Movement Snacks: A peek inside MOVE with Naomi
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Hey Reader, Back when I had 10 minutes to workout, I never did a warm up or cool down before strength training. I wanted to make the most of my time, so I choose to devote all of my time to the strength circuit. To be honest, I still do that, even though my workouts are longer now. When I lift heavy, I warm up with lighter versions of the heavy lift that I'm doing, so the warm up is essentially built into the workout. And I never do a cool down because when I am done, I'm done. Usually I have to transition quickly from workout to helping a kid finish getting ready for school, so I am still squeezing my workouts into the brief time I have in the morning when every minute matters. This approach doesn't work for everyone, though. Lots of people really like warm ups and cool downs -- they feel it eases them into the challenge of strength training and then helps them recover when they're done. You might even be one of them. That leads me to my movement snack... That's why I build practices like this into my online studio, MOVE with Naomi. For 1 of the monthly pre-recorded practices and 1 of the weekly live classes, I start with a warm up that preps for the practice. Then we do a strength segment with 2 or 3 sets of 2 exercises which are chosen to support and strengthen the pose of the month. I conclude with a brief yoga flow, that incorporates actions from both the warm up and the strength set, as well as featuring the pose of the month. It's the most well-rounded workout I offer in MOVE and I think it's fairly unique to the way that movement is taught, particularly when strength in involved. I decided to share the November strength-focused class on my YouTube channel. You can watch it here: It's a fantastic whole body workout with a specific focus on inner thigh strength, shoulder stability, and core support. I'd love for you to try the class out, but I'd love it even more if you considered joining my online studio. Membership is way down and I only make enough to pay the people who help me run the studio (managing the website and doing all of the backend stuff that helps everything run smoothly). It would be really cool to actually be able to pay myself and in order to do that I need to double the size of the studio. But getting 5 more members would be a good start. 10 new members would be AMAZING. If you have questions about whether a MOVE membership would be beneficial for you or which membership option might support you best, please respond to this email and ask! I have flat out told people when I know it's not a good fit, so I promise to answer honestly. My goal is to help get you moving more often and in ways that work for your body -- even if that's not in MOVE. As always, thanks for being a part of my community this year. I am so grateful for you. Warmly, Naomi Want to stay in touch during the week? Here are a 2 easy ways: Follow me on YouTube. I share strength and movement practices twice monthly and shorter educational/inspirational videos 3 times a week, plus (almost) daily posts. Follow me on substack, where I write about the intersection of movement, perimenopause, and the culture that we are all moving through. Or better yet, subscribe so you have immediate access to regular essays, including my most recent substacks. There are many ways to support my writing on substack, which focuses on women's fitness, health, and motherhood during perimenopause through an anti-diet and pro-science lens: 😍 Become a free subscriber I also just published an article on my favorite fitness platform, Fit Bottomed Girls, about the benefits of barbell training. You can read that here. |