Arina Hunter

Today I am going to give you the tools and skills you need to actually do your workouts. At home, in the gym, or out and about.

-Go in with a plan.
Having a clear plan set has been a game changer for my clients. They know when they will workout within their schedule and have a backup plan option for if life happens.

-Put it into your schedule.
Treat it like you would any other appointment. You show up! You hold that time within your schedule.

-Start with something shorter
10-15 minutes can be a powerful, big change making workout or habit!

-Just do it.
Yep. Sometimes you just actually have to do the thing. Tell yourself you will, and do. Even on the days you don’t want to.

-Tell yourself I got this.
Tell yourself I can. I will. I have time to make myself a priority. If you go in believing you will not actually make it happen, you won’t. You can do hard, challenging things.

-Have a coach make a plan for and with you.
They can also add an extra boost of accountability and motivation to stay with the plan! Knowing you are doing things safely, effectively, and in ways that will progress towards your goals is a game changer.

-Get to know and get really clear on your reasons behind working out. This is what will keep you showing up for yourself.

-Find an accountability partner, coach, or community.
There is huge power in our support system. Find the people around you who will bring support into your goals, values, and priorities. A coach will be there each step of the way for support, guidance, to celebrate with you, and to work together through the challenges.

-Start!
Now, how do I start?
Oh if it was always just that easy, right?!
The biggest piece I have found is needed for my clients to actually start is to turn what we want to do into a totally doable, clear, specific action.
What do you need to do to make that workout happen? Start with the very first step and do it!

Grab one of these ideas from this list and test it out this coming week.

Use me as your accountability support and boost,
Let me know what you will be working on this week.
And I will check in and support you along the way!

Your health, wellbeing, and goals in general can feel overwhelming when they are big ideas not yet turned into these are the actions that I take and can take.
As much as you would love to dive in and do it all, change it all at once, make this huge change happen,
There are many layers to the things happening in your life,
the things demanding your focus, attention, and energy.
You have to meet yourself where you are right here and now in this chapter of life.
That might be doing 4 intentional workouts a week,
and that might be starting with 10 squats after you start the coffee to warm up.
Start with a smaller step that allows you to get started.
Make it truly doable right now.
As you make one happen, it will be more and more doable to make more and more happen.
And all of a sudden your goals become something that you are living and doing.
Often when my clients come to me never having worked out or just not enjoying working out,
a little while in, they find themselves actually enjoying moving their body, missing working out when they do not for a while, and wanting to get back into their health forward habits after travels or funky schedules take them out of them.
Your coach is there to make it all feel simple, straight forward, and doable.
The basic steps to making your goals happen are simple,
it’s the action of finding the right ones that give you the boost and most for your effort and it’s turning those big hopes and I want to’s into this is what I can and do do.

Hi! I’m Arina, your Whole Health, Nutrition, Stress, Sleep, Mindset, and Habit Coach. Empowering women to feel strong, capable, and at home in their body and wellbeing. Including PreNatal and PostPartum. Pain Mitigation. Injury Recovery and Rehabilitation. Breathing and Core Specialist. And Holistic Personal Training.

Now, I know you might be thinking: that’s not going to be fun for me.
I have worked with many clients who strongly believe that exercise will not be enjoyable for them. That it will always be something you just gotta make yourself do and get through.
Okay, sometimes it will be hard, challenging, and something you just gotta make yourself show up and do.
And! It can become enjoyable.
Even my client, Hannah, who came to me looking for something to finally get her to actually prioritize her health and stick to a routine, has found satisfaction and enjoyment in moving her body.
By finding what allowed her to reach that satisfaction.
Even lifting heavy weights became something she enjoyed because she felt proud of herself and liked the feeling of making it happen.
She also found activities, classes, and types of movement that she genuinely enjoys doing.
Knowing what makes you feel good in moving your body is a key foundation to finding joy in getting moving.
Are you someone who enjoys feeling like you worked hard? Like you challenged yourself? Do you enjoy being present in the current moment? Mental release from your hectic day? The boost of endorphins and dopamine?
Learning what you personally enjoy and find satisfying can be the thing that helps you to keep moving your body, to start to exercise, to build that workout routine and actually follow through with it.
Bonus: Having a coach there to support and guide you as you explore can aid in truly finding your unique joy in movement and health!
For many, enjoying exercise also comes from knowing how to move their body well, safely, and effectively.
Having the knowledge of what to do, how to do it well, and how to adapt it to your body can change everything.
Whether that is lifting weights, doing Pilates or yoga, taking a class, roller skating, surfing, running, dancing, jump rope, something new or scary.
A coach can give you your baseline foundation to bloom into the joy of movement and being able to do the thing.

Take agency in your health.
Learn some of the basic science. You deserve to feel seen and heard in your health. Be your own health advocate.

Aging is inevitable but decline is optional.

What are the delights in life that you want to take part in.

Move your body! Lift. Walk. Find movement you enjoy. Keep moving. Muscle is medicine.

Social Connection is important through womanhood and especially through aging and longevity. Keep, build your circle.

Eat real foods.

Brain health and physical health are part of longevity!

Lifestyle is the intervention.

Small changes increase dopamine for motivation.

Women do not just have to be in pain.
Do not just have to have hot flashes and terrible periods.
Those are telling you something about the inflammation in your body and there are things, shifts, and changes that can help. Both medical and lifestyle; nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, and wellbeing.

Get and use your data! Bloodwork, labs, DEXA. Learn about your hormones. Your cycle, if cycling.
Your menstrual cycle tells many things. Signs of inflammation or potential issues; that can be addressed and aided.

HRT, GLP1s, medications might be right for you. Learn more, ask questions.

Even from medical professionals you will hear multiple opinions and options. If something doesn’t feel right for you, it’s likely not.
Every woman deserves to have informed conversations around her health.

AI can be a great tool to log and integrate your health data.

Women have long not been the base for research. 1993 was the 1st time women were required to be included in research. Sign up for clinical trials if you are able to.

There is hope for science and research.
Hope in knowing that you can change your trajectory by making lifestyle changes.
In finding a coach who supports your exercise, nutrition, wellbeing within your overall healthcare team.

There are current trials and innovations coming!

It is incredibly empowering to know that there are so many doctors, professionals who are putting in the research, work, and efforts to increase understanding of women’s health.
I am excited to continue learning for myself and for the women I work with.

Grab one of these four tools and take a small moment of care for yourself today.
Take 30 seconds, a short check in, give yourself intention and acknowledgment.
You are worth caring for.
You are worth the investment, the effort, showing up for.

Four quick ways to care for yourself today:
1: Take 5 nice deep breaths. Inhale slowly let air fill into your lungs. Exhale, let it deflate and release out. Inhale, take in what you need in this moment. Exhale, release out what you don’t. Your breath is a powerful way to ground into this present moment and to reset your focus.
2: Get outside. Look outside. Take a 5minute break from screens. Care for your plants. Look at the sky. The clouds. Especially if screens, social media, the internet is not serving you today. You know that moment where you’re scrolling along and feel mindless, low, fatigued, overwhelmed, self critical… Take a focus reset.
3: Say or write down one thing that you are proud of right now. Something that went well? Something you have done? Learned? Achieved? Stuck through? Rose to the challenge of? What skills, traits, parts of yourself are you proud of? A tiny thing that you got done or made happen? (Even showed up today)
Acknowledging our wins, skills, and the things that went well (no matter how small!) gives us a boost!
4: Check in on what is most important and valuable to you.
What is most meaningful to you to have present in your life and experience? What are your top values and priorities?
This will help to narrow down any goals, focuses, actions, desires that you’re thinking of setting and to focus in on what is truly most meaningful to you.
Use this as a filter system. There is so much info, so many ideas out there. Find what matches you.

Hi! I’m Arina, your Whole Health, Nutrition, Stress, Sleep, Mindset, and Habit Coach. Empowering women to feel strong, capable, and at home in their body and wellbeing. Including PreNatal and PostPartum. Pain Mitigation. Injury Recovery and Rehabilitation. Breathing and Core Specialist. And Holistic Personal Training.