Ep. 693 - Q&A Managing Mental Stress and Burnout, fat loss & running plus time efficient workouts
ESGfitness
Emma Storey-Gordon
4.9 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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AI Takeaways
Focus on the positive changes you have made in your fitness journey, even if you haven't reached your goals yet.
Identify what is working for you on the days when you are adherent to your plan and find solutions for the days when you struggle.
Seek support for mental stress and consider reducing workload if it is contributing to burnout.
Weight loss is not just about increasing physical activity; it also requires finding a balance with nutrition and making sustainable lifestyle changes.
Supersets can be an effective way to save time and increase muscle gains during workouts. Supersets can be practical for workouts, but it's important to be mindful of how exercises are programmed, especially in a commercial gym setting.
Drop sets can be an effective way to push muscles to fatigue by reducing the weight on the last set.
Cutting and bulking cycles are commonly used in bodybuilding to optimize muscle growth and fat loss, but they may not be suitable for everyone.
Realistic intention setting involves considering factors like travel plans and making adjustments to goals and targets accordingly.
Running is not inherently bad for weight loss, but it's important to maintain a calorie deficit and consider individual circumstances and preferences.
The concerns raised about additives and emulsifiers in ultra-processed foods should be approached with moderation and common sense, rather than strict avoidance.
Finding a middle ground and making informed choices based on individual circumstances and goals is key to maintaining a balanced approach to nutrition and exercise.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESU goodness podcast. |
| 0:06.3 | How are you, Maureen? |
| 0:08.2 | I am, I'm actually quite tired. |
| 0:10.2 | I had an eventful weekend and I'm still kind of tired from it. |
| 0:13.5 | You know, like when you've been away and it's just the tiredness kind of drags. |
| 0:18.8 | Yeah, I feel you. |
| 0:19.9 | How was it? |
| 0:21.5 | It was actually so nice. |
| 0:23.5 | The place we went today was class. |
| 0:25.6 | Like it was this truck. |
| 0:27.5 | It was like a rally truck, I think, before. |
| 0:29.7 | And they've had done up into like a really cool Airbnb. |
| 0:32.6 | And then there was this pool house. |
| 0:35.9 | It was like going to like an actual swimming pool. There was a jacuzzi, a sauna, steam room changing rooms like on this person's house. Like it was just a mansion of a house. Like just I was in awe like the minute we went in the gates and Alice didn't know where we were going. She knew we were going to an Airbnb but I just didn't tell her what it was and then we went in the gates. And Alice didn't know where we were going. She knew we were going to an Airbnb, |
| 0:54.9 | but I just didn't tell her what it was. And then we went in and what the hell? What is this? |
| 1:01.2 | And then you were like, we're staying in this truck around the back. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, exactly. |
| 1:08.0 | All she knew was that she had to bring her swimming tags like but she didn't know was it |
| 1:11.8 | and she knew was an Airbnb obviously but was it just a hot tub was it a lake was it a pool |
| 1:19.0 | oh that's really cool you're so cool if you were so rich that you had a massive poolhouse in your house, would you bother doing |
| 1:29.9 | Airbnb? Clearly you would. Yeah, and they're doing very, very well. I saw it on TikTok and she's |
| 1:38.0 | been getting loads of business since that video that went on TikTok. Yeah, it's just so cool, so cool. |
| 1:46.2 | I would highly recommend. |
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