November 28, 2025 • 8 mins
Talking about why it was a good call for me to forgo my annual turkey trot in favor of taking it easy. Also, answering a listener question about hot to get more comfortable lifting weights.
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Speaker 1 (00:20):
Hey everyone, Emily here you are listening to five Minute
Friday from Hurdle the day after Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Happy Happy to all of you.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
I hope that you were able to at least take
some time off hopefully spend.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
A little bit of it with people that you care about.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I made a decision this week that I want to
talk about today on five Minute Friday, and that decision
was not to do the annual Turkey trot.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
So let's recap a little bit.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I ran a marathon in Chicago, the Chicago Marathon, back
in October, and literally, I don't know, within the last
week or so running finally few normal again. I finally
feel like I'm not worried about some little aches or pains.
My hamstring was giving me a little bit of grief,
and it feels really good, thankfully. So to highlight that
(01:13):
time period, it took me over a month to feel
back to normal. And I think these days, in the
comparison trap and the highlight reel that is social media,
it's commonplace to see people do something crazy like running
a marathon, and I have to tell myself that that's
not a normal thing.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
All the time.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Do something crazy like run a marathon, and then just
keep on going on with their life, like continue to
run five miles the next day, as if they didn't
just do this really impressive thing, that they didn't just
put their body through a really hard effort.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
And I really needed to take a.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Step back after Iran Chicago, and I did, and here
we are.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Anyway, my decision not to run the Turkey Trot. I
know myself.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I know that I am a competitive person, and while
I do understand that I could just go do this
for vibes, I don't know if I trust myself enough
to do it that way. And so I decided that
my best decision, the thing that would be me taking
care of me, is going out enjoying myself on a
(02:21):
nice little dey turkey trot of sorts, not be tempted
to push harder than what could.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Be smart for me, and be responsible.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And that is growth, That is really I am proud
of this decision, and I already have I'm recording this
before Friday. It will come out after all this is
said and done. On Friday. I am already having some
fomo over the Turkey Trot. But I know that I'm
doing something my future self will think me for and
(02:55):
I think about that a lot when it comes to
just showing up in general. When it comes to my health,
my well being, my wellness. When I wake up and
I'm feeling groggy, or I'm feeling tired and I don't
want to go to the gym, I ask myself, what
is it that my future self will be happy that
I did? And I know that my future self wants
(03:16):
to move. I am better when I move. I am
better when I prioritize things that make me feel good,
like time for myself, like journaling, like going to bed early,
like surrounding myself with people that make me feel good
and that I feel good around.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
And that is the listener prompt this week.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
The listener prompt this week is what are you doing
that your future self will thank you for? And are
you really listening to your body? Just doing a little
inventory check?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
What are you doing or what can you do when
it comes to your overall health and wellbeing that your
future self will thank you for? Now, when you think
through this thought prompt, I do you want to offer
some words of caution? The goal here isn't to be like, oh,
I could start training for a marathon. That's not realistic
(04:08):
if you're not already someone that genuinely enjoys running, that'slogging
something between like ten and twenty miles a week to start.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
You want to meet yourself with where you're at.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
So when I say, what is something that you can
do that your future self will thank you for meet
yourself with where you're at. If you are going to
the gym twice a week, your future self will thank
you for continuing to go to the gym twice a week.
And maybe, if you feel like it's within your bandwidth,
add one more movement session in there. Somehow right, do
something that makes sense for you, not because you think
(04:40):
it sounds cool or you see somebody else do it,
but because it feels good for you and where you're at.
And now a listener question. Hey Emily, longtime listener here.
Your podcast is inspired and motivating me in so many ways.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I saw a video of you lifting in Paris.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Instead of creepily dming you, I thought I finally sent
a listener question. Yes, more of this, more listener questions. Anyway,
barbell work is so intimidating to me. How did you
start feeling confident? Adding weight to something you are lifting
literally directly over your head. Thank you, Lauren. Lauren, this
is an excellent question, and I have to admit that
(05:20):
I too was once very intimidated.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
By barbell work.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So I first got acquainted with using barbells and Olympic lifting.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I mean over ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Now maybe I had a big crosst phase and I
completely started at square one, and in order to not
only get acquainted with the movements but make sure that
I was doing them right, I took classes that had
very detailed instruction. So it is one thing for me
to tell you about the personal training app that I
(05:52):
use Future and that I love it, and I'll link
it in the show notes. However, if you are starting
at square one with any modality, I cannot encourage enough
either one on one coaching in person if you can
afford it, or going to some sort of a class
environment where you have someone in the vicinity that can
(06:12):
watch your form, that can help to you and that
you can ask questions to as you are getting on
board with whatever it is that you are trying to
get on board with. And then in terms of adding
weight to something that I'm lifting, I mean that also
was something that took a lot of time.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
It was a thing that I needed to build up.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I needed to build strength, and so it wasn't like
the first time I lifted a barbell overhead it had
to ten pound weight plates on it. In fact, I'm
pretty sure I lifted the woman's barbell overhead, which is
the equivalent of thirty five pounds without weight for some time.
Until then, I added two small five pound incremental plates,
(06:57):
and I remember hating using the incremental because I felt
like I did look cool.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
But it didn't matter.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
If I looked cool, because I needed to learn how
to do it right, and I needed, more importantly, to
do it safely. So the most important guiding principles I
will offer you here are make sure you're getting guidance
when it comes to ramping up on a new activity,
especially weightlifting, and also make sure you're doing it in
(07:24):
a responsible and safe way.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Just like all things, good things take time.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
You're not going to just show up one day and
be able to deadlift two hundred pounds and press one
hundred pounds overhead. That's not how it works. So trust
the process, do it slowly, and I promise you will
reap the benefits again. I want your listener questions, so
email me over at Hello at hurdle dot us. I
(07:50):
hope all of you again had a nice holiday, are
enjoying a little R and R this weekend, and I'll
chat you next week. Follow me over at Hurdle Podcast
and over at Emily A Body. Listen to a hurdle
with Emily A. Bodi of iHeartRadio, app, Apple podcasts or
wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Another hurdle concord. Catch you guys next time.
Hey everyone, Emily here you are listening to five Minute
Friday from Hurdle the day after Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Happy Happy to all of you.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
I hope that you were able to at least take
some time off hopefully spend.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
A little bit of it with people that you care about.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I made a decision this week that I want to
talk about today on five Minute Friday, and that decision
was not to do the annual Turkey trot.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
So let's recap a little bit.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I ran a marathon in Chicago, the Chicago Marathon, back
in October, and literally, I don't know, within the last
week or so running finally few normal again. I finally
feel like I'm not worried about some little aches or pains.
My hamstring was giving me a little bit of grief,
and it feels really good, thankfully. So to highlight that
(01:13):
time period, it took me over a month to feel
back to normal. And I think these days, in the
comparison trap and the highlight reel that is social media,
it's commonplace to see people do something crazy like running
a marathon, and I have to tell myself that that's
not a normal thing.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
All the time.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Do something crazy like run a marathon, and then just
keep on going on with their life, like continue to
run five miles the next day, as if they didn't
just do this really impressive thing, that they didn't just
put their body through a really hard effort.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
And I really needed to take a.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Step back after Iran Chicago, and I did, and here
we are.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Anyway, my decision not to run the Turkey Trot. I
know myself.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I know that I am a competitive person, and while
I do understand that I could just go do this
for vibes, I don't know if I trust myself enough
to do it that way. And so I decided that
my best decision, the thing that would be me taking
care of me, is going out enjoying myself on a
(02:21):
nice little dey turkey trot of sorts, not be tempted
to push harder than what could.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Be smart for me, and be responsible.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And that is growth, That is really I am proud
of this decision, and I already have I'm recording this
before Friday. It will come out after all this is
said and done. On Friday. I am already having some
fomo over the Turkey Trot. But I know that I'm
doing something my future self will think me for and
(02:55):
I think about that a lot when it comes to
just showing up in general. When it comes to my health,
my well being, my wellness. When I wake up and
I'm feeling groggy, or I'm feeling tired and I don't
want to go to the gym, I ask myself, what
is it that my future self will be happy that
I did? And I know that my future self wants
(03:16):
to move. I am better when I move. I am
better when I prioritize things that make me feel good,
like time for myself, like journaling, like going to bed early,
like surrounding myself with people that make me feel good
and that I feel good around.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
And that is the listener prompt this week.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
The listener prompt this week is what are you doing
that your future self will thank you for? And are
you really listening to your body? Just doing a little
inventory check?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
What are you doing or what can you do when
it comes to your overall health and wellbeing that your
future self will thank you for? Now, when you think
through this thought prompt, I do you want to offer
some words of caution? The goal here isn't to be like, oh,
I could start training for a marathon. That's not realistic
(04:08):
if you're not already someone that genuinely enjoys running, that'slogging
something between like ten and twenty miles a week to start.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
You want to meet yourself with where you're at.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
So when I say, what is something that you can
do that your future self will thank you for meet
yourself with where you're at. If you are going to
the gym twice a week, your future self will thank
you for continuing to go to the gym twice a week.
And maybe, if you feel like it's within your bandwidth,
add one more movement session in there. Somehow right, do
something that makes sense for you, not because you think
(04:40):
it sounds cool or you see somebody else do it,
but because it feels good for you and where you're at.
And now a listener question. Hey Emily, longtime listener here.
Your podcast is inspired and motivating me in so many ways.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I saw a video of you lifting in Paris.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Instead of creepily dming you, I thought I finally sent
a listener question. Yes, more of this, more listener questions. Anyway,
barbell work is so intimidating to me. How did you
start feeling confident? Adding weight to something you are lifting
literally directly over your head. Thank you, Lauren. Lauren, this
is an excellent question, and I have to admit that
(05:20):
I too was once very intimidated.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
By barbell work.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So I first got acquainted with using barbells and Olympic lifting.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I mean over ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Now maybe I had a big crosst phase and I
completely started at square one, and in order to not
only get acquainted with the movements but make sure that
I was doing them right, I took classes that had
very detailed instruction. So it is one thing for me
to tell you about the personal training app that I
(05:52):
use Future and that I love it, and I'll link
it in the show notes. However, if you are starting
at square one with any modality, I cannot encourage enough
either one on one coaching in person if you can
afford it, or going to some sort of a class
environment where you have someone in the vicinity that can
(06:12):
watch your form, that can help to you and that
you can ask questions to as you are getting on
board with whatever it is that you are trying to
get on board with. And then in terms of adding
weight to something that I'm lifting, I mean that also
was something that took a lot of time.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
It was a thing that I needed to build up.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I needed to build strength, and so it wasn't like
the first time I lifted a barbell overhead it had
to ten pound weight plates on it. In fact, I'm
pretty sure I lifted the woman's barbell overhead, which is
the equivalent of thirty five pounds without weight for some time.
Until then, I added two small five pound incremental plates,
(06:57):
and I remember hating using the incremental because I felt
like I did look cool.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
But it didn't matter.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
If I looked cool, because I needed to learn how
to do it right, and I needed, more importantly, to
do it safely. So the most important guiding principles I
will offer you here are make sure you're getting guidance
when it comes to ramping up on a new activity,
especially weightlifting, and also make sure you're doing it in
(07:24):
a responsible and safe way.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Just like all things, good things take time.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
You're not going to just show up one day and
be able to deadlift two hundred pounds and press one
hundred pounds overhead. That's not how it works. So trust
the process, do it slowly, and I promise you will
reap the benefits again. I want your listener questions, so
email me over at Hello at hurdle dot us. I
(07:50):
hope all of you again had a nice holiday, are
enjoying a little R and R this weekend, and I'll
chat you next week. Follow me over at Hurdle Podcast
and over at Emily A Body. Listen to a hurdle
with Emily A. Bodi of iHeartRadio, app, Apple podcasts or
wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Another hurdle concord. Catch you guys next time.
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