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Free Beginners Guide to Strength Training for Mental Health 👇
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For a full deep dive into strength training for mental health with instruction videos explaining all of these movement patterns, check the link for FOUNDATION - my free beginner's guide to resistance training for mental health.

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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6 months ago
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I like to start by working hard, then work on my attitude. Just like I like to start with physical tools, then work on my mental tools.

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Links in my profile for FOUNDATION - my free guide and STOKED our fitness community

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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It's simple concepts like this that started to get me to think differently about my mental health. There are always tradeoffs to decisions. At first, I thought I was just paying dues, taking all kinds of preventative measures. Which is true, but then I fell in love with how good I felt and the process of trying to become better.

If you're interested in the approach to physical training I used that made such a big difference for me, check out the free guide I put together called FOUNDATION.

And if you're interested in having someone do the programming for you and a crew to do it together with, check out our STOKED fitness community.

Links to both in my profile

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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6 months ago
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Pick some exercises, get good at them, rotate them every few months, repeat. After a while, I ended up looking and feeling like a completely different person.

If you're interested in the approach to physical training I used that made such a big difference for me, check out the free guide I put together called FOUNDATION.

And if you're interested in having someone do the programming for you and a crew to do it together with, check out our STOKED fitness community.

Links to both in my profile

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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6 months ago
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I learned that being proactive about my mental health saved me a lot of trouble down the road. And the side effect was a better life anyway.

If you're interested in the approach to physical training I used that made such a big difference for me, check out the free guide I put together called FOUNDATION.

And if you're interested in having someone do the programming for you and a crew to do it together with, check out our STOKED fitness community.

Links to both in my profile

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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7 months ago
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It doesn't have to be so complex.  Probably shouldn't be, either. I always like to remember that I can just eat clean and turn off my brain.

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If you're interested in the approach to physical training I used that made such a big difference for me, check out the free guide I put together called FOUNDATION.

And if you're interested in having someone do the programming for you and a crew to do it together with, check out our STOKED fitness community.

Links to both in my profile

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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7 months ago
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If you're interested in the approach to physical training I used that made such a big difference for me, check out the free guide I put together called FOUNDATION.

And if you're interested in having someone do the programming for you and a crew to do it together with, check out our STOKED fitness community.

Links to both in my profile

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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7 months ago
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Resistance training is one of the greatest antidepressants.  If you're interested but don't know where to start, check out FOUNDATION - my free beginner's guide to strength training for mental health.

And if you're interested in having someone do the programming for you and a crew to do it together with, check out our STOKED fitness community.

Links to both in my profile

Cheers
-Jack

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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7 months ago
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I guess I always just thought of weight lifting as selfish vanity. "Look at me, look how strong I am and how good I look.  I take care of myself." As if people thought they were better than me.

My perspective on that shifted DRAMATICALLY when I realized how much better of a human being I became. My depression and anger issues improved rapidly.

And it gave me the headspace I needed to do the hard work in therapy and in my lifestyle design to fix all my other issues.

It shifted in my mind to actually being self-less as opposed to self-ish.

#Depression #Fitness #MentalHealth by @leaveitcinders
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Here's a full fitness structure for mental health. A great place to start, but also a great place to stay forever.

This is my sorta "science based" mental health lifting protocol.  Based on 3 studies I'm familiar with and the protocols they did:

Study1: 3x moderate intensity activities per week
Study2: 2x 25 min resistance training sessions per week
Study3: The rep ranges that provide the most anxiety reduction

Maybe you walk for 30 min every day in the morning. Great for getting your circadian rhythm set.  And maybe you swap that for a jog  on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

Lift weights on Tuesday/Thursday.  And it really only feels like you're "adding" to your routine twice a week.

#Fitness #MentalHealth #Depression by @leaveitcinders
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The 'ol "bandaid on a bullet wound" adage definitely applied to my depression. Medication helped symptoms for sure. Therapy is great too, but simply showing up and not taking action outside of it wasn't helpful.

I needed to handle the root causes or nothing would go away. It's wild how much a good night of sleep, a walk in the sun, some healthy food and a workout can do for your mood.

I'm empathetic to feeling like you have zero motivation and don't even want to get out of bed. Been there. I'm there a lot. That's where grit comes into play. I just have to grit it out one time to get momentum. Momentum is 10x easier to maintain. Break the cycle one time and stay in motion.

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7 months ago
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It's always fun for me to look back on the first things I ever saved on Instagram. Most of these concepts still help a lot to this day.

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