Growing up, Natalie Bouchère was always active. In high school, she became a cheerleader who played basketball, ran the track and boarded the bus with her then-boyfriend, husband. By the time she was in college Weight liftingit will break after reaching 155 pounds Bench press Records on display at the school gym.
After that, life became complicated. In 2003, Bush had health challenges and gave birth to twin boys who had been in need of over 30 procedures and surgery over the years. After her sons were in kindergarten, Bouchèschès wanted to start Exercise more regularly.
“I’m just,” I remember who you are, Natalie, Natalie, who was back to Natalie and who was enjoying the workout, healthy and strong, just wanted to do it,” she joined A that year. Lifetime gym Near her house in Minnesota.
Since then, Bouchey has earned a job at the gym and has become vice president of public relations and corporate communications. brand. Now she I go to the gym six times a week.
Musau with her husband. Natalie Busau
After Bush found the right treatment for her, it was easy to form Menopause Cycle Symptoms and Hashimoto Thyroiditisan autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the thyroid gland, leading to weight gain.
Busau is consistent with her medicine, Correct trainingshe feels “the healthiest, metabolically and metabolically I’ve ever had.”
Less aerobic exercise, more strength training
For years, Busau felt that the most efficient training was the most demanding workout. “I wanted to be hot, sweaty and exhausted,” she said.
Shortly after she joined her life, she got a personal trainer who would have an aggressive metabolic assessment to measure how much oxygen she was. How much carbon dioxide was she absorbing while exercising at various intensities? Bouchey wore a fitness rating mask when she ran on the treadmill and learned her Heartbeat and VO2 Maxa cardiac measurement that can be used to measure longevity.
Bouchu has undergone an aggressive metabolic evaluation. Natalie Busau
This test also told her if she was Lose fat Or carbohydrates during various exercises. Some people say “Sugar burner“Burn more carbohydrates than fat during workouts. Knowing which one is will change your diet and training to achieve goals like weight loss.
Busau learns that she is mainly burning carbs High intensity training. “So when the scale never moves, that’s because I was exercising too hard,” she said.
She has changed her training routine to not focus on fast-paced aerobic exercise. Strength trainingIt is known for Burn fat. She said she noticed a gradual weight loss over the years, which helped her “scissors shine.”
“It’s a change of mind because the less intense calories don’t burn more calories,” she said. “The focus is not the number of calories. It’s the type of calories. I had to burn more fat calories.”
Now she usually starts a gym session in 20-30 minutes Aerobic exercise (Use treadmills, stairs, ovals, or rows). She then moves to several strength exercises for one or two body parts that day, using both a barbell and a 15-45 pound dumbbell.
She continues to challenge herself
Bushing gradually increases the intensity of training, such as pull-ups. Natalie Busau
Bush said, “Gradually overloaded” – The term “The term gradually increases the intensity of her training over time.
“I think it’s really really important not to get stuck doing the same thing all the time or lifting the same weight because there’s no change happening,” she said.
About every six weeks, she increases what she is lifting 2-5 pounds depending on the exercise.
She takes it sometimes Barrel class She works to switch between muscle groups. Barre usually uses weights that are much lighter than she used before, but “you just use your muscles in a variety of ways, so you feel quite heavy,” she said.
She’s not a 5,000-stage morning workout, but to get more aerobic exercise throughout the day Walking Pad For her office last year.
“I started to easily do 10-12,000 steps, and my mind, body, soul, and much more feel better,” she said.
She doesn’t think too much
Busau said the key to being consistent is not to rethink and speak himself out of training. Natalie Busau
When Bouchey first began working out again after giving birth to twins, she Strict morning schedule As a working mother. She exercised from 5:23am to 6:26am every day, and was able to get home and leave the door by 7:30am.
But sometimes she couldn’t sleep in time to rest overnight. Instead of worrying about her Sleep quality And speaking from the workout, she said, Busau “will pretend he doesn’t know how to tell the time.” If she was going to sleep at 11:30pm, she acted mentally like she was going to sleep at 10:30pm.
“I fake myself and it worked,” she said. It helped me avoid slippery slopes of missing gym sessions when the plans weren’t fully aligned.
Busau said the keys hadn’t rethinked her training. For example, worrying about how they will fit into her child’s life and work.
“If you think about it all again, you’re stuck,” she said. “This is what I do. If you just make a commitment like this is part of my routine, you can get through things a lot easier.”
