K. Radune Fitness

As a fitness professional, I can't promote the use of smoking. It obviously has negative health effects. 🚬

However, 65% of Americans are smoking w**d and seemingly all my clients ask about it. 🌿

So what does the research say? 🤔

There have been many studies done and while they all show negative health benefits, the one metric that moves in a positive direction? Bodyweight! 💪

BUT, IN MY OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!!

The study doesn't tell the whole story. 🧐

Losing weight on the scale does not mean losing bodyfat. If you sit around and smoke w**d you are more likely to lose muscle mass with the fat so you may be a "lighter" version of yourself. ⚖️

But definitely not leaner or healthier. 🤢

With that said, if you choose to partake, you don't need to feel like you sabotaged your health and fitness goals. 💪

*****na **d #420

I always, always, always promote having a strength training program as the base for ALL of your fitness needs. 💪🏋️

But before you read the caption: Make sure you slide to the end for a baby pic!! 🍼

Todays reason? Because it doesn't take much, if any, time away from life to achieve results. ⏰⌛

Busy parents tell me all the time, "I don't have time to make it to the gym" or "If I get my 45min HIIT class, I still have to drive, shower, etc..." 🚗🚿

What if you didn't though? Because you don't. 🤔🤷

Grab a band, dumbbell, or use your couch and lift it up 5-15 times every time you change a diaper. 👶

By the end of the day you've probably completed, 100 squats or 100 pushups or 100 couch lifts. 💪💪

You never sweat. You never showered. You never were 4 feet from your child. 👶🏡

You will still get stronger. 💪

Now, Imagine you tried breaking up your 45minute HIIT routine in to 5 minute pieces. It doesn't work.

You'll get a better workout going for a walk. 🏃

I never posted this picture to my socials because in 2021, I thought I was still too fat.

If this is what you want for your life, find a different trainer.

🌅Yoga on a Sunday AM🌅

You've probably heard me hate on Yoga on more than a few occasions.

It's because most people use it for all the wrong reasons. Yoga does not improve the range of motion in your shoulder or fix those "tight hips." ❌

Any relief from tightness is temporary, it works because it makes you relax.

So, why do it? 🙋

🟢 Help reduce stress and anxiety: The focus on breathing and awareness is key to its calming effects.

🟢 Mental clarity and focus: The meditative aspects of yoga can improve mental clarity and concentration.

🟢 Personal Practice and Discipline: Practicing yoga regularly encourages discipline, patience, and dedication.

❌ Don't "skip the gym because you're going to yoga later" or that you "want to get lower in my squat"

Because yoga won't help those.

I want to be careful of how we talk about "cheat meals" 🤔

I'm not saying you can't lose weight and enjoy your favorite foods. 😋

Because you can, but the misconception is that if you follow a diet, you are expected to schedule in your "cheat day" meal. 📅

Whatever you eat and enjoy, your body stimulates the reward systems in your brain. 🧠

When you stop eating these foods, you get cravings. 😫

Once you've gone a couple weeks without them you actually will STOP craving them. 💪

You know what happens after that? 🤔

You start to crave the foods of your new diet. 🥗

It's like an alcoholic who quits drinking but decides to have 1 beer every Sunday for the football game. 🍺🏈

Doesn't that sound kinda stupid? 🤦

This week on "I spy terrible advice" 👀 (It's a working title)

HEY YOU, WAIT! SLIDE TO THE END FOR A BABY PIC! 👶

Now, lets get down to business. 👷‍♂️

Every week I'm breaking down the stupid things I hear about or see on Instagram. ❗❗

Think you're not eating enough to lose weight? ⬇️

Visit Uganda and find me a fat, starving child.🦴

Sorry, but really....

❤️Strides and Stumbles: A Tale of the American Weight Loss Journey ❤️

For anyone that has ever been morbidly obese, this one may sting. 🐝

I, too, was morbidly obese.

I thought as long as I "moved more and ate less" that I would lose all the weight and be happy. 💦

For most, its the shiny new F45, Orange Theory, or CrossFit down the road. 🥵

It was running for me. 🏃‍♂️

Same story. 📖

You can't go from NOTHING to taking your overweight body and throwing it around in a fitness class. 😵

Does it even sound like a good idea? 💡

Nope. 🚫

DM for help, it won't cost you anything 💸

Say it with me, 💬

"A SIX PACK WON'T MAKE ME HAPPY" 6️⃣

For many of you who have lost some weight, the next piece everyone complains about is...

"I can't lose the last 10 pounds" ⚖️

Trust me when I tell you...

YOU DONT WANT TO! 🙅

The last 10 pounds usually means:

No more social outings 🎊
No more eating out 🍔
No more drinking 🍻
No more FUN

For what? So you show off at the beach? 😎

I promise, no one else cares. ✌️

Also, swipe for the things in life that will make you happy. A baby pic 👶

After posting about "fitness classes" last week... 💪🏋️

I thought it was only fair to remind you. 🔔

One of my favorite things in the world is teaching group fitness. 💃🕺

It just sucks for fat loss. 🙅👎

Sorry. 😢