Snuff Out Stress In Seconds?
Week 4 workout inside
Happy Sunday, frens!
Get after some quick food prepping this weekend so good fueling choices come easy this week.
🙏🏽 Future You sends their thanks along with your Future Muscles.
What do you choose today for what you claim to want?
Did you know a free, easy and powerful stress reduction hack…
…is to simply ensure you’re getting enough water?
Research shows that depriving yourself of 16oz less of recommended water intake for your individual needs can trigger the release of stress hormones.
Think: cortisol, epinephrine, catecholamines, etc., that spur:
increased heart rate
increased blood pressure
weakened immune system
increased blood sugar
constipation
mood disorders
sleep disruption
menstrual cycle disruption
Why?
Because your body considers dehydration signaling a severe threat.
Think about it:
On average, a person can live three months without food. Meanwhile, three days without water — on average — is a death sentence.
Because cardiac issues run in my family…
…the first thing I do in the morning is take a giant swig of water aka “indoor shower” from a bottle by my bed.
This immediately lowers my heart rate which tends to run high upon waking.
Our cortisol is naturally high first thing in the morning, too, so getting my heart rate back to resting comes easily with immediately hydrating after a long night’s sleep.There’s no need to waterboard yourself. But remember your organs and waste removal system run on water.
Aim for half your body weight in ounces a day (of water… not any ol’ liquid). If you’re really going for it, or you train intensely, try for a gallon. Stop all water/liquid consumption about two hours before bed.
Remember: by the time you’re feeling thirsty, you’re already on the road to dehydration. Nip it in the bud.
☃️🍷 Holiday Party Hydration Hacks
If you’re a drinker, have 8oz of water for every standard drink. This will also reduce your overall intake (hopefully).Additionally, it will help preserve electrolytes and slow the leaching of essential vitamins and nutrients via gastrointestinal obstruction that comes with alcohol consumption.
Unfortunately, this is more prominent in women than men and compounded during menopause. Smoking isn’t the only thing that rapidly accelerates skin deterioration and DNA aging in midlife.
P.S. Check out this episode of the Deep Kimchi pod for more damage control tips for the season!
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🏋🏻♀️ Your Week 4 Resensitization Is a Deload!
Consider this my holiday gift to you :)
HOW TO:
https://deepkimchi.substack.com/i/144484814/heres-a-deload-refresher-for-ya-if-you-forgot
After next week we’re going to start a macrocycle of strength building made up of three, four-week training programs that compound and iterate off each other.
These are relatively short workouts that enable you to get very strong very quickly depending on:
your consistency
your nutrition
your attention to recovery and sleep
This will be strength hypertrophy vs. the size hypertrophy you’re used to.
Let’s take advantage of those extra holiday calories to get stronger than you ever thought possible.
More on training for strength vs. size for women next week.
Grateful for you. And PROUD of you! ‘Atta girl!
Be the hero of your story-
Michelle