Also where is the answer to the question about the inner child??  I am new to how this board works.  Thank you.

Hi, I've just started the symulast program.   I've never used weights and I am a senior.  Should I start with 2 lb weights?  I am a swimmer so it's not like I'm a weakling but I know weights can be tricky.

I asked this in the fb group yesterday;

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I had 3 private client coaching calls today - As I'm making dinner, a MAJOR "mindset" breakthrough hits me.

Want it? Post "YES"

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And got a lot of YES's... so here we go...

NOTE: I'm using this opportunity to test out the internal community post feature in Total-Access to start creating more helpful content and interaction here - instead of in facebook.

Posting these articles here means much less distractions (on fb) and all Total-Access Members, Private Coaching Clients and Naked Beauty/SYMULAST users will be able to see these when we send out updates via email, etc...
Enjoy and please share your thoughts, questions, comments below...

Fitness Coaching Breakthrough Success Tip: Is Your Inner Child Blocking Your Best Progress?

This topic was a convergence of a few things yesterday..

I had a series of remote client coaching sessions on Zoom - and then in the evening, during one of my walks, I was listening to an audio book on communication...

Each of my coaching sessions required me to walk each client through an element that was tripping them up.

The elements were different for each client - but there was a common thread running through all of them.

I also realized this has been, and still is, very common with the vast majority of clients we coach.

It's one of the main reasons they need a coach... to help take control of this specific element.

The audiobook I was listening to was focused on constructive communication and self-awareness.

And the concept popped right into my mind...

We are children existing in our grown-up bodies.

Stick with me...

I'm not saying we "haven't grown up", as most of us certainly have - but, many of us still carry the spirit, habits and tendencies of the kid we used to be before we morphed into an adult...

I'll be the first to say "YES indeed." to that.

And those are the things - the spirit, habits and tendencies of the kid - that often trip people up when developing a proper fitness training & healthy nutrition lifestyle.

It's often subtle and not easy to identify - but once we point it out - it becomes obvious.

For sake of brevity I won't get too deep or lengthy here, as this can certainly be a strong & varied topic to further discuss on a podcast or something - but I want to make the helpful main point today...

Many of us - at times - can struggle with procrastination, being distracted, being unsure, feeling resistance/aversion toward "the thing" we know we are supposed to be doing in order to get the outcome we want...

Sometimes we can even be discouraged by our faulty perception of a situation - and we may let that discouragement take us off path...

I think you get the picture....

NOW, here's the key...

The critical key is NOT that we try to "get rid of the leftover kid" in us...

We NEED that child to still exist in us, in good ways of course ( <<== VERY important***)...

BUT - we need to ACKNOWLEDGE that the kid we used to be is STILL part of us and may hold the behavioral snags that can make our "adult efforts" that much more challenging...

Here's the BREAKTHROUGH:

IN THE AWARENESS of the presence of our child spirit is where we gain the strength and mindfulness to know what that force is that we may be battling at certain times.

Acknowledgment and awareness give us the foundation for proper action - "mind-action" that is - in order to properly navigate the mental side of the fitness equation - like an ADULT :-)

And these are the "Mind-Shift Action Steps:

1 - Being AWARE of the "situation" you are in - or that you will be in soon.

In this step you're observing yourself in the moment - and you're thinking about what you're thinking about.

2 - You ponder what you premeditated as your "pre-planned response" to your superficial/emotionally driven thoughts.

Consciously responding VS emotionally reacting are two very different things - leading to two different outcomes. This is part of what builds personal accountability.

3 - You proactively DECIDE what you are going to do - based on what you previously determined are your goals, priorities and most important outcomes in your life - both short-term.. and long.

This is part of what builds personal discipline that eventually becomes a person's natural way of life.

Developing personal discipline and accountability results in decreasing defeats and increasing victories in all areas of your life.

Again - this is just the main point as there are several layers and angles of this that can be expanded upon and more thoroughly covered.

But the main point alone should be concrete enough to help a lot of people.

We'd love to hear your thoughts & comments below:

Hi! You have so many exercises with the bands. Is it effective to do these band exercises with a weight. For example you were demonstrating a shoulder/back exercise with the band and I would like to use a weight because I don't have a band.

Thank you.

Hello joey … Can you send me the schedule for the Ultimate Leg Butt Hip Thigh Makeover? To get rid of cellulite 

I  have Total-Access

First of all, I love the videos and being able to work out at home.  I have some bands, but I don't have them so they can hang on the door.  I am only able to attach them to a waist high range.  I worked out with the "how to tone, strengthen a flabby body video" and I wanted to know how to do all of the exercises with free weights rather than bands, although as mentioned  I could do some of the exercises with my bands.   Can you direct me to a training for chest that just uses only weights?  Or is it still effective to just do sets that you demonstrated with weights?

without the bands?  And what would I need to be able to purchase bands and attachments for the door?  Thank you!!

Was so excited to start the program and I have Struggled with patella tendinitis in the past, but have it calmed down for years. For the last couple of weeks, I have done the work out for cellulite two times a week and Area around my kneecaps will not stop burning. I tried to make accommodations as suggested in the video, but nothing has helped. I’m using ice and anti-inflammatories constantly but now having pain even when I walk, please advise.

I only need exercises for cellulite to add to my regular workout; do you have workouts just for cellulite?