Do you include care in your training practice?


Hello extraordinary humans,

Coming in with a quick reflection to hopefully help you train, create, and move while the world spins madly on.

Is care a part of your training practice?

One of the most common (and first) things I build with clients is some form of care focused routine. Whether that is part of their warm up, their cool down or their everyday life.

Building care into the practice of my clients (and coaching them through the process of actually doing it) is a big part of my secret sauce.

It is at the core of how we do the big things without the burnout.

Care is integral to:

  • Performance
  • recovery
  • strength
  • endurance
  • big tricks
  • longevity

And so much more.

Ways care can show up in your training practice:

  • Listening (to yourself or to others)
  • Favorite exercises
  • Food
  • Fun
  • Structure so you don’t have to come up with what to do next
  • Support like coaching or training buddies
  • Nervous system work
  • Recovery routines/cool downs
  • Rest
  • Music
  • Friends
  • Games like add on

So if you have a spare 3 minutes, I’m extending an invitation to consider:

Where do you already have care in your training practice

Where you would like to try adding care in?

Feel like sharing? I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas on care as a core part of training.

* This particular reflection was prompted by an amazing workshop I just took with Daniela Guerrero-Rodriguez. I highly recommend her work/content if you are a person who is struggling with burnout related to community care/activism or who simply wants to do more…somehow. Link to their profile

Other updates!

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Sido

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