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DesireeDurso|AFAA-CGFI|FitnessForLifeNotJustLooks

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NASM Certified Group Fitness Instructor
💪🏻Empowering Women to feel their best midlife & beyond
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It’s Official! ✨I’m an AFAA - CGFI 🙌🏼 (certified group fitness instructor) 💪🏼🏋️‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Proud.
Excited.
Thankful.

Ready to expand my reach to make a positive impact on people’s lives!

#fitnessprofessional #cgfi #certifiedgroupfitnessinstructor #nasmcgfi #afaagroupfitnessinstructor taken in Temecula, California by @wickchickwellness

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Aiming for a life well - lived through healthy choices, habit building, and growing in consistency.

Welcome to WickChickWellness, and for those of you who are new here, I’m Desiree Durso, local Temecula Ca NASM certified group fitness instructor & lover of outdoors, nutrition, peace & joy - seeking, fashion, making things pretty, and being surrounded by loved ones.

My aim for @WickChickWellness is to encourage, inspire, support, and motivate women, especially in their 40s plus, including those of us in perimenopause, as we walk through this midlife journey, seeking health and wellness through positive habit-building, lifting each other up through community (aka chats in comments), and learning to give ourselves and each other aloooot of grace. Maybe even laughing about it from time to time.

I’m so happy you found me in this corner of the internet & I hope you feel energized and motivated for your healthiest life by being here.

Now that I’ve introduced myself, tell me a bit about you - what brings you to the wellness space? Can’t wait to get to know you a bit! 🙌🏼

Some fun random facts abt me in comments … maybe we share those too?!

#groupfitnessinstructor #womenandfitness #fitnessoverforty #perimenopausefitness #womenshealth taken in Temecula, California by @wickchickwellness

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Thank me later.

Looking to an easy high protein main course for lunch or dinner?

Turkey burgers but make them air fried!

So easy. Set - it - and - forget it while you handle your sides.

Enjoy!

1lb ground turkey makes 4-5 burgers; 23-24g protein each! taken in Temecula, California by @wickchickwellness

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Just over here navigating So Cal “fall” weather.

IYKYK.

But for real, I’m thankful to have power and a dry house over here on the West coast, and sending love and hope to those experiencing this hurricane.

And to those of us not in it, what’s your excuse NOT to move intentionally today?

Whatever it is, can you squash it and take just 5-10 minutes for yourself?

I bet you can 🙌🏼

You deserve to feel good today… take the time or make the time! ✨

#healthylifestyle #fitnessoverforty #fitnessmotivation #fitnesssatire #selfcare by @wickchickwellness

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🙌🏼Workout with me now!
Thank me later 🫶🏼

💪🏼💪🏼No excuses Upper body workout using just ☝🏻resistance band.

✔️ low impact
✔️ strengthening
✔️ sculpting
✔️ do it anywhere
✔️ modifiable

🔥Complete for 3-4 rounds for a good juicy burn!

I personally love a good bands workout…

They weigh virtually nothing… packable, and portable.

You can adjust bands to your desired resistance and length by a simple winding up/unwinding with a flick of the wrist.

Since you don’t have weights anchoring your arms down, you are naturally forced to practice awareness of your body, paying close attention to your form & range of motion… good form = strong results!

Form: attempt to match your rep speed on the flexion and extension, keeping tension the band rather than allowing it to pull you.

***YOU are the boss of the band!***

Cervical spine neutral & chest shining.
Calibrate yourself before ea set: Deep breath, shoulders open + square to begin each move (I love a good shoulders “up-back-down” reset - where my 🎶 choir girlies at? 😅).

Slow and controlled reps.
Keep the same form on your pulses!

Bands:
This one is Theraband.

My favorite band set (comes with 3 resistances) is available on Amazon *DM for link*

#fitnessoverforty #fitnessmotivation #workoutanywhere #lowimpactworkout #upperbodystrengthtraining taken in Temecula, California by @wickchickwellness

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As a 47 year old woman and mom, these are my daily non - negotiables I practice for positive mental health. Bonus: they’re good for your physical health as well.

1. Get outside! First thing in the morning.
Breathe in the fresh air. Feel the rain on your face. The wind in your hair. It’s alllll good.
2. Soak in 5-15 minutes of sunlight on my face.
Vitamin D, Wakes me up, warms my soul, and sets the tone for the day. Makes me feel thankful to be alive!
3. Intentional movement - walk, workout, active stretches, whatever my body calls for that day, I’m INTO it.
4. Do something purely for the joy of it - whatever sparks joy for you - writing, reading, taking a pretty drive, listening to a favorite musical artist, creating or decorating something, reading - all favorites of mine.
5. Practice gratitude - counting what you’re thankful for helps you focus on what you HAVE rather than what you don’t, sparking a feeling of abundance. Afterall, where your focus flows, your life grows… so Count your blessings!

Try it for just a week and see how you feel ✨
You can borrow from my list or make your own.

What’s one non - negotiable you realize you already practice? Bet ya have one. If you don’t, see above 👆🏼

And let’s share in comments. Maybe you’re inspired, maybe you ✨inspire someone. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 by @wickchickwellness

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When’s the last time you looked in the mirror and told yourself that you’re beautiful?

If it wasn’t today, I urge you to take a moment and do so.

Not just because you’re beautiful on the outside, but because you’re beautiful on the inside, where it matters most🙌🏼✨

I threw my daughter a spa - themed birthday party this past weekend, and had decorated this mirror for them to look into and receive this message … then I thought … us grown women need to be reminded too.

Especially in midlife, when we easily feel out of place within our own skin, as we’re greying, and enduring body & skin changes, it’s all the more important to feed our souls with this positivity.

Plus with all the busy-ness of life, and its demands on us - our minds and bodies, isn’t it so important we slow down and take a moment to tell ourselves this- to remind ourselves that it’s our inner beauty that is one of the things that keep us going?!

✨We must not forget we are beautiful!

YOU. Are. Beautiful. 🫶🏼

#selflove❤️ #perimenopausebeauty #womenandhealth #mentalhealthmatters #womensupportingwomen taken in Temecula, California by @wickchickwellness

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Some days it’s full force… Other days it’s slowing down, leaning in to the foundational rebuilding and rehabbing, so we can continue to build.

Whatever day you’re having today, I hope you pour into yourself with love and meet your body where it’s at … today!

With love,
Your sister in strength
& solidarity 🫶🏼

#fitnessoverforty #fitnessmotivation #wellnessforlife #perimenopausehealth #selfcare by @wickchickwellness

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Celebrate the little wins and soak in the little things. Life is good.

#healthylifestyle #fitforlife #fitnessoverforty #fitnessmotivation #wellnessforlife taken in Temecula, California by @wickchickwellness

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It’s here!

Strengthening Sculpting Superset

Hit Arms, shoulders, back & glutes, hamstrings, quads 🙌🏼 in just 6 moves!

You can do this workout at home,
outside, in the gym…

💪🏼💪🏼Grab a set of dumbbells that challenge you (last 3-5 reps should push you almost to failure. I’m using 8# here).
Get INTO it paying close attention to form 🙌🏼
•Run through entire workout one round with NO rest for max efficiency and cardio benefits.
•Crushing each set with 10 reps each (add 10 pulses where shown) of moves A,B,A,B.
•1 min rest at completion of workout •optional repeat 2nd round for even deeper benefits ✨

Then pat yourself on the dang back for committing to you and getting it DONE 👊🏼

Congratulations! You’re one workout stronger & healthier !! 🙌🏼

Share below if you try it! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

#fitnessoverforty #supersetworkouts #strengthandcardioworkout #quickworkoutsathome taken in Temecula, California by @wickchickwellness

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