Happy Monday!

How did the first week go? Did you learn anything from asking why you do what you do?

I started an email about the overall lens through which I view training and training for women in particular, but then I realized that it was a monster of a topic so I’ll try to have that next week, but in the mean time, think about training as mitigating stress so your body can do more. Our bodies want homeostasis, so you’ll be able to do more if you do it in the least stressful way possible. A friend and I who has also been in the fitness and health world forever were talking about the fad now of lifting heavy and eating protein. That’s not to say those things aren’t important, but they’re what are being focused on right now, just how barefoot running shoes were what everyone talked about 15 years ago. It’s always great to have something come into the forefront as it’s often something that needs more attention, and I think women’s health is that topic now. But there are still the same principles that apply, and it doesn’t have to be complicated like you might see in the news or social media.

In that vein, for the easy workouts, that just means you can talk the whole time through it. Imagine being with your best friend you haven’t seen in a long time, and you want to catch them up on everything going on in your life. That’s also the vibe to go for. Not only that you can talk, but that it’s just a nice time out with an old friend, not a struggle against all the stories you have about how you’re not doing xyz, or that you have a million things to do and shouldn’t be using this time for yourself.

We’ll have our first Zoom this Thursday at 10am. Use this link to join. I’ll post it in Slack as well. Post any questions in Slack or shoot me an email; see you there! If you can’t make it, don’t worry, I’ll record it and post it in the member area and Slack. Remember that Slack is a great place to communicate with everyone in the group!

I found the blog post on TrainingPeaks and put it here, as well as what I wrote about RPE based on some questions that came in last week. Please let me know if you have other questions; see you Thursday!

Alison