Introduction
Throughout my career as a personal trainer, I have had countless clients who have come to me to help them achieve their fitness goals. Some are looking for aesthetic changes, and some for health improvements.
On the surface, the formula to accomplishing these goals is fairly simple. First, we apply stress to the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems, then we try to make lifestyle and habit changes, in order to hopefully effect some permanent and sustainable change.
But there are other considerations that are essential to a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle. Under normal circumstances these elements often get neglected, as we focus on the more physical aspects of the workout as they provide the most visible and immediate results.
Squat, Skip and Shower becomes the order of the day. We tend to avoid the less immediately fulfilling but equally important protocols such as mobility, breath work, sleep health, rehab, and core. Neglecting these can and will seriously impede your ability to achieve optimal results from your exercise regimen, and can even lead to your workouts causing more harm than good.
This workshop will focus on some of these often neglected aspects of fitness training that help facilitate positive changes in the body… The “Soul” part of Body and Soul if you will.
My name is Tracey, welcome to Soul Training.
Tracey Cooke
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Soul Training, the workshop designed to teach you that there is more to health and fitness, than just working out and eating right. Tracey leads an engaging workshop that discusses a holistic approach to fitness covering meditation, stress management, sleep, mobility and adherence.
Stress cannot be eliminated, but there are ways to cope with and decrease the negatives effects from it. Tracey discusses the wonders meditation will have on your physical and mental state, and even walks you through a quick, guided meditation.
Many of us have heard the importance of a good night’s sleep, but what benefits does it really have on our body, both physically and mentally? Tracey dives into why getting proper sleep and proper quality of sleep is critical to your health. She also discusses ways you can optimize your sleep to ensure the best quality.
Stretching and mobility work is inherent to our body’s functionality, but why do people only focus on it after an injury? Tracey examines why daily stretching is so important to our body’s wellbeing, and provides you with a few quick and easy exercises you can mix into your day.
Follow-Along Soul Training Stretches
Tracey explores the importance of staying consistent, and ways to adhere to your goals, even when life gets in the way.
Tracey wraps up Soul Training by reminding you of the four main topics we covered, how these are just as important to your physical and mental health as exercise, and how these areas will start you on the path to treating your body more holistically.