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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: The Difference Between 'I Can't' & 'I Don't Want To' · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey, Hurdler's Emily Abaudi year bringing you an installment of
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  Speaker 1: five Minute Friday from Hurdle. On today's episode, I want
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  Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about where my head was
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  Speaker 1: at yesterday morning. Intriguing, I know, so picture this. It's
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  Speaker 1: five fifty four am. Is it just me? Or do
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  Speaker 1: you also just like happen to wake up five to
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  Speaker 1: seven minutes before your morning alarm if you set one. Now.
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  Speaker 1: I have not been setting an alarm frequently over the
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  Speaker 1: past year, but I did have one set yesterday because
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  Speaker 1: I had a nine to forty five am flight, and
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  Speaker 1: I knew that I wanted to move my body before
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  Speaker 1: the day ahead. I knew that if I was going
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  Speaker 1: to be sitting on a plane, if I was going
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  Speaker 1: to be stagnant, if I was going to feel a
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  Speaker 1: little blah, that a great way to kick off the
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  Speaker 1: day would be by getting in some movement. And so
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  Speaker 1: I set my lump for six am. I roll over.
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  Speaker 1: It's five point fifty four. Everything in the room looks blurry,
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  Speaker 1: as it does at that time of day, and I
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  Speaker 1: really didn't want to get up. I didn't want to
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  Speaker 1: get up at all. I rolled over, I put my
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  Speaker 1: feet on the ground, I walked straight to the kitchen closet,
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  Speaker 1: where I happened to keep my sports bras. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if anyone thinks that's weird, you obviously have not
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  Speaker 1: been in a New York City apartment. I grab my
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  Speaker 1: sports bra I throw on some spandex, I put on
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  Speaker 1: some socks, I put on some sneakers. I throw on
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  Speaker 1: a sweatshirt, and before I know it, before I can
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  Speaker 1: really second guess myself, I'm out the door, on my
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  Speaker 1: way to the gym. I get to the gym, I
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  Speaker 1: go to the locker room, I drop off my jacket.
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  Speaker 1: I walk up to this treadmill in the corner that
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  Speaker 1: I like to go to because not a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people are anywhere near that vicinity, and it has its
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  Speaker 1: own TV and its own remote, and it's just it's
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  Speaker 1: my spot period. And I get on the treadmill and
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  Speaker 1: I don't feel like running, but I start jogging, and
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  Speaker 1: I do the warm up, and I know exactly what's
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  Speaker 1: on deck, and by the second interval in a four
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  Speaker 1: set workout, I finally feel capable, because until that moment
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  Speaker 1: in the second interval, I was literally like, what am
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  Speaker 1: I doing? Should I just go back home?
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  Speaker 2: Then?
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  Speaker 1: I start to have the next set of thoughts like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm already here. This isn't as hard as I thought
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  Speaker 1: it was going to be. Look, here we go. And
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  Speaker 1: then by the second interval again I'm like, Okay, I'm
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  Speaker 1: already halfway through, so now it's just downhill from here.
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  Speaker 1: About twelve minutes later, after the second interval is done,
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  Speaker 1: after the workout is done, I get off the treadmill,
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  Speaker 1: I'm drenched in sweat, and I have that moment like
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  Speaker 1: I do after every workout that I am hesitant to
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  Speaker 1: do in the first place, where I'm like, I am
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  Speaker 1: so proud of myself that I showed up. Granted, yesterday
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  Speaker 1: was an early workout day, but it's not the only
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  Speaker 1: time I felt this way lately. In fact, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the time lately, I feel like my motivation is dwindling,
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  Speaker 1: especially with daylight savings. Staying in bed is tempting, taking
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  Speaker 1: some time is tempting. And although I cannot preach enough
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  Speaker 1: about listening to your body and taking the time when
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  Speaker 1: you really feel like you need it, when you feel
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  Speaker 1: like you just need a beat, cool take the time.
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  Speaker 1: But for me, this week, three different days, I thought
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  Speaker 1: to myself, I don't know if I want to do this,
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  Speaker 1: And three different days I did it and I felt
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  Speaker 1: better for it, And it was just a reminder for
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  Speaker 1: me of something that I'm here to share with you,
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  Speaker 1: which is that there's a really big difference between I
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  Speaker 1: can't and I won't. Some days it feels like you can't,
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  Speaker 1: but the reality is that you can, and in fact, again,
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  Speaker 1: you'll be better for it on the days where you're
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  Speaker 1: feeling hesitant, on the days where you're just not sure
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  Speaker 1: how to deal. My biggest piece of advice is just
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  Speaker 1: to start. Maybe it's with your workout, maybe it's with
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  Speaker 1: a tough project, maybe it's a hard conversation that you
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  Speaker 1: need to have with a friend. Oftentimes the stories that
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  Speaker 1: we are telling ourselves, it's not really what's going on.
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  Speaker 1: You are capable of doing the hard things, and for me,
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  Speaker 1: that's an essential lesson that I was reminded of this
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  Speaker 1: week prompt for you to take you into the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: I asked a friend this earlier today, What is one
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  Speaker 1: thing you can plan to do for yourself within the
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  Speaker 1: next seventy two hours to be better in your body? Again,
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  Speaker 1: what is one thing that you can do for yourself
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  Speaker 1: over the next seventy two hours. Commit to it to
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  Speaker 1: feel better in your body. Highlights of the week. Links
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  Speaker 1: to all of this goodness are in the show notes.
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  Speaker 1: First up, check out the new Peloton and Adidas collection.
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  Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to sit down with hurdler Peloton
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  Speaker 1: favorite Cody Rigsby this week. I wrote about our conversation
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  Speaker 1: for Men's Health and we were chatting all about the
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  Speaker 1: upcoming collaboration between Adidas and Peloton. It's launching March twenty fifth,
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  Speaker 1: in select Peloton showrooms and Rigsby, as well as past
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  Speaker 1: hurdle favorites Ali Love and Robin Arzon collaborated with Adidas
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  Speaker 1: for this super fun collection. It's got sizing from extra
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  Speaker 1: two crew, nex sports bros and joggers, all arranging between
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  Speaker 1: excited to get my hands on some of it. You
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  Speaker 1: can read all about that in the link in the
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  Speaker 1: just Emily at Hurdle dot us. But with that said,
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  Speaker 1: Being a ten ninety nine employee, I for years now
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  Speaker 1: Swift Speed Tight. I dms constantly asking me about my
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  Speaker 1: favorite gear, what I am sweating in, what I'm working
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  Speaker 1: I'm also linking to a really great article that was
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  Speaker 1: put out yesterday by GQ in the show notes. Now
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  Speaker 1: a little segue into this week's listener question.
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  Speaker 2: Hi Emily, my name is Caitlin. I just ran my
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  Speaker 2: first virtual marathon last week, and I've been struggling with
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  Speaker 2: the balance of recovery and also not wanting to take
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  Speaker 2: a ton of time. I'm off and losing fitness, so
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  Speaker 2: I was wondering if you have any tips for you know,
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  Speaker 2: the first couple weeks after a marathon and how to
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  Speaker 2: get back into the groove again. Love the podcast. Thank you, Caitlin. Congratulations,
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  Speaker 2: this is so exciting. Virtual marathons are man whole other
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  Speaker 2: level of mental toughness, so kudos to you. I can
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  Speaker 2: totally understand an object in motion likes to stay in motion, right,
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  Speaker 2: But here's the deal. You just accomplished something really big,
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  Speaker 2: so I cannot encourage you enough to take some time
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  Speaker 2: just to take a deep breath.
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  Speaker 1: You earned it. Now. With that said, as someone who
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  Speaker 1: can totally relate to this like is it time to
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  Speaker 1: move again? Thing? For me post marathon, my go to
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  Speaker 1: usually is about two to three weeks of literally like
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  Speaker 1: lazying around, going for coffee in the morning, walking around
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  Speaker 1: the block, not doing much of anything, although moving because
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to get super stiff. It's going to
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  Speaker 1: help your body recover if you do something like walking,
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  Speaker 1: light cycling, that kind of thing. Then I would encourage
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  Speaker 1: you to ask yourself, like, what is the next goal
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  Speaker 1: that I want to go after? What is the next
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  Speaker 1: thing that I want to focus on. Maybe it's time
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  Speaker 1: to jump into a strength cycle. Maybe it's time to
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  Speaker 1: get familiar with something that you haven't tried before, like
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  Speaker 1: kettlebell work or yoga. You know, be mindful that you've
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  Speaker 1: just put your body through a lot, So how can
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  Speaker 1: you help yourself get stronger, build back up so that
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  Speaker 1: you can get back into if running appens to be
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  Speaker 1: it your chosen modality. And make sure you celebrate a
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  Speaker 1: job well done. That is it for this week. Make
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  Speaker 1: sure you're keeping up with Hurdle over on social media
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  Speaker 1: at Hurdle Podcast. I'm over at Emily a Body, and
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  Speaker 1: make sure to head on over to the show notes
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  Speaker 1: to leave me a voice message. I want to answer
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  Speaker 1: your question in an upcoming episode of Five Minute Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks y'all. Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.