S5 EP20: Taking A Break vs. Slacking Off
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
“I don’t feel up to going to the gym today.” You’ve probably heard yourself say that. Does that mean that you’re slacking? Or that you honestly need a break? How do you know? Today, Kelsea and Rachael discuss taking a break vs. slacking off -- the feelings you experience, the way to find a balance, and how you should set yourself up for next time.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- What you’re thinking about when you want a day off from the gym
- Guilt related to missing the gym
- Guilt related to getting hurt
- Going to extremes
- How your feelings and barriers and motivations change day by day
- The importance of your mental health
- Finding a balance and letting physical and mental health work together
- The idea that the gym is supposed to be fun every day
- Thinking of yourself in charge of yourself
- Planning your rest days
- What to do with the time if you do take the day off
- Taking one to two weeks off per year
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I guess what it really brings to mind is like, okay, if you're having a day where you're like |
| 0:06.1 | or a week or a month or a year, where like I really want to skip the gym, the thought or the |
| 0:12.5 | question that comes to mind is like, how come this isn't more fun? Shouldn't it be fun? |
| 0:17.1 | And is it necessary? Is it really that necessary? I think that those two questions are just always staring at us in the face. |
| 0:27.7 | And I think that the idea that the gym is supposed to be fun every day is that makes sense for the toothbrushing analogy. |
| 0:35.4 | It's a false expectation, you know. |
| 0:38.4 | That's not fair. |
| 0:39.4 | Nothing's fun every day. |
| 0:40.7 | Nothing that you do every day is fun. |
| 0:46.6 | The big question is this. |
| 0:50.6 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:59.2 | We are an army of hardworking women changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 1:06.3 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:15.6 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:19.5 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast. |
| 1:24.6 | Hi everyone and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. I'm Rachel. |
| 1:29.5 | And I'm Kelsey. Welcome back, everyone. You came back. |
| 1:33.2 | Welcome back. For the 100th something, 39th episode. I don't know. Yeah, yeah, we're somewhere around there. |
| 1:42.2 | So we need like a, we need someone who cares about that kind of thing in this scenario. |
| 1:48.1 | You know how there's like always that like one prepared friend that came with like a backup on a backup on a backup and they know like everything you need to know. |
| 1:58.0 | And yeah, they're like, you have recorded 140 episodes, 17 of them. |
| 2:03.8 | We're awesome. |
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