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alitheamateur · 5 years
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The Grind-Chapter 18
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The next specific Wednesday session seemed to be no different than the last, other than the building progress we were making. Tia and I had slowly, and very carefully started sparring a couple of weeks earlier, and my skill was greatly improving according to her, and the rest of the team. I had even very unintentionally paid Tia back for the purple shiner she gave me during the early stages of my training, by locking a very happen stance successful arm bar, making her tap. I’m still not sure between the two of us who was more baffled at the turn of events. The instant growl of defeat from her chest quickly erased when she’d squeezed my head in her hands and smashed a hard pressed kiss to my forehead saying, she had “created a fucking monster.” 
That evening I was huddled alone in the quiet corner of the gym, left to tend to the speed bag so Tia could focus on her own training with Willow. She had booked a match with a very talked about newcomer here in town, so she needed to buckle down, and plant more of her focus on her own drills. It only made sense that I slide to the backburner, this was her career after all. I was still the desk jockey turned wannabe martial artist, after all.
 The glass, arched ceilings at the temple perfectly displayed the peach sky summer sunsets at night when I came in to work out after leaving the office, and tonight was exceptionally spellbinding. The mellow, fading clouds painted a haze amongst the hot pinks of the setting sun, tearing my focus from the current task at hand. I knelt to the floor grasping the already sweat damped towel, to dry the trickling perspiration from my weary eyes, when a distinctly gruff accent paralyzed my further movements.
 “Liv?....” the man hesitated meekly. There could’ve been 3,000 people in one room calling my name out in harmony, and that particular voice would’ve rang out to me like church bells, silencing all the rest.
 I dropped the ratty cloth from my white knuckles, my breaths hitched terrified as I rolled on my heels to face the approaching footsteps. That face, now more matured in all the best ways. Had it been that long? The very noticeable changes suited him in tremendous manner, paired with his still very exceptional fighters physique. Thick gray track shorts situated low on his hips, topped with a “Mac’s Gym” t-shirt now turned tank top courtesy of his kitchen scissors. A frayed duffle slung easily over his shoulder, and a weathered Pirates hat laid rear facing on his head. I noticed the longer hair that now winged out beneath the confines of that ball cap, and a beard had sprouted around his pretty, pink lips.
There were a few new inky additions that I couldn’t make out from the distance, but his skin was now slightly more drawn on than before. He was Webster’s pictorial definition of female arousal. I’m not sure how many seconds, or maybe even minutes passed before I was able to piece together a choppy response, but before I could speak, he did again.
“Wha-what are you doing here?”
“I uh, I’m just here with a friend. She’s in the ring there, the little brunette one.” I gestured to Tia across the room, who was too preoccupied to notice who had joined us in the room. “She’s just, um, getting me back into shape a little.” I wasn’t quite ready to explain fully to him what I was truthfully doing there. I wasn’t even convinced yet I wanted to even speak period.
 I tensely angled my head to the floor to escape his festering gazes, when I caught a horrified glimpse of the shirt over my torso. It was his. The shabby, heather gray Pitt t-shirt of his that I had never given back, now cut to graze just above my exposed, taut bellybutton. I screwed my eyes shut in ruthless mortification, knowing there was no way the cloth hadn’t stuck out to him like a very familiar sore thumb.
Of all days to choose this shirt, Liv. OF ALL DAYS.
 He began to saunter very gently closer to me, proceeding with necessary caution, his bottom lip bitten between his teeth, now hidden behind the lengthy whiskers.
“Whatever she’s got you doing, it uh, it suits you.“ He pointed out with what he had already said with his gazes.
 A ravish of red heated my cheeks. “Wait. What are you doing here?” I attempted to dodge his compliment, but was honestly confused at why the man was here, at the Temple. Mac’s was his place, why had he entered mine?
“There’s a long story behind that, actually. But Mac, he uh, he lost the gym last week. Like officially. They closed the doors, bank ceased it.” He shook his head in saddened disgust. Poor Mac. That was his sacred ground, the sweat and blood of his livelihood. “I’m tryin’ out a couple other spots close by in the city. The weight bench, and half shredded bag in my apartment ain’t gonna cut it forever.”  I noticed my back was now grazing the cool wall behind me, apparently his presence had sent my mindlessly cowering away from his heated form.
 Before I could extend my apologies for the news he’d given about Mac’s, I heard Tia’s not so satisfied interruption break the silence of the room.
 “Hey!” she jogged closer, very much aware of who I was now conversing with, “you okay, Liv?”
Although Colt wouldn’t imagine laying his hands in anger at a female to begin with, he still should’ve very much intimidated my petite, very ruthlessly protective friend. Tia however, stabbed through him with her blue daggers, not letting up.
“What the hell do you want, Ritter? Why are you here?” I had to diffuse her before the already escalating situation got completely out of hand.
“It’s fine, Tia. We’re fine. I’M fine. Colton is just here to… try the place out. His trainer recently had to sell his place, so he’s out of a spot to work out right now,” I said patting her arm.
 The two had never met, regardless of how seemingly familiar she was of Colt just from the countless stories she’d heard from me over the course of our friendship, so I figured I maybe best to formally introduce them.
“Colton, this is Tia. The friend I was telling you had me down here in the first place,” he extended a hand in a reserved extension to offer a hand shake. I could see from his tightened jaw he was far from pleased with the audacious way she had spoken at him, his temper wanting to burst and show his displeasure. However deep down, I think he  knew he’d probably indeed deserved it, assuming all the things that I had told my friend about how he’d treated me.
Tia on the other hand, the sassy girl she was, wasn’t even considering the fake smiles and forced “nice to meet you’s”.
 “And T, this is Colton. Which clearly, you already knew.” She gawked at his still waiting hand, denying it, instead lifting to cross her arms across her heavily breathing chest.
 “Want me to get rid of him, LC? I can have Cal lead him very abruptly to the door,” she snarled like an insulted animal.
 Colton shifted his puppy, questioning eyes to me, searching for an answer. The stormy irises were spinning through the wheel of every emotion. Sadness, regret, admiration, confusion, arousal, anger. And love. His eyes kept changing back to love. It seemed to be the dominating feeling calling to him as he continued to gaze.
 “No worries, Tia. He was just about to start his own work out. Right, Colton? I was just taking a little break, okay?” I explained, trying to hint to the man that I had reached my conversational limit with him for the day, and unless he wanted Tia to jump in an assault of violent fists, he should excuse himself for now. “You better get back to Willow there before she makes you pay.”
As badly as she hated it, she galloped back to the ring, pounding her gloved fists together after reinserting her mouth guard, still making sure Colt knew she had her eye on him, no matter what. My head was thumping, the overexertion of passion beating my brain to mush, leaving a growing veil of heaviness hanging over my head as I looked at him. My left hand longing to do nothing more than reach for his oversized hand, and squeeze it, reacquainting the feel of his sweltering skin to my own. But, my right hand. My right hand wanted to unleash every ounce of newly acquired physical strength on his face. Beat the handsome flesh from his bones. Attack him with the pain he caused me. I let my self-control avail and decided against either action at the moment.
“I better get back to my work out before she decides to come back,” a hesitated smile turned up. “But I guess I uh, I might see you around then?” He tapped his toes, and pursed his lips at the dismissal, but obliged, nonetheless.
“Yeah, ya’ just might, Livvy. You just might.”
  The next night was a break from the physical exertion for me. I had to fulfil my journalistic duties for The Pilot at a local fight in the city, a night away from the mats, and bags, and gloves, and sit-ups seemed long overdue. My relentless aching muscles thought so, anyway. It as a gorgeous evening to be out and about, it had been a calm, yet progressive day at the office, and I was eager to observe the fight now as an educated audience member. Before, the interest in fighting had been merely for entertainment sake, and of course a certain handsome competitor. But now, however substandard, and undeveloped, I had the eye of a fighter. The past months at Temple Fitness had opened my tunnel vision to an entirely new perspective. I found myself diving into the internet, researching basic takedown moves, and breaking down the techniques of female fighters all over the MMA circuit all for non-work related intent. I even shamefully pondered on a list of potential ring nicknames to suit me…
Tia declining my invite to tag along, left me attending stag as usual, as she needed the extra hours of training for her latest happenings.  I marched through the threshold of the main entrance, searching all directions for the small arena floor, the location being one I hadn’t yet visited. The echoing click of my heeled feet drew the attention of an event staff member who observantly took notice of my media tag, kindly ushered me in the correct direction, sending me on my way with a compliment on my nude, cross strapped stilettos. I had succumbed to the desire of exposing my bold, cobalt blue skirt and matching blazer to the world. The Pittsburgh air had been abnormally humid that week, and my skin had nearly clammed upon seconds of stepping outside the apartment, so I thought a risky, electric shade of blue was acceptable to suit the bold temperatures. The hem tickled a little higher on the thigh than I preferred, but I wanted to display the quite obvious cut of muscle down my lower extremities. A girl deserves to parade herself around on occasion, and tonight was my appointed hour. I had worked my ass of for these legs. Matter of fact, I worked my ass off for this ass, too.
I moseyed through the span of filling seats, responding to some unattended text messages from the drive over, and counted down the rows till I reached the third. I crumpled the foil of a gum wrapper reaching into my crossbody for my credit card, so I could find the closest vending machine for some water before the excitement ensued. My eyes searched downward to the bag, when a  firm, abnormally large hand clasped over my blue cloth covered shoulder.
“Well, damn. Two nights in a row, huh?”
That east coast lilt that I seemed to even hear in my dreams. My head dropped backwards in a stupid, heavy motion to face the known culprit.
NO! NO! That leather jacket. He just HAS TO BE WEARING THAT LEATHER JACKET.
He crouched beside my seat in the open aisle to lean in closer, the volume of the background music flooding the room, and his scent drifted into my area. A concoction of motorcycle exhaust fumes, woodsy hints of lingering shower gel, and a slight whiff of male perspiration resulting from the scorching night air. My suspicions of a grown out hairstyle confirmed now with the absence of a hat, and the tamed shaggy locks scattered loosely in dispersed directions, no doubt due to the helmet he’d probably just strapped to the back of his bike.
“Luck must be in your favor, Ritter.” I chided through a cheeky smile. I fought tooth and nail to bury the feeling of warmth between my legs at the very sight of him. It was imperative he didn’t catch a glimpse of weakness in me.
“Whatever’s in my favor, I’m fuckin’ grateful for it right now.” His once lowered gaze searched upward to link up with my green eyes.
Purposefully disregarding his intended romantic comments, I readily changed the subject “What are you doin’ here?”
“You seem t’ be askin’ me that a lot in the last two days, Livvy,” he said referring to my questioning at the gym on the previous evening. “But, I’m here to scope these bastards out. Never know if I may have to dance with one of ‘em in the cage. Did you change your hair, by the way?”
I wrestled internally with offering him to take the empty seat to my right, but settled with the idea he wouldn’t be permitted without a media lanyard.
 And who’s the say he even wants to sit next to you, Elliott. Get over yourself.
The repetitive twisting of my nearly dead ends over my index finger a familiar nervous habit he’d learned, led him to reservedly smile quietly as he spoke.
 “I guess you’re here for work? You and that damn little suit of yours, kid…. You look, well,” he cleared his throat,” you look amazing. I’ll just leave it at that before I get myself into too much trouble.”
He sure wasn’t trying to mask where his mind was wondering. However flattering, his suggestive remarks may have felt on one hand, I couldn’t help but grow frustratingly perturbed by his blatantly sexual tones with me.
Back the hell off, Colton. I’m not yours to flatter anymore!
 “Damn you, Colton! That’s enough, alright. God,” the radiant, cheery blue shade of my clothing likely clashed alongside my angry, gnashing teeth and wrinkled nose as I shut down his advances. “You can be on your way now, the fight is about to start.”
Colton parted his lips, hesitating to form a sentence of objection, but only muffled groans, and choppy letters were audible. I focused my attention now towards the cell in my lap, I didn’t bother seeing him off. I knew he would walk away, not wanting to upset me any farther, and the mean lines across my forehead reiterated that I wasn’t playing his game. Once the thumping, heavy steps of his work boots become more and more faint, I searched under hooded eyes. Of course. His seat wasn’t more than 50 yards across the way from me, giving him a clear shot to ogle me for the possible 5 round fight, an judging by his settled eyes on me, that’s exactly what he intended to do.
  The fighters had been so obviously mismatched. It barely reached the second round before the chosen favorite attained victory by a TKO. I combed through my falling curls and scooped up my bag, standing to weave through the exiting crowd. Next on the usual checklist: get the post-fight statement from the two competitors, and be on my way. The cheery, easy-going sense I felt upon arrival had pungently soured with aggravation. My steps seemed to be doubly echoing throughout the arena. Just as I convinced myself the roaring chatter of all the people was only playing tricks on my ears, I felt a grasping hand pull at my fingers, “Liv, hey.“ He spoke sounding winded, probably in the pursuit of locating me amongst the mass. I shook his squeezing clutches off sternly, yanking my arm free from my ex. “Liv, c’mon.. hey, hey, hey. Just gimme a second, ok? Please. Just one second,” his begging yielded a faint ounce of pity from me, so I paused my escape from him.
With arms tucked snuggly across my chest just over the palpitating heartbeats, I made sure to give him the clear impression that I was well over the line of absolutely fed up with him for the evening. My face may have read blank and cold to anyone else’s assumptions, but Colt read the emotion almost professionally. He knew his “second” was snappishly ticking away.
“Look, I’m sorry. I really am, okay? All those shitty, snide comments I was makin’, I didn’t mean to come off so damn, well, I didn’t mean to sound like such a fuckin’ douchebag, Liv.”
 You gotta do better than that, my friend, I thought to myself. “I don’t know how to break the ice here, Livvy.”
I sensed my gritting jaw relax as the tension melted away, not related to the rare elevated humidity for the city. He never was a man of eloquent speaking, or reading the ways to ease an edgy situation. He could definitely create the conflict, but solving it wasn’t his forte.
“Well, just a word of advice, Colton, staring straight into my chest and commenting about my legs sure isn’t the way to break the ice, buddy,” I advised him sneeringly.
He stared downwardly at his swaying feet in shame, openly welcoming my grave warnings. “I know, honestly. I fuckin’ know. I don’t know what I was thinkin’. But… maybe we, we could grab a drink and just talk a little? When you’re done at the post conference, I mean.” He untucked the sweaty hands from his tight jean pockets to lift his watch into view. “If it’s too late, I get it. I’m sure you have work tomorrow.”
The moment of truth. The decision far from one I took lightly, however I didn’t want to overthink too much. I didn’t want to beat it to death with  unceasing reservation and fear. It could be dangerous to my very fragile mental state. Well, fragile when it came to him, to be fair. Yet, it could also be my very agonizingly long overdue opportunity to spill out what shit storm he’d rained over my life. Now or never, you coward. “Fine, Colton. Yeah, I guess we can have a drink or somethin’. Just uh, head across the street to the left when you walk out the main entrance. I think I saw a place when I was coming in earlier. I should be there in a half hour or so.” I was determined to call the shots now, knowing he wouldn’t protest.
“You sure you don’t want me to wait up for ya’? It’s late, Liv. Prolly ain’t a good idea for you to be out walkin’ by yourself. Especially with the slobs from this crowd hangin’ out,” the chivalrous man spoke up.
“I’ll be fine. I’ve been walking alone in the city at night for the last year and a half now, Colton. I can handle it.” I retorted, reminding him purposely that he’d left me to fin for myself when he’d walked away. And I was doing just fine. I didn’t think of giving him a moment to speak again before pushing a shoulder passed his in the thick crowd of fans in the hallway, disappearing to leave him bleeding from his wounded ego.   
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moonbokrk · 5 years
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Date: 14th June 2019 Location: Seoul Arts High School, Jogno-gu Song used: Octagon by Outsider ft 2TAK, Kuan, Tymee and Bewhy (01:45-02:45) tw: mentions of religion
                                                ~Strongest Skill - RAPPING~
Much to his annoyance, Moonbok has run into the same problem as he did last year, getting his rap audition to meet the 1 minute time goal. Oftentimes, raps in songs sound much longer but when you look at the duration they’re, at most, about 45 seconds. And Moonbok doesn’t want to do anything to risk his chances of making it past the first round.
At least this year, he’d been researching raps far more thoroughly instead of sticking to his favourite artists and panicking because of the length and content. And while he had eventually chosen a song penned by Outsider, it wasn’t his idol’s part he’d chosen to audition with, but Tymee and Bewhy’s raps instead. Like with Cheetah’s Coma 07 from the year before, the lyrics had stood out to him, and he hopes he’s be able to better hold his nerve this time around.
“Jang Moonbok.”
Upon hearing his name, Moonbok calls out an acknowledgment and stands from his seat, pocketing his phone and swapping nods with the other rappers who were sitting around waiting. Once again, he finds himself in a room facing a panel of judges Though this time the intimidation was not there, which meant he had no reason to put on a show of fake bravado for the cameras. Instead, it with an easy smile that he bows to the judges and introduces himself.
“Good morning, my name is Jang Moonbok. Today I’ll be performing Outsiders’ Octagon, specifically Tymee and Bewhy’s raps. I hope you’ll enjoy.”
Once he’s given a nod, he hands over his phone to allow it to be connected to the sound system in the room. Admittedly, he could have performed without a backing track, but Moonbok finds it easier to rap alongside music. It helps him keep in time, not letting him rush ahead or slow down too much. Bouncing on his heels a little, he lets out a breath, his expression fading from a smile into a more determined one.
He won’t make a show of himself like he did last year.
From the second the music begins, he’s off. This is a far faster paced song than Coma 07 or Before the Dawn and Moonbok is glad to show off the fact that he can rap quickly without turning into the verbal equivalent of a keysmash.
Ready, go The fool* is scared to death (expletive edited for audition) Slapping me on my back when I turn around, If you tackle me, I can probably knock you down Looking like a hobo who lost everything Acting like as if you got so much power
There is one reason why he never retaliates to Jiwon’s tormenting of him, besides the vain hope that the other will just get bored because of a lack of reaction from him. It’s because Moonbok knows that, if he truly wanted to, he could beat Jiwon’s ass from one end of the SNU’s music department to the other. He was a graduate from the military, he knows how to handle himself in a violent confrontation, while Jiwon hadn’t even made the moves to be enlisted yet. But Moonbok will never fight back, he won’t sink to the other’s level.
Soul of lies, you said you're calm? Ain't got no swag in reality You've got a long way to go, look at him surrendering already You lost this game the moment you were born
Instead, he hopes this particular segment is shown on television, that Jiwon sees it and realizes that Moonbok might endure his insults and punches, but he’s no longer cowed by him anymore. That he’s not that shy nerdy senior who cried his eyes out on national television at least three times.
This is his warning.
There's no such thing as win-win at the top of this ring Little kid rubbing his chest Hey loser, if you can't go crazy like me, hit the GG and get the heck out of here Before I smack-down you, I won't give up I'll give you a piece of advice, so listen up
Moonbok's not going to lie, he's not sure how much he's matured since his elimination last year. He'd thought he'd come a long way, but Chaewon and Yena's criticisms of his self-written rap had brought him back to earth with a bang. And while he still believed in the words he'd written; they were born from the trauma and guilt he still carried with him, Moonbok can appreciate why Yena said the thing she'd said about it, why Chaewon had laughed her ass off when she'd seen the title.
Moonbok wishes he could go back in time to the year before, to confront his younger self and shake some sense into him. To tell him it's alright to be nervous and uncertain, that acting like he's debut ready is a recipe for disaster. But he can't. All he can do is try to learn from it. And as much as it had hurt, he wouldn't be the person he is today had he not gone through it all. And it's the memories of that time that push him on, even though he's second guessed himself so much, even when he'd half considered not showing up to the auditions at all.
Last year, he'd wanted to prove he was the best, prove to his parents that he was right in pursuing his dream. Now he just wants to prove to himself that despite his flaws, he's still worthy of standing on a stage, even if it doesn't lead to the outcome he wants. It's still this fact that he has trouble accepting, but hopefully someday, he'll come to terms with it.
It's pretty obvious who's the winner between us two, who is next Cut it out already if you don't want to die
He’s not the same Moonbok from last year. He won’t let his insecurities plague him, nor will he let himself be carried away by delusions of grandeur.
I'm J to the M V O K* (Edited to replace bewhy’s name) My weight on the top of this track is completely different from yours So heavy, I am sexy S.T You're running from your life when you see me, return of the David This will be a nightmare for a Goliath like you who only cares about his physique Failure is forever yours
It feels a little conceited to use his stage name in play of bewhy's, but as far as Moonbok is concerned, he's not on the other rapper's level yet, not even close. So he doesn't dare try to use bewhy's name. And as much as he doesn't want to think it, this also feels like a diss against him, reminding him that he's still not the rapper he wants to be. But unlike last year, where he'd been so absorbed in Cheetah's similar lyrics that he'd almost became overwhelmed, it only strengthens Moonbok's resolve to push himself harder. Because surely, one day, he'll be in a place to deserve to write raps praising himself and his growth.
Failure might be forever his right now, but only if he lets himself believe in those words and gives into the pressure from his uncle and walks away. As long as he keeps trying, keeps writing, keeps going to auditions, he'll surely succeed one day. And his uncle will have failed in his efforts to control the image he had of their family name.
He's definitely not sexy though, he's always be a failure in that regard, no matter what some netizens and others might say. In fact, at that particular line, Moonbok fees himself flush and hopes his expression is as serious and as calm as when he started. Him, all of 160cm and a baby face, sexy?! Dream on.
I don't have such thing as a coach, just my god and my way Only the lord will act as my director The residents of I-town have started partying already even though the game hasn't started yet That's because my victory is obvious
Moonbok is not one to be obnoxious about his religion, believing it's not his place to pester people about it one way or the other. But he won't deny that role it's played in his life, or how much it means to him. His faith has been a source of comfort through the hard times, given him inspiration when he needed it and it's been a stepping stone for the start of his musical journey thanks to his church's choir.
He prays now even as he raps that God will give him the strength and courage he needs. That He'll watch over Moonbok and guide him to his destiny, no matter what path it takes. That by the end of his time on the MGAs, no matter how long it may be, that Moonbok will have given his family and friends a reason to celebrate his growth.
The audience you called, the judge inside and outside of the octagon are all your side But, don't play so nasty like that No need to state the obvious, I'm the champion
Once again, he knows that he's at the mercy of the judges and netizens, and of Mnet who'll probably use their evil editing to his disadvantage again. The memories of him being compared to Hojung based on their looks alone, of the focus Mnet had given to his breakdown in the training room and the errors he made on stage make him burn with the injustice of it all. He knows it's effecting him, he can hear it in the way his voice changed to become louder and more forceful as he comes to the end of the rap. But he's not crying this time, not letting his emotions control him. No, he's channeling them into his performance, letting everyone know that even if Mnet play nasty once more and even if he's ripped to shreds by the judges again, he'll become a champion.
The music fades and Moonbok takes a deep breath in, throat dry and suddenly desperate for a bottle of water. But he feels content that how his audition has gone, he kept control of himself this time, there's no tears in his eyes, his breathlessness is not from the emotional overload. Just a feeling that, hopefully, he's proved himself. His serious expression once more fades into a smile and he bows to the judges before him again.
"Thank you for listening to me. I hope you liked my performance."
When he gets the signal to be dismissed, Moonbok heads back into the corridor and slumps a little in the seat he'd been occupying beforehand, gulping down his water as fast as he could without choking. Moonbok watches the next auditionee enter the room before he gets back to his feet and heads towards the interview venue.
[Word Count without lyrics, 1,516] Translation credit: x Hangul lyrics: x
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Weight Room Ethics
Weight Room Ethics
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The Ultimate Muscle Building Meal Strategy
Superb Muscle Building Meal Plan All of us have our personal muscle meal plans and distinct strategies and methods for good results. This a single may possibly come as a surprise, nevertheless it according to a uncomplicated salad and will allow you to make tons of muscle.
Salads That Pack a Effective Punch
Numerous guys will not turn to salad for their muscle building, but trust me, this salad packs a highly effective punch that may aid get the body revving on all cylinders.
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This is not your classic salad, it really is not low on calories, carbs or fat, it's packed with tons of excellent tasting, nutritional components. So never be concerned that you'll be starving oneself with a salad. Very for the contrary, and you'll be supplying the body with tons of good nutrients for example vitamins, antioxidants and minerals. That indicates your body will likely be capable to function at its highest levels and so will you. You will have tons of energy and power with this meal plan and you won't kill your diet program by snacking in among meals. That's one thing that shouldn't be overlooked. Quite a few people make an effort to eat tiny meals but then end up snacking anyway. But when you give your body anything it requires by means of excellent, nutritious meals, the need to snack disappears and also you can stick along with your nutritional program a lot simpler. It really is actually this effortless to get rid of cravings and I can say from experience that for many years with following healthier, satisfying nutritional plans I've never ever had to stray to consume sweets and processed foods, because my body gets anything it wants and wants currently.
Here's the ingredient list for my fantastic muscle meal program, the Ultimate Muscle Salad:
1-2 cups spinach 1-2 cups mixed leaf lettuce Shredded or chopped carrots 1/2 avocado, diced or chopped two challenging boiled eggs, diced or chopped three tablespoons chopped pecans or walnuts 1/4 cup dried cranberries Homemade dressing with 3 parts balsamic vinegar to 1 component additional virgin olive with, mixed with Udo's Selection Oil Blend Combine all of these ingredients and you have a meal that is filled with every probable nutrient you are able to will need, and is exceptionally tasty and satisfying to boot. For a lot more nutritional worth, delight in a cup of homemade iced green tea employing honey to sweeten it.
What type of Nutrition Does This Give?
You will get more than 20 grams of protein, about 50 grams of carbs, no less than 10 grams of fiber, about 40 grams of fat as well as a total of among 600-700 calories. Remember that this program is designed for a higher calorie diet regime of about three,000 calories each day. If your body weight and physique targets have your diet plan at two,000 calories each day, the meal contents need to of course be adjusted accordingly so you aren't overeating. A lot of people might be turned off by the higher fat content material of this meal. But all of the fats are healthier, natural fats that come from a variety of sources and include things like omega three fatty acids and also other unsaturated fats. The carbs are balanced out in their ratio towards the amount of fiber that's included. Also, the high protein load and fat content will retain you complete to get a very lengthy time and will let the carbs to become digested over a period of hours, providing a steady stream of energy for the body.
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A further query individuals have about this meal is why there isn't extra protein thinking of it really is developed for muscle building. Effectively, more than 20 grams can be a fairly decent quantity when you appear at it a lot more particularly. The protein from the eggs is easily utilized by the body, and also the fat content material of this meal will essentially aid the protein be put to better use. If you never consume adequate fat or carbs, the protein you consume is converted into power. But when the body is taken care of, all the protein you eat may be directed towards rebuilding and repairing your muscle tissues, generating your diet program far more successful and effective. This muscle meal program provides everything that your body needs. You will get wholesome fats, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, protein, carbs and all other types of very good stuff to jump start off your health.
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{#TransparentTuesday} Why do you move your body?
Last weekend I attended an all women’s MovNat certification workshop. I met a bunch of amazing women, and had a bunch of fascinating conversations. What’s on my mind today is the result of some of those conversations, with a special shout-out to Jen Sinkler, who is truly as smart and funny in real life as you would guess from social media.
What is the purpose of physical movement?
According to mainstream women’s fitness culture, the purpose of movement is basically toburn calories, burn fat, lose weight, fix your flaws, get smaller, be more attractive, take up less space, be deserving of love and belonging, and earn your worth.
Obviously, I’m not down with any of that. Like, at ALL.
That’s why I liked MovNat’s counter-culture philosophy. For them, the purpose of movement is to honor and strengthen the body you were born in, the way we were designed to. It’s a step in the right direction at least, since it rejects all the mainstream physique BS.
This weekend got me thinking about how there are so many different subsections of the fitness/movement industries, and how each one has a unique philosophy about why we should move that way. Each one assigns a unique purpose to physical movement.
Let’s look at a few examples.
Most of the fitness industry is designed to teach people how to manage and improve their weight, their health, and their aesthetics. Some will use terms like “elongate,” while others use terms like “shred,” but it’s more or less the same philosophy: Move your body to improve your weight, health, and physique.
Of course there are some niches who focus mainly on improving performance (strength, endurance, speed, mobility, or agility). These include crossfit, powerlifting, triathlon training, gymnastics, golf, and pretty much every other sport ever. The philosophy behind performance-focused training is something like: Move your body to perform, or Move your body to win.
In my coaching circles, movement is often designed to “empower” women, and make them feel confident. How this works and what this means is usually pretty vague and enigmatic though. I hear explanations ranging from being more confident because you look good (back to aesthetics), to being more confident because you’re strong enough to accomplish a certain task or protect yourself (performing/winning), to being more confident because you learned that with hard work, you can accomplish things you never would have imagined (promoting a growth mindset). Either way, there is an undeniable thread of movement philosophy that says: Move your body to build confidence.
Some segments of the movement world focus on mobility and safety, from MovNat to Ido Portal to Kelly Starret. These are built around the idea that learning how to move properly can help you offset cultural movement deficits, age well, and optimize your life without getting hurt. My dear friends Hunter Cook and Kate Galliett of Fit For Real Life both populate this camp, and the boiled-down philosophy is something like: Move your body to stay safe and enjoy an active life.
Of course, some people include movement in their life purely for pleasure, joy, and play. Children, for example, tend to live by the philosophy: Move your body to have fun.
Now I want to talk about my own personal philosophy.
For me, the main purpose of physical movement is an overlooked and underused effect: embodiment.
Due to the culture we live in, most women have experienced feeling utterly disempowered in their bodies. Clueless, lost, broken, wrong.
I know I have. Growing up, I was actually considered the clumsiest, klutziest, least athletic person anyone knew. I ran into things, dropped things, and comically misestimated distances and directions. On top of that, I had experienced the dissociation effect of childhood trauma, so there were certain things I simply couldn’t feel in my body— sensations I was utterly numb to, both physically and emotionally.
As a teenager, I was totally out of touch with my body. Disconnected. Removed. It was almost as though my body had nothing to do with me.
When I started learning how to dance at 18 years old, I started to tune into muscles sensations in my body for the very first time. This simple mind-muscle connection was the beginning of my brain being able to “hear” and gather information from my body in a way that I had literally never been able to do before.
Later on, through lifting weights, I would improve and increase this skill, learning how to activate some very difficult-to-connect-to muscles like my deep core, glutes, and scapula muscles. I also learned how to feel where my body was in space, by connecting for the first time with proprioceptive feedback (the mechanism designed to inform you about your body’s relationship to space and your environment).
Looking back, I believe dance saved my life. I entered that dance program without even realizing I was in danger, flooded with darkness, anger, and shame. I felt paralyzed and numb; I was afraid all the time, but didn’t know what I was afraid of.
Moving my body, re-connecting to the sensations of my skin and muscles, and learning how to “hear” my body again, started me down the path of healing I needed.
The information I gained from my body would guide every single step of my healing. When I recognize that some areas of my body felt different than others (some felt frozen, and some felt alive, for example) I used this information to do deep work on the parts that needed care.
When I discovered that my emotions changed the sensations in my body, I learned how to differentiate between the nuances of sadness and anger, anger and fear, fear and disgust. This information was like finding my soul’s User Manual. While I haven’t been short on struggle since then, I’ve literally never doubted myself since. (PS if you’re interested in learning how to tap into your own personal user manual, I did create a 10 week digital course called Make Friends With Your Feelings to teach you how.)
The cool thing about movement for me, was that I learned to tune into my body, I began to trust myself and my environment. Being able to sense people, distinguish between my nuanced emotions, and access the sensations inside my own body that say YES and NO allowed me, for the very first time, to feel safe in my body and in the world.
This feeling of being fully in touch with your body is what I call embodiment, and it’s my philosophy on the purpose of movement: Move your body to feel your body, or:
Move your body to reclaim access to your body’s infinite wisdom.
All of these different purposes for movement are valid, and all of them are great. Most people probably draw upon several different reasons for moving their bodies, and subscribe to several of these philosophies, in different ratios. For example, right now I’m all about embodiment, but I still love to move for fun and pleasure, and someday I look forward to training for performance again.
What about you? What’s your philosophy? What drives you to move your body? <3
Jessi
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{#TransparentTuesday} Why do you move your body?
Last weekend I attended an all women’s MovNat certification workshop. I met a bunch of amazing women, and had a bunch of fascinating conversations. What’s on my mind today is the result of some of those conversations, with a special shout-out to Jen Sinkler, who is truly as smart and funny in real life as you would guess from social media.
What is the purpose of physical movement?
According to mainstream women’s fitness culture, the purpose of movement is basically toburn calories, burn fat, lose weight, fix your flaws, get smaller, be more attractive, take up less space, be deserving of love and belonging, and earn your worth.
Obviously, I’m not down with any of that. Like, at ALL.
That’s why I liked MovNat’s counter-culture philosophy. For them, the purpose of movement is to honor and strengthen the body you were born in, the way we were designed to. It’s a step in the right direction at least, since it rejects all the mainstream physique BS.
This weekend got me thinking about how there are so many different subsections of the fitness/movement industries, and how each one has a unique philosophy about why we should move that way. Each one assigns a unique purpose to physical movement.
Let’s look at a few examples.
Most of the fitness industry is designed to teach people how to manage and improve their weight, their health, and their aesthetics. Some will use terms like “elongate,” while others use terms like “shred,” but it’s more or less the same philosophy: Move your body to improve your weight, health, and physique.
Of course there are some niches who focus mainly on improving performance (strength, endurance, speed, mobility, or agility). These include crossfit, powerlifting, triathlon training, gymnastics, golf, and pretty much every other sport ever. The philosophy behind performance-focused training is something like: Move your body to perform, or Move your body to win.
In my coaching circles, movement is often designed to “empower” women, and make them feel confident. How this works and what this means is usually pretty vague and enigmatic though. I hear explanations ranging from being more confident because you look good (back to aesthetics), to being more confident because you’re strong enough to accomplish a certain task or protect yourself (performing/winning), to being more confident because you learned that with hard work, you can accomplish things you never would have imagined (promoting a growth mindset). Either way, there is an undeniable thread of movement philosophy that says: Move your body to build confidence.
Some segments of the movement world focus on mobility and safety, from MovNat to Ido Portal to Kelly Starret. These are built around the idea that learning how to move properly can help you offset cultural movement deficits, age well, and optimize your life without getting hurt. My dear friends Hunter Cook and Kate Galliett of Fit For Real Life both populate this camp, and the boiled-down philosophy is something like: Move your body to stay safe and enjoy an active life.
Of course, some people include movement in their life purely for pleasure, joy, and play. Children, for example, tend to live by the philosophy: Move your body to have fun.
Now I want to talk about my own personal philosophy.
For me, the main purpose of physical movement is an overlooked and underused effect: embodiment.
Due to the culture we live in, most women have experienced feeling utterly disempowered in their bodies. Clueless, lost, broken, wrong.
I know I have. Growing up, I was actually considered the clumsiest, klutziest, least athletic person anyone knew. I ran into things, dropped things, and comically misestimated distances and directions. On top of that, I had experienced the dissociation effect of childhood trauma, so there were certain things I simply couldn’t feel in my body— sensations I was utterly numb to, both physically and emotionally.
As a teenager, I was totally out of touch with my body. Disconnected. Removed. It was almost as though my body had nothing to do with me.
When I started learning how to dance at 18 years old, I started to tune into muscles sensations in my body for the very first time. This simple mind-muscle connection was the beginning of my brain being able to “hear” and gather information from my body in a way that I had literally never been able to do before.
Later on, through lifting weights, I would improve and increase this skill, learning how to activate some very difficult-to-connect-to muscles like my deep core, glutes, and scapula muscles. I also learned how to feel where my body was in space, by connecting for the first time with proprioceptive feedback (the mechanism designed to inform you about your body’s relationship to space and your environment).
Looking back, I believe dance saved my life. I entered that dance program without even realizing I was in danger, flooded with darkness, anger, and shame. I felt paralyzed and numb; I was afraid all the time, but didn’t know what I was afraid of.
Moving my body, re-connecting to the sensations of my skin and muscles, and learning how to “hear” my body again, started me down the path of healing I needed.
The information I gained from my body would guide every single step of my healing. When I recognize that some areas of my body felt different than others (some felt frozen, and some felt alive, for example) I used this information to do deep work on the parts that needed care.
When I discovered that my emotions changed the sensations in my body, I learned how to differentiate between the nuances of sadness and anger, anger and fear, fear and disgust. This information was like finding my soul’s User Manual. While I haven’t been short on struggle since then, I’ve literally never doubted myself since. (PS if you’re interested in learning how to tap into your own personal user manual, I did create a 10 week digital course called Make Friends With Your Feelings to teach you how.)
The cool thing about movement for me, was that I learned to tune into my body, I began to trust myself and my environment. Being able to sense people, distinguish between my nuanced emotions, and access the sensations inside my own body that say YES and NO allowed me, for the very first time, to feel safe in my body and in the world.
This feeling of being fully in touch with your body is what I call embodiment, and it’s my philosophy on the purpose of movement: Move your body to feel your body, or:
Move your body to reclaim access to your body’s infinite wisdom.
All of these different purposes for movement are valid, and all of them are great. Most people probably draw upon several different reasons for moving their bodies, and subscribe to several of these philosophies, in different ratios. For example, right now I’m all about embodiment, but I still love to move for fun and pleasure, and someday I look forward to training for performance again.
What about you? What’s your philosophy? What drives you to move your body? <3
Jessi
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{#TransparentTuesday} Why do you move your body?
Last weekend I attended an all women’s MovNat certification workshop. I met a bunch of amazing women, and had a bunch of fascinating conversations. What’s on my mind today is the result of some of those conversations, with a special shout-out to Jen Sinkler, who is truly as smart and funny in real life as you would guess from social media.
What is the purpose of physical movement?
According to mainstream women’s fitness culture, the purpose of movement is basically toburn calories, burn fat, lose weight, fix your flaws, get smaller, be more attractive, take up less space, be deserving of love and belonging, and earn your worth.
Obviously, I’m not down with any of that. Like, at ALL.
That’s why I liked MovNat’s counter-culture philosophy. For them, the purpose of movement is to honor and strengthen the body you were born in, the way we were designed to. It’s a step in the right direction at least, since it rejects all the mainstream physique BS.
This weekend got me thinking about how there are so many different subsections of the fitness/movement industries, and how each one has a unique philosophy about why we should move that way. Each one assigns a unique purpose to physical movement.
Let’s look at a few examples.
Most of the fitness industry is designed to teach people how to manage and improve their weight, their health, and their aesthetics. Some will use terms like “elongate,” while others use terms like “shred,” but it’s more or less the same philosophy: Move your body to improve your weight, health, and physique.
Of course there are some niches who focus mainly on improving performance (strength, endurance, speed, mobility, or agility). These include crossfit, powerlifting, triathlon training, gymnastics, golf, and pretty much every other sport ever. The philosophy behind performance-focused training is something like: Move your body to perform, or Move your body to win.
In my coaching circles, movement is often designed to “empower” women, and make them feel confident. How this works and what this means is usually pretty vague and enigmatic though. I hear explanations ranging from being more confident because you look good (back to aesthetics), to being more confident because you’re strong enough to accomplish a certain task or protect yourself (performing/winning), to being more confident because you learned that with hard work, you can accomplish things you never would have imagined (promoting a growth mindset). Either way, there is an undeniable thread of movement philosophy that says: Move your body to build confidence.
Some segments of the movement world focus on mobility and safety, from MovNat to Ido Portal to Kelly Starret. These are built around the idea that learning how to move properly can help you offset cultural movement deficits, age well, and optimize your life without getting hurt. My dear friends Hunter Cook and Kate Galliett of Fit For Real Life both populate this camp, and the boiled-down philosophy is something like: Move your body to stay safe and enjoy an active life.
Of course, some people include movement in their life purely for pleasure, joy, and play. Children, for example, tend to live by the philosophy: Move your body to have fun.
Now I want to talk about my own personal philosophy.
For me, the main purpose of physical movement is an overlooked and underused effect: embodiment.
Due to the culture we live in, most women have experienced feeling utterly disempowered in their bodies. Clueless, lost, broken, wrong.
I know I have. Growing up, I was actually considered the clumsiest, klutziest, least athletic person anyone knew. I ran into things, dropped things, and comically misestimated distances and directions. On top of that, I had experienced the dissociation effect of childhood trauma, so there were certain things I simply couldn’t feel in my body— sensations I was utterly numb to, both physically and emotionally.
As a teenager, I was totally out of touch with my body. Disconnected. Removed. It was almost as though my body had nothing to do with me.
When I started learning how to dance at 18 years old, I started to tune into muscles sensations in my body for the very first time. This simple mind-muscle connection was the beginning of my brain being able to “hear” and gather information from my body in a way that I had literally never been able to do before.
Later on, through lifting weights, I would improve and increase this skill, learning how to activate some very difficult-to-connect-to muscles like my deep core, glutes, and scapula muscles. I also learned how to feel where my body was in space, by connecting for the first time with proprioceptive feedback (the mechanism designed to inform you about your body’s relationship to space and your environment).
Looking back, I believe dance saved my life. I entered that dance program without even realizing I was in danger, flooded with darkness, anger, and shame. I felt paralyzed and numb; I was afraid all the time, but didn’t know what I was afraid of.
Moving my body, re-connecting to the sensations of my skin and muscles, and learning how to “hear” my body again, started me down the path of healing I needed.
The information I gained from my body would guide every single step of my healing. When I recognize that some areas of my body felt different than others (some felt frozen, and some felt alive, for example) I used this information to do deep work on the parts that needed care.
When I discovered that my emotions changed the sensations in my body, I learned how to differentiate between the nuances of sadness and anger, anger and fear, fear and disgust. This information was like finding my soul’s User Manual. While I haven’t been short on struggle since then, I’ve literally never doubted myself since. (PS if you’re interested in learning how to tap into your own personal user manual, I did create a 10 week digital course called Make Friends With Your Feelings to teach you how.)
The cool thing about movement for me, was that I learned to tune into my body, I began to trust myself and my environment. Being able to sense people, distinguish between my nuanced emotions, and access the sensations inside my own body that say YES and NO allowed me, for the very first time, to feel safe in my body and in the world.
This feeling of being fully in touch with your body is what I call embodiment, and it’s my philosophy on the purpose of movement: Move your body to feel your body, or:
Move your body to reclaim access to your body’s infinite wisdom.
All of these different purposes for movement are valid, and all of them are great. Most people probably draw upon several different reasons for moving their bodies, and subscribe to several of these philosophies, in different ratios. For example, right now I’m all about embodiment, but I still love to move for fun and pleasure, and someday I look forward to training for performance again.
What about you? What’s your philosophy? What drives you to move your body? <3
Jessi
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{#TransparentTuesday} Why do you move your body?
Last weekend I attended an all women’s MovNat certification workshop. I met a bunch of amazing women, and had a bunch of fascinating conversations. What’s on my mind today is the result of some of those conversations, with a special shout-out to Jen Sinkler, who is truly as smart and funny in real life as you would guess from social media.
What is the purpose of physical movement?
According to mainstream women’s fitness culture, the purpose of movement is basically toburn calories, burn fat, lose weight, fix your flaws, get smaller, be more attractive, take up less space, be deserving of love and belonging, and earn your worth.
Obviously, I’m not down with any of that. Like, at ALL.
That’s why I liked MovNat’s counter-culture philosophy. For them, the purpose of movement is to honor and strengthen the body you were born in, the way we were designed to. It’s a step in the right direction at least, since it rejects all the mainstream physique BS.
This weekend got me thinking about how there are so many different subsections of the fitness/movement industries, and how each one has a unique philosophy about why we should move that way. Each one assigns a unique purpose to physical movement.
Let’s look at a few examples.
Most of the fitness industry is designed to teach people how to manage and improve their weight, their health, and their aesthetics. Some will use terms like “elongate,” while others use terms like “shred,” but it’s more or less the same philosophy: Move your body to improve your weight, health, and physique.
Of course there are some niches who focus mainly on improving performance (strength, endurance, speed, mobility, or agility). These include crossfit, powerlifting, triathlon training, gymnastics, golf, and pretty much every other sport ever. The philosophy behind performance-focused training is something like: Move your body to perform, or Move your body to win.
In my coaching circles, movement is often designed to “empower” women, and make them feel confident. How this works and what this means is usually pretty vague and enigmatic though. I hear explanations ranging from being more confident because you look good (back to aesthetics), to being more confident because you’re strong enough to accomplish a certain task or protect yourself (performing/winning), to being more confident because you learned that with hard work, you can accomplish things you never would have imagined (promoting a growth mindset). Either way, there is an undeniable thread of movement philosophy that says: Move your body to build confidence.
Some segments of the movement world focus on mobility and safety, from MovNat to Ido Portal to Kelly Starret. These are built around the idea that learning how to move properly can help you offset cultural movement deficits, age well, and optimize your life without getting hurt. My dear friends Hunter Cook and Kate Galliett of Fit For Real Life both populate this camp, and the boiled-down philosophy is something like: Move your body to stay safe and enjoy an active life.
Of course, some people include movement in their life purely for pleasure, joy, and play. Children, for example, tend to live by the philosophy: Move your body to have fun.
Now I want to talk about my own personal philosophy.
For me, the main purpose of physical movement is an overlooked and underused effect: embodiment.
Due to the culture we live in, most women have experienced feeling utterly disempowered in their bodies. Clueless, lost, broken, wrong.
I know I have. Growing up, I was actually considered the clumsiest, klutziest, least athletic person anyone knew. I ran into things, dropped things, and comically misestimated distances and directions. On top of that, I had experienced the dissociation effect of childhood trauma, so there were certain things I simply couldn’t feel in my body— sensations I was utterly numb to, both physically and emotionally.
As a teenager, I was totally out of touch with my body. Disconnected. Removed. It was almost as though my body had nothing to do with me.
When I started learning how to dance at 18 years old, I started to tune into muscles sensations in my body for the very first time. This simple mind-muscle connection was the beginning of my brain being able to “hear” and gather information from my body in a way that I had literally never been able to do before.
Later on, through lifting weights, I would improve and increase this skill, learning how to activate some very difficult-to-connect-to muscles like my deep core, glutes, and scapula muscles. I also learned how to feel where my body was in space, by connecting for the first time with proprioceptive feedback (the mechanism designed to inform you about your body’s relationship to space and your environment).
Looking back, I believe dance saved my life. I entered that dance program without even realizing I was in danger, flooded with darkness, anger, and shame. I felt paralyzed and numb; I was afraid all the time, but didn’t know what I was afraid of.
Moving my body, re-connecting to the sensations of my skin and muscles, and learning how to “hear” my body again, started me down the path of healing I needed.
The information I gained from my body would guide every single step of my healing. When I recognize that some areas of my body felt different than others (some felt frozen, and some felt alive, for example) I used this information to do deep work on the parts that needed care.
When I discovered that my emotions changed the sensations in my body, I learned how to differentiate between the nuances of sadness and anger, anger and fear, fear and disgust. This information was like finding my soul’s User Manual. While I haven’t been short on struggle since then, I’ve literally never doubted myself since. (PS if you’re interested in learning how to tap into your own personal user manual, I did create a 10 week digital course called Make Friends With Your Feelings to teach you how.)
The cool thing about movement for me, was that I learned to tune into my body, I began to trust myself and my environment. Being able to sense people, distinguish between my nuanced emotions, and access the sensations inside my own body that say YES and NO allowed me, for the very first time, to feel safe in my body and in the world.
This feeling of being fully in touch with your body is what I call embodiment, and it’s my philosophy on the purpose of movement: Move your body to feel your body, or:
Move your body to reclaim access to your body’s infinite wisdom.
All of these different purposes for movement are valid, and all of them are great. Most people probably draw upon several different reasons for moving their bodies, and subscribe to several of these philosophies, in different ratios. For example, right now I’m all about embodiment, but I still love to move for fun and pleasure, and someday I look forward to training for performance again.
What about you? What’s your philosophy? What drives you to move your body? <3
Jessi
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{#TransparentTuesday} Why do you move your body?
Last weekend I attended an all women’s MovNat certification workshop. I met a bunch of amazing women, and had a bunch of fascinating conversations. What’s on my mind today is the result of some of those conversations, with a special shout-out to Jen Sinkler, who is truly as smart and funny in real life as you would guess from social media.
What is the purpose of physical movement?
According to mainstream women’s fitness culture, the purpose of movement is basically toburn calories, burn fat, lose weight, fix your flaws, get smaller, be more attractive, take up less space, be deserving of love and belonging, and earn your worth.
Obviously, I’m not down with any of that. Like, at ALL.
That’s why I liked MovNat’s counter-culture philosophy. For them, the purpose of movement is to honor and strengthen the body you were born in, the way we were designed to. It’s a step in the right direction at least, since it rejects all the mainstream physique BS.
This weekend got me thinking about how there are so many different subsections of the fitness/movement industries, and how each one has a unique philosophy about why we should move that way. Each one assigns a unique purpose to physical movement.
Let’s look at a few examples.
Most of the fitness industry is designed to teach people how to manage and improve their weight, their health, and their aesthetics. Some will use terms like “elongate,” while others use terms like “shred,” but it’s more or less the same philosophy: Move your body to improve your weight, health, and physique.
Of course there are some niches who focus mainly on improving performance (strength, endurance, speed, mobility, or agility). These include crossfit, powerlifting, triathlon training, gymnastics, golf, and pretty much every other sport ever. The philosophy behind performance-focused training is something like: Move your body to perform, or Move your body to win.
In my coaching circles, movement is often designed to “empower” women, and make them feel confident. How this works and what this means is usually pretty vague and enigmatic though. I hear explanations ranging from being more confident because you look good (back to aesthetics), to being more confident because you’re strong enough to accomplish a certain task or protect yourself (performing/winning), to being more confident because you learned that with hard work, you can accomplish things you never would have imagined (promoting a growth mindset). Either way, there is an undeniable thread of movement philosophy that says: Move your body to build confidence.
Some segments of the movement world focus on mobility and safety, from MovNat to Ido Portal to Kelly Starret. These are built around the idea that learning how to move properly can help you offset cultural movement deficits, age well, and optimize your life without getting hurt. My dear friends Hunter Cook and Kate Galliett of Fit For Real Life both populate this camp, and the boiled-down philosophy is something like: Move your body to stay safe and enjoy an active life.
Of course, some people include movement in their life purely for pleasure, joy, and play. Children, for example, tend to live by the philosophy: Move your body to have fun.
Now I want to talk about my own personal philosophy.
For me, the main purpose of physical movement is an overlooked and underused effect: embodiment.
Due to the culture we live in, most women have experienced feeling utterly disempowered in their bodies. Clueless, lost, broken, wrong.
I know I have. Growing up, I was actually considered the clumsiest, klutziest, least athletic person anyone knew. I ran into things, dropped things, and comically misestimated distances and directions. On top of that, I had experienced the dissociation effect of childhood trauma, so there were certain things I simply couldn’t feel in my body— sensations I was utterly numb to, both physically and emotionally.
As a teenager, I was totally out of touch with my body. Disconnected. Removed. It was almost as though my body had nothing to do with me.
When I started learning how to dance at 18 years old, I started to tune into muscles sensations in my body for the very first time. This simple mind-muscle connection was the beginning of my brain being able to “hear” and gather information from my body in a way that I had literally never been able to do before.
Later on, through lifting weights, I would improve and increase this skill, learning how to activate some very difficult-to-connect-to muscles like my deep core, glutes, and scapula muscles. I also learned how to feel where my body was in space, by connecting for the first time with proprioceptive feedback (the mechanism designed to inform you about your body’s relationship to space and your environment).
Looking back, I believe dance saved my life. I entered that dance program without even realizing I was in danger, flooded with darkness, anger, and shame. I felt paralyzed and numb; I was afraid all the time, but didn’t know what I was afraid of.
Moving my body, re-connecting to the sensations of my skin and muscles, and learning how to “hear” my body again, started me down the path of healing I needed.
The information I gained from my body would guide every single step of my healing. When I recognize that some areas of my body felt different than others (some felt frozen, and some felt alive, for example) I used this information to do deep work on the parts that needed care.
When I discovered that my emotions changed the sensations in my body, I learned how to differentiate between the nuances of sadness and anger, anger and fear, fear and disgust. This information was like finding my soul’s User Manual. While I haven’t been short on struggle since then, I’ve literally never doubted myself since. (PS if you’re interested in learning how to tap into your own personal user manual, I did create a 10 week digital course called Make Friends With Your Feelings to teach you how.)
The cool thing about movement for me, was that I learned to tune into my body, I began to trust myself and my environment. Being able to sense people, distinguish between my nuanced emotions, and access the sensations inside my own body that say YES and NO allowed me, for the very first time, to feel safe in my body and in the world.
This feeling of being fully in touch with your body is what I call embodiment, and it’s my philosophy on the purpose of movement: Move your body to feel your body, or:
Move your body to reclaim access to your body’s infinite wisdom.
All of these different purposes for movement are valid, and all of them are great. Most people probably draw upon several different reasons for moving their bodies, and subscribe to several of these philosophies, in different ratios. For example, right now I’m all about embodiment, but I still love to move for fun and pleasure, and someday I look forward to training for performance again.
What about you? What’s your philosophy? What drives you to move your body? <3
Jessi
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{#TransparentTuesday} Why do you move your body?
Last weekend I attended an all women’s MovNat certification workshop. I met a bunch of amazing women, and had a bunch of fascinating conversations. What’s on my mind today is the result of some of those conversations, with a special shout-out to Jen Sinkler, who is truly as smart and funny in real life as you would guess from social media.
What is the purpose of physical movement?
According to mainstream women’s fitness culture, the purpose of movement is basically toburn calories, burn fat, lose weight, fix your flaws, get smaller, be more attractive, take up less space, be deserving of love and belonging, and earn your worth.
Obviously, I’m not down with any of that. Like, at ALL.
That’s why I liked MovNat’s counter-culture philosophy. For them, the purpose of movement is to honor and strengthen the body you were born in, the way we were designed to. It’s a step in the right direction at least, since it rejects all the mainstream physique BS.
This weekend got me thinking about how there are so many different subsections of the fitness/movement industries, and how each one has a unique philosophy about why we should move that way. Each one assigns a unique purpose to physical movement.
Let’s look at a few examples.
Most of the fitness industry is designed to teach people how to manage and improve their weight, their health, and their aesthetics. Some will use terms like “elongate,” while others use terms like “shred,” but it’s more or less the same philosophy: Move your body to improve your weight, health, and physique.
Of course there are some niches who focus mainly on improving performance (strength, endurance, speed, mobility, or agility). These include crossfit, powerlifting, triathlon training, gymnastics, golf, and pretty much every other sport ever. The philosophy behind performance-focused training is something like: Move your body to perform, or Move your body to win.
In my coaching circles, movement is often designed to “empower” women, and make them feel confident. How this works and what this means is usually pretty vague and enigmatic though. I hear explanations ranging from being more confident because you look good (back to aesthetics), to being more confident because you’re strong enough to accomplish a certain task or protect yourself (performing/winning), to being more confident because you learned that with hard work, you can accomplish things you never would have imagined (promoting a growth mindset). Either way, there is an undeniable thread of movement philosophy that says: Move your body to build confidence.
Some segments of the movement world focus on mobility and safety, from MovNat to Ido Portal to Kelly Starret. These are built around the idea that learning how to move properly can help you offset cultural movement deficits, age well, and optimize your life without getting hurt. My dear friends Hunter Cook and Kate Galliett of Fit For Real Life both populate this camp, and the boiled-down philosophy is something like: Move your body to stay safe and enjoy an active life.
Of course, some people include movement in their life purely for pleasure, joy, and play. Children, for example, tend to live by the philosophy: Move your body to have fun.
Now I want to talk about my own personal philosophy.
For me, the main purpose of physical movement is an overlooked and underused effect: embodiment.
Due to the culture we live in, most women have experienced feeling utterly disempowered in their bodies. Clueless, lost, broken, wrong.
I know I have. Growing up, I was actually considered the clumsiest, klutziest, least athletic person anyone knew. I ran into things, dropped things, and comically misestimated distances and directions. On top of that, I had experienced the dissociation effect of childhood trauma, so there were certain things I simply couldn’t feel in my body— sensations I was utterly numb to, both physically and emotionally.
As a teenager, I was totally out of touch with my body. Disconnected. Removed. It was almost as though my body had nothing to do with me.
When I started learning how to dance at 18 years old, I started to tune into muscles sensations in my body for the very first time. This simple mind-muscle connection was the beginning of my brain being able to “hear” and gather information from my body in a way that I had literally never been able to do before.
Later on, through lifting weights, I would improve and increase this skill, learning how to activate some very difficult-to-connect-to muscles like my deep core, glutes, and scapula muscles. I also learned how to feel where my body was in space, by connecting for the first time with proprioceptive feedback (the mechanism designed to inform you about your body’s relationship to space and your environment).
Looking back, I believe dance saved my life. I entered that dance program without even realizing I was in danger, flooded with darkness, anger, and shame. I felt paralyzed and numb; I was afraid all the time, but didn’t know what I was afraid of.
Moving my body, re-connecting to the sensations of my skin and muscles, and learning how to “hear” my body again, started me down the path of healing I needed.
The information I gained from my body would guide every single step of my healing. When I recognize that some areas of my body felt different than others (some felt frozen, and some felt alive, for example) I used this information to do deep work on the parts that needed care.
When I discovered that my emotions changed the sensations in my body, I learned how to differentiate between the nuances of sadness and anger, anger and fear, fear and disgust. This information was like finding my soul’s User Manual. While I haven’t been short on struggle since then, I’ve literally never doubted myself since. (PS if you’re interested in learning how to tap into your own personal user manual, I did create a 10 week digital course called Make Friends With Your Feelings to teach you how.)
The cool thing about movement for me, was that I learned to tune into my body, I began to trust myself and my environment. Being able to sense people, distinguish between my nuanced emotions, and access the sensations inside my own body that say YES and NO allowed me, for the very first time, to feel safe in my body and in the world.
This feeling of being fully in touch with your body is what I call embodiment, and it’s my philosophy on the purpose of movement: Move your body to feel your body, or:
Move your body to reclaim access to your body’s infinite wisdom.
All of these different purposes for movement are valid, and all of them are great. Most people probably draw upon several different reasons for moving their bodies, and subscribe to several of these philosophies, in different ratios. For example, right now I’m all about embodiment, but I still love to move for fun and pleasure, and someday I look forward to training for performance again.
What about you? What’s your philosophy? What drives you to move your body? <3
Jessi
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