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Training WITH Your Cycle

As menstruating people, we have extra things to consider when we are working on our health and fitness. For most of our lives, we have been taught to ignore the symptoms and signs of our cycle and to not make adjustments throughout it, and all we’ve really gained is fatigue, shame, guilt, unwanted emotions, and more stress. So first off, I encourage you to speak with your trainer, let them know how you are feeling before your workout, and maybe even where you are at in your cycle, so the appropriate modifications can be made.

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Self-care, Motivation, strength, history, women's history Melissa Charlton Self-care, Motivation, strength, history, women's history Melissa Charlton

Rule Breakers and Barrier Bucklers

It took time before strong women were accepted into society, but we as women have come a long way from the Victorian Era. And though not everyone at our gym is a bodybuilder or strongwoman, what’s important is that the stigma that strength for women as unhealthy has finally been smashed.

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Self-care, Motivation Melissa Charlton Self-care, Motivation Melissa Charlton

Shift Happens

We all have things we really don’t like to do at the gym, versus the stuff that we wish would appear more on our program. So first off, this is absolutely normal. NOBODY likes EVERYTHING their trainer makes them do. Even trainers!

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