15 Fitness Lessons For Life
This Episode's Companion Post: 15 Fitness Lessons I wish I knew 15 years ago!
In this episode of Better with Becky after catching up with some life updates and sharing takeaways from a couple of recent body scans (Dexa and InBody) I had done and my mindset behind whether or not, and when/how to use them, we'll explore a deep dive of my recent post detailing ~15 years of fitness advice I'd give my younger self.
I divide the 15 lessons up into 4 categories in this episode:
- Movement / Lifting
- Recovery
- Nutrition
- Mindset Shifts / Behavior and Lifestyle Change
Each topic to some extent overlaps and works together to create a nuanced puzzle of what a sustainable, healthy lifestyle can look and feel like. Despite the outer image looking pretty much the same, the real transformation happens internally in the thoughts and feelings I have about my journey, which in turn influence my actions and keep me going in a way that feels largely effortless, since it's simply become part of my identity to show up this way.
The goal of this post and companion deep dive episode is to allow you the space to observe a peer who has made sustainable changes process what areas created the biggest shifts, encourage you to reflect on how your own journey, and potentially identify a takeaway or two that you might focus on moving forward to move the needle just a bit in a direction you so choose. If a lesson learned on my end helps you save some time and energy and get to your goals more efficiently, all the better!
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Resources mentioned in this episode
In the News / What I'm Reading + Learning
- Article 1: You can't outrun a bad diet. Food — not lack of exercise — fuels obesity, study finds - NPR & Companion Study: Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum
- Article 2: Women over 60 are lifting heavy. Science Says It'st he Secret to Living Longer and Aging Well - Women's Health
- Article 3: Rapid Bursts of Ageing are Causing a Total Rethink of How we Grow Old - New Scientist Cover Story
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- Day 1: Deadlift Focus
- Day 2: Squat Focus
- Day 3: Hip Thrust Focus
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