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Koa’s World 🌍🤍

Koa had the best time exploring pumpkin patch 🎃🌾 🍁🍂

The nervous system doesn’t just regulate through rest, it also regulates through connection ✨

Last week I had a surprise visit from my family and it reminded me how restorative safe connection can be. The right people can reset you just as deeply as sleep or food.

I believe that one of the most effective forms of recovery is simply being with people who make your system feel safe ❤️

Our little love bug ✨💕✨

Reframing Consistency For Women - Part 2

As mentioned in my previous post 👉🏻consistency for women isn’t about rigidity but rather flexibility

This does not mean you are lowering your standards, giving up on strength or choosing ease over effort. You are simply redefining that performance is built in a way that aligns with your physiology, protects your health and honours your capacity

What I continue to see in the fitness space in the pursuit of consistency or meeting external expectations ;

👉🏻 Chronic emotional dysregulation; the by product of that disconnect between what your body feels and how you think you should perform

👉🏻 Subclinical symptoms piling up and being overlooked or accepted lightly since they are so common but in reality are huge red flags

👉🏻 A push through at all costs mindset that ultimately is leading to increased exhaustion, injury and detachment from our own bodies

Reframing consistency for women the Regulated Fitness way looks and feels like ;

👍🏻 Not showing up with the same output or expectations every day

✨ Being able to confidently adjust what you need in real time and to do this with acceptance rather than judgement

👍🏻 To honour your real capacity, not your ideal schedule

✨To pause when needed and understand with compassion that the pause is part of the process

👍🏻 Be influenced by your own personal values versus what others are doing / saying

✨ To feel supported when you choose a different pace

✨ TO REMEMBER YOU STILL BELONG IN THE FITNESS SPACE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE CROWD ✨

My DMs are open to breed further conversation around this 👊🏻

Why “Consistency” is different for women

In fitness (and life) we are constantly told 👉🏻 “Consistency breeds success”

This version of consistency was built around a 24 hour rhythm which the male physiology operates and thrives on. It’s no surprise then that systems designed around sameness tend to work better for men

Women operate and thrive differently. In our active reproductive years our physiology follows a 28 day (ish ) rhythm. Across this time frame our whole system goes through a host of hormonal and physiological shifts. These shifts are not excuses or limitations they are INTELLIGENCE. If we ignore or suppress them in the pursuit of consistency, we do not become more disciplined we become more disconnected

Yes, research shows women can make performance gains across the month, but that doesn’t mean we should be trying to show up the same each day, especially if we wish to keep our health intact

As an active woman/ coach in the fitness space i have spent these past 10 years doing things so fu***ng differently to what I had been doing in the first 11 years of my journey. The lesson 👉🏻 consistency and discipline for the female physiology is FLEXIBILITY, rooted in AWARENESS & TRUST

Post to be continued 👊🏻

Time well spent this weekend self regulating and co regulating 👌🏻 This is what makes recovery real and the work sustainable 💪🏻

You don’t need to keep up with the noise 🤯

You just need to stay close to what’s REAL ✨

To the coaches quietly doing the work that’s rooted in alignment rather than driven by adrenaline 👉🏻 Keep leading 👊🏻

Happy Father’s Day to our world 🌍

Thank you for always making us feel safe, supported and so loved. The way you show up for us every single day means more than words can say. We are so proud to be your girls and we love you with all our hearts ❤️❤️