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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: Forget About How Things 'Should' Be · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey everyone, Emily A body here bringing you another installment
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  Speaker 1: of five Minute Friday from Hurdle. I know I spoke
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  Speaker 1: to you not all that long ago about going to
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  Speaker 1: my first fitness class since early twenty twenty, and I
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  Speaker 1: have become a bit more brave and went to two
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  Speaker 1: more this week, which just felt amazing. And I was
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  Speaker 1: very intentional about which two that I went to because
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  Speaker 1: I felt so hard last weekend that I needed to
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  Speaker 1: stretch in a way that I haven't in forever, and
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  Speaker 1: decided that it was time that I got back to
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  Speaker 1: hot yoga, and so I won't liue like I was
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  Speaker 1: definitely anxious about hot yoga because hot yoga, you know,
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  Speaker 1: how we used to go to hot yoga was us
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  Speaker 1: getting into a room. There'd be tons and tons of bodies,
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  Speaker 1: especially if you live in a metropolitan area in New
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  Speaker 1: York City. I remember some of the first yoga classes
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  Speaker 1: hot yoga classes that I went to in New York
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  Speaker 1: were what felt like one hundred people next to each other,
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  Speaker 1: corralled in like cattle, just sweating on top of each other.
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  Speaker 1: So I knew that that wouldn't be the case because
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  Speaker 1: of the parameters that are in place and the guidelines
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  Speaker 1: that are in place, but I decided that I was
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  Speaker 1: going to go back. I made the call to go
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  Speaker 1: to one of my favorite studios here in New York City.
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  Speaker 2: It is called lions Den.
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  Speaker 1: They used to have two locations, one in Tribeca and
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  Speaker 1: one in Chelsea, and because of the pandemic, now they
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  Speaker 1: only have this location in Chelsea. And so I ran
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  Speaker 1: a couple of miles and then city biked the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the way to class. And I was pleasantly surprised
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  Speaker 1: when I showed up and there were three other people
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  Speaker 1: in class. I was able to have like a whole
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  Speaker 1: quadrant of the room. I won't even say like a
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  Speaker 1: space to myself. I literally had at least like a
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  Speaker 1: fourteen by fourteen square that.
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  Speaker 2: Was mine and mine only.
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  Speaker 1: And so that made me feel really at ease and
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  Speaker 1: as wonderful as it has been to connect with other
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  Speaker 1: people via whatever we've all been able to do over
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  Speaker 1: the last fourteen months over Zoom, I mean, nothing compares
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  Speaker 1: to being in that room, especially, I would say for
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  Speaker 1: me when it comes to hot yoga. Of course, the
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  Speaker 1: heat in the room was something that I could not
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  Speaker 1: in any way replicate at home, But just the feeling
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  Speaker 1: of that, combined with the words of the instructor and
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  Speaker 1: the right playlist. I found myself as we were in
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  Speaker 1: a frog pose, which is my probably least favorite yoga
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  Speaker 1: pos in the world, at the end of class and
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  Speaker 1: the woman teaching was talking about the importance of not
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  Speaker 1: worrying how things are supposed to be right. So much
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  Speaker 1: about how we are executing our lives right now is
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  Speaker 1: completely different than it used to be, and we have
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  Speaker 1: these ideas of how things should be or how we
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  Speaker 1: might want them to be for so many reasons, and
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  Speaker 1: letting go of that and being present in the moment
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  Speaker 1: and not having judgment about the way that something isn't
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  Speaker 1: and focusing on what is and having gratitude for that.
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  Speaker 1: That's what we were focusing on. And in this moment,
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  Speaker 1: the music was just right, and I had just sweat
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  Speaker 1: tons for fifty four minutes of the sixty and I
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  Speaker 1: just felt so so grateful to be there and embrace
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  Speaker 1: how it is and not think about what it isn't
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  Speaker 1: and and enjoy truly the opportunity to be back in
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  Speaker 1: that room and feel safe in that room.
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  Speaker 2: It's something I didn't know when would happen again.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm a firm believer in that it's up to
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  Speaker 1: us all to seek out our own individual joy in
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  Speaker 1: a way that makes us feel safe and comfortable. And
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  Speaker 1: this moment was just such a beautiful moment for me
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  Speaker 1: this week, and one that I encourage you all in
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  Speaker 1: some way to replicate in whatever way you feel okay doing,
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily within a fitness class by any means, but
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  Speaker 1: asking yourself, what is it right now, maybe this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: maybe next week, that you can enjoy and truly be
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  Speaker 1: fully present and embrace for what it is without the
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  Speaker 1: judgment of what else it could be or what it isn't.
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  Speaker 1: Highlights of the week Read green Lights by Matthew McConaughey.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so excited to announce that this is going to
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  Speaker 1: be the next Hurdle book Club pick. The date for
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  Speaker 1: this will soon be to come. I just dove into it.
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  Speaker 1: I started it last week and I can already tell
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  Speaker 1: that it would make for a great conversation in the
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  Speaker 1: show notes. If you want to participate, you will find
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  Speaker 1: a link to order the book and many hurdlers let
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  Speaker 1: me know after I posted the cover of this on
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  Speaker 1: social media that the audiobook no surprise because of Matthew
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  Speaker 1: McConaughey's unbelievable voice is excellent sign up to be kept
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  Speaker 1: in the link for book club and I hope to
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  Speaker 1: see you there. Watch Changing the Game on Hulu. I
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  Speaker 1: came across the release of this documentary from a Refinery
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine article and I am so excited to make
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  Speaker 1: some time to catch it this weekend. It follows the
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  Speaker 1: lives of three high school athletes, all at different stages
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  Speaker 1: of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as
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  Speaker 1: transgender teens. The trailer highlights an important point that for
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  Speaker 1: these athletes, sports is not just about competition, It's about work, collaboration, resilience, expression,
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  Speaker 1: and community. In celebration of Pride month, thought that this
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  Speaker 1: was a great highlight to add to the mix. Also
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  Speaker 1: worth checking out Iron Cowboy James on Instagram.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you have heard of James Lawrence yet,
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  Speaker 1: but he just accomplished the most insane feat that is
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  Speaker 1: impossible not to highlight here, and that is that he
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  Speaker 1: completed one hundred full iron Man's in one hundred days.
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  Speaker 1: On Tuesday of this week, he completed number one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and I am just blown away, and I mean the
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  Speaker 1: best part about this, aside from just like how unreal
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  Speaker 1: the athleticism that is involved to accomplish this feat, is
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  Speaker 1: that he joined with multiple organizations to raise money during
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  Speaker 1: his challenges, most recently Operation Underground Railroad. I am all
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  Speaker 1: for supporting athletes who also give back, so for sure
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  Speaker 1: check it out. And now a listener question.
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  Speaker 3: Hi Emily, the is Sarah a big fan of hurdle.
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  Speaker 3: The question I have is your morning routine is very
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  Speaker 3: disciplined and has really seemed to set you up for success.
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  Speaker 3: How do you get into that mindset every morning to
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  Speaker 3: wake up, show up for yourself and really go through
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  Speaker 3: those motions in an inspired way?
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Honestly, this is what I'll say.
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  Speaker 1: The mindset to wake up, the drive to get out
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  Speaker 1: of bed comes from me knowing that I am better
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  Speaker 1: because I'm doing it right. I am better for the
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  Speaker 1: rest of my day, for the people that I want
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  Speaker 1: to show up with to work with. If I give
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  Speaker 1: back to myself first thing in the morning. You don't
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  Speaker 1: need to be a morning exerciser to get the most
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  Speaker 1: out of your morning, but I will say that having
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  Speaker 1: a routine in place that lifts you up, that fills
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  Speaker 1: you up is going to be the game changer for
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  Speaker 1: how you go about the rest of your day. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: if you're not subscribed to the Weekly Hurdle, the link
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  Speaker 1: to do so is in the show notes. This week,
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  Speaker 1: I'm talking about my productivity hacks secrets for my most
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  Speaker 1: productive days, and I think there's a lot of gold
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  Speaker 1: in there when it relates to this question. Thanks so
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  Speaker 1: much everyone for listening this week, and thanks all of you.
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  Speaker 1: Haven't caught up with the Run Week episodes from last week.
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  Speaker 1: I'm answering a lot of questions throughout that series of
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  Speaker 1: content that are coming into my DMS on the regular,
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  Speaker 1: and I highly recommend you give it a listen. Make
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  Speaker 1: sure you're following along with Hurdle over on social It's
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  Speaker 1: hurdle conquered.
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  Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.