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Hello and welcome back to another episode on the Embrace Your Podcast. Today we're talking

all about form. If you've ever felt like you're putting in the work but you're not seeing

results in your workouts or if you struggled with little aches or pains or if you've ever felt like you're putting in the work, but you're not seeing results in your workouts, or if you've struggled with little aches or pains, or if you've ever second guessed,

whether you're doing a move correctly this episode is for you. Because the truth is, form truly

is everything. It's not just a nice to have. It's really the foundation of everything that we do

in strain training. And so today, I'm breaking down why form matters so much.

What signs to watch out for when your form is off and the most common dumbbell form mistakes that I

see plus how to fix each one so that you can keep making progress and feeling good while you do it.

Before we dive in, I want to share this review. It comes from Nicole Hugh Ashley, or Nicole

Hughes Ashley, maybe. She gave a five-star review and said, long-time follower. I've been following

Instagram and the podcast forever because when I start to feel like I'm back tracking or not

making progress, this advice from this platform always brings me back to a good headspace. I love this

so much. Thank you so much, Nicole, for taking time out of your day to send in this review. I'm so

grateful that this podcast helps you so, so much in terms of just getting your headspace back and

just reminding you that you are doing great and to give you that pep talk that you needed.

Okay, so this episode is

going to have four different parts. So let's kind of start with part one, which is why form matters

more than weight. Okay, so first things first, let's talk about why form even matters in the first

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