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Speaker 1: Oh hello, thank you for joining us today on this

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Speaker 1: podcast from Body and Soul called Healthy Ish. I am

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Speaker 1: Felicity Harley. Now if you need some spring fitness inspiration,

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Speaker 1: well you have come to the right place. You are

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Speaker 1: listening to the Queen of motivation, Kareine A Blight. Yes,

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Speaker 1: she is a pete and nutrition coach, and today she's

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Speaker 1: discussing her hacks, well some of them that we can

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Speaker 1: use to stay motivated. She also shares her insights on

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Speaker 1: some recent research about an impending exercise pill. Oh yes,

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Speaker 1: apparently it's going to be a thing. Anyway. If you

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Speaker 1: do like this chat from Korein and make sure you're

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Speaker 1: listening to extra healthy Ish, where she chats about social

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Speaker 1: media's influence on our workouts. You can search for our

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Speaker 1: sister podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Karin to have

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Speaker 1: you back on healthy How are you?

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Speaker 2: Oh good? Rely it.

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Speaker 1: He's so good to be that looking so vibrant in

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Speaker 1: your your legendary I'm calling it legendary orange. What's your

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Speaker 1: orange wardrobe?

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Speaker 2: L like?

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Speaker 1: Is it like all orange?

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Speaker 2: You know what? A very vast majority is purple and orange?

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Speaker 2: Not gonna lie?

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Speaker 1: I love it? Now?

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Speaker 2: Is it?

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Speaker 1: Should we be channeling color in our workout gear when

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Speaker 1: we are looking for motivation, I think so not.

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Speaker 2: I feel like it makes when you feel happy and

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Speaker 2: you wear color, I reckon it improves your work. How

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Speaker 2: should we? There's some signs that there is.

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Speaker 1: It's called dressing, the dopamine dressing. Yes, yes, anyway, talk

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Speaker 1: to us about motivation. It's a critical factor in fitness

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Speaker 1: and exercise, and I feel like some of us are

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Speaker 1: just simply more motivated than others. What what have you

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Speaker 1: witnessed with your clients in your programs?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's such a tough thing, isn't it,

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Speaker 2: Because motivation it's one of these big buzzwords we hear

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Speaker 2: so much all the time. But what I notice with

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Speaker 2: my clients, the people that I work with every day,

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Speaker 2: I find that their motivation comes from a couple of

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Speaker 2: different things. I think the most important thing is having

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Speaker 2: a group of people that they belong to, a community

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Speaker 2: that they can be a part of and work with essentially,

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Speaker 2: and the friendships that come from that. I find they

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Speaker 2: get so motivated from that because they get excited to

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Speaker 2: see their friends and be like, hello, we're doing this together.

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Speaker 2: So I think that's a really important one. And I

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Speaker 2: think another thing too, it's the convenience factor. So how

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Speaker 2: easy is it to access the workouts that they're doing

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Speaker 2: or how easy is it to get to where you're

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Speaker 2: going to do that workout? And I think those two

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Speaker 2: things combined really do effect and positively influence our motivation.

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Speaker 1: What about you? What motivates you?

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Speaker 2: For me personally, either it's fitness or work or whatever,

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Speaker 2: I really do think it's understanding why I'm doing it.

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Speaker 2: And I really have to have that natural understanding of why,

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Speaker 2: because otherwise I'm not as motivated. But for me, I

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Speaker 2: do truly love exercise. I love my work, and that's

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Speaker 2: what motivates me is my passion. So I think that's

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Speaker 1: Motivations, That intrinsic motivation versus the extringey, which is, you know,

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Speaker 1: I want to do this to feel good on the

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Speaker 1: do you find that works better or you know what?

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Speaker 1: Because I feel like when we were younger, a lot

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Speaker 1: you look like. Maybe it's when you get a bit older,

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Speaker 1: or maybe it's just shifted. Now it's about how you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I do think there has been a really good

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Speaker 2: I'm feeling good, this is what you know, this workout's

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Speaker 2: doing for me. And I do think that approach has

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Speaker 2: a more long time lasting effect, because if you're feeling good,

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Speaker 2: you're going to continue to do the thing that makes

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Speaker 2: you feel good. But for something that's just giving you

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Speaker 2: that short term you know, I'm trying to look a

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Speaker 2: that more long term view it's so much more better

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Speaker 1: Now spring is such a great time to just harness

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Speaker 1: the motivation. So if we are struggling a bit it,

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Speaker 1: what can we do? I love this question.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a couple of things, and it kind

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Speaker 2: of goes back to what I spoke about in the beginning.

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Speaker 2: I think the most important thing is having that community,

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Speaker 2: that sense of connection with people or someone that you

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Speaker 2: a group fitness community online in person. It doesn't matter.

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Speaker 2: I think that in general is going to really help

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Speaker 1: What about if you find those intimidating because a lot

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Speaker 1: or if it's a yoga class or a pilates I

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Speaker 1: can't do the moves, I'm too scared to jump on

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Speaker 2: And I can totally understand that, even I'm in the

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Speaker 2: of feelings as well. But maybe the best approach in

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Speaker 2: that sense is actually finding something that makes you feel comfortable.

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Speaker 2: And I know from the different clients that I work

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Speaker 2: with in our online platforms that we have to online

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Speaker 2: can sometimes be a good starting point because you can

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Speaker 2: find workouts that feel good for you, that are short,

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Speaker 2: actually do give that advice quite a lot is to

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Speaker 2: do some online training. We've got a new one coming out,

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Speaker 2: but a new form of exercise or something you enjoy

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Speaker 1: The smaller classes are also good. Or even getting a

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Speaker 1: personal trainer or I mean, I know it's a bit

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Speaker 2: I totally agree with you. Actually, I even spoke to

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Speaker 2: how it works. And I'm like, of course you can.

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Speaker 2: Let's organize that for you. So I think that's such

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Speaker 2: a good point, and I do think those really good ideas.

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Speaker 1: I know you talked about this in the beginning, but

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Speaker 1: I do feel like removing resistance is one of the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think we all have that, don't we

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Speaker 2: like feeling of like, I'm just a bit nervous, I'm

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Speaker 2: down to, first of all, again, what is the number

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Speaker 2: one reason you want to do this for? Like? Is

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Speaker 2: because you want to feel better in yourself? I think

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Speaker 2: understanding that and then maybe just setting some small achievable

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Speaker 2: good way to first start off that motivation piece. So

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Speaker 2: having those some way visible that you can see each day,

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Speaker 1: Fun, Yes, have fun.

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Speaker 2: Don't try and do things just because you think you should.

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Speaker 2: I think there's this really big culture now we're trying

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Speaker 2: we feel guilty if we're not doing hit training every

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Speaker 2: I think, yes, set the why set the goals and

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Speaker 2: do what you actually like, and that's a really good

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Speaker 1: Se Actually, I think they're starting small is so important.

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Speaker 1: I mean I even just think of this half marathon

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Speaker 1: and you'll be surprised what you can achieve. Yes, I

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Speaker 2: That's so exciting. Well done.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Oh thank you. Now talk to me about this.

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Speaker 1: I saw this study the other day and I thought, oh,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about with caren. So there are recent claims

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Speaker 1: far off as we think that you. Basically, they're testing

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Speaker 2: Oh my god. When I first I saw that that study,

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Speaker 2: I don't think if he'll can do that for you.

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Speaker 2: Of course, there's population groups where you know, the muscle

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Speaker 2: get that, but I think as an overall general blanket

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Speaker 2: on the side of caution with that one. Watch.

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Speaker 1: You know they probably said that about Oz and Peck

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Speaker 1: yet Anyway, that's for another podcast. Karin, thank you for

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to you.

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Speaker 1: Well. I hope Krin's oh effervescent energy has motivated you

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