What my ‘Getting Back To’ Season looks like
Following on from last week, here is what my ‘Getting Back To’ season looked like, as someone who works on a healthy relationship with movement.
My ‘Getting Back To’ season was set up to be Post Holiday but I added in a bit of Post Covid there too, Eeek!
Below is how I paced myself into a movement routine, in a kind and realistic way, over several weeks. This will look COMPLETLEY different for every single person, it’s even a lot different from previous ‘Getting Back To’ seasons for me. What is important for you to listen to your body, not the pressure from society around you.
Complete rest
Gentle yoga and stretching
Walking the pups
Level 1 Reformer Pilates
Level 2 Reformer Pilates
One CrossFit Class (scaled super low)
Two CrossFit Classes (start at scaled options and build up with time)
If you feel like you’re freaking out about the impact of rest on your progress, just remind yourself this may be only several weeks over a 52-week period. What is more important is creating consistency over the long term, and flexible, intuitive habits allow you to sustain this progress.
It’s not healthy to push your body. There’s a huge difference between needing to motivate yourself versus being unwell/fatigued and moving despite this.
Embrace Self Compassion, what advice would you give some else you care about in this situation? We so easily give others the kindness and advice we don’t give ourselves when we need it the most.
Be kind to yourself,
M x
