One very simple assessment that will keep you from crashing post-workout

Progress not perfection...

Keeping this in mind will keep you on track to reach your goals. Perfection and unrealistic expectations result in failure every time.

You’re seeing me sprint and maintain core stabilization for the first time in years. You’re also seeing me on a weight loss journey following an extensive period of chronic stress.

If I wait until I lose 40 pounds to share this progress, I set unrealistic expectations for my followers.

Progress is not perfect. It’s not fast. It takes a lot of hard work and support from smart people.

Patience, focus, and the smallest of positive daily actions keep you moving forward.

Today, for me, sprinting absolutely pain free with zero post-workout metabolic catastrophe is a HUGE win!

If you are leaving workouts in pain, sleeping like crap, having blood sugar crashes that make you hangry and lazy, your workout intensity is too high.

I measure my ability to increase intensity based on how well I maintain nasal breathing throughout the ENTIRE workout. The only exception being on heavier loaded exercises that require an explosive exhale. Everything else is nasal (in and out) including recovery post-sprint!

Do you determine your exercise intensity based on breathing capacity? If not, give it a shot!

Please share with some sisters who want to see real and honest progress.

You can find me on instagram as @KRUSEELITEWOMEN

About the Author:

Alisha is a Personal Trainer and a Board Certified & Licensed Acupuncturist and is particularly passionate about combining Acupuncture and movement coaching to help young women through their pre and post natal journey, fertility challenges, menstrual irregularities, metabolic issues, thyroid problems, pain, asthma, and allergies.

In 2013, she co-founded KRUSE ELITE with partner, Taylor Kruse. Both are dedicated to inspiring people, coaches, and trainers into their best health and performance.