I help folx build sustainable exercise habits by ensuring that they have these things:
Accessibility
FUN
Listening to the body
Support
Self-Introspection to realize their inner monologue
Resources:
Win a free Coaching Session with Me! Survey closes 4/9/21
How to Enjoy Running Guide
More Instagram Fun
If you're ready to confront yourself to stop letting perfectionism get in your way, you need to ask yourself these questions:
Don't forget to enter my contest by leaving an iTunes or Spotify review! Winner to choose a beginner activity for me will be chosen on 3/31/2021!
Mailing List (with How to Enjoy Running Guide!)
Instagram
Does perfectionism derail your exercise goals? Perfectionism leads us to:
If you fall into these behaviors, listen on to see how you can recognize these patterns.
Leave an iTunes review to enter my contest! I'll randomly select a winner to choose a new sport for me to try as a beginner! In the review, you can write about what messages resonated with you, how the show has helped you, or what kind of content you'd like to see. The winner will be chosen on 3/31/2021!
"I don't have the right equipment; I don't have a gym."
"They told me I shouldn't try; They told me I should give up."
"I've fallen so far behind, I should just give up."
"I can't do anything because of my injury."
In this episode, I walk through more "excuses" that are common catalysts that stop our efforts towards our exercise goals, and what we can do to overcome these reasons and continue to make progress.
If my show has helped you with your exercise mindset, please leave a review on iTunes! On March 31st, 2021, I'll pick a winning review and the winner will get to choose a sport or activity for me to try and document the experience! You can leave a review on the iTunes page here.
"I don't have time."
"I'm too tired."
"I might not do it correctly, so I'm not going to try."
In this episode, I explain why we may feel like these "excuses" are enough to stop any efforts towards our exercise goals, and what we can do to overcome these reasons and continue to make progress.
If you're ready to stop giving up on your goals and start analyzing your personal reasons for giving up on exercise, fill out my "Tackle Your Goals!" survey below!
Resources:
Tackle Your Goals! Client Intake Form
Gym Class Revolution Instagram
Mailing List
"How do I exercise consistently?"
"How do I stop negative self-talk?"
"How do I stop giving up on my goals?"
I'm hosting a MasterClass to help answer these questions! In this episode, I explain a little more about my MasterClass:
Who it's for folx who:
What to Expect:
My MasterClass will be Feb 3rd and Feb 4th at 5pm PST! The sign-up link is listed below!
Resources:
"Find Your Motivation and Keep It!" MasterClass Registration
Gym Class Revolution Instagram
Mailing List
So many folx feel self-conscious at the gym or when exercising in front of others. A lot of it stems from us not wanting to look silly or inexperienced in front of strangers. Here are my top tips to feel less self-conscious in front of others.
My guest, Laura DeFrain, is a recovering perfectionist and trauma survivor. Climbing, yoga, and mindfulness have transformed their life on their healing journey. Laura's mission is to help facilitate healing and growth for others in safe spaces through movement and meditation practices.
Laura will be teaching an online donation-based Meditation for Mental Fitness class on 1/25 at 530MT and a masterclass to demonstrate how they incorporates physical movement to heal the mind and soul.
Resources:
Survey to Win 2021 Game Plan and Discounted Program
Gym Class Revolution on Instagram
Laura DeFrain on Instagram
Headstrong Adventure
My guest for this episode is my friend Jackie Lemus. At the end of college, she started feeling like she was feeling really uncomfortable in her skin and realized that a change needed to be made from her sedentary student obligations. So that's why she started, like a lot of us, using cardio machines at our local gyms.
Her exercise story started off with "How do I lose weight?" And it transformed into a question of "How do I get stronger? How do I increase my confidence and how do I continue to feel more powerful than I did yesterday?"
To learn how she transitioned from the cardio machines to the weight room of the gym, check out Jackie's story!
Resources:
Goal-Setting Groundwork Guide
Survey
Mailing List
Gym Class Revolution on Instagram
Jackie Lemus on Instagram
Hello, and welcome to the gym class revolution podcast. I'm your host Wendy Barrios, my pronouns are she/her, And I'm an Exercise Mindset Specialist.
This show is about digging deep into exercise and really analyzing what kind of psychology or narrative is around exercise. Why are you choosing these exercise goals? What do these goals reflect of your values? And how does that all paint into the narrative that you have around yourself worth? Let's go!
Have you ever wanted to start swing dancing, but hesitant about looking silly? According to Becky Diaz, it's not only super fun, but life changing, too. As an "arts and crafts" type of kid, she found a life long passion for movement starting in swing dancing. Leaping into dance created:
For more exercise inspiration:
For Swing Dance resources:
Here are my top 3 tips for sticking with New Year's Resolutions around exercise!
1) Examine where is the mindset behind the goal? Is it positive loving energy? Or is it energy filled with resentment?
2) Start as soon as possible (don't wait for Jan 1st) and start with baby steps to build confidence.
3) Conduct your efforts like an experiment. If your plans go awry, examine how you can change your variables to produce a different outcome.
Do you feel like you're embarking on exercise goals with a little voice in the back of your head? Is it saying that this is time is going to end up with the same results as when you tried last time?
Pause your efforts to assess your mindset to determine what your personal narrative around exercise is and how it's affecting your efforts. In this episode, we go through my Mindset Reflection Exercise (link below) for my honest answers and how this exercise can benefit your own endeavors.
Of those who complete and submit the exercise below, I'll choose 5 people to hop on a free 30 minute call with me so we can set up an Exercise Reboot Game Plan to flesh out your next steps!
Mindset Reflection Exercise
Gym Class Revolution Instagram
My Climbing Coach's Instagram
If you search for motivation tips, they'll tell you things like, "Schedule it into you calendar," or "Switch up your routine." These tips are very surface-level and don't address the source and the energy behind your motivation to exercise. What good is "switching up your routine," if you're mentally berating yourself to exercise? In this episode we'll talk about investigating what narrative is painted around exercise and how this narrative sets up your motivation to exercise.
Links mentioned in the episode:
How to Support Black-Led Trans Organizations
Mindset Reflection Exercise
Gym Class Revolution Podcast Instagram
Before we talk about how to incorporate exercise into self care, let's explore the benefits physical activity on mental health.
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When you were a kid, Did you despise gym class because everyone could see your flimsy athletic ability?
Now that you’re older, do you go through cycles of forcing yourself to go to the gym, punishing yourself with grueling workouts, and quit on your goals until it starts all over again?
Do you struggle with self care because all those articles filled with self-care tips don't really seem to help?
Then great news, my podcast is here to help! My name is Wendy Barrios. My pronouns are she/her, and I’m the host of the Gym Class Revolution podcast.
On this show, We’re on a mission to promote exercise not as a means for weight loss, but as a tool for self care. On this show, we talk about physical activity beyond the usual gym workouts to revolutionize what exercise means and transform your self care.
This podcast was created specifically for marginalized communities because not all fitness spaces were created for us so We focus on experiences from black, indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ folks, and folks with disabilities. With this focus, we aim to make exercise more accessible, so that its positive effects will reverberate throughout our communities.
So if this sounds like your jam, come on in! We’re glad to have you! Welcome to Gym Class Revolution. Let's go!