Feel Fit with Laurel

02/01/2023

08/04/2020

WEAR THE SHORTS. 🔥

When I started teaching group fitness classes over 6 years ago, I would only wear a very few pieces from my wardrobe and they were ALWAYS leggings and ALWAYS black or dark colored because I thought lighter colors might highlight my so-called ‘flaws.’

Shorts were an ABSOLUTE ‘No.’

I have fought with clothes for most of my life. I used to have a bunch of unspoken rules as to what a ‘bigger’ girl could and couldn’t wear.

I am so darn PROUD of this girl who has decided that choosing an outfit based on HIDING parts of myself rather than for function or personal style or comfort, NO LONGER SERVES ME.

Now I wear shorts almost EVERY single day - I think they FEEL the best, and allow me to MOVE my body without fidgeting with them all the time. Plus they don’t overheat me! 🙌

It’s taken literal years of trying to change my body with the delusional idea that I could or would finally stop judging myself for these things once I looked a certain way.

You don’t have to wait to wear something until you have lost ‘X’ amount of pounds, or accept that you’ll never wear shorts because your thighs jiggle and rub together (mine do too!), have cellulite (95% of women have this!!!), have spider veins (ME TOO!) or aren’t as tan and toned as the fitness industry shows us you need to be. Blah blah blah...

I challenge you to start picking pieces that make you FEEL AMAZING! On trend, off trend, more skin showing, less skin showing- DO IT FOR YOU. We ALL deserve to accept ourselves as imperfect, ever-changing and malleable beings NOW! Not in some hypothetical made up future. No. You deserve it NO MATTER WHAT!

Wear the damn shorts! (Or whatever your ‘no’ clothing piece is) I love you all! 💕

07/21/2020

Let’s talk body image.

I have dealt with a negative body image most of my life. The distorted idea of what healthy looks like is ! Health looks different on every BODY 💕

Being unable to live in the ‘now’ because we are constantly thinking of WHEN I look this way, or WHEN I weigh ‘x’ amount of pounds I’ll be more well-liked/happier/healthier, can negatively impact us more than you can imagine. Start from within, and the rest will follow.

I have never had the body type that our fashion and fitness industries hail, and I haven’t always been nice to myself about the way I look.

Thankfully, this is something I have the power to change and have been working to reframe my self talk and how to change the negative, and unhealthy mental loops I have created, over the past few years.

When I have bad body image days, here’s what helps:

➖Not weighing myself!!!
If I’m already thinking negative thoughts, knowing an arbitrary number about my density absolutely doesn’t help!

➖Going for a walk/moving my body.
It can be hard to motivate through those negative thoughts but getting my blood pumping even for just 5-10 minutes helps TREMENDOUSLY! This could be ANY type of movement that feed good to you.

➖Hydrating.
Even though hydrating can make me feel heavy and full at first, drinking clear liquids helps energy levels, digestion, and bloat a TON and I’m always thankful after the fact! 😌

➖Having grace.
Probably the most important thing to remember, is that you can move through these feelings while honoring them. It’s OKAY to not feel your best, but it’s not okay to beat yourself up about it. Acknowledge, and move forward because there are SO many more amazing things about you than your body/weight. 💜

What are some things that help you when you’re being your own worst friend? ⤵️

07/20/2020

Absolute KILLER cardio🙌
I saw this workout last week by and just HAD to give it a go! I made it 6 rounds (18 mins) and was dying in the BEST way! 😝 I love trying other trainer’s workouts and this one is a keeper for sure. 💪

EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute)
MIN 1:
➖10 Swings
➖+ 8/8 Skater taps
MIN 2:
➖10 Swings
➖+ 10/10 Shoulder taps
MIN 3:
➖10 Swings
➖ + 8/8 Reverse lunges
X4-6 ROUNDS
Rest for the remainder of the seconds in each minute 🙂

Thanks for an amazing cardio blast!!! Try it yourself 🙌😅

07/15/2020

Short and Spicy🌶

When you’re short on time, try this circuit that will get it done in under 10 minutes.

Don’t believe me? Save this and try it yourself! 💪

6 minute AMRAP
➖3 Push-up + kickouts
➖6 Broad jumps
➖9 Air squats
As many rounds as you can!!

REST 2-3 minutes
then repeat 1 more time 🌶

07/08/2020

I’m excited to share workouts and information about my business with you all! 🙌

I did this leg workout a few weeks ago and let me tell you... it’s a burner! 🔥🍑 My legs were trembling!

Want to try it?? 👇👇👇

EMOM stands for “Every Minute On the Minute” so for this workout, set a timer that beeps every minute.

At the beginning of each minute, complete your reps, then rest with whatever time you have remaining in that minute.

28 minute EMOM:

👉All of these can be done with BODY WEIGHT!!
(Just take out the DB press on the lunges and you’ll be good to go!)

➖12 Reverse lunge thrusters
X4 rounds
➖12 Single leg deadlifts
X4 rounds (EACH LEG)
➖10 Bulgarian split squats
X4 rounds (EACH LEG)
➖10 Front racked squats
X4 rounds
(Oh my gosh these were hard after the BSS!!)
➖15 Kickouts

Ouch! Try it and TAG me 💕

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