Stay Hot and Healthy This Summer with These 7 Tips from a Personal Trainer: 'Sleep like a champ'

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Isabella Penn
Apr 9, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

Hot girl summer is upon us! Around this time of year, we can get flooded with content about getting in shape for summer. As we're coming out of winter hibernation, it can be good to start getting active again to get ready for summer and spending time outdoors. But you don't want to take that mentality to an extreme. Yeah, we wanna be hot, but we want to be healthy too! So that's where this personal trainer comes in to save the day. FREE for all of us, she provides her top seven tips on how to be hot and healthy this summer. The best part? They're all pretty simple. And we can still eat pizza and burgers! It's all about balance, and that's where this fitness trainer comes into play. She breaks down each step for us so they are easy to manage. Not getting 10k steps in a day? No problem. Suppose you're averaging around 4k steps, just up it to 6k. Small, consistent changes are what are going to make a world of difference. You deserve to feel your best this summer and all year round. So check out these seven tips below, and let's get out of these springtime blues!

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    Posted by u/funkyfarfelle 5 days ago HOW TO BE HOT AND HEALTHY FOR THE SUMMER... from a personal trainer Fitness/Health
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    I feel like many of us are going through the spring blues and feeling stressed about summer so I wanted to create a big post about my top tips as a trainer because tbh, I see lots of sketchy and not great advice in this community. Take it or leave
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    it but as we are all with taste, I care about you and want you to be healthy and happy this summer. Get your freaking steps in You don't need to start running or HIIT or whatever if you don't enjoy them. Simply look at your
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    current step count and start increasing it by 1500 - 2000 steps per day. 10K is an arbitrary number. If you're only getting 4K steps per day, getting 6K will start making a dramatic difference. Walking is so
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    underrated and one of the most sustainable ways to increase your energy expenditure without revving up a crazy big. appetite. More water Drink your body weight in
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    ounces every day... and maybe a little more if you're a big sweater or drink more than 1 cup of caffeine. If you're not good at hydrating, get a straw... weird but it helps you sip better throughout the day.
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    Before you give up gluten/dairy/etc. GIVE UP ALCOHOL FIRST Unless you have a legitimate allergy like celiac or lactose intolerance, you don't need to avoid entire food groups. Yes,
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    eat everything in moderation. but instead of trying to give up bread, give up or drastically reduce your alcohol consumption from now until Memorial Day Weekend and you'll be shocked at how much less bloated and sluggish you feel.
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    ADD DON'T SUBTRACT And on that note... instead of giving up xyz foods, try adding more vegetables, protein, and whole foods to your diet. These are going to be higher in fiber
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    and help you feel more satiated. You can have pizza! You can have a burger! You can have a cookie! Just make sure you're also getting in quality whole foods too.
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    And on the subject of protein... Try to eat at least 1g per pound of ideal bodyweight. (i.e. if your goal weight is 140 pounds, eat 140g of protein). If that seems crazzzzzzzzy to what you do now, aim for at least 100g per day.
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    Do workouts you love I've done so many phases of fitness with different types of workouts. Stop worrying if yours are the "best thing to do" and focus on whether or not you enjoy it. Enjoying your workout
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    will let you stick with it. Tune out toxic Instagram accounts who tell you Pilates isn't good enough/strength training will wreck your cortisol/HIIT classes are bad for you etc. Just do what you like!
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    SLEEP LIKE A CHAMP with taste need their beauty rest. Get your 8 hours in! And if you struggle with sleeping, try the 3-2-1 rule: no eating three hours before bed, no liquids 2 hours before bed, no screens 1 hour before bed.
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    Sending love to all my with taste xoxo
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    Alwaysabundant333. 5 days ago Registered dietitian here and I approve this message
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    Royal-Spend-6147. 5 days ago Thank you for your service 526 Reply Share funkyfarfelle OP 5 days ago anything for the girlies
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    • ghosted-- 5 days ago Love this. What's a piece of bad advice you wish people would stop repeating?
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    funkyfarfelle OP. 5 days ago Oh god so many lol... anyone who gives the advice to cut out whole food groups is whack and it's such a bad mentality for most of us. I've worked with mainly women for over six years and I can tell you most of us have some level of disordered eating wired into our brains. Also any trainer who puts down other modalities to promote their own... everyone is different. and all or nothing mentalities... being 10% better is better than not trying at all.
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    ms_sn00ks 5 days ago Thank you!! As a question for workouts, can you recommend any low impact techniques or workouts? I currently walk 7-10k steps/day, but have been wanting to add in some weight training or body weight stuff. I know it isn't bad for your cortisol, but I have a thyroid situation where I get tuckered out easily and have joint inflammation (or if you have tips to deal with this).. thank you in advance!
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    funkyfarfelle OP 5 days ago I also have a thyroid issue... feel you girl! Mat pilates is the GOAT IMO. There isn't a great studio downtown that does mat Pilates buuuut there are so many great platforms online and all you really need is a mat and light weights. There are a bunch of great instructors... just find one whose personality you click with!
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    Do workouts you love I've done so many phases of fitness with different types of workouts. Stop worrying if yours are the "best thing to do" and focus on whether or not you enjoy it. Enjoying your workout will let you stick with it. Tune out toxic Instagram accounts who tell you Pilates isn't good enough/strength training will wreck your cortisol/HIIT classes are bad for you etc. Just do what you like!
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