That's good.
00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:48.879
But take your rest.
00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:52.240
I'm giving you full-on permission to rest.
00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.399
And I stand on that.
00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:00.559
Anyways, I think that's all that is coming out of my brain on the concept of steps and rest.
00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:04.720
So we're gonna keep this short and sweet and cut it off there.
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If you have any questions about anything that I talked about today, you're more than welcome to message me on Instagram.
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I love chatting with you guys about the podcast.
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But that is it for today's episode.
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I hope you enjoyed and I will chat with you in the next episode.
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Bye.
