S7 EP5: Trauma Informed Weightlifting
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Trauma affects anything we do in life, including our fitness activities. And we’ve all experienced some sort of trauma, even if we don’t necessarily recognize or acknowledge it. What does that have to do with weightlifting, though?
In today’s episode, TTSL coach Isley joins the podcast to talk about a recent course she took in trauma-informed weightlifting. She explains how she’s using this information as a trauma-informed coach and why that’s important. Listen to the episode to hear what Isley has to say about trauma responses, interceptive awareness, and trauma-informed cueing.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Trauma-informed care
- A lack of trust in your body
- Failing and facing your fears
- Trauma responses, including lesser-known responses
- Interceptive awareness
- How Isley is better as a trauma-informed coach
- Trauma-informed cueing
- Window of tolerance
- Building trust in your plan
- Why someone with trauma might want to include weightlifting in their fitness routine
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Because sometimes that does happen. |
| 0:01.3 | Sometimes if you manage to stay within your window of tolerance and drive yourself one way or the other, |
| 0:07.0 | maybe lifting before your Metcon was not it, but maybe you get done with your Metcon and all of a sudden you're like, |
| 0:12.5 | I feel so much better and I feel like I can definitely touch a bar. |
| 0:16.8 | Or you just say, I feel so much better and I'm going to come back tomorrow and touch the bar. |
| 0:21.5 | Because it's also good to recognize that just because you feel better, maybe it's okay to just leave it with you feeling better. |
| 0:27.1 | And you don't actually need to do the thing that you weren't sure about doing. |
| 0:30.3 | The big question is this. |
| 0:40.3 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, |
| 0:44.3 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:48.3 | We are an army of hardworking women, |
| 0:52.3 | changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:55.8 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out |
| 1:01.4 | and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:05.0 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:09.0 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast. Hi guys and welcome back to the |
| 1:15.8 | thick thighs saved lives podcast. I'm Kelsey and I'm Isley. Hi Isley. So Isley's joining us today on the |
| 1:23.1 | podcast and as we're setting up, I'm like doing a soundtrack with her. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm like, I just need you to like talk into the microphone for a little bit. |
| 1:34.3 | She goes, hi. |
| 1:35.3 | And I was like, can you say a sentence? |
| 1:37.3 | And she goes, I love microphones. |
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