Day 21 LIVE Mobility

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We are officially into Day 21 of our 28 Day LIVE Training Session and I couldn’t be more excited having you be a part of it.  If you missed Day 1, no worries, simply go back and start at the beginning.  Don’t feel you have to rush through the day(s) missed, take your time and get it done.

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Today’s focus is purely on slowing down and resting.  The way I prescribe “rest days” with my athletes is with mobility (like we did today) and with low intensity cardio.  This is simply moving with intention and being able to hold a conversation with someone.  This can be jogging, rowing, biking, swimming, etc.  The purpose of this prescription is to loosen up the body.  When we take a full days rest and make it a non-movement day, we get tight and soreness tends to kick in.  The opposite occurs when we move with zero intensity.   Lactic acid still builds up but that is expected.  Soreness just is not as bad.

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Mentally rest days are so important.  When you are training with a goal in mind, you tend to focus on that so hard that it becomes your only focus.  Rest days allows you to take a load off and really enjoy other activities and events.  I personally like to go on hikes or just connect with friends I haven’t connected with in awhile.  So as much as a rest day is for the body, it’s also for the soul and mind.

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Sleep is another aspect of REST.  Studies show 6-8 hours are the adequate amount of sleep to function at your highest potential.  Finding your personal ideal amount of sleep is super important because once you know this you then can optimize your daily sleep schedule.   There are so many recommendation but I highly recommend get YOUR specifics.  I personally find that if I can keep my sleep schedule the same daily, I function the best (production wise and less anxiety).

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 The last thing I want you to be fully aware of and that is REST DAY helps you lose weight faster, increase strength and over produce fast results.  The myth or LIE people believe is the that “rest days” slow down results, “rest days” are for the weak and the best one is “We can rest when we’re dead!”   I have personally coach over 10,000 hours and can tell you that people who don’t rest, quickly become overtrained.  This is a whole other topic but athletes who rest the least have a higher chances of injury.

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– Fitness (15 minutes): We will use HIIT (hight intensity interval training) as our vehicle to increase our fitness and get a better bang for our buck.  Don’t be surprised when results start showing up faster than normal.

– Quiet time (5 minutes): Some call this meditation, prayer time or times of gratitude.  This is where we pause from all the rat racing and allow for peace to enter.

– Personal Investment (10 minutes): Personal development.  This is you investing in you.  Whether its reading, listening to a podcast, listening or sitting a reading a book (I’ll list a few of my favorites below).

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