Forget the 6-week bridal crash plan. There is a smarter, more sustainable, and more science-backed way to look and feel your absolute best on your wedding day — and it starts right here.
In this episode, Dr. Kelsy Vick — board-certified orthopedic DPT and pelvic floor physical therapist — kicks off the Wedding Prep Series with the real framework for body recomposition: losing fat while building or maintaining muscle over months, not weeks, without crash dieting or overexercising.
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Welcome to Wellness Fixes the Pod, a
by Maven Media production, where we
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:believe you deserve real education
from real experts, delivered
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:in a way you can actually use.
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:I'm Dr.
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:Kelsey Vick, your board-certified
orthopedic doctor of physical therapy, and
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:this podcast was built for the girl who
is done feeling overwhelmed and frustrated
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:by conflicting health noise, and is ready
for something she can actually trust.
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:Every week, we have honest, science-backed
conversations about your health,
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:your hormones, your brain, your
body, and everything in between.
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:No fluff, no fear-mongering,
just the truth.
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:Because understanding your
body is the most powerful
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:thing you can do for yourself.
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:A table full of experts built for
the curious girl who wants the truth.
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:So welcome.
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:Your seat is waiting for you.
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:A lot of girls want to look more toned on
their wedding day, so we're gonna chat the
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:actual science-backed way to achieve that.
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:We're not crash dieting.
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:We're not crash exercising.
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:We're not starving ourselves in
order to create the body composition
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:or changes that we wanna see.
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:The fast approach produces water
loss, muscle loss, hormonal chaos,
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:and a body that's fighting you by
the time your wedding day arrives.
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:Jump training is amazing both for
now and in the future, and I call
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:it bone building on steroids.
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:Intensity is that key driver of fat loss,
not volume, meaning a 20-minute high
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:intensity interval training session can
have more positive benefits on fat loss
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:compared to an hour of moderate cardio.
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:Exercise is the stimulus.
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:Recovery is where the magic happens.
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:Muscle is built, fat is mobilized, and
adaptations are made when you rest.
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:From a thousand times yes to I do,
let's chat science-backed wedding prep.
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:Welcome back to Wellness Fixes the Pod.
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:I'm your host, Dr.
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:Kelsey Vick, a board-certified
orthopedic doctor of physical therapy
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:and a pelvic floor physical therapist.
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:And wedding season is here, so whether
you're the bride, a maid of honor, or
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:just someone who wants a good excuse
to dial in their health and wellness
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:routine, this episode is for you.
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:We're doing something a little bit
different today in the wedding prep side
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:of things and talking science-backed
wedding prep with different experts.
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:So today, I am talking about something
that is near and dear to my heart,
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:and that is body recomposition
and exercise and movement.
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:A lot of girls want to look more
toned on their wedding day, which in
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:my head makes me think a decrease in
fat and an increase in muscle mass
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:or a maintenance of muscle mass.
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:So we're gonna chat the actual
science-backed way to achieve that.
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:Given this bridal era, your engagement
era is the perfect time to have a reason
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:to dial in whatever that goal and that
exercise routine looks like for you.
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:So a little vibe check before we dive in.
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:This episode is for every bride,
every maid of honor, every wedding
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:guest, really every person who wants
to dial in her own health routine.
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:We're gonna start off talking about
body composition and recomposition,
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:but we'll touch on a lot of different
subjects that brides care about as
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:a way to narrow the focus on wedding
prep, wedding season, and all the
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:excitement that comes with a proposal,
an engagement, and wedding planning.
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:But these concepts are not just
for brides, they're for everyone.
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:A wedding date is one of
the best motivators in
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:existence, so why not use it?
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:However, we're not doing crash anything.
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:We're not crash dieting.
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:We're not crash exercising.
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:We're not starving ourselves in
order to create the body composition
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:or changes that we want to see.
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:This is sustainable changes that can
be done for a lengthened period of
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:time to help you feel the best on
your wedding day if you're a bride
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:or just the best at a date in the
future, even if you're not a bride.
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:Crash approaches have a way of wreaking
havoc on your hormonal system, your
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:ability to maintain or grow muscle or
lose fat or improve your bone mineral
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:density or sleep, your energy levels.
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:There are so many negatives to
crash anything that my goal is to
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:really talk about and educate on the
science-backed way to create these
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:sustainable changes that a lot of
brides want for their wedding day.
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:And produce results that can
stick long after the honeymoon.
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:You can think of this as your
wedding prep glow up series, but
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:science-backed and research-backed.
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:So let's start with body composition and
body recomposition more specifically,
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:What it actually means and why we want it.
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:Everyone says they want to tone
up before their wedding, but
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:what does that actually mean?
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:And what are the biological
processes that go into that toned
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:look that a lot of brides want?
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:So body recomposition is losing
fat and building or maintaining
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:muscle simultaneously.
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:That toned look that everyone wants is
not this new type of muscle creation.
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:It is the subsequent building
or maintenance of muscle
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:with the decreasing of fat.
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:And real body recomposition happens
over months, not days or weeks.
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:The slower approach produces
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:changes that are actually
structural, meaning they will last.
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:The fast approach produces water
loss, muscle loss, hormonal chaos,
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:and a body that's fighting you by
the time your wedding day arrives.
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:So the two of the most important
pillars for body recomposition are your
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:fitness and exercise and your fueling.
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:We'll dive into exercise today since
that's my expertise and something
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:I feel very confident chatting
on, but we will also talk about
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:fueling and the nutrition side of
the equation with experts who know.
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:The key takeaway, we want to align your
goals and your vision for your body
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:and your wedding day with a sustainable
approach that's not creating this fight
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:or flight response from your body.
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:That way you can actually feel and look
your best on your wedding day and have
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:those habits stay and be maintained
even on your first anniversary.
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:So back in the fall of twenty twenty-five,
we chatted the exercise handbag,
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:which is a fun term and a fun metaphor
that I came up with to describe the
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:essentials that every girl needs in her
exercise routine or exercise handbag.
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:We talk about everything that girls
need in their exercise routines, both
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:for their goals now currently, but also
their longevity goals in the future.
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:So forget the bridal arm series.
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:Here's what I'd actually focus on when
it comes to your exercise routine and
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:fine-tuning your exercise routine to
help reach your body recomposition
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:goals now, but also set you up for
success long term in the future.
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:Number one is strength training.
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:This is a non-negotiable
in your science-backed body
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:recomposition wedding prep glow up
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:If you haven't previously strength
trained, a wedding is the perfect reason
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:to start to try and dial in that routine.
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:A lot of girls want their arms to
look amazing on their wedding day,
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:or their legs or their booty, or just
feel good in their bodies and feel
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:confident, and that is wonderful.
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:So the wedding's a nice reason, a nice
motivator to create these changes in
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:your routine now to where you have
typically quite a few months in between
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:proposal and wedding day to really
enact these habit changes and these
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:new routines in your life to make it
more of a lifestyle change after your
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:wedding, not just for the wedding.
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:So strength training is what actually
creates the body composition goals that
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:you want to see on your wedding day.
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:As a simple rule of thumb, what
does strength training look like?
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:And the whole goal of The Exercise Handbag
is to show that even if you like Pilates,
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:even if you like barre, even if you like
running, there are still ways to get
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:in your strength training no matter the
form of exercise that you actually enjoy.
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:I feel like strength training can
create this image in people's heads
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:of going to the gym, lifting heavy
weights, lifting barbells, really...
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:Which is true.
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:All of those things constitute strength
training and resistance training.
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:But there's still a way to lift those
weights in that form of movement
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:that is not strength training.
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:Just like there's ways that
you can do Pilates and barre
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:without actually creating enough
stimulus for muscle growth.
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:So we wanna make sure that you are
able to incorporate the principles
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:of strength training no matter the
style of Exercise Handbag or the
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:style of exercise that you enjoy.
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:So how do we do that?
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:Some of the big pillars of strength
training and creating muscle changes
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:within your body is you want to hit every
major muscle group at least twice a week.
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:That means upper body, lower body, core.
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:You can group them regionally to keep
it simple, but we wanna hit every
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:major muscle group twice a week.
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:That can be an upper body
day, a lower body day.
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:That can be two full body days.
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:For me, that typically looks like
an upper body day, a lower body
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:day, and then a full body day.
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:I like to add in three or four days
of strength training for my own goals.
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:But if you're new to strength training
and you're looking to just build a routine
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:for feeling your best on your wedding
day, The guidelines say two times a
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:week hitting every major muscle group.
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:One of the other pillars of strength
training is you need to be reaching
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:muscular fatigue, and that's
different from neuromuscular fatigue
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:or nervous system fatigue, where
you might, in a barre class or a
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:Pilates class, hold that position for
a while or do those little pulses,
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:and that can create neuromuscular
fatigue, but it might not actually
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:indicate true muscular fatigue.
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:So the reason we want true muscular
fatigue is so the body is cued
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:for that subsequent rebuilding
after that exercise session.
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:If we reach the fatigue point, we're
really telling our bodies, "Hey, I
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:can't currently handle this weight
that I'm lifting or the amount of
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:repetitions that I'm lifting this weight.
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:Next time, we need to build
reinforcements so that I'm able to
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:lift this weight again and again."
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:So it's this cue for your body
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:to build more muscle mass.
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:So we all have different
points of muscular fatigue.
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:For someone who's just starting
out with exercise, body weight
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:For someone who has strength trained
for years, we'll need to lift heavier
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:weight and add external resistance in
order to achieve that muscular fatigue
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:point or add more repetitions in order
to achieve that muscular fatigue point.
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:So the way you know you've hit that
fatigue point is if your form breaks down.
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:So if you're doing a lunge and all of
a sudden you realize "Oh my gosh, my
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:I'm having to really use my back to pull
the weight up," it might indicate that
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:Another way you know you've hit
that fatigue point is you physically
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:You also might start
slowing the tempo down.
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:That's a sign that you're getting
close to that muscular fatigue.
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:So if you're able to keep these pillars
in mind, no matter the form of exercise
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:that you're doing, you'll be able to
implement some of those strength training
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:principles to receive the benefits
of strength training in your exercise
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:routine, your exercise handbag, no matter
the style of exercise that you enjoy.
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:So a little love note to
my group fitness girlies.
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:I love a group fitness class.
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:I love a heated sculpt class,
but a lot of the times, I am not
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:hitting true muscular fatigue.
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:I'm hitting neuromuscular fatigue in
those classes, which there's a time
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:and a place for that, and if you
enjoy those exercise classes, great.
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:But if you are so consistent with
those classes and still looking to get
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:the benefits and reach the pillars of
strength training in that class, you
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:might have to modify the weights that
you're using, the repetitions that you're
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:using, the depth that you're going in
certain exercises in order to accomplish
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:the goals of strength training and
create that stimulus for muscle growth.
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:Pulses and low-weight, high-repetition
exercises are great for mind-muscle
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:connection, time under tension,
neuromuscular control, but they're not
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:the most effective and might not create
the stimulus needed for true muscular
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:growth and true body recomposition changes
or getting that sort of toned look.
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:If the last two reps of your set are
not genuinely hard, where you are having
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:trouble lifting the weight or rising and
lowering to the depths required, you're
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:not truly reaching muscular fatigue.
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:If it's a pulse and you're not able to
pulse any more or hold that position any
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:longer in an isometric or static hold,
that's more related to neuromuscular
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:fatigue, not true muscular fatigue.
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:So there is a difference.
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:This is not criticizing group
fitness classes or those modalities.
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:Again, I love doing those classes,
and there's a time and a place for
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:them, but it's just physiology.
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:We need to have enough of a stimulus
to create the muscle changes that
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:we want, and sometimes those group
fitness classes don't reach that.
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:Some of them do, and I really try
and search out those classes and
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:search out those instructors that
know those pillars of strength
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:training and align with my goals.
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:So I try and search those out, but I just
want to make you guys more aware consumers
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:of these classes, that way you know what
you're getting when you go into one of
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:these classes, and you know how to modify
it in the best way for your current goals.
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:The next essential in your
exercise handbag is jump training.
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:Jump training is amazing both for
now and in the future, and I call
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:it bone building on steroids.
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:It is one of the best ways to
create bone mineral density changes.
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:And I know a lot of girls in their
wedding prep era are not thinking
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:about their bone mineral density,
but it is one of the reasons that
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:we need to make sure we're fueling
appropriately because we do not want
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:bone breakdown because of under-fueling.
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:We don't want any sort of hormonal
changes or load changes or building
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:block changes to occur because we're
under-fueling, especially when it comes
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:to our bone mineral density as women.
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:And jump training is one of the ways
that we can actually positively affect
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:our bones and incorporate it super
easily into our exercise routines.
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:So not only does it help our
bone mineral density, it helps
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:our cardiovascular health.
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:It builds power.
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:It works on some of those different
muscle fiber types that allow us
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:to do these explosive movements.
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:So very beneficial for all of our
exercise routines in this wedding
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:prep glow up era, but also for life.
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:So if you wanna add it to your routine,
you can do something as simple as ten
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:Or jump rope at the beginning or end
of whatever your exercise routine is.
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:Think of jump training as the secret
weapon that makes your exercise
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:routine that much more effective.
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:the next science-backed fitness wedding
glow up era essential is high intensity
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:interval training and sprint interval
training, especially for women.
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:When it comes to body composition,
I mentioned two pillars,
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:muscle building and fat loss.
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:Both of those are related to our
metabolism, And high-intensity interval
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:training and sprint interval training
are two of the powerhouses that
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:positively affect our metabolisms.
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:So here's what the research tells us
about sprint training and high-intensity
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:interval training specifically for women.
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:Both high-intensity interval
training and sprint interval
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:training produce significant
visceral fat reduction in women.
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:Intensity is that key driver of
fat loss, not volume, meaning a
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:twenty-minute high-intensity interval
training session can have more positive
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:benefits on fat loss compared to
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:an hour of moderate cardio.
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:So not only is it less time, but it's more
efficient and produces longer-term results
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:or biological changes that are happening
within your body that are working long
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:after that 20-minute session of sprinting
or high-intensity interval training.
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:High-intensity interval training
combined with resistance training
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:produces better muscle retention, muscle
maintenance, and growth alongside fat
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:loss Than either modality alone, than
either high-intensity interval training
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:alone or strength training alone.
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:So the combo is really the key.
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:So here's a practical
wedding prep season protocol.
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:I like to sprinkle in two to
three sessions of sprint training
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:or HIIT training each week.
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:Sometimes I'll combine it on
one of my upper body days,
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:knowing I've hit the upper body.
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:Sprinting, high-intensity interval
training, oftentimes I have to use my
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:lower body to get my heart rate up enough.
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:You want your heart rate at about
80 to 90% of your heart rate max.
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:And your heart rate max is
estimated 220 minus your age.
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take a percentage of that.
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:Try and get your heart rate up to
that number during those working
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:sets, followed by resting sets.
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:And these can be a one-to-one
work to rest ratio, meaning
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:It can be 20 seconds on, one minute off.
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:You want to give yourself
a time for all-out effort
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:followed by rest and recovery.
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:And that can be a jog, that can be
a walk, whatever that recovery looks
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:like for you, as long as you're able
to hit those percentages of your heart
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:rate max, that 80 to 90% of your heart
rate max during those working sets.
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:As a little caveat, if it's close to your
wedding, you're in a high-stress state,
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:this is where I'd be a little careful
layering on high-intensity interval
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:training and sprint interval training.
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:We just did an episode on The Devil
Wears Prada and cortisol, so I encourage
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gets a bad reputation and how to
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promoted as cortisol-raising and
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:bad-for-you activities like sprinting and
high-intensity interval training in a safe
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:So if you are too stressed and
you're implementing some of these
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:high-intensity interval training and
sprint interval training workouts
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:and noticing your body just fighting
you back, this might be a variable to
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:take out of it in a high-stress state.
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:However, it's not saying that we don't
need it or they're not beneficial.
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:It's just saying that your body might
be having difficulty coming down from
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:that super high-intensity state because
of stress, and layering on something
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:else that's higher intensity that
creates some of those cardiovascular,
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:muscular, and neurological changes that
come with high stress, even if it's
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:good stress like exercise, might not
be as beneficial in a super high-stress
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:season, like closer to your wedding.
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:which is why this episode is talking
about not crash dieting, crash
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:exercising, or anything, because
implementing high-intensity interval
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:training and sprint interval training
at the right time is super beneficial.
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:But if you wait till the very end when
you're already stressed and already
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changes and worried about how you're
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in your body on your wedding day,
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in all of those things all at once.
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:We wanna be able to have this
nice experimentation phase and
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:allow our body to adapt to possibly
some of these new stimuli that we are
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:placing on it in the form of exercise.
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:So the last handbag essential that we all
need in our science-backed wedding prep
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:This is the exercise handbag essential
that's making all of the other
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:Exercise is the stimulus.
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:Recovery is where the magic happens.
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:Muscle is built, fat is mobilized,
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:and adaptations are made when you rest.
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:So in your wedding prep era, you do
not need to exercise every single day.
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:You need to have recovery built in.
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:Four to five quality
workout and exercise days
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:With two to three genuine rest or
active recovery days is that sweet spot.
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:Active recovery can mean easy walks or a
light jog if that is your fitness state.
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:Gentle stretching, yoga, something
that feels good for the body.
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:You can also take it
as a complete rest day.
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:Sleep is also the most
underrated recovery tool.
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:So making sure throughout all of this,
really trying to dial in that sleep
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:hygiene so that the body can create
all of the processes that exercise is
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:stimulating and work on rebuilding,
getting fuel for energy for all of the
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:things that we're doing in exercise.
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:That's where sleep and recovery
really come into play and why
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:they're essential to have in
your science-backed wedding prep.
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:So this next one's not necessarily
essential, but it's a bonus tool for you
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:to utilize during your wedding prep season
to know if what you're doing in your
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:exercise routine is actually translating
to the body composition changes that you
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:want to see, and that tool is a DEXA scan.
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:We talked about it on the pod a few
weeks back, but if you're a data girl
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:and like to actually see changes that
are happening within your body, the
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:DEXA scan is the gold standard when it
comes to assessing body composition.
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:It'll tell you fat mass, it'll
tell you lean mass, it'll
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:It'll break it down region by
region to say, "Okay, you're growing
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:muscle mass in your upper body.
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:You're losing fat in your lower body."
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:It can tell you that breakdown and
give you a really clear picture on how
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:your body is responding to the exercise
routine and the stimulus of exercise
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:I'd recommend getting your baseline
scan soon after your proposal if
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:You do not have to do this.
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:But if you're a data girl
like me, sometimes it's
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:helpful to have those points.
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:So I'd recommend getting it maybe
a few weeks after your proposal.
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:Get that baseline, especially if
you're going to try and adjust
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:certain things to reach certain body
recomposition goals that you have.
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:Then maybe schedule one for
six to seven months later.
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:Check in.
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:If things still aren't progressing,
that's when you're able to
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:tweak before your wedding.
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:Assuming, like a year-long engagement
or 10-month engagement, you're able
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:to have these data points to allow
for better and more purposeful
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:experimentation and sort of fine-tuning
of your exercise and fitness
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:routine in this wedding prep season.
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:A DEXA scan just takes the guessing out.
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:Am I building muscle?
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:Am I losing fat?
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:It takes the guessing game out of it.
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:Let's go get it checked and analyzed
and actually see if the changes that
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:you're implementing are creating
the results you want to see.
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:So we can't necessarily talk fitness
without also talking fueling.
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:But as I mentioned earlier,
I'm not the expert in this.
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:We will have experts on who
are able to chat about this.
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:But when it comes to fueling
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:and exercise, the main points that I've
learned from the dietitians we've had
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:on this podcast is that We need enough
protein, and we need enough fuel.
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:A lot of girls are under-fueling,
which goes back into that crash dieting
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:culture, which we do not want to promote
in this wedding prep glow-up era.
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:We want to promote sustainable changes.
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:And what I've learned from a lot of
these dietitians is for these body
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:recomposition changes to happen, we want
to make sure we're getting enough protein
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:and that we're eating enough calories.
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:we can't expect our bodies to be able
to build or maintain muscle without
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:the appropriate building blocks and
fuel, which is where protein and
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:caloric intake and energy, getting
energy for our bodies comes into play.
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:The other thing I learned is the
importance of creatine, not only for our
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exercise, but especially for exercise.
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:It gives our cells the energy
needed for exercise to make
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:exercise that much more effective.
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:So creatine is another super important
pillar when it comes to body recomposition
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:and making exercise that much more
efficient for our female bodies.
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:Creatine supports our muscle building
capacity our exercise performance, our
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:power output, and we learned from Dr.
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:Katie, gosh, now almost a year and
a half ago, that there is a certain
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:creatine loading protocol that can
actually help our luteal phase and some
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:So adding creatine and looking into
different loading protocols might also not
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:only help us in our exercise performance,
but also help us in the symptoms that
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:we might feel if our wedding day happens
to be scheduled in our luteal phase.
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:Or creatine might be a nice tool to have
to help us feel a little less puffy, a
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:little less swollen, and a little bit
more confident in our bodies on that day.
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:So Dr.
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:Katie's protocol that she mentioned
was five grams of creatine four times
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:a day for five days, and that helps to
really bring water in intracellularly
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:compared to extracellularly.
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:So it hydrates the cells a little
bit more, it also helps to decrease
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:that overall like puffiness we feel.
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:It can also help with our power
output, especially during exercise
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:in that phase when we might
feel a little blah in general.
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:So starting creatine and getting our
bodies used to creatine and then also
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:looking to experiment with different
loading protocols of creatine where we're
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:actually maybe taking more creatine during
certain phases of our cycle might help
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:us with our exercise routine, but then
also with how we feel within our bodies.
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:And I've been doing this since she
mentioned it a year and a half ago,
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:and I will say it has helped both my
exercise performance and power output
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:in that phase just subjectively,
just in how I feel in my body.
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:And I have also noticed feeling
less puffy in my luteal phase
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:when I do creatine load.
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:this is the kind of female specific cycle
aware supplementation that the research
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:is finally starting to support And it
is the perfect addition to a wedding
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:prep protocol because it tackles two
things, not only our ability for body
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:recomposition, but also our ability
to feel the best in our bodies on that
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:wedding day, even if you're in a phase
of your cycle that might not promote
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:feeling the absolute best in your body.
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:Next week, we are continuing
this wedding prep season.
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:And I don't know if I mentioned
this at the beginning, but my sister
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:is getting married in June, which
really inspired this whole series.
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:So as a little note to
my sister, I love you.
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:I'm very excited for your
wedding come mid-June.
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:And thank you for inspiring this series.
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:She did ask me, she goes, "Where
was this series a year ago?"
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:And I'm sorry that my creative juices
weren't flowing in this way, but I hope
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:all of you girls who are in this season
or looking towards a wedding as something
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:to really dial in feeling the best in your
body, I hope this series really helps.
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:We'll continue to chat about different
categories over the next few weeks,
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:but I hope you enjoy this episode.
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:I hope you guys learned a lot.
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:And I hope you can consider this
your permission to use a major
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:life moment as this huge motivator
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:to create science-backed changes in
your routine to help you feel the
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:absolute best you can in your body.
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:So I'll see you guys in the next
episode of Wellness Fixes the Pod.