Ep. 710 - Q&A Balancing work and family life, living in the moment, losing the last few pounds

ESGfitness

Emma Storey-Gordon

Fitness, Health & Fitness

5 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Balancing work and family life can be challenging, but it's important to embrace the present moment and enjoy the time spent with loved ones.

Incorporating weight workouts into a busy schedule can be achieved by adding shorter workouts during the week in addition to a longer session on the weekend.

When trying to lose the last few pounds, it's important to continue lifting weights to maintain muscle mass and focus on overall body recomp.

Setting goals beyond weight loss, such as performance goals or pursuing hobbies, can provide a sense of purpose and fulfillment.

Mobility training can be a useful addition to most people's fitness routines, and it's important to start with basic exercises and gradually progress. Mobility training is important if it helps improve day-to-day activities or addresses specific mobility issues, but it may not be necessary for everyone.

Lifting weights with good form can also improve mobility.

Consult a doctor if you have low iron levels, as they can provide guidance on supplementation.

Food preferences vary among individuals, and it's okay to not enjoy certain foods that others love.

When camping, it's important to make sensible food choices, but also to enjoy the experience and not stress too much about food.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast.
0:05.0	I have Katie and Tony with me.
0:07.7	Tony, how are you?
0:08.6	Are you all prepping for your holiday?
0:11.0	I am, yep, juggling it with all the kids being off
0:14.6	and trying not to get in a frenzy,
0:17.2	trying to just be excited.
0:20.1	And how has it been with the kids being off um i feel like i'm winging it yeah it's okay it's it's lovely having them off in many ways but it's i don't know what i was thinking i was like oh yeah it'd be great having them off you know see more of them no. But it definitely brings it to the challenges and my
0:38.3	heads friends it. I don't get that quiet time like I ever would before. But, you know, I'm trying
0:42.9	to be embracing the moment of them being off, especially while they're younger because they're
0:48.1	rapidly growing. Yeah. And this is this is so strange because obviously I don't have kids and you wouldn't think that this would like emotionally get me. But I read this quote. Must have just seen it on Instagram. And it was like, you only get 10 summers with your kids. Yeah, I remember reading that as well. Or, you know, something like that. And you just think, oh, my God. Yeah. And I think actually, probably it made me quite sad. quite sad because i was like wow i only got 10 summers with my parents you know and like i had
1:15.7	such a lovely like such good memories of like someone with my parents what we used to do when i was
1:20.8	off school and all this stuff and yeah so i mean probably sad in like a nostalgic way not in like
1:26.5	a sad way um but yeah, it's a good
1:29.8	reminder, especially when it's undoubtedly like, you know, stressful and there's a lot being on.
1:34.8	It's like, okay, but also it's stressful because you care about it. It's stressful, you know,
1:38.7	like enjoy it as well. Don't get too put up in the stress that you're not enjoying the time
1:43.5	that you have.
1:45.7	Yeah.
1:46.5	Yeah.
1:51.1	And what's that really cringy quote again that, like, I also love this, but it's like,
1:52.4	these are the good old days.
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