EP 6 – The 10 Principles of Joyful Movement #4: Challenge the Gym Police
Show Notes
The gym police are the loud, obnoxious voices in our head that scream at you all the fitness rules of how you “should” be exercising if you want to do it right. They highlight everything that you’re doing wrong, and make you feel terrible about yourself which often keeps you from doing anything at all.
Gym police are thoughts; negative thoughts about our inadequacies and how we don’t measure up. The thing is most of the negative thoughts shouted by the gym police actually aren’t true. The comparisons you’re making to others and the rules you’re buying into about how exercise needs to look – often they’re not even accurate or true.
The result of listening to the gym police is more shame and continuing to stay stuck.
In this episode we learn how to recognize the gym police and their hidden agenda to take you down. We’ll learn strategies to stand up to them so you can get out from under their thumb and into freedom.
What you’ll learn by listening:
- Discover that most of the fitness “rules” are just arbitrary and there’s no one size fits all approach to fitness.
- Learn how to challenge the rules to create a game you can win.
- Understand how comparison is keeping you stuck feeling inadequate and shrinking away from your own greatness.
- Learn how your thoughts are creating the results, or lack thereof, that you’re experiencing.
- Begin the process of changing your thoughts so that you can create the relationship with exercise that you desire.
About the Host
Kim Hagle (she/her) is Certified Personal Trainer, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Body Image Coach and founder of Radiant Vitality Wellness.
Through mindset and movement coaching she helps women heal their relationship with food and exercise while disconnecting their worth from their weight, so they can feel healthy, happy and confident in the body they have.
Can’t get motivated to move?
Download “The Motivation Secret” – Kim’s FREE guide that will help you understand why you feel stuck. Inside you’ll learn the three secrets to cultivating motivation that lasts and the one mistake we ALL make that is a motivation killer! www.radiantvitality.ca/motivationsecret
Ready to take the next step?
Visit our website to learn more about our coaching programs www.radiantvitality.ca/programs
For health professionals looking to adopt the non-diet approach in your business, visit Kim’s mentor, Stephanie Dodier’s site for free resources to get started. https://www.stephaniedodier.com
Let’s stay in touch! Kim is on Instagram and Facebook @radiantvitalitywellness.
Disclaimer. The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult a health care professional about your unique needs.
