Do you feel a lot of pressure to always have a perfect body? And how do you manage that?

My heart just sank in like a really honest, beautiful way listening to that question.

So it's been a lot of unlearning and especially I grew up as a professional dancer.

I started dancing when I was two.

Wow.

And like.

have danced, went to college, earned my BFA in dance.

Is it easy for you to give yourself a break if you, let's say, I don't know, go to a birthday party, have a bunch of birthday cake or want to rest or take the time off training? Is there still a voice in your head, that little girl being a dancer and having to be a bit perfect? Do you still have that voice?

And so I'd love for you to share.

Yeah, I'm excited to share.

I've found that, you know, everyone's journey is so, so unique.

And my journey is unique to me and everyone else's will be unique.

But when someone has something that they share in common with you, it's like, wow, I've experienced something similar to that.

Not to say that it's the same, but there's so much power in being able to just feel held in that sort of like, wow, I think I know what she's talking about.

So I'm really excited to share.

Just briefly each one and give me just a few little tidbits to share.

I think it's a

real big relearning for a lot of us.

Um, and I know like growing up for me, it was like a certain archetype of fitness that was considered successful.

And, you know, I think it was like grueling hours of cardio or, um, I come also from like a bar background where you literally work your muscles until they're shaking and in fatigue.

And like, you're so sore to take the stairs the next day too, when I was teaching the bar format.

Um, so, um, I think for people that are coming into this, it's always like, oh, wow.

And we say it takes a couple of classes or workouts to get used to because we're actually asking you not to check out, but to check in.

So if you could walk us through walk us through what the workout is and the different types that you guys have.

So how, you know, as you being, watching her evolution, how have you seen her skill set, let's say her motor skill set, and her approach to training change as she has been moving through that transition?

This is a great also just full circle moment from our beginning conversation.

I think the thing with Jen that's been incredible to witness, you know, I've had the pleasure of training her now for about five, five and a half years.

And we genuinely work out together, I'd say three times a week, four if her schedule permits.

But this has been happening for five and a half years.

And the beautiful thing about Jen is obviously she's coming in to P.volve with a disciplined practice and always an advocate for movement.

You know, even before I had the pleasure of working with her, it was something I think she was always so passionate about.

Describe for me how you know that you have one to three reps left in reserve.

So how do you recognize over-training? What is over-training? How do you deal with these high-achieving women?

Uh, it's so funny.

I've, I've had a, a gamut of clients where, you know, they're like, "I wanna work out six days a week with you," and, you know, um, and it's not just like we're not, you know, doing proper body splits.

They think that they need, like, full six, you know, um, and then also the same that I wanna do everything and anything all the time and kind of add things in.

So I think for me, um, it's establishing a little bit of a trust, and I think we kind of go through a gray area sometimes when I'm trying to educate them about actually if you pull back and allow your body to get proper rest and proper sleep and hydration in between your workouts, um, you're going to see such positive gains when I think it comes to your energy levels, um, your sleep, and how we can do that at night because we're probably out of fight or flight a little bit more when we can give our body proper time between our workouts.

So, um, I'd say it's just trying to educate them first and foremost.

And ways that I spot that typically is if they give me the, "I'm, I'm wired but tired," you know? If they're ...

How would you guide them if that's all you knew?

Is that supported through spri- strength training?

I like to just focus on the basics, because sometimes I think we can get a little distracted on lower-hanging fruit with consuming something that makes us feel like we're, you know, taking charge.

And I, and I want just people to focus on maintaining a consistent weight and resistance-based workout two to three times a week, where you're focused on building lean muscle mass, and you're doing that progressively.

You know, I don't wanna yuck anyone's yum, but I think it's important to have the basic [laughs] bare minimum, um, workout routine, first and foremost.

And when it comes to bone density specifically, weight training is an incredible way to build bone density.

Hmm.

So I'd say find something that you genuinely feel like you can do, and practice two to three times a week, and I'm hoping that it has some sort of weight or resistance training in it.

And the reason I say that is because you're going to go into your next decade hopefully with more muscle mass on your body, which will just set you up for success long-term past your 30s.

If someone's listening and they wanna stand out and they wanna be shiny in an organization with a lot of people, what would your advice be?

I love that question, and I always...

One of my favorite quotes when I think about my time with Pvolve is, um, "There are very few places or people that can give you both your roots and your wings," and I feel like Pvolve has been that for me.

Um, I think the first and foremost is I think it's so great when you look at my life via social media and all the things I get to do, and I'm so blessed by that, but what people don't see is I've been in this role for six and a half years, and I tell people, um, I've come up in the company.

And I feel so grateful because it takes a couple of things.

My parents taught me from a very young age the importance of a work ethic, and my dad said, "This is going to be the most memorable attribute that you have over anything else.

This is going to be one of your strongest currencies.

And I think it's so interesting 'cause I feel like you relate more with Michael.

All right,

now we look a little warmer, so we're going to move it along here.

We're going to grab our slant board, and we're going to come standing on top of it.

So this is a powerhouse piece when we're talking building functional strength.

You're going to float your right leg up from your chest forward.

You know what? I do this at home.

This is when I started.

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