July 14, 2025 • 13 mins
Is bloating making you feel like your jeans fit at 8 AM… but betray you by 5 PM?
In this episode of The Muscles and Mindset Revolution, host Anne Jones—certified life coach, personal trainer, and mindset expert—breaks down the surprising connection between strength training and bloating relief for women.
Anne shares 5 powerful reasons why lifting weights consistently can help you beat belly bloat:
✅ Keeps your gut moving and digestion flowing
✅ Flushes out excess fluid (so you feel less puffy)
✅ Reduces stress levels that wreak havoc on your gut
✅ Lowers inflammation linked to bloating and discomfort
✅ Strengthens your core for better posture and flatter appearance
Plus, Anne spills her own hilarious real-life bloating moments (including the time she unbuttoned her shorts at the Shakira concert in Vegas!).
If you’re tired of feeling puffy, frustrated, and unsure why bloating keeps showing up—this episode is your roadmap to relief.
👉 Listen in and discover how strength training can transform not just your physique—but your gut health and confidence too.
💙 Ready for personalized help beating the bloat and building a body you love? Join Anne inside Muscles & Mindset for expert coaching on fitness, gut health, and mindset. Links below!
⏱️ Episode Chapters:
- 00:25 Why bloating feels so unfair
- 01:06 How lifting weights helps combat bloating
- 01:51 Reason 1: Strength training keeps your gut moving
- 02:52 Reason 2: Lifting helps flush out excess fluid
- 04:01 Reason 3: Lower stress = calmer digestion
- 05:37 Reason 4: Strength training reduces inflammation
- 06:07 Reason 5: A stronger core makes a difference
- 08:52 Anne’s personal bloating experiences and lessons
- 11:50 Final thoughts and encouragement
- 12:55 How to join Muscles and Mindset for personalized coaching
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(00:00):
Hello and welcome to the Musclesand Mindset Revolution podcast.
The podcast for ambitious womenwho want to build strength, feel
confident, af, and lose fat forgood, without counting calories
or BS quick fixes.
I'm your host, Anne Jones,certified life coach, personal
trainer, and mindset expert.
If you are ready to shift yourmindset, build a lifestyle you
(00:22):
love and feel confident in af,you're in the right place.
So, is it just me or does itfeel completely unfair that some
days your jeans fit perfectly at8:00 AM and by 5:00 PM you're
basically praying that youbrought your spare stretchy
pants.
but what if I told you thatthere's one thing that you can
do to reduce bloating that hasnothing to do with giving up
(00:44):
champagne, carbs, or yourfavourite sour cream and onion
chips, and it's probably theopposite of what diet culture is
telling you.
today we're gonna talk about onevery specific way that you can
combat bloating that has nothingto do with what you eat or
drink.
And it is something that I hopeyou are all doing anyways.
And it is not magic.
I don't know.
Is it magic?
Is it science?
(01:04):
Spoiler alert, it's actuallyboth.
And today I'm going to explainexactly how lifting weights
consistently helps you beat thebloat.
And I'm going to do it in normalhuman language because nobody
needs a PhD to understand whythey suddenly look five months
pregnant after lunch The reasonthat I'm sharing this today is
because I have experienced thisfirsthand.
I do experience this firsthandwhen I'm consistent with
(01:27):
lifting.
Bloating is almost non-existentfor me when I fall off for a
while, boom, bloated, and Iwanted to understand why this
happens in a way that I couldexplain it to you in normal
human language.
If you're consistent with yourstrength training.
It actually.
It happens way less and it'slike a kind of a fun antidote
you can pull out where I'm justlike, no worries, I'm just gonna
like get back to my consistenttraining.
(01:48):
This is gonna go away and itdoes, and here's why.
Okay?
Reason number one, strengthtraining gets your gut moving.
So firstly, lifting weightsliterally helps move things
through your gut.
Your digestion system is like aconveyor belt.
When it slows down, gas andwaste just kind of hang out, and
(02:09):
that's when you get that tight,puffy, uncomfortable feeling.
Strength training actuallystimulates your intestines,
which have muscles in them tocontract and keep things moving
along.
This is called peristalsis.
It's kind of like shaking a snowglobe.
And then watching everythingswirl instead of just like
settling into a clump.
(02:29):
So more movement in your gutequals less bloating.
So strength training isexcellent for getting your guts
moving because of the musclepump action.
And yoga is great for decreasingbloating because of the frequent
twist and movement action.
So if you've ever felt lessgassy after a workout, that can
(02:50):
be why.
so that's number one.
Reason number two, strengthtraining pumps out excess fluid.
So let's talk about fluidhormonal changes.
Salt stress are all things thatcan make your body hold onto
extra water.
So when you lift weight, yourmuscles contract and relax.
Like little pumps, little pumpsystem.
This helps not only move.
(03:12):
Blood through your bodycirculation, but it also, helps
to move lymphatic fluid throughyour body and flush out excess
water so your muscles, contractand relax like a pump helps with
your lymph and blood moving anddrainage.
So basically strength trainingactually helps you pee out your
bloat.
And we can talk aboutdetoxification another day, but
(03:34):
peeing and pooing are actuallyAlmost entirely the ways in
which we release quote unquotetoxins.
I know there's a lot of talkabout like sweating things out,
but that's actually a very.
Very, very, very, very smallamount of toxins come out
through sweat.
It's mostly through your pee andyour poo.
Some of your sweat is actuallyNot the sexiest conversation,
(03:55):
but true.
This is one reason that womenoften feel less bloated when
they get consistent withresistance training, including
me.
Reason number three, lowerstress equals calmer gut.
I used to have mortifyinglyterrible gut issues in like 2008
(04:16):
to maybe 2010.
I started, I kind of healed itin 2010, 2011.
We can talk about what that waslike another day.
It was really awful.
But one of the things that Inoticed, I did a whole gut
healing protocol, which coachNatalie now does with our
clients.
But one of the things thatactually my husband noticed is
particularly in 2010, is when wewould go on a vacation, I
(04:39):
wouldn't have any gut issues.
And he was like, oh, that's soweird.
It's almost as if it's relatedto your stress.
And I was like.
I'm not stressed'causeeveryone's like, I'm not, I
don't have stress.
Fix me, fix my guts.
stress is one of the biggestcauses of bloating that nobody
talks about enough when you'restressed, your body pumps out
cortisol, which messes with yourdigestion.
also, when you are in fight orflight in survival mode is
(05:02):
prioritizing dealing with thatthreat and not prioritizing
things like rest and digest.
Literally, that's what it'scalled.
You're not digesting, you're nothealing, you're not growing hair
and nails and muscles, andburning fat.
So your stomach slows down.
You may get cramps, you mighthold onto more water strength
training lowers your baselinestress levels.
It is literally a stress relieftool.
(05:24):
Everyone should do it.
It's free.
Every deadlift or squat is notjust about your booty, but also
calming down your nervoussystem.
So you're not only gettingstronger physically, you are
helping your gut chill out.
Reason number four, strengthtraining lowers inflammation.
Strength training lowers andfights inflammation.
Low grade inflammation in thebody can mess up your digestion
(05:46):
big time and make you feelswollen.
And there are lots of food waysthat we decrease inflammation
with our clients.
There are lots of stressmanagement ways, but exercise
also helps reduce thisinflammation.
So by lifting regularly, you'recreating an internal environment
where your gut and your body arenot constantly on high alert and
less inflammation equals lessbloating.
(06:07):
Reason number five, a strongcore is a game changer.
Okay, so lastly, posture andcore strength.
Sometimes what looks likebloating isn't all gas or water,
it is your.
Core muscles not supporting yourabdomen or your posture.
And I can talk about this onanother episode.
I was born with this congenitalthing that I had surgery for,
(06:29):
perhaps not the best surgery.
And so my body will never haveperfect posture.
And so I quite often look.
Bloated or like I have abdominalbloating or fat, but it's just
because of my posture.
And that's one of the otherreasons that I strength train
consistently is because when Iam not on that, it's worse and
then it hurts my back.
(06:49):
So in, in some people it'ssometimes posturally can look
like bloating.
So that's kind of my thing.
But also when your abs are weak.
Everything pushes forward andyour tummy sticks out.
And I'm just gonna use thisopportunity to say that crunches
and sit ups are not the answerto that strength training in a
(07:10):
360 4 Dimensional intelligentway builds your core.
It's like putting scaffoldingaround a building, holding
things in place.
That and breath.
Inappropriate breathing cancause pelvic floor dysfunction,
cramping, poor digestion andbloating.
When your posture improves, yourbelly feels more supported and
(07:31):
it looks flatter even when yourgut is doing its normal
digestion thing.
And the way that we improveposture is not by constantly
trying to stand a certain way,but by strengthening the
structures that support yourposture and your core so that
when you are standing, sitting,doing stuff, your body doesn't
have to think about it.
It's strong enough to hold youin that position.
(07:53):
So this is not at all about sixpack abs and in fact, people
with really tight abdomens andsix packs can actually have more
digestive dysfunction.
So it's not about that.
It's actually about feelingsolid and strong and functional.
So let me translate all of thisout of science and into real
life strength training is likegiving your gut an internal
(08:15):
massage.
If you haven't heard this, youhave an additional kind of
nervous system in your digestivesystem.
It can be referred to as thesecond brain.
So you actually feel a lotthrough your abdomen.
This is not woowoo, this isreal.
So your guts are intricatelyconnected to your nervous
system, your brain, and youremotional and mental health.
So every rep keeps thingsmoving, flushes out extra water
(08:37):
and tells your nervous system tochill out.
So it's like ringing out asponge.
When you're training, that's howyour body moves fluid and
bloating out, and it builds astronger centre so that you feel
held together, both physicallyand mentally.
So those are the five reasonsstrength training helps fight
bloating, and I want to share abit more about my personal
(08:58):
experience with this because Ihave basically tested it on
myself.
Okay.
what I noticed even more so wasactually that when I'm
consistently strength training,my bloat is pretty much gone.
Like when I'm on my shit with myworkouts, lifting weights
specifically I am almost neverbloated.
And then I'll notice that when Iget a little inconsistent or I
(09:20):
have a couple of trips, it'sactually the lack of consistent
lifting that is correlated withmy bloating versus what I've
been eating or drinking.
So I've kind of split tested it,right?
'cause I'm a nerd and I alsoknow my body pretty well.
so, if I go on a trip or two, orit's been Christmas or whatever,
I don't really weigh myself.
But I'll notice it in my clotheswhere I'll be like, oh, my jeans
(09:42):
are a little tighter.
I totally notice it in how mytops fit, especially my very
favourite shirt that I now have,like six of, is the Lululemon
align high neck crop top.
I love the high neck and Inotice when I'm feeling bloated
'cause it's like riding up andof course I feel it in my
leggings in all the places.
What I absolutely don't do is Idon't freak out or weigh myself.
(10:03):
'cause like it doesn't matterwhat differences it make, I
don't start eating less ordifferently or panic cardio.
But I have noticed thiscorrelation with training and
I'm like gonna get back to mytraining consistently at any
point in my life anyways.
So it's not something I worriedabout.
But it's something that I foundvery interesting and so I wanted
to explain to you why it is thatthis years ago, if I was not
(10:26):
lifting consistently, I wouldfeel like a balloon after a few
days, I would be like pulling atmy shirt.
I would be, way back in the dayI would not want to eat'cause I
felt too puffy.
I would be thinking that I'dinstantly gained five pounds
because my stomach was stickingout, which of course is not
true.
And even if it is true, it'snot, it's not body fat.
So whatever.
And also, so if you have everunbuttoned your jeans under the
(10:48):
dinner table, which I totallystill do, you're my people.
Oh, oh my God.
I actually just did it.
I actually just did this at theShakira concert.
last week's episode was about,my trip to Las Vegas to see
Shakira.
I was wearing these high blackshorts with like six buttons.
And we were sitting like waitingfor the show to start and I
totally undid my top button'cause I was like, nobody cares
(11:10):
and I can't with all thesebuttons right now.
So I want you to know you're notalone.
Bloating happens to all of usand it doesn't have to happen as
much as frequently.
And this is why so many clientsand women who start lifting
regularly tell me, I don't feelas puffy anymore.
I'm not bloated anymore.
I'm not bloated all the time.
(11:30):
My belly feels calmer.
And it's not magic.
It's your body working how it'ssupposed to.
So often, new clients will belike, I need to lose five or 10
pounds.
And they don't, they're justbloated and like, so the scale
doesn't, and then, but then ifwe get all caught up in the
scale, then we feel like it'snot going in the right
direction.
But really we got rid of thebloat, which was the thing that
you wanted.
So real quick, reality check.
(11:52):
Does this mean, like doesstrength training mean that
you're never gonna get bloatedagain?
No.
I get bloated.
I just told you this, you'rehuman hormones, weather salty
meals.
Stress travel, travel bloat isreal.
Those things are all gonna stillhappen as long as you have a
life and a body.
But when you your body is waymore equipped to handle those
(12:13):
blips without blowing up like aballoon.
And then the reason we work onthe mindset side of things is
that, so that we don't spiral,when bloating does come to pass,
it's going to, so next timeyou're feeling bloated, which
for me was just yesterday.
I'm just coming out of a seasonof lots of trips and not being
consistent with my training,which I am now getting back to,
so I want you to remember numberone, movement helps.
(12:34):
Number two, stress reliefmatters.
Just go ahead and assume you'restressed, okay?
I haven't met a client who'snot.
So you are probably just learnto manage it.
It's not gonna go away.
Number three, strength trainingis your secret weapon.
Number four, go easy onyourself.
Being bloated is not a failure.
It's just your body doing itsthing and talking.
The body works perfectly.
It's just we need to listen toit, right?
(12:55):
And listen, if you are sick offeeling like a puffer fish and
you wanna plan that tackles bothyour body and your gut health,
we've got you inside muscles andmindset.
We help women not just lose bodyfat, but actually heal their
digestion and feel calm in theirbodies.
We even have a healthy gutprotocol that you can customize.
So come hang out with us.
You can DM me on Instagram at@annejonesfit, or check out the
(13:16):
link in the show notes for moredetails about one-on-one
coaching because your bodydeserves to feel calm, strong,
and not like a puffer fish.
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(13:38):
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love.
So until next time, keeplifting.
Keep loving yourself.
And remember, strong women arenot just built in the gym.
They're built from the insideout.
Catch you next time.
Hello and welcome to the Musclesand Mindset Revolution podcast.
The podcast for ambitious womenwho want to build strength, feel
confident, af, and lose fat forgood, without counting calories
or BS quick fixes.
I'm your host, Anne Jones,certified life coach, personal
trainer, and mindset expert.
If you are ready to shift yourmindset, build a lifestyle you
(00:22):
love and feel confident in af,you're in the right place.
So, is it just me or does itfeel completely unfair that some
days your jeans fit perfectly at8:00 AM and by 5:00 PM you're
basically praying that youbrought your spare stretchy
pants.
but what if I told you thatthere's one thing that you can
do to reduce bloating that hasnothing to do with giving up
(00:44):
champagne, carbs, or yourfavourite sour cream and onion
chips, and it's probably theopposite of what diet culture is
telling you.
today we're gonna talk about onevery specific way that you can
combat bloating that has nothingto do with what you eat or
drink.
And it is something that I hopeyou are all doing anyways.
And it is not magic.
I don't know.
Is it magic?
Is it science?
(01:04):
Spoiler alert, it's actuallyboth.
And today I'm going to explainexactly how lifting weights
consistently helps you beat thebloat.
And I'm going to do it in normalhuman language because nobody
needs a PhD to understand whythey suddenly look five months
pregnant after lunch The reasonthat I'm sharing this today is
because I have experienced thisfirsthand.
I do experience this firsthandwhen I'm consistent with
(01:27):
lifting.
Bloating is almost non-existentfor me when I fall off for a
while, boom, bloated, and Iwanted to understand why this
happens in a way that I couldexplain it to you in normal
human language.
If you're consistent with yourstrength training.
It actually.
It happens way less and it'slike a kind of a fun antidote
you can pull out where I'm justlike, no worries, I'm just gonna
like get back to my consistenttraining.
(01:48):
This is gonna go away and itdoes, and here's why.
Okay?
Reason number one, strengthtraining gets your gut moving.
So firstly, lifting weightsliterally helps move things
through your gut.
Your digestion system is like aconveyor belt.
When it slows down, gas andwaste just kind of hang out, and
(02:09):
that's when you get that tight,puffy, uncomfortable feeling.
Strength training actuallystimulates your intestines,
which have muscles in them tocontract and keep things moving
along.
This is called peristalsis.
It's kind of like shaking a snowglobe.
And then watching everythingswirl instead of just like
settling into a clump.
(02:29):
So more movement in your gutequals less bloating.
So strength training isexcellent for getting your guts
moving because of the musclepump action.
And yoga is great for decreasingbloating because of the frequent
twist and movement action.
So if you've ever felt lessgassy after a workout, that can
(02:50):
be why.
so that's number one.
Reason number two, strengthtraining pumps out excess fluid.
So let's talk about fluidhormonal changes.
Salt stress are all things thatcan make your body hold onto
extra water.
So when you lift weight, yourmuscles contract and relax.
Like little pumps, little pumpsystem.
This helps not only move.
(03:12):
Blood through your bodycirculation, but it also, helps
to move lymphatic fluid throughyour body and flush out excess
water so your muscles, contractand relax like a pump helps with
your lymph and blood moving anddrainage.
So basically strength trainingactually helps you pee out your
bloat.
And we can talk aboutdetoxification another day, but
(03:34):
peeing and pooing are actuallyAlmost entirely the ways in
which we release quote unquotetoxins.
I know there's a lot of talkabout like sweating things out,
but that's actually a very.
Very, very, very, very smallamount of toxins come out
through sweat.
It's mostly through your pee andyour poo.
Some of your sweat is actuallyNot the sexiest conversation,
(03:55):
but true.
This is one reason that womenoften feel less bloated when
they get consistent withresistance training, including
me.
Reason number three, lowerstress equals calmer gut.
I used to have mortifyinglyterrible gut issues in like 2008
(04:16):
to maybe 2010.
I started, I kind of healed itin 2010, 2011.
We can talk about what that waslike another day.
It was really awful.
But one of the things that Inoticed, I did a whole gut
healing protocol, which coachNatalie now does with our
clients.
But one of the things thatactually my husband noticed is
particularly in 2010, is when wewould go on a vacation, I
(04:39):
wouldn't have any gut issues.
And he was like, oh, that's soweird.
It's almost as if it's relatedto your stress.
And I was like.
I'm not stressed'causeeveryone's like, I'm not, I
don't have stress.
Fix me, fix my guts.
stress is one of the biggestcauses of bloating that nobody
talks about enough when you'restressed, your body pumps out
cortisol, which messes with yourdigestion.
also, when you are in fight orflight in survival mode is
(05:02):
prioritizing dealing with thatthreat and not prioritizing
things like rest and digest.
Literally, that's what it'scalled.
You're not digesting, you're nothealing, you're not growing hair
and nails and muscles, andburning fat.
So your stomach slows down.
You may get cramps, you mighthold onto more water strength
training lowers your baselinestress levels.
It is literally a stress relieftool.
(05:24):
Everyone should do it.
It's free.
Every deadlift or squat is notjust about your booty, but also
calming down your nervoussystem.
So you're not only gettingstronger physically, you are
helping your gut chill out.
Reason number four, strengthtraining lowers inflammation.
Strength training lowers andfights inflammation.
Low grade inflammation in thebody can mess up your digestion
(05:46):
big time and make you feelswollen.
And there are lots of food waysthat we decrease inflammation
with our clients.
There are lots of stressmanagement ways, but exercise
also helps reduce thisinflammation.
So by lifting regularly, you'recreating an internal environment
where your gut and your body arenot constantly on high alert and
less inflammation equals lessbloating.
(06:07):
Reason number five, a strongcore is a game changer.
Okay, so lastly, posture andcore strength.
Sometimes what looks likebloating isn't all gas or water,
it is your.
Core muscles not supporting yourabdomen or your posture.
And I can talk about this onanother episode.
I was born with this congenitalthing that I had surgery for,
(06:29):
perhaps not the best surgery.
And so my body will never haveperfect posture.
And so I quite often look.
Bloated or like I have abdominalbloating or fat, but it's just
because of my posture.
And that's one of the otherreasons that I strength train
consistently is because when Iam not on that, it's worse and
then it hurts my back.
(06:49):
So in, in some people it'ssometimes posturally can look
like bloating.
So that's kind of my thing.
But also when your abs are weak.
Everything pushes forward andyour tummy sticks out.
And I'm just gonna use thisopportunity to say that crunches
and sit ups are not the answerto that strength training in a
(07:10):
360 4 Dimensional intelligentway builds your core.
It's like putting scaffoldingaround a building, holding
things in place.
That and breath.
Inappropriate breathing cancause pelvic floor dysfunction,
cramping, poor digestion andbloating.
When your posture improves, yourbelly feels more supported and
(07:31):
it looks flatter even when yourgut is doing its normal
digestion thing.
And the way that we improveposture is not by constantly
trying to stand a certain way,but by strengthening the
structures that support yourposture and your core so that
when you are standing, sitting,doing stuff, your body doesn't
have to think about it.
It's strong enough to hold youin that position.
(07:53):
So this is not at all about sixpack abs and in fact, people
with really tight abdomens andsix packs can actually have more
digestive dysfunction.
So it's not about that.
It's actually about feelingsolid and strong and functional.
So let me translate all of thisout of science and into real
life strength training is likegiving your gut an internal
(08:15):
massage.
If you haven't heard this, youhave an additional kind of
nervous system in your digestivesystem.
It can be referred to as thesecond brain.
So you actually feel a lotthrough your abdomen.
This is not woowoo, this isreal.
So your guts are intricatelyconnected to your nervous
system, your brain, and youremotional and mental health.
So every rep keeps thingsmoving, flushes out extra water
(08:37):
and tells your nervous system tochill out.
So it's like ringing out asponge.
When you're training, that's howyour body moves fluid and
bloating out, and it builds astronger centre so that you feel
held together, both physicallyand mentally.
So those are the five reasonsstrength training helps fight
bloating, and I want to share abit more about my personal
(08:58):
experience with this because Ihave basically tested it on
myself.
Okay.
what I noticed even more so wasactually that when I'm
consistently strength training,my bloat is pretty much gone.
Like when I'm on my shit with myworkouts, lifting weights
specifically I am almost neverbloated.
And then I'll notice that when Iget a little inconsistent or I
(09:20):
have a couple of trips, it'sactually the lack of consistent
lifting that is correlated withmy bloating versus what I've
been eating or drinking.
So I've kind of split tested it,right?
'cause I'm a nerd and I alsoknow my body pretty well.
so, if I go on a trip or two, orit's been Christmas or whatever,
I don't really weigh myself.
But I'll notice it in my clotheswhere I'll be like, oh, my jeans
(09:42):
are a little tighter.
I totally notice it in how mytops fit, especially my very
favourite shirt that I now have,like six of, is the Lululemon
align high neck crop top.
I love the high neck and Inotice when I'm feeling bloated
'cause it's like riding up andof course I feel it in my
leggings in all the places.
What I absolutely don't do is Idon't freak out or weigh myself.
(10:03):
'cause like it doesn't matterwhat differences it make, I
don't start eating less ordifferently or panic cardio.
But I have noticed thiscorrelation with training and
I'm like gonna get back to mytraining consistently at any
point in my life anyways.
So it's not something I worriedabout.
But it's something that I foundvery interesting and so I wanted
to explain to you why it is thatthis years ago, if I was not
(10:26):
lifting consistently, I wouldfeel like a balloon after a few
days, I would be like pulling atmy shirt.
I would be, way back in the dayI would not want to eat'cause I
felt too puffy.
I would be thinking that I'dinstantly gained five pounds
because my stomach was stickingout, which of course is not
true.
And even if it is true, it'snot, it's not body fat.
So whatever.
And also, so if you have everunbuttoned your jeans under the
(10:48):
dinner table, which I totallystill do, you're my people.
Oh, oh my God.
I actually just did it.
I actually just did this at theShakira concert.
last week's episode was about,my trip to Las Vegas to see
Shakira.
I was wearing these high blackshorts with like six buttons.
And we were sitting like waitingfor the show to start and I
totally undid my top button'cause I was like, nobody cares
(11:10):
and I can't with all thesebuttons right now.
So I want you to know you're notalone.
Bloating happens to all of usand it doesn't have to happen as
much as frequently.
And this is why so many clientsand women who start lifting
regularly tell me, I don't feelas puffy anymore.
I'm not bloated anymore.
I'm not bloated all the time.
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My belly feels calmer.
And it's not magic.
It's your body working how it'ssupposed to.
So often, new clients will belike, I need to lose five or 10
pounds.
And they don't, they're justbloated and like, so the scale
doesn't, and then, but then ifwe get all caught up in the
scale, then we feel like it'snot going in the right
direction.
But really we got rid of thebloat, which was the thing that
you wanted.
So real quick, reality check.
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Does this mean, like doesstrength training mean that
you're never gonna get bloatedagain?
No.
I get bloated.
I just told you this, you'rehuman hormones, weather salty
meals.
Stress travel, travel bloat isreal.
Those things are all gonna stillhappen as long as you have a
life and a body.
But when you your body is waymore equipped to handle those
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blips without blowing up like aballoon.
And then the reason we work onthe mindset side of things is
that, so that we don't spiral,when bloating does come to pass,
it's going to, so next timeyou're feeling bloated, which
for me was just yesterday.
I'm just coming out of a seasonof lots of trips and not being
consistent with my training,which I am now getting back to,
so I want you to remember numberone, movement helps.
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Number two, stress reliefmatters.
Just go ahead and assume you'restressed, okay?
I haven't met a client who'snot.
So you are probably just learnto manage it.
It's not gonna go away.
Number three, strength trainingis your secret weapon.
Number four, go easy onyourself.
Being bloated is not a failure.
It's just your body doing itsthing and talking.
The body works perfectly.
It's just we need to listen toit, right?
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And listen, if you are sick offeeling like a puffer fish and
you wanna plan that tackles bothyour body and your gut health,
we've got you inside muscles andmindset.
We help women not just lose bodyfat, but actually heal their
digestion and feel calm in theirbodies.
We even have a healthy gutprotocol that you can customize.
So come hang out with us.
You can DM me on Instagram at@annejonesfit, or check out the
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link in the show notes for moredetails about one-on-one
coaching because your bodydeserves to feel calm, strong,
and not like a puffer fish.
And that is a wrap for today'sepisode of the Muscles and
Mindset Revolution.
Don't forget to hit thatsubscribe button so you never
miss an episode.
And if this helped you, I wouldlove for you to leave a review.
You can also come find me onInstagram, as I mentioned at
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@annejonesfit, where we talkabout all things strength,
mindset, and how to live a lifeyou freaking love in a body you
love.
So until next time, keeplifting.
Keep loving yourself.
And remember, strong women arenot just built in the gym.
They're built from the insideout.
Catch you next time.
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