Spring has sprung and so have Stephanie and I, Zach, straight into the heart of outdoor fitness—and we're taking you with us! As the days grow longer, it's time to shed those winter blues and find exhilaration in the most unexpected places: your very own backyard. From transforming mundane yard work into a heart-pumping exercise to venturing out with your four-legged friends, we're here to show you how simple, everyday tasks can invigorate both mind and body. Discover with us how the change of seasons is the perfect backdrop for family adventures that won't break the bank but will fill your life with joyous movement.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
hey friends, it's stephanie here with another
episode of giving your best lifewith my I'm going to start
saying co-host zach lloyd,sustainable anti-diet coach
wonderful co-host.
Yeah, I'm gonna own it.
I love it.
Uh.
So today we want to talk aboutum.
Whenever you're hearing this,it's getting warmer outside,
(00:23):
sunshine longer days, and thisweekend my husband had cut down
a tree during the winter.
You know, I was about ready tofall in the barn and he's like
we have to pick all this up.
So it was like 70 minutes ofhauling limbs and and I was not
happy camper half of the time.
(00:44):
But then I realized, oh, thisis my workout for today.
I didn't have to go run or walkor do weights or whatever.
So I thought it would be fun,as we're getting in the warmer
weather, especially if you livein a place like Zach and I do,
where it's depressing all winterlong and it's cold and you just
get stuck in your house andit's cold and you just get stuck
(01:09):
in your house like let's talkabout getting outside exercise,
movement, whatever.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, that's good, that's a good start.
I think a lot of us too,because it's so dark and dreary.
There's almost this, like whenspring starts coming.
There's a friction where weactually like stay in the house
longer than we need to, yeah,and and I think that's kind of
what we're talking about as well.
It's like just get out there nowLike don't wait and do whatever
appeals to you or, you know,challenge yourself, like you did
(01:34):
with the, with the branchesRight, like I did something
similar actually yesterday.
Um, I had to do some yard workand I just did not make the time
to do it, but I was like I'mjust going to go out for 15
minutes and at least I'll dosomething to move it forward a
little bit, and then I'll getoutside.
And you know, I like the sayingtouch grass don't touch grass
(01:54):
right and so, yeah, I think thatwas.
I felt better after I did thattoo.
It kind of revamped myafternoon.
I had more energy to like makeit through the evening funny
enough, um, and I think thatthat friction that we might feel
to just get outside when itstarts actually getting nicer
outside, like find what you cando outside to enjoy, yeah, I
(02:15):
feel like that's so good, thefriction, because it's almost
like we've stayed in.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
So we've set this like contentment with being
inside, and that's one thinglike I on giving your best life
is you want to be content withwhat you have in life, like your
material things, so you're notconstantly buying and spending,
but you don't want to be contentof like where you're at, and I
think that's one thing you canget really content during the
(02:40):
winter months.
Um, and I also like the idea ofgetting creative.
It doesn't have to be a longtime, like 15 minutes.
Let's go out.
And I think, too, is just startmaking this mental list of okay
, what are things that you cando that you can't do in the
winter, or maybe you don't wantto do because it's cold.
Yeah, so for you, what are somethings that you can do?
Speaker 2 (03:04):
or like you would recommend people hey, you can go
out and do this yeah, I've beenpushing a lot of clients lately
actually to get outside more,to just move, and it's always a
different discussion with anydifferent kind like what does
that look like?
Some clients love gardening, soit's like, alright, start
gardening like it's pointing todo.
Their other clients have dogs.
So if you need a reason to walk, buy a dog.
(03:24):
Just kidding, but those arekind of the easy ones.
And then two, just like, Ithink, experimenting and
challenging yourself, especiallyif you have a spouse or a loved
one that you can challengeyourself together with.
So, whatever that looks like,whether it's like there's a hike
close by, that you've neverdone before, or last summer is
(03:48):
when I had my six-month-old andthree-month-old.
So I was like in that stage oflike, okay, he's got to take a
lot of naps, but then I alsohave a toddler that's like let's
go.
So I was like, well, have Ireally investigated this area of
like 20-mile radius from myhouse?
Have we really investigated itto the full extent?
(04:10):
Do I know, like, all of thenature preserves?
Do I know all the playgrounds?
Do I know all of the differentplaces?
And just like going andchecking them out and I found
some like diamonds in the roughthat I didn't even know were
there and had a really good timedoing that.
So just challenging yourself indifferent ways to just get
outside, hike, move, pickle ballis becoming a big sport for
everybody, it seems like so talkabout that.
If you haven't tried it, try itagain, just try things like try
(04:33):
whatever you can try and, again,just try to have fun doing it.
And I think that's the bigthing with workouts like we kind
of have this, um, this mentalframework of workouts are always
hard and like if they're nothard it's like not valuable.
We're really just moving andhaving fun doing it.
You're gonna move more if youhave fun doing it.
So try to find something thatyou enjoy and can just play
(04:55):
around with.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
I like that idea of like exploring where you are.
You know you don't have to goon a big, big vacation or you
don't have to spend a lot ofmoney.
There's so much, um, no matterwhere you are in your backyard.
I mean, I grew up in ruralindiana but we had an amazing
state park where I was alwaysamazed.
I mean, I had tons of friendsthat really had never been to
(05:16):
the state park where we werethere every week as a family
like sheep entertainment.
Um, my dad took us.
My mom worked late on Thursdaynights so my dad took us to the
park.
So I love that idea of likewith your family.
Um, I know my husband and Ilast week is he's like let's get
out and go for a walk, and Isaid let's go to the university
and walk around.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Oh, yeah, like we had never done it just walked
around campus and we loved it.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
And it was a short drive, you know, it took us less
than 10 minutes to get there.
And then it was like, once wewere there, we found a loop that
we were like, oh, this is easy,we could do this, but just gets
us out where we are, um, so Ilike it.
Incorporating it just doesn'thave to be you, um, be with your
kids.
I know another thing too is forme.
(06:01):
I live down a lane, so, likeour garbage, we'll like throw it
in the back of the truck, or,if I have boxes, I'll throw it
in my car.
And so the last couple of weeksI've just been saying, no, just
walk it down there yeah, soeven think about maybe some
small things that you do, thatyou do to make it easier.
It's like no, incorporate thoselittle things that maybe it's a
(06:22):
little bit harder, maybe it'sgoing to take you extra time,
but it gets you moving,definitely excuse me, stairs are
a big one.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I I have a lot of clients that I learned are
avoiding stairs in their life,which I didn't know was a thing,
but it is.
I I have.
I I try to make the rule and Itry to talk people into this
rule of whenever you see stairs,you do stairs, no matter what,
as much as you possibly can.
Um, I was bored at the airportone time and I saw stairs so I
just did stairs until my momcame out of the airplane that
(06:50):
was more stairs than I wasexpecting it to be.
That flight was a little late,but I think that's.
Another good thing too is likewhat are you avoiding?
Stop, because there's reallysomething true about like if you
don't use it, you lose it.
There's a lot of truth in thatsilly little phrase, and so,
whether it's at work, it's likestop taking the elevator,
whatever it is.
Those little changes add upover time and make a big
(07:12):
difference.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Right, I love that you talk about that too, is what
.
I'm one of those too, if I seestairs.
So if you're traveling thissummer, I'm always going up and
down the stairs, like wherever,and I'm not doing it like you
are, but it's like if there's anoption to take the elevator or
there's stairs, I take stairs Ifthere is the moving walkway.
I will just walk like not takethe moving walkway.
(07:33):
But what I found is, if you dothose things enough for me, I
almost can't not take the stairsnow or I can't get on that
moving walkway because I'vetrained myself as like no don't
be lazy like take the stairs.
I also, too, think another thingyou can do now that it's not so
cold out is park as far awaythat you can when you're going
(07:57):
to the grocery store or you'reshopping, just to get some extra
steps in.
And I always say that's a gift,like allison can't stand what I
do.
That's such a good one, I lovethat one.
Oh, sorry, allison, sorry uh,but you got two littles so maybe
there is like this balance oflike.
Who wants to walk with thelittles that far um?
(08:19):
I always say it's a gift too,because you're like passing up
maybe on a good parking spot andthen somebody comes behind you
like.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Why didn't they take that?
It's like I'm giving you a gift.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I'm getting the work out of it, right, uh, yeah, so
just look for the opportunities.
Like, think about what you'reavoiding and why and then look
for those opportunities.
Yeah, excellent, cool.
Anything else, I think that'sit.
That's good.
Get out there, hopefully.
Yeah, we would love to see you.
This is just another way to getto giving your best life, of
get out there.
Don't avoid the small movementsor things that you want to
(08:51):
avoid.
hey friends, it's stephanie here with another
episode of giving your best lifewith my I'm going to start
saying co-host zach lloyd,sustainable anti-diet coach
wonderful co-host.
Yeah, I'm gonna own it.
I love it.
Uh.
So today we want to talk aboutum.
Whenever you're hearing this,it's getting warmer outside,
(00:23):
sunshine longer days, and thisweekend my husband had cut down
a tree during the winter.
You know, I was about ready tofall in the barn and he's like
we have to pick all this up.
So it was like 70 minutes ofhauling limbs and and I was not
happy camper half of the time.
(00:44):
But then I realized, oh, thisis my workout for today.
I didn't have to go run or walkor do weights or whatever.
So I thought it would be fun,as we're getting in the warmer
weather, especially if you livein a place like Zach and I do,
where it's depressing all winterlong and it's cold and you just
get stuck in your house andit's cold and you just get stuck
(01:09):
in your house like let's talkabout getting outside exercise,
movement, whatever.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, that's good, that's a good start.
I think a lot of us too,because it's so dark and dreary.
There's almost this, like whenspring starts coming.
There's a friction where weactually like stay in the house
longer than we need to, yeah,and and I think that's kind of
what we're talking about as well.
It's like just get out there nowLike don't wait and do whatever
appeals to you or, you know,challenge yourself, like you did
(01:34):
with the, with the branchesRight, like I did something
similar actually yesterday.
Um, I had to do some yard workand I just did not make the time
to do it, but I was like I'mjust going to go out for 15
minutes and at least I'll dosomething to move it forward a
little bit, and then I'll getoutside.
And you know, I like the sayingtouch grass don't touch grass
(01:54):
right and so, yeah, I think thatwas.
I felt better after I did thattoo.
It kind of revamped myafternoon.
I had more energy to like makeit through the evening funny
enough, um, and I think thatthat friction that we might feel
to just get outside when itstarts actually getting nicer
outside, like find what you cando outside to enjoy, yeah, I
(02:15):
feel like that's so good, thefriction, because it's almost
like we've stayed in.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
So we've set this like contentment with being
inside, and that's one thinglike I on giving your best life
is you want to be content withwhat you have in life, like your
material things, so you're notconstantly buying and spending,
but you don't want to be contentof like where you're at, and I
think that's one thing you canget really content during the
(02:40):
winter months.
Um, and I also like the idea ofgetting creative.
It doesn't have to be a longtime, like 15 minutes.
Let's go out.
And I think, too, is just startmaking this mental list of okay
, what are things that you cando that you can't do in the
winter, or maybe you don't wantto do because it's cold.
Yeah, so for you, what are somethings that you can do?
Speaker 2 (03:04):
or like you would recommend people hey, you can go
out and do this yeah, I've beenpushing a lot of clients lately
actually to get outside more,to just move, and it's always a
different discussion with anydifferent kind like what does
that look like?
Some clients love gardening, soit's like, alright, start
gardening like it's pointing todo.
Their other clients have dogs.
So if you need a reason to walk, buy a dog.
(03:24):
Just kidding, but those arekind of the easy ones.
And then two, just like, Ithink, experimenting and
challenging yourself, especiallyif you have a spouse or a loved
one that you can challengeyourself together with.
So, whatever that looks like,whether it's like there's a hike
close by, that you've neverdone before, or last summer is
(03:48):
when I had my six-month-old andthree-month-old.
So I was like in that stage oflike, okay, he's got to take a
lot of naps, but then I alsohave a toddler that's like let's
go.
So I was like, well, have Ireally investigated this area of
like 20-mile radius from myhouse?
Have we really investigated itto the full extent?
(04:10):
Do I know, like, all of thenature preserves?
Do I know all the playgrounds?
Do I know all of the differentplaces?
And just like going andchecking them out and I found
some like diamonds in the roughthat I didn't even know were
there and had a really good timedoing that.
So just challenging yourself indifferent ways to just get
outside, hike, move, pickle ballis becoming a big sport for
everybody, it seems like so talkabout that.
If you haven't tried it, try itagain, just try things like try
(04:33):
whatever you can try and, again,just try to have fun doing it.
And I think that's the bigthing with workouts like we kind
of have this, um, this mentalframework of workouts are always
hard and like if they're nothard it's like not valuable.
We're really just moving andhaving fun doing it.
You're gonna move more if youhave fun doing it.
So try to find something thatyou enjoy and can just play
(04:55):
around with.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
I like that idea of like exploring where you are.
You know you don't have to goon a big, big vacation or you
don't have to spend a lot ofmoney.
There's so much, um, no matterwhere you are in your backyard.
I mean, I grew up in ruralindiana but we had an amazing
state park where I was alwaysamazed.
I mean, I had tons of friendsthat really had never been to
(05:16):
the state park where we werethere every week as a family
like sheep entertainment.
Um, my dad took us.
My mom worked late on Thursdaynights so my dad took us to the
park.
So I love that idea of likewith your family.
Um, I know my husband and Ilast week is he's like let's get
out and go for a walk, and Isaid let's go to the university
and walk around.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Oh, yeah, like we had never done it just walked
around campus and we loved it.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
And it was a short drive, you know, it took us less
than 10 minutes to get there.
And then it was like, once wewere there, we found a loop that
we were like, oh, this is easy,we could do this, but just gets
us out where we are, um, so Ilike it.
Incorporating it just doesn'thave to be you, um, be with your
kids.
I know another thing too is forme.
(06:01):
I live down a lane, so, likeour garbage, we'll like throw it
in the back of the truck, or,if I have boxes, I'll throw it
in my car.
And so the last couple of weeksI've just been saying, no, just
walk it down there yeah, soeven think about maybe some
small things that you do, thatyou do to make it easier.
It's like no, incorporate thoselittle things that maybe it's a
(06:22):
little bit harder, maybe it'sgoing to take you extra time,
but it gets you moving,definitely excuse me, stairs are
a big one.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I I have a lot of clients that I learned are
avoiding stairs in their life,which I didn't know was a thing,
but it is.
I I have.
I I try to make the rule and Itry to talk people into this
rule of whenever you see stairs,you do stairs, no matter what,
as much as you possibly can.
Um, I was bored at the airportone time and I saw stairs so I
just did stairs until my momcame out of the airplane that
(06:50):
was more stairs than I wasexpecting it to be.
That flight was a little late,but I think that's.
Another good thing too is likewhat are you avoiding?
Stop, because there's reallysomething true about like if you
don't use it, you lose it.
There's a lot of truth in thatsilly little phrase, and so,
whether it's at work, it's likestop taking the elevator,
whatever it is.
Those little changes add upover time and make a big
(07:12):
difference.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Right, I love that you talk about that too, is what
.
I'm one of those too, if I seestairs.
So if you're traveling thissummer, I'm always going up and
down the stairs, like wherever,and I'm not doing it like you
are, but it's like if there's anoption to take the elevator or
there's stairs, I take stairs Ifthere is the moving walkway.
I will just walk like not takethe moving walkway.
(07:33):
But what I found is, if you dothose things enough for me, I
almost can't not take the stairsnow or I can't get on that
moving walkway because I'vetrained myself as like no don't
be lazy like take the stairs.
I also, too, think another thingyou can do now that it's not so
cold out is park as far awaythat you can when you're going
(07:57):
to the grocery store or you'reshopping, just to get some extra
steps in.
And I always say that's a gift,like allison can't stand what I
do.
That's such a good one, I lovethat one.
Oh, sorry, allison, sorry uh,but you got two littles so maybe
there is like this balance oflike.
Who wants to walk with thelittles that far um?
(08:19):
I always say it's a gift too,because you're like passing up
maybe on a good parking spot andthen somebody comes behind you
like.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Why didn't they take that?
It's like I'm giving you a gift.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I'm getting the work out of it, right, uh, yeah, so
just look for the opportunities.
Like, think about what you'reavoiding and why and then look
for those opportunities.
Yeah, excellent, cool.
Anything else, I think that'sit.
That's good.
Get out there, hopefully.
Yeah, we would love to see you.
This is just another way to getto giving your best life, of
get out there.
Don't avoid the small movementsor things that you want to
(08:51):
avoid.
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