Unlearning The “More is Better” Exercise Mentality with Kara Duval
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🗓️ 6 April 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Kara Duval, founder of Kara Duval Pilates. We discuss the mental release exercise provides, our relationships with exercise, and unlearning the “more is better” mentality when it comes to movement. Kara shares how ballet has impacted her body image and how she’s learned to love her body through pilates. We also discuss the importance of being less results-driven and taking a step back to be more present.
Key Takeaway / Points:
- The history of our relationship with exercise growing up as athletes
- Unlearning the “more is better” mentality when it comes to exercise
- Ballet’s impact on Kara’s body image
- Being less results-driven and taking a step back to be more present
- How Kara created her platform, Range
- The impact Range has had on my physical and mental health
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, freckled foodie fam. I am super pumped about today's episode because this person has become a |
| 0:08.7 | ray of fucking sunshine in my life and |
| 0:13.7 | Honestly plays more of a role in my life than she definitely is aware of but I spend almost every morning with her |
| 0:20.8 | Working out in our apartment, Caradueville. I talk about her on my platform a lot lately because I've been sharing videos and workouts |
| 0:29.8 | and all the stuff of her platform range that I am obsessed with and I've said this to her |
| 0:35.7 | I've said this to all I say this in the episode. She's single-handedly changed my life. I don't say that lightly |
| 0:41.7 | I have never felt stronger. I've never felt more confident. I've never felt freer in my own body and all of that is because of her workout platform |
| 0:49.4 | I cannot say more positive things about it. It is the most unique and wonderful |
| 0:57.7 | program I've ever in my life done and we talk about this |
| 1:03.1 | probably like middle way through the interview |
| 1:06.9 | but it took a lot for me to |
| 1:10.7 | I guess like let go of this expectation I had for myself that workouts had to be this like super intense sweat filled like |
| 1:19.2 | cardio |
| 1:20.6 | thing and |
| 1:22.1 | slow down and |
| 1:24.3 | put myself first and that is what her program does |
| 1:28.5 | It's it's hard to put it into words you guys just need to try it |
| 1:32.2 | I will put the link for her program in the show notes. She does do a seven day free trial |
| 1:37.0 | Which I recommend everyone trying and then also she's offering 15% off |
| 1:41.9 | I think the first month if you use code freckled foodie 15 so all of that's in the show notes also this interview is in person |
| 1:49.6 | Praise the lord. I freaking miss in person interviews. Kara happened to be in Jupiter |
| 1:54.7 | Well, I was at my parents in Palm Beach. We met up. We did a class with my mom and my older sister Maddie |
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