This week we wellness girl chat about products that have withstood the test of time...both my recommendations and recommendations from you guys! We also chat "de-influencing", more specifically, what products I wouldn't buy again should I start my health and wellness space and home gym over again. Listen in, and we'd love to know what some of your health and wellness non-negotiables are, too! The best recs come from friends!

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00:00– 00:17 Intro

00:18– 00:58 Introduction to Health and Wellness Trends

00:59– 01:24 Host Introduction and Episode Overview

01:25– 02:35 Community Recommendations and Personal Favorites

02:36– 08:17 Top Health and Wellness Products

08:18– 09:48 Listener Favorites and Additional Recommendations

09:49– 12:22 Products to Avoid... De-Influencing you!

12:23– 12:58 Stakt mat

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The health and wellness industry is

a huge industry with so many products

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pushed at us from every different angle.

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With the creatine industry alone reaching

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are some of the health and wellness

equipment trends, products that have

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withstood the test of time for me?

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So today I am going to.

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Share with you my favorite health and

wellness products that have withstood

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decades of time for me, years of time,

years of time for you guys as well.

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I ask the community what they

recommend and what has withstood

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the test of time for them.

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In addition to de influencing

you from buying certain products

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that are being pushed at us.

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Welcome back to Wellness the Pod.

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I'm your host, Dr.

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Kelsey Vic, a board certified

orthopedic doctor, physical therapy,

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and a pelvic floor physical therapist.

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And I have had so many friends recently

who are creating their home gyms or their

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spaces for wellness within their homes,

and they text me knowing that I've tried

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a lot of different products and that I've.

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Built out my own home gym,

my own wellness space.

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Like what are some of the non-negotiables?

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What are things that

are absolutely worth it?

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So I figured we do a little fun

product e type of episode today with

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my own recommendations, but then also

recommendations from you guys because

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I feel like those recommendations from

friends are honestly some of the best.

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So I asked you guys what are some of

your health and wellness non-negotiables?

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And then I'll also sprinkle in my own,

in addition to telling you guys the.

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Health and wellness items that I've

purchased that I might not purchase

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again, should I move houses or rebuild

a wellness space somewhere else?

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So if you guys have listened to

the pod for a while, you know

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that I switch up my routine often,

especially my exercise routine.

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I get bored and I do one routine for

a couple months and then I switch it

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up, add in, running out in Pilates.

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So I'm constantly looking

for equipment that can.

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Transfer from when I am in more

of a strength training phase

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versus a Pilates phase, versus a

bar phase versus a running phase.

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There's no need to invest heavily

in equipment if you are like me

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and just want to switch it up.

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So this is the equipment that I

would recommend investing heavily in

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because, or or spending a little bit

more money on, knowing that it works

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for a wide range of workouts, and

any time that I switch up my routine.

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So let's start with items that

have been totally worth it for me.

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And this first one is probably A

little bit controversial, but they

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are my leggings and my bottoms,

specifically from Lululemon.

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I know there is a lot of controversy

within the company historically.

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There's just some things that have

been said that I definitely do not

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subscribe to, but their leggings

and the quality of their leggings

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and their bottoms is unmatched.

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I have had some since.

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2013, I guess so 12 years.

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And they are still just as

good as when I bought them.

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And they are just as comfy

if not even more comfy now.

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So their quality actually lasts.

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I know they're expensive, but I

have found that it has been worth

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it to invest in quality leggings.

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And I really like the way the ones

from Lululemon fit, especially

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their aligned leggings as a

pelvic floor physical therapist.

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I like things with not.

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A super tight waistband

in the abdominal region.

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'cause then it can push pressure

down onto the pelvic floor.

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So I really like the aligned

leggings for that reason.

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They're great for lounge, not great

for super sweaty workouts, but

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great for lounge yoga, Pilates bar,

all of those types of workouts.

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I.

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also love my stacked mat.

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I've had my stacked mat now for probably

about five years, and previously I didn't

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love any yoga mat because it was not that

comfy, and I'm not a huge yoga girly.

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I love yoga classes, but I

don't necessarily go outta

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my way every week to do them.

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And so I would never invest

in a true yoga mat because

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I felt like it was only good for yoga

and core workouts, but now with the

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stacked mat, it is very versatile.

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No matter what workouts I do, it folds up.

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So not only is it comfy on your

knees for yoga workouts, but it can

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also be used for strength training

workouts for high intensity interval

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training workouts for core work.

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It's just a great sort of all

in one mat that is versatile

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for a lot of different workouts.

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Looped booty bands, and a lot of

you guys said this as well, but I

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love a good looped booty band set.

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I feel like they're great for a variety

of workouts and they're also great

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for travel, which is super important,

especially if you're trying to stay

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consistent within your exercise routine.

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Now, as much as I wish I

found an alternative for this

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next one, I have not yet.

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I'm still looking for a great set that can

be space saving and efficient, but a good

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dumbbell variety has never done me wrong.

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I have anything from three

pounds up to 40 pounds.

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Just having different options to challenge

your muscles and provide enough of a

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stimulus with the dumbbell options that

you have and the weight options that

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you have is huge for getting the results

that you want within your workouts, no

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matter the workouts that you're doing.

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So yes, storage can be a nightmare,

especially in a small space.

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We've had them under our couch

when we were in an apartment.

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Right now we have this like rack in our

garage that's really large and bulky,

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and I definitely would love to find

an adjustable option that can allow.

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From, you know, low weights to high

weights for upper body to lower body.

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So I'm still looking for that.

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So if you guys have a great recommendation

for that, I would love to hear it

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because I don't love how much space

a variety of dumbbells takes up.

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Speaking of home gym, an adjustable bench.

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We had one in our apartment.

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Yes.

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It looked like we were

just the ultimate gym bros.

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Having it with our couch and our

coffee table in our living room.

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But.

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Adjustable bench has been

huge, especially a sturdy one.

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'cause not only can you do upper body

stuff, bench press, chest press, chest

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flies, bent over rows, core work on it.

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You can also do like squat jumps

and step ups and lower body work,

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especially if it is a st sturdier bench.

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So we really like.

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Hours from Rep Fitness.

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We've had the fringe one there out of

Austin, and it works okay, but it was a

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little shakier, so I'd recommend trying

it in person, but that has definitely

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been one that I've recommended to a

lot of people just because it is so,

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so versatile for a lot of different

workouts and a lot of different, like

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upper body and lower body workouts.

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The last ones are pretty

quick, but I have had.

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Multiple journals, and I think

this is an easy one that has

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listed the test of time for me.

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I used to be a daily journal, now I'm more

of a weekly journaler, but throughout,

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again, probably since 20 10, 20 11,

I've been journaling in some capacity.

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So having a really fun journal that

I look forward to opening and writing

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in has been huge for my health and

wellness, but especially like the

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mental component of health and wellness.

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I also love Spotify, some sort

of music playlist streaming,

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music streaming service.

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I have loved having Spotify.

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I think we've had this for

probably almost a decade.

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I've been using it for probably

almost a decade, and I.

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We have tried Apple Music and I

still go back to Spotify every

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time because of their ability

to curate different playlists.

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So I love that.

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And then the last one you guys have heard

me talk about before about my R Ring.

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I've had an Apple Watch.

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I've had a Fitbit way back when.

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I've had a lot of different fitness

trackers, and the R Ring to me

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is definitely worth the money.

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Their warranty is great.

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I have had it like almost after a year.

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For some reason, the software started

and the hardware started to be a little

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bit glitchy and not connect with my

app, and so I connected with them.

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They sent me a new one.

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It was amazing.

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This one I've probably had now for

two or three years, so I think it was

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just something about that one that.

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It the hardware software was off,

but this one has been amazing.

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I love how small it is.

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I love the ability to track

a lot of different variables.

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It's not the best activity

tracker, but I'm not necessarily

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looking to track my activity and

see how many calories I burned.

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I really like the more holistic

approach the R Ring takes.

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And then lastly, things to, I guess,

influence you guys on from you guys.

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These are some of the things

that when I asked you guys what

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are some non-negotiables for you

guys in your health and wellness

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routines throughout the years?

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These are some that you guys sent me.

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So the loom box, red light therapy

or any red light therapy, the

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AW Walla water bottles, which

I've seen more of these lately.

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And they're the ones with the

straw and the SIP options.

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So if you like a straw, you have the

straw, but if you want a sip, you also

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have the SIP option, which is pretty cool.

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This one I thought was funny, but it was

a body wash brush to scrub your back.

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Again, these are the non-negotiables.

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These are just like the basics and

I love that that one was included.

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It's a tend to TTR because yes,

after sweaty gym hair, we all have

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tangles the hatch alarm clock.

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I still have not gotten one of these,

but I have heard from so many people

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that it is definitely worth it.

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The Brew Mate, water bottle,

another water bottle option, dime

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non-toxic skincare, water boy,

electrolytes, primarily pure deodorant.

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The peppermint lineage sleep mask

because there's no dyes in it.

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I just found this out.

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Actually, my sister is the one that

submitted this one and she told

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me the berry one that I love has.

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Like a dye in it.

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And so she has switched to the

peppermint one, same amount of

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moisture, but no dyes in it.

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So I love that.

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Disposable face towels,

speaker and AirPods.

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So something to listen to music.

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And I'm a big AirPods user too, not

like the max ones that have your

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ears like in the full headphones.

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I've heard those can

get sweaty at the gym.

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But I do love my AirPods too.

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And finally, let me de influence you

guys on some of the things that I've

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bought, I've loved in the past, but.

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Maybe won't withstand the test of

time with the amount of research and

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just different things coming out.

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So the first one is my as sauna blanket.

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I love it.

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I use it, but I probably wouldn't

rebuy mainly because I do feel like

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it is a good cheaper option to get

the benefits of sauna without actually

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purchasing or putting in a real

sauna or getting a membership to a

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recovery facility that has a sauna.

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But I don't know if.

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It has enough of the, like heat

dispersion, especially in the face

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because it is like a sleeping bag.

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So I don't know if it's providing enough

of a benefit for me to wanna repurchase.

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Again, I've said this since we got it,

but the large thera gun or massage gun,

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the large side specifically, I feel like

it's very bulky whenever I wanna use it.

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I wanna use it during travel a lot because

sitting on a plane, sitting in a car,

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you just want to have that option to.

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Like percussion or percuss

your muscles a little bit.

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And the large one is just the

size of a large lunchbox and

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pretty heavy and pretty bulky.

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And so if I had to go back, I

would get the travel size one

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instead of the super large one.

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And then lastly, this one I just

thought about, but there were some.

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Free people, shorts, athletic shorts

that I once had that were a beautiful

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like mau of color, but the liner

was white, which is so annoying.

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So any of the shorts, I don't buy

them anymore, but any of the shorts

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that has a white liner, anytime

I try and convince myself, oh, it

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won't make any difference to me.

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I never wear them because.

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Athletic shorts can be

short when you run, right?

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Like you're running the wind's

blowing whatever, you're gonna see

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the liner at some point probably.

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And having a white liner or a liner

that is a different color than

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the actual shorts really bugs me.

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So that's a small one, but I forget

what the free people short style was.

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I hope they changed the liner color, but

it used to be super popular and I ended

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up donating the shorts because I just

could not get over the fact that they

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were a mov short with a white liner,

which it just made no sense to me.

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So this was a little bit of a fun,

definitely more casual, girly episode,

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influencing and de influencing you

guys on some health and wellness

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non-negotiables from me, but then also

from you guys and things that have

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withstood the test of time in all of

our routines, and then de influencing

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you from things that I've bought that

I maybe wouldn't necessarily buy again.

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So I hope you enjoyed this fun episode.

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Just a little, little casual girl chat.

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A little less serious than some of our

other episodes, but I hope you enjoyed

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it and I'll see you guys again on the

next episode of Wellness Fixes the Pod.