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Are you making this mistake with gratitude?

Apr 6, 20202 min read

Are you making this mistake with gratitude?

It happened. I broke. Yesterday, I broke. I cried hard for everything that I hadn’t been allowing myself to feel the last couple of...

Why am I so motivated to get after it in the gym but so unmotivated at home? ⁣

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

Why am I so motivated to get after it in the gym but so unmotivated at home? ⁣

Hi, me too. ⁣ ⁣ I am a gym rat ⁣ A meathead ⁣ A gym bunny⁣ ⁣ A fitness freak ⁣ But at home, meatheads can easily switch to potato...

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

Yes, but ...

Everyone’s telling you to start a new hobby, to start a course during the COVID 19 pandemic lock down. You’re being told to slow...

What you will not see from me during CONVID 19

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

What you will not see from me during CONVID 19

At-home workouts. What you will see? How I program for working out at home and provide infrastructure that is all encompassing— Training...

How to get into the mood to workout at home

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

How to get into the mood to workout at home

I’m not talking sexy mood, but fitness mood. Do this: Forget your warm up. Right now what we thought we knew to be true has been turned...

9 ways to keep moving forward in the CONVID 19 lock down

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

9 ways to keep moving forward in the CONVID 19 lock down

Your mind and your body are still yours even though it feels like things have been taken away without your say. with the COVID 19...

If you’re a meat head like me, this is for you.

olivia park

Mar 22, 20202 min read

If you’re a meat head like me, this is for you.

Education is how we can bring sense to emotionality. Those feelings are important and real, but context can make things make more sense...

olivia park

Mar 22, 20203 min read

How to not lose your shit while working from home: the perfect time to ditch perfectionism

Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, said ‘Perfection is the enemy of the good when it comes to...

How marriage is like fitness and fitness like marriage.

olivia park

Mar 22, 20202 min read

How marriage is like fitness and fitness like marriage.

Our wedding that was in 3 weeks time, has now been cancelled. Due to you know what, we’ve had to pivot. I’m sad. Really sad. It feels...

Your fear of losing your fitness gains are valid

olivia park

Mar 22, 20202 min read

Your fear of losing your fitness gains are valid

It seems trivial to talk about your fitness right now—but it’s still something that can be coming up for you, amongst everything else....

Is your ‘why’ helping you or hindering you right now?

olivia park

Mar 22, 20202 min read

Is your ‘why’ helping you or hindering you right now?

It’s easy to lean on external things for a ‘why’ with exercise: I want to run around with my kids I want to feel confident in jeans TBH...

When to test: considerations
for the natural and birth control cycle

olivia park

Mar 13, 20203 min read

When to test: considerations for the natural and birth control cycle

You’ve been following a progressive training program. Your lifts have gotten stronger, you FEEL stronger, you FEEL fitter. ⁣ ⁣ It’s...

olivia park

Mar 13, 20202 min read

3 mistakes to avoid burnout at the gym⁣

I remember questioning whether I’d ever be able to let go of the need to sweat or freaking out about holidaying in places without a gym.⁣...

You don’t have to stop training and do yoga to manage your stress⁣

olivia park

Mar 13, 20203 min read

You don’t have to stop training and do yoga to manage your stress⁣

⁣ Training hard can look like doing the hard thing: doing something different but that doesn’t have to look like getting completely...

The journey of self discovery through fitness

olivia park

Mar 13, 20204 min read

The journey of self discovery through fitness

Eat less, move more. Focus on what your body can do, not what it looks like. Listen to your body. Your values, your body, your rules....

A good training plan will move with you—you don’t have to move with it.

olivia park

Mar 6, 20202 min read

A good training plan will move with you—you don’t have to move with it.

Your Apple Watch says you got 5 hours again. Although you know it’s not accurate, you definitely feel it. You wonder if the effects of...

NEWSFLASH: your goal doesn’t have to be creating a smaller body.

olivia park

Mar 6, 20202 min read

NEWSFLASH: your goal doesn’t have to be creating a smaller body.

You can want to eat to thrive. You can want to eat enough so you can manage the stress of life and function optimally. You don’t have to...

One reason why your group fitness classes are keeping you stuck

olivia park

Mar 6, 20202 min read

One reason why your group fitness classes are keeping you stuck

You might be staying in the same energy system day in day out (CAVEAT: not ragging, this is how you can enhance your experience.) There...

olivia park

Mar 4, 20202 min read

Is your grip letting you down?

A common thing I hear from my clients is they know they can do heavier romanian deadlifts or dumbbell rows but their grip is the limiting...

Is your fav healthy fit pro really health-centric?

olivia park

Feb 28, 20202 min read

Is your fav healthy fit pro really health-centric?

I recently discussed this with a fellow coach who’s researching disordered body image amongst fitness professionals. She calls it the...