Rise Fitness Magazine

FITNESS MAGAZINE

INSPIRATION ISSUE

Fit Body, Strong Mind Finding Your Motivation

HANDSTAND

BURN

FAT FAST With Tabata

Meet Coaches We Love

PUSH-UP

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SUMMER 2018

Beautiful BROOKE ENCE and the changing face of beauty

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CONTENTS SUMMER 2018

the inspiration issue

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ON THE COVER photo EMILY WATSON | ON THIS PAGE michaela north photo JAMES HARRIS molly aimes photo CAROLINE FRAM mobot photo DONNA WRIGHT

ON THE COVER Brooke Ence breaks records and redefines beauty. This Crossfit Champion is a woman to watch.

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GYM LIFE

Learn a new skill with our step by step guide and check out our favorite gear.

HOW TO

The why’s and what’s of mastering the handstand push up. We break it down for you.

GEAR

Water is crucial for a great workout, so why use any old water bottle?

We gathered up our favorites in this month’s gear roundup.

THINK TANK Get inspired by coaches we

love and learn how to get the motivation you need.

MEET

Michaela North is a mother of three who crushed the 2017 Crossfit Games. Hear what she has to say about fitness, motherhood, and the love of competition.

MIND

Learn how to reach your goals by motivating your mind. We gathered top sports psychicatrists to give you the skills you need.

INSPIRE

Meet Molly Aimes, a coach that has helped us up our game, as she shares her work and positive spirit.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT.

Let’s face it, life is demanding and finding other women who value fitness can be hard. RISE strives to make it easier by creating an online community that connects you to local gyms, regional events, and new friends near and far.

Share tips and advice, make friends, and achieve your goals with the help of our online community.

Join at www.risemag.com/together

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-W.E.B. DU BOIS

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CONTRIBUTORS Jeanette Jenkins Atlanta native and UCF graduate, Jeanette has been involved in sports and fitness from a young age.

Starting as a soccer player and gymnast, Jeannette attended UCF on a track scholarship. Her love of sports and fitness led her to major in Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, with a focus on college athletics. Sensing a need for more knowledge and camaraderie for women in fitness, Jeanette joined RISE as our Fitness Program Director in 2016.

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valenciacollege.edu/rise SUMMER 2018 PUBLISHER LUCY BOUDET EDITOR AUDREY ST. CLAIRE CREATIVE DIRECTOR JASON JONES ART DIRECTOR LIANNE HAYE

Alayna James-Brammer Growing up in a house of boys, Alayna learned to be strong and quick to keep pace with her brothers.

Her high-energy family made everything from daily chores to family activities into a competition.

Stemming from this competitive spirit, Alayna has been an athlete her whole life and started a personal training empire at just 20 years old. She currently manages a team of 50 employees in gyms throughout Central Florida.

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS NICHOLE DEHART EDDIE REDFORD MICHAELA NORTH DELFINE URE SARAH ROBERTS LIANNE HAYRE SARAH COOPER MARKETING DIRECTOR MARY JANE JONES SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE LINDA SHRIEVES BEATY

Jesse Roberts As a photographer, Jesse is drawn to dynamic and exciting details. His vast portfolio covers sporting events from Miami to New York, along with studio work featuring athletes and coaches alike. A former Valencia student himself, Jesse continued his education at the School of Visual Art in New York before starting his own business in 2004.

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE SUSAN MULLINS ADVERTISING SERVICES COORDINATOR MELISSA TCHEN EDITORIAL ASSISTANT RITA BARNES MARKETING ASSISTANT CHRISTIAN KNIGHTLY RISE is published quarterly by Valencia College Publications in coordination with Valencia’s Marketing and Strategic Communications Divisions for approximatley 46 cents an issue. Opinions expressed

Rosie Hon Rosie’s passion for food has led her to open some of the most noted kitchens in Orlando, but it also brought her an extra 60 pounds. Overweight and overworked, Rosie decided to streamline her own eating habits. As the weight came off, she decided to begin a new venture as a personal chef with a focus on decadent but healthy dishes. She named the company Chez Nous, or “home,” and after 8 years of successful business has begun an apprentice program and is expanding her business to include delivered meals.

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GYM LIFE Useful news, skills and the best gear in the game.

Maximize your gym time with our helpful hints.

Looking to gear up? See our selection of favorite water bottles on page 8.

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TRAIN

skill focus

Keep On

PUSHING

By NICHOLE DEHART

If you have mastered regular pushups but want to continue working your muscles using bodyweight exercises, consider adding handstand pushups to your workout routine. Performed against a wall for balance or freestanding if you are more proficient, handstand pushups are more demanding than regular pushups and also offer several other additional benefits.

BEEF UP YOUR STRENGTH

Supporting your entire bodyweight on your hands means that your muscles will have to work much harder in the handstand pushup than the regular pushup. Challenging your muscles with a greater load will increase your strength, which is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to generate maximal force.

IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE

Regular pushups involve four-points of balance: two hands and two feet. Supporting your weight on just your hands demands and develops better balance. Balance keeps your center of mass over your base of support and can enhance sports performance and the execution of daily tasks.

STRENGTHEN YOUR CORE

Keeping your body vertical when performing handstand pushups provides your core muscles with a good workout. Your core is the collective term used to describe your abdominal, waist and lower back muscles. Strengthening these muscles can help prevent back injury as they are responsible for supporting your spine and maintaining optimal lumbar alignment.

Try it!

Make sure palms are facing forward, or slightly turned out 5-10 degrees.

Kick up into a handstand, with your heels touching the wall.

If you have trouble kicking up into the handstand, check out Carl Paoli’s instructions on how to do so: http:// gymnasticswod.com/content/ kick-handstand

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Once you have kicked up, establish a strong, rigid midline position. While maintaining this position, lower yourself until the top of your head touches the floor/mat. Try to keep your elbows at a 45 degree angle as you lower.

Once your head touches the floor, press up with the same tightness you had lowering yourself, until your elbows reach full extension.

Photo EMILY WATSON

Hand placement: place hands about 6-12 inches away from the wall and slightly wider than shoulder width apart.

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GEAR

our favorites

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We love this bottle’s sleek design and easy-grip sides, Another cool feature? The mouth is big enough to fit ice cubes to keep your water cold for more than 25 hours!

Iconiq S’well This new line of earth-friendly bottles designed specifically for movers and shakers.

Shaped perfectly to fit inyour hand, it also features a wider mouth for stirring soup or coffee, or adding ice cubes.

This Canadiandesigned stainless steel bottle claims to keep your liquid cold for 36 hours.

It’s also leak- and sweat-proof and comes in dozens of fun colors!

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Mobot Camelbak We love this bottle’s sleek design and easy-grip sides, Another cool feature? the spout cover locks into the handle for easy sipping!

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And the prize for most innovative design goes to this hybrid of hydration and muscle recovery. Available in three sizes, they’re perfect for athletes on the go.

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Asobu This revolutionary bottle is made of soft silicone and stores completely flat for easy transportation. The soft bottle can also serve as a hot water bottle for aching muscles on the road.

$35 for 24 oz asobu.com

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S’well photo ERIKA COOPER Iconiq photo GINA SANDROS Corkcicle photo DAVE MILLER Camelbak photo SUSAN WESTHOUSE Asobu photo LENNY BRUCE Mobot photo DONNA WRIGHT

Corkcicle

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EAUTY

AND THE

BEAST Written by LIANNE HAYRE and SARAH COOPER | Photography by EMILY WATSON As a young girl, it was known that you either like Barbies or you like sports. You’re a “girlie girl” or a “tomboy.” As we grew up, beauty usually meant falling within the cultural norms of femininity established by magazines, movie stars, and girls on television. Beauty usually meant thin. Beauty usually meant safe. Well, times are a changing, and so is the way we see beauty.

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COVER

athletes that inspire

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The reason I look up to people has nothing to do with their weight or measurements.

If I’m inspired by someone it’s because of who they are. Realizing that was very powerful.

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the dance world, is based on judging looks and and made Ence more insecure about her self image. Ence says, “after I did my first show, my mom told me I couldn’t do anymore until I learned to love myself.”

With her elegant movement and brute strength, Brooke Ence redefines beauty. Before she

belonged under a bar, Ence

belonged in the dance studio. As a toddler, she pranced more than she walked, so her mother signed her up for dance class at age 4. The youngest of four siblings, Ence grew up in the

dance studio, spending her childhood studying ballet, jazz and musical theater alongside softball, soccer, gymnastics and swimming. “I’ve always wanted to be good at everything,” she says. As she grew older and the extracurriculars demanded more time, Ence chose to focus on dance alone.

“Dance was my passion,” she says “it was a form of relief and release.” She went on to become a modern-dance major at the University of Utah.

Ence then began competing in figure competitions. Figure competitions taught her a lot about being meticulous with her food and hard work. But that world, like

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Ence then took a year off and briefly joined CrossFit Dixie in St. George, Utah. Invited to audition for the esteemed Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show Le Rêve, she needed to learn rope climbs and skin-the-cats. A friend said CrossFit Dixie was just the place, and after her first workout, Ence agreed. “My first impression was: I’ve been athletic my entire life, and this is something that would make me a better athlete,” she says.

With CrossFit she was able to grow and work hard at something and be successful at it. “I couldn’t be more grateful for myself and my body and what I can do. They don’t go away fully, but you grow up and realize you are a lot more powerful than your insecurities.”

During that summer of auditions, Ence learned more about world of professional dance. “What I realized is there’s always someone who looks just like you and dances just as well as you, if not better, and there’s always someone younger coming up,” she says. The cutthroat nature of show

business took its toll, and though Ence loved her art, she moved back to Utah to finish college at the end of the summer.

The dance world isn’t often welcoming to athletic builds, and Ence’s naturally athletic frame was no exception. “When I was very, very young I got teased for having muscle.

I danced my whole life. I was always very muscular. I had biceps and I never lifted weights until I was in college. Those things kind of stuck with me. I developed this view of myself based on bullying I dealt with when I was really young. It was like the way I looked was wrong.”

Ence made it through the final round of auditions in Vegas, though it turned out Le Rêve didn’t have a role for her. When she returned to Utah, she decided to keep training, joining Ute CrossFit in August 2009. She made an immediate impression on affiliate owner Tommy Hackenbruck.

“We went out and did some 40-yard dashes, just for fun,” he recounts. “I remember just timing people on my stopwatch, and Brooke was faster than everyone at the gym — guys, girls, everyone.” Just six months later, she finished 22nd at the 2010 Sectional in Utah, just two places shy of qualifying for the Northwest Regional. Ence believes that rapid success is all because of dance. “One of the biggest things dance has given me is total body awareness,” she says. “That’s what I attribute to my ability with the Olympic lifts and catching onto movements fairly quickly — it’s because of body awareness and being able to watch someone do something and do the exact same thing with my body because I’ve literally done that my whole life.”

In 2011, Ence helped team Ute CrossFit earn second place and its second trip to the Games at the Southwest Regional, though she did not compete on the team in Carson that summer, subbed out by Hackenbruck for a more experienced athlete. “I’ll admit it was the wrong decision,” Hackenbruck reflects now. “The other girl was the right person to be on the team, but Brooke was the wrong person to take off.”

Since then Ence has continued competing in CrossFit, gaining national attention and competing at the top of the CrossFit ladder. “Over the past year and a half, I’ve used my weight and my numbers and my measurements as data and it does not define me. People don’t just look up to me because of the way that I look,” says Ence, “and I realized that part because I don’t look up to certain people because of the way that they look. The reason I look up to people has nothing to do with their weight or measurements. If I’m inspired by someone its because of who they are.

Realizing that was very powerful.”

Even with all of her accomplishments and personal growth over the years, Ence still experiences criticism about her body. “I get so judged by the way that I look, I do.

By calling me a man or [saying] I’m on steroids. It took a long time to get over that stuff. It’s something I’ll work on the rest of my life. I’m in a different place than I was in 2014 training for the ’15 Regionals and when I got my very first sponsorship. I’ve been able to come face-to-face with my insecurities and figure them out. I’ve been able to see how great of a person I am and that I’m worth a lot more than my body.”

“Brooke was faster than everyone at the gym – guys, girls, everyone”

“CrossFit has helped me revere work over aesthetics, but has also transformed what I find beautiful.

Years ago I wished to be leaner and fit in with the dancers around me.

Now I’m proud of both what my body can do and how it looks.

There are people who spend their entire lives allowing the reflection in the mirror to determind their self-esteem, submitting to a cultural judgement established decades ago. But in CrossFit gyms all over the world, mirrors are conspicuous by their absense. Fitness is gauged in reps, in speed, power, and virtuosity.

And beauty is measured in joy and in pride.”

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TABATA

Ence sights Tabata workouts

Like Brooke

as a key to her performance and strength. Tabata is performed with intervals of 20 seconds’ worth of work, and 10 seconds’ worth of recovery, meaning it’s working phase is twice as long as it’s recovery phase. Done properly, you’ll feel like you’re on the verge of death afterward. Like HIIT, Tabata can be performed with most exercises, and so is not limited to one specific movement or cardio machine.

In addition, Four minutes is all it takes to get that Tabata done.

Although it may not burn as many calories during that fourminute period, it does, however, improve glucose metabolism, and it increases the Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC), which, in turn, allows your to burn more calories for a 24-hour period.

Here’s an example of a Tabata workout from Ence’s collection: For this workout, complete each of these exercises for 20 seconds, then break for 10 seconds before beginning the next exercise. You will complete each exercise twice for this workout.

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JUMP ROPE

Hold the rope with hands at about hip height and elbows slightly bent, keeping your upper arms close to your sides. Your chest should be out and your shoulders back and down. Make your jumps small and land on the balls of your feet.

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THRUSTERS

Raise the barbell up to your collarbones.

With a proud chest and engaged core muscles, lower your body down into a deep squat, allowing your glutes (if hip and knee flexibility allows) to drop lower than parallel. Drive your elbows up as you push away from the ground to return to standing. Just as your hips are about to extend to standing, squeeze your glutes and push off of the ground, allowing the bar to float up overhead.

ROWS

Bring your knees up and slide to the top of the machine. Grab the handle using an overhand grip, but don’t hold too tightly. Pull the handle with you as you slide to the end of the machine.

Your legs should be straight, but knees should still have a slight bend in them so they aren’t locked.

PULL-UPS

Grab the bar about shoulderwidth apart. Full grip with your palms down.

Raise your feet off the floor by bending your knees. Hang with straight arms.

Pull yourself up by pulling your elbows down to the floor. Keep your elbows close.

Pull yourself all the way up until your chin passes the bar.

Learn how to push past fatigue and distraction with advice from our experts on page 18.

THINK TANK Make sure you’re heads in the game. From inspiring coaches to advice from leading sports psychiatrists, learn how your brain can up your game.

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MEET

women we love

ONE TOUGH MOTHER

Michaela North, athlete, mama to 3 littles, coach, competitor, consultant

Michaela North

Michaela North shares her experience of being an athlete, coach, and mother.

I loved my experience as a college athlete and enjoyed being able to train alongside other amazing athletes. I received my degree in Business Marketing and went on to work for an advertising agency right out of college (because that’s what grownups do, right?), shortly after I found CrossFit. It was everything I didn’t realize I missed from my days of being an athlete. To top it off I learned I could actually make a profession out of it as well? I was sold. I quit my job, got certified, learned as much as possible, and began coaching and competing as soon as I could.

Fast forward four years and I’ve had amazing experiences as a coach and athlete and now have three adorable kiddos that take up most of my time. I stopped coaching at the gym so I can be home full time with my babies, but currently train clients online, which I love!

Currently I am training to qualify for CrossFit regionals. I’m focusing on increasing my conditioning, weightlifting, and becoming more efficient through gymnastic style movements.

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Since I am “in season” I have ramped up my training a bit and typically train 2x a day Monday-Wednesday (6am-7:30am before kids wake up and again at 4pm5pm with my kids joining me at the gym).

I take an active rest day on Thursdays (where I do cardio and skill work) and do a longer training session Friday and Saturday mornings (typically 90-120 minutes).

I found CrossFit about 4 years ago and have competed at regionals on a team my first year, became pregnant with the twins and didn’t compete, qualified and competed individually my third year in both CrossFit at the regional level and Olympic Weightlifting at Nationals, both while pregnant with my third child. I took last year off as I’d just had my third baby, and am now training again in my fourth year of the sport.

I have always loved to compete. I suppose you could say that drives me. I think that comes from years of doing it, it’s in my blood! I am super goal-oriented so being able to constantly work to be better at something is really frustrating and fulfilling at the same time. It also makes me so happy when I hear that what I’m doing helps inspire other people to get in shape, or eat healthy or challenge themselves in ways they never thought they could! That is a huge reason why I love to share my journey via Instagram @hungryfitness. I love connecting and helping other people realize how awesome it is to take charge of their health and fitness.

Much love —

FIT PREGNANCY Michaela shares her experience of being a competitive athlete and momma-to-be.

PREGNANCY POLL What are your favorite and hardest parts of pregnancy?

FAVORITE: Baby kicks! I LOVE the constant kicks (even when I’m sleeping) reminding me that baby is doing good and happy cookin! It’s also like this special bond that only me and baby share. I love it.

HARDEST: For me the hardest is when sleep gets uncomfortable. I LOVE my sleep and when I can’t quite find a position to make it work it’s rough! The benefit is it prepares me for all the sleepless nights ahead right?

BEST: I’ve been lucky to be consulting with other pregnant and postpartum moms, helping others continue their fitness goals while making a human. For more information follow me @hungryfitness on Instagram!

Photo by JAMES HARRIS

I’m a mom to 2 year old boy/girl twins and a 1 year old boy. Life is pretty chaotic with three little ones, but it’s definitely never boring! My husband and I have been married 7 years and met at Weber State University where we both played sports. He was a corner on the football team and I ran track and field. I competed in the Heptathlon, 100 meter hurdles and long jump. I was All-Conference multiple times in all three events and on the Weber State top 10 list for all three as well.

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MIND

mental skills

CULTIVATING A MOTIVATED MIND

BY DELFINA URE

Learn when to push on and when to let go to reach (and surpass) every goal you set.

Each choice we make ideally leads us closer toward our goals. And with each step, we hope to learn from previous efforts so that the journey becomes easier along the way. But as we all know, external factors and our own minds can sometimes make that tricky to do. We asked experts in sports psychology and exercise training for their top tips on staying motivated to achieve success. Here’s how they advise making your mind your best friend when the going gets tough.

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DO IT FOR LOVE

Confidence and the right mindset can mean everything in reaching goals. “If two athletes of equal physical strength are put to a task, the one with the stronger drive will excel more,” says human-performance expert Paul Vincent, M.S., of Altus Health. Start by examining your motivators.

Clinical sports psychologist Keith A. Kaufman, Ph.D., explains that there are two types: intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Intrinsic gets you interested in a challenge for the love of it. External motivators involve doing something for additional purposes (money, praise, etc.). Aim for intrinsic motivators to push you forward so you’re not propelling yourself with thoughts like “I should do this” or “I have to.” Because, ultimately, the more intrinsic, and personal, your reasons, the better you’ll stick with it.

THE PAIN: Take a

motivational inventory. You may be surprised by what’s driving you. Doing this may help save you from skipping out on commitments down the line.

THE GAIN: You can’t always

avoid being motivated by external things, but you can delve deeper to find what’s really driving you. Vincent says if you set out to be “your best” rather than “the best,” you will be more satisfied with your efforts as you achieve the results you want.

FORGIVE YOURSELF

If you’re like us, you want to be at your best 24/7. But that “always on” quality is bound to fluctuate, and learning to embrace this dance without judgment can help you grow.

Yet perfectionism isn’t all bad, Kaufman says: Your dedication helps you set expansive goals and energize you to go after them. The trick is to adapt your thinking to roll with down days, mistakes, and avoid sabotaging mental strength.

“The best athletes are on a trajectory to be better,” he says, rather than always expecting to perform perfectly.

It’s about effort and growth.

Plus, “constantly judging your

experience gets in the way of performance,”Kaufman adds.

THE PAIN: Mental, emotional, and physical stress are driving forces behind burnout.

Sometimes it’s necessary to back off in order to “get back into it.”

THE GAIN: Channel your

inner beginner. Whether it’s a workout or a business plan, remember what it was like to embark on your first experience, then wield that fresh motivation to go beyond any pain you feel.

KNOW WHEN TO PUSH

It’s easy to commit to the routine you’re used to, but growth and gains are made from consistently upping your game. According to the Flow Genome Project (flowgenomeproject.com), a performance think tank, your brain switches into “flow mode” when you’re 4% over your edge.

Vincent says, “When your brain senses you’re in excess danger, it flips into the amygdala’s operating system” of fight or flight. The rigid part of your brain says, “Stay unchallenged and comfy,” while flow says, “Teach me something new and watch me master it.”

What mode do you live in? The moment your brain realizes “we’re doing this,” your body will meet you halfway, releasing adrenaline, cortisol, and dopamine to support the new effort. By contrast, emotional and mental challenges are all part of conquering new goals.

Your task is to acknowledge the experience of guilt or cravings and let it pass before it triggers a slew of negative emotions. If your mind spirals into selfdefeating self-talk, reiterate that you’re in charge of your choices. As for cravings: You are genetically programmed to want to eat high-energy foods, like carbs and fats, and not to want to work out, so acting against this is hard. But like any challenge, your body will adapt to a new mindset or habit, and before you know it, that’ll be the new norm.

THE PAIN: You may lose

steam sometimes because the brain is adaptive and will integrate your new routine,

taking away the edge it once gave you.

THE GAIN: Vincent suggests,

“Create a sense of urgency to push your brain past your edge.” Can you speed up your routine by 15 minutes? Or if you’re a business owner, set a deadline that pushes you into a healthy stress mode.

SINGLE-TASK

Peak-performance experts find that simplicity is key for entering that elusive

THE GAIN: Save your selfie for

after your workout, and learn to simplify your mental processing so all your energy pours into your body’s physical exertion.

STAY ACCOUNTABLE Do you have someone you respect who can hold you to your goals? According to motivation expert Kristen Dieffenbach, Ph.D., executive board member of

“Create a sense of urgency to push your brain past your edge.” “one with everything” state of flow. Practice minimizing distractions so you’re not sidetracked by interruptions.

A recent study shows that a three-second distraction can double the mistakes you make; a four-second distraction can quadruple them. To avoid this, learn to single-task your day.

“Total concentration brings the power of your attention to what you’re doing and helps you perform better,” Kaufman explains.

THE PAIN: Training your mind to be present is as important as building physical strength.

the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, a sense of accountability creates healthy stress to power up your motivation. Plus, “focusing on small achievements and accomplishments helps support the anticipation and capitalizes on dopamine pathways,” Dieffenbach says. Selfassessment may be tough on the ego, but it’s a sure way to stay accountable and cut out self-defeating habits that can halt progress. Make time to celebrate your small milestones and your efforts rather than focusing only on the results.

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INSPIRE

coaches to follow

MISS MOLLY While great coaching knows no gender, we love highlighting the female coaches that educate, empower and inspire us. This month, meet Molly Aimes.

Photo CAROLINE FRAM

By SARAH ROBERTS

MEET MOLLY AIMES

Molly is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and owner/co-founder of Girls Gone Strong, a global movement that empowers women to understand all of the possibilities for their lives and bodies, giving them the tools to making lasting change.

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My life’s work is to help women discover all the possibilities for their lives and their bodies and providing evidence-based and body-positive tools to help them reach their goals, all while falling in love with themselves and their bodies in the process.

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A former gym owner who also competed in figure and powerlifting, and has been diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease and PCOS, Molly uses her personal story and struggle with body embracement to help other women fall in love with themselves and heal their relationship with food and their bodies. Through Girls Gone Strong, Molly and her advisory board of worldclass experts including PhDs, RDs, and PTs, provide women with body-positive, evidence-based, sane, and sustainable nutrition, training, and lifestyle information to help women find a way for fitness to enhance their life instead of be their life.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

GGS we offers evidence-based, body-positive, actionable tools to help women reach their health and fitness goals while falling in love with themselves. Join over 500,000 women from 70 countries around the world who are on the quest to do just that. Log on to https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/ to learn more about what GGS has to offer.

THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO MEASURE A PERSON.

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FIND YOUR BALANCE

Balancing a busy schedule is hard.

Reebok helps you make the most of what matters.

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