WEBVTT - The hidden risks of your pilates classes

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for tuning in to this podcast from Body and

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<v Speaker 1>Soul called healthy Ish. I hope you're having a fantastic day,

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<v Speaker 1>a healthy day. I am the host of Felicity Harley.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm joined today by Ava Rodrigris.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>She has a plethora of qualifications ranging from joint mobility Specialist,

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<v Speaker 1>comprehensive Pilarates manual therapy, and Level four strength and conditioning coach.

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<v Speaker 1>She's actually a Pilarates educator and she's worried about the

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<v Speaker 1>one size fits all Polarti's studio approach. She discusses that

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<v Speaker 1>today and shares her advice on how you can find

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<v Speaker 1>the correct class for your body's needs. Listening to Extra

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<v Speaker 1>Healthy Ish, a big sister podcast where she talks about

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<v Speaker 1>the importance of mobility for longevity. You can search for

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<v Speaker 1>that one where you get you podcasts. Ava, welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>healthy Ish.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much for having me. It's very nice

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<v Speaker 2>to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, nice to have you here. Finally, we've taken a

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<v Speaker 1>few attempts to get you here. But before we kick off,

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<v Speaker 1>remind us of the benefits of polarates. I mean, this

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<v Speaker 1>is your passion, why is it so good for us? So?

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<v Speaker 2>As a movement specialist. Obviously my love started with clinical

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<v Speaker 2>pilatas back in London. And the reason pilatas is so beneficial,

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<v Speaker 2>it's because it's a mind and body practice. So it

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<v Speaker 2>stops you in your tracks and makes you actually think

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<v Speaker 2>about what's occurring during movement and that sets a very

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<v Speaker 2>good foundation for anything else that you want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a great description actually, because you're right. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm not a I have done platies, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not a plartess lover. I'm or a yoga person. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's you feel it in your body and your mind

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<v Speaker 1>when you walk out of a pilates class.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, it's a lifestyle. Hans why he almost has a

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<v Speaker 2>cult following.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I wouldn't say almost. I think it does. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you love about polarates.

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<v Speaker 2>For me is it sets the tone for every other

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<v Speaker 2>movement in the sense of understanding. So we talk a

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<v Speaker 2>lot about in fitness about format technique. Now having a

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<v Speaker 2>multifaceted background, I am going to say this, your format

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<v Speaker 2>technique at the end of the day is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be dependent on the movement variability that you spend time earning,

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<v Speaker 2>which is entirely different from pilatus But what polatus does

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<v Speaker 2>is that it makes you think about the action from

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<v Speaker 2>A to B, so your execution is more mindful and

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<v Speaker 2>therefore you can stop yourself in your tracks when if

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<v Speaker 2>you say you're in the gym and your load is

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<v Speaker 2>too high, then you know, I'm not ready for this load.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet let me drop it a little bit, maybe add

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<v Speaker 2>more volume to not break down down the line. Because

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<v Speaker 2>I think in training what happens is that we go hard,

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<v Speaker 2>we go fast, and we don't understand that because for

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<v Speaker 2>most of us, the gym becomes our sport. Unless you're

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<v Speaker 2>an athlete, the gym becomes your sport. The studio becomes

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<v Speaker 2>your sport. Therefore, you want to have longevity in it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't have longevity in it, how do you

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<v Speaker 2>have the chance to stay functional. So sometimes you have

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<v Speaker 2>to regress in order to progress. And that's where pilatus

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<v Speaker 2>comes in and it teaches you those things very mindfully

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<v Speaker 2>if you're trained well.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the case, isn't it if you're trained well

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<v Speaker 1>Because there are so many studios around now and so

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<v Speaker 1>many people and so many online studios and places that

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<v Speaker 1>you can go to do pilates, and you have a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a problem with this kind of one size

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<v Speaker 1>or fits approach. Talk to us about this.

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<v Speaker 2>Look in terms of understand if you come from the

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<v Speaker 2>standpoint of biomechanics and physiology, you will never get as

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<v Speaker 2>much out of a program as you would do if

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<v Speaker 2>it's individually tailored to your need. When there is a

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<v Speaker 2>group session, it is impossible. No matter who you are,

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<v Speaker 2>how long you've been in the industry, you can't cater

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<v Speaker 2>to ten people ten people different people's problems.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know them all. If you don't know them,

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<v Speaker 1>are absolutely even know the people turning up to your

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<v Speaker 1>class a lot of the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, But also you only have that hour forty five

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<v Speaker 2>minutes to make it flow because there will be a

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<v Speaker 2>next forty five minute set right. So by default in

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<v Speaker 2>plazas we have the luxury of having modifications and props.

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<v Speaker 2>But nevertheless we cannot fool ourselves to think that is

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<v Speaker 2>only enough. And like you said, everybody and their mom

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<v Speaker 2>and their dog is now because of social media. Social

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<v Speaker 2>media is amazing, right, This is why I get to

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<v Speaker 2>travel twelve times a year and certify people. So I

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<v Speaker 2>love it. I've made good friends through it. But also

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<v Speaker 2>the downside of it is that fitness is filled with

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<v Speaker 2>passionate people with the good will, but often lack enough

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<v Speaker 2>knowledge because we don't have a baseline that we need

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<v Speaker 2>to know to set a baseline standard. Therefore, you can

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<v Speaker 2>get anything and everything. And it's very hard as a

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<v Speaker 2>consumer to know who is educated when it's not your expertise.

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<v Speaker 2>I just need to throw two anatomical words and you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go, oh, she knows, she knows her stuff, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other thing that I want to say is

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<v Speaker 2>that people often base a good class on a sensations

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<v Speaker 2>that they were told they should feel like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>it was so challenging, so I crawled out of class.

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<v Speaker 2>I sweat that it was fun and Dwarfels are high,

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<v Speaker 2>therefore it was a good class. And I can't walk

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<v Speaker 2>the next day, and I can't walk the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you again fall back on anatomy physiology, which

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<v Speaker 2>science is a beautiful thing, can almost almost never lead

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<v Speaker 2>you wrong. Depends on the interpretation, because that comes into

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<v Speaker 2>play too, is the fact that you want to spend

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<v Speaker 2>more time building than repairing. There's always repairing involved, but

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<v Speaker 2>if you cannot walk for a day or a week,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to put that into question.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there was some chatter in Australia last y

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<v Speaker 1>for regulation around the plates industry because there is none, Right,

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<v Speaker 1>what would you like to see happen?

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<v Speaker 2>So I would like to see because I'm a continued

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<v Speaker 2>education provider. So I think it starts all the way

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<v Speaker 2>from the educators because what we promise needs to be

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<v Speaker 2>spot on correct, and we need to have someone that

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<v Speaker 2>supervise us. We need to have a baseline that we

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<v Speaker 2>need to provide no matter the discipline. But do you

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<v Speaker 2>love yoga or pilatus? This and the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>day's movement. The anatomy of the human body is the same.

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<v Speaker 2>So unless you and I'm gonna go to bed, wake

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<v Speaker 2>up tomorrow and grow wings out of our scalpela, the

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<v Speaker 2>anatomy is the same. Your shoulder, my shoulder, your hip,

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<v Speaker 2>my hip needs to be doing the same thing. The

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<v Speaker 2>question is why isn't it and how can we create

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<v Speaker 2>a program that can get us there safely but also efficiently,

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<v Speaker 2>because when I'm getting younger, we are going.

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<v Speaker 1>That direction right absolutely, So for people listening, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you know they'd love obviously it'd be great to have

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<v Speaker 1>a regulatory body, et cetera, et cetera. That's probably in

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<v Speaker 1>the future. What can we do today about making sure

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<v Speaker 1>our studio, our class, our structure, our instructor is informed,

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<v Speaker 1>well educated and teaching well. Not a harmful version of polarates,

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<v Speaker 1>a helpful version of polartates.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think that's a really good question. Is a

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<v Speaker 2>twofold question because number one side is the instructor's own

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<v Speaker 2>responsibility to make sure that she is always learning. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the problem with that is that no matter what you learn,

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<v Speaker 2>because under the umbrella, if I'm learning something new, but

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<v Speaker 2>everything learning, is your learning more value for you to

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<v Speaker 2>understand the human body more? Or are you only spending

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<v Speaker 2>time learning choreography? Big difference, And sometimes people misunderstand this.

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<v Speaker 2>They go, but when I learned this choreography, they also

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<v Speaker 2>taught me anatomically what's happening. Sure, they did not the

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<v Speaker 2>same as understanding the intricate details of biomechanics. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you're not taking anything that has a root in science

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<v Speaker 2>and actually bringing it into your choreography, you will never

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<v Speaker 2>hit your mark properly. I see it all the time

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<v Speaker 2>when I travel. Yeah, and this is why I do

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<v Speaker 2>what I do. The other part of that is, as

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<v Speaker 2>a consumer, you cannot only base what you like in

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<v Speaker 2>an instructor on feel Feelings can steer you wrong. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to be feeling good after what you do.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you have a nagging neck pain twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>hours later, it might not be the instruction. It might

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<v Speaker 2>be that the class is not suitable for you. So

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<v Speaker 2>you also need to bear a responsibility of doing your

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<v Speaker 2>due diligence. But unfortunately, studying is time consuming and it's

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<v Speaker 2>also difficult, and we also have a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>that does this as a side gig. This is not

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<v Speaker 2>a side hustle. There is science behind this. There is

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<v Speaker 2>vast anatomy that goes into this. You don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>just teach someone something and then go you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>feel better.

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<v Speaker 1>So as a consumer, we should check qualifications hundred percent,

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<v Speaker 1>check in with how your results your results, Yeah, not

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<v Speaker 1>just how I mean the feeling. Still, you still need

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<v Speaker 1>to connect with the science.

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<v Speaker 2>But it can't be your only biomarker. That's what I

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<v Speaker 2>want to say. It is a biomarker, but it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the only biomarker because how do you measure europe parent?

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<v Speaker 2>So am I how do we measure success through results? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>If you haven't had results in terms of that you

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<v Speaker 2>visibly can see it or actually feel it as you're

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<v Speaker 2>moving right, then are you spending your time well? Like

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<v Speaker 2>my husband says, where do you want to shoot your bullets? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Because you only get some and.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just time, it is also money. AVA lovely

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<v Speaker 1>having you on healthy Ish, Thank.

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<v Speaker 2>You, thank you so much, thank you well.

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<v Speaker 1>I think when it comes to pilates or yoga or

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<v Speaker 1>any any class we do asking questions, asking for help,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Do you ask for help? I don't,

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<v Speaker 1>And perhaps with something we can all get better at,

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<v Speaker 1>to help us get better at whatever fitness class or

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<v Speaker 1>fitness interest we are undertaking. I hope you didn't enjoy

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