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If you’re a parent, you’ve either had concerns about your children’s relationship with their body image, or you will eventually have those concerns. Today’s guest, Dr. Charlotte Markey, understands these concerns because she’s had them herself for a very long time. She’s a professor of psychology at Rutgers and the author of four books, including The Body Image Book for Girls and The Body Image Book for Boys. She’s currently working on a fifth book.

In today’s episode, Charlotte talks about body image issues, how they affect everyone, and how her work addresses that. Listen in to hear what she has to say about what body image means to her, providing a counter-message to harmful marketing, and how to talk to kids about things like body image and nutrition.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


How body image issues affect everyone
Providing a counter-message to marketing
The best way to talk to kids who are experiencing negative thoughts about their bodies
Working on body image problems pre-emptively
Girls’ body issues vs boys’ body issues
How parental body image issues affect kids and whether parents can help their kids when they’re struggling
Talking about food and nutrition without creating disordered behavior
Admitting you don’t always know an answer or backtracking when necessary
Talking about physical activity with kids without overdoing it
How important it is to monitor social media
How to prevent social media from having a negative effect on kids
Where fatphobia fits into building a positive body image

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The Body Image Book For Girls
The Body Image Book For Boys
The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
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Do you have difficult questions that you’ve been searching for the answers to? Today’s hot takes may be just what you’ve been looking for. In this episode, Rachael and Kelsea answer some of the questions that they’ve been asked in the CVG communities. Listen to the episode to hear what they have to say about their recent Murph calendar and challenge, incorporating weight-lifting into hiking and outdoor activities, and your first day back at the gym.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


Fifth year of Murph calendar
Incorporating Murph calendar habits into your training
Self-tanner
Questions from the group
Incorporating weight-lifting into hiking
First day back at the gym vibes
TTSL’s gymnastics cycle
Developing confidence in your own body
Overcoming fear of controlling your own body
The variety of drills to kick up into a handstand position

RELATED LINKS


The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

What is stress doing to your brain? We usually think of stress as a bad thing, but there is such a thing as good stress, and even in the case of bad stress, it can have some effects on your brain that your brain actually likes. So are you addicted to stress? Are you seeking it out without realizing it? And what is that doing to you?

Listen to today’s episode as Rachael and Kelsea talk about stress, what it does to your brain, how trauma exposure correlates to stress, and how you might be seeking out stress instead of minimizing it.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


What stress does to your brain
The baseline for stress
The exposure to trauma that correlates with stress
The effects of stress that the brain actually likes
Why we might seek out stress
How people put themselves in stressful situations
How people can associate physical trauma with love when they’ve experienced physical abuse
Panic attacks and physical markers
Maintaining healthy stress levels
Being stressed personally and having empathy for what’s going on around you
Cutting yourself some slack
Inserting stressors in your life because it gives you control

RELATED LINKS


The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

Are you overtraining? Do you know what the signs of overtraining are? It’s become common to think of overdoing it in terms of productivity as an aspiration, not a problem. People aim to work the most hours, sleep the least hours, and hustle the hardest. And that sort of attitude bleeds over into training.

Unfortunately, overtraining doesn’t mean that you’re improving. In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea talk about overtraining. Listen in to hear what they have to say about listening to your body, the signs of overtraining, and why you may not be feeling energized.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


Pride in overdoing it
Moving away from your goals by not taking care of yourself
Overtraining, or overdoing it, as pie
Listening to your body
Signs of overtraining
Why doing more doesn’t mean that you’ll get better
Why you’re not feeling energized
Why you’re not sleeping well when you overtrain
Your cortisol levels
The importance of recovery
Runner training
Doing different types of movement
How long you can sustain performing at 100%
Why you should be aiming to vary intensities
Nutrition, hydration, and sleep in alignment

RELATED LINKS


The CVG Nation app, for iPhone  
The CVG Nation app, for Android   
Our Fitness FB Group.  
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs  
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

Why don’t you trust yourself? Why would you give your power to someone else? In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea talk about the promises that we make and break to ourselves, and why we need to show up for ourselves and trust ourselves.

Listen to the episode to hear what Rachael and Kelsea have to say about setting sustainable goals, whether you should be affected by things the people around you say rather than your own knowledge of yourself, and setting an intention with yourself and following through with it.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


Traveling for vacation
Hiking and edibles
Why you don’t trust yourself
Giving away your power
Deeming yourself unreliable
Setting sustainable or unsustainable goals
Thinking that you’re going to get much further much faster than is realistic
The feeling of knowing that you show up for things
Being unaffected by the comments of the people around you
Setting an intention with yourself and following through
When it’s not your fault, but it is your responsibility
Nutrition and cutting out food groups
Mistrusting yourself when it comes to nutrition
Setting goals you can keep and not demanding perfection
Doing something that builds trust with yourself

RELATED LINKS


The CVG Nation app, for iPhone 
The CVG Nation app, for Android  
Our Fitness FB Group. 
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs 
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

What does it mean to work on your tempo? It’s not about your music. It’s about adjusting the speed at which you do movements. Sometimes, there are real benefits to slowing down your movements. In today’s episode, Community Manager and Head Coach of TTSL, Isley Boyarski, returns to the podcast. You’ll learn what tempo work is, how it can help strengthen just a piece of a movement, and how you’re stimulated during tempo work.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


What Isley does
No bad feelings
What tempo work is
Why there are benefits to slowing down your movement
Breaking down the movement of a burpee
Strengthening the piece of your movement giving you trouble in a pull-up
Needing more than just tempo work
The different stimulus in tempo work
When your mobility allows you to go beyond where you can maintain tension

RELATED LINKS


The CVG Nation app, for iPhone   
The CVG Nation app, for Android    
Our Fitness FB Group.    
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs    
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings