WEIGHTLIFTING COACHING
I offer 1:1 or small group coaching in beginner strength training movements (squat, deadlift, press), and more advanced movements (snatch, clean & jerk). Coaching is offered in Belmont, CA or by arrangement at your local gym.
4 session package: $320
8 session package: $560
12 session package: $720
WHY WEIGHTLIFTING?
Why Weightlifting:
After age 30, muscle mass decreases 3-5% every decade which could impact everyday strength, mobility, stability, and balance.
After age 50, bone density decreases as the body’s bone breakdown outpaces bone formation which puts people at greater risk of fractures and breaks.
Weightlifting as an exercise supports mental health. It is one way to practice embodiment and becoming familiar with your nervous system, which can be of benefit for people who experience somatic symptoms of trauma, anxiety, or depression.
Feel stronger and more confident moving through the world in your body.
Weightlifting to practice Mind-body awareness
connect with your nervous system through interoception
Interoception is the practice of sensing internal signals from your body. There are a myriad of ways to experience interoception. For example, when you complete 10 squats at a moderate pace, you might feel your body warm up, heart rate increase, breath quicken, etc. Those are all examples of interoception and also a way to observe your nervous system response.
What does that have to do with wellness? Well, these dysregulating nervous system responses might also arise when you experience anxiety or trauma triggers resulting from thoughts/memories. Perhaps if you can induce these nervous system responses intentionally in a safe enough environment, you give yourself an opportunity to practice bringing your body back to a more regulated resting state.
Weightlifting to widen your window of tolerance.
build capacity, capability, and confidence
Many practitioners in trauma informed, somatic informed, and neurobiology informed fields use a model called the Window of Tolerance, (Siegel, 1999). This term has been adapted to refer to the range of specific emotions, affective intensity or physiological arousal a given person can tolerate before becoming dysregulated and hyperaroused or hypoaroused. (Ogden, 2001).
Staying in the window reflects the ability to observe your emotions and body response even if they are vacillating in intensity. Being out of the window reflects an experience of either being so amped up that you are overwhelmed by emotions and body responses (hyperarousal), or you are so overwhelmed that your mind-body shuts down (hypoarousal).
Building a weightlifting practice offers an opportunity to widen your window of tolerance by expanding your capacity and capability both physically and emotionally. The more you do these workouts, the more likely your body adapts to that workload and possibly can take on more. This practice of mindfulness and intentionality might also be a helpful parallel in managing anxiety or trauma triggers which can potentially expand your window of tolerance in everyday life.