I want to start things off by saying, “Happy Happy Birthday,” to my baby-sister, I shouldn’t call her baby anymore, but I’ll always be older, so there you go! “Happy birthday Laura! Woo Hoo!”
Have you ever been in a situation where you’d like to go over and say something, to a person and you don’t know what to say? Maybe you are at the doctor’s office, doing our social distancing. What if you have a formula that would help you know what to say? You know I talk quite a bit, so I’m not normally at a loss for words, but let’s say you meet somebody you have an acronym that you can use to help you know what to say. We have a lot of acronyms in the military but this one is different. This one is FORM.
- Family
- Occupation
- Recreation
- Message
So you see someone and you start to talk to them. You both say hi and then you say, “I don’t have any kids. How many kids to you have?” This is talking about Family. They tell you they have 4 kids and they tell you a little bit about those kids. This is a great way to engage in a conversation.
Next you tell them about what you do. You say: I am a personal trainer. What do you do for a living. They answer, “I work over at the casino. We just opened up again.” So now we have more conversation. Normally people love to tell you what they do for their Occupation.
Then you say how excited you are that the NBA is going to start up again at the end of this month. What do you think about Lebron? This starts other conversation. They might respond to you, “I really don’t care for basketball but I love my Seahawks! Woohoo!” This how you talk about Recreation.
When it comes to Message you say whatever you want to say, “I’m a personal trainer. I work with people. We create Wellness Plans. Have you ever heard of a Wellness Plan? Do you know of anyone who is interested in personal training?” Maybe they are interested.
Your Message doesn’t have to be business related. It could whatever you want. Maybe you want to try skiing or fishing, whatever you want to say but you started the conversation.
When you think about Wellness you tend to think about nutritional wellness and then you tend to think of fitness but you don’t normally think of Social Wellness. Now that we are having some challenges with COVID-19 and we are having to stay away from engaging in large gatherings you can still have this same thing on Zoom. You can get together and practice with people on Zoom to find how this flows. You want to get used to doing this and you can ask other questions, but you have a FORM to get back too.
The person you are talking to may ask you some questions, or if they are shy, they may not. That is how it is useful to use FORM to keep the conversation going. It’s just a fun way to build a conversation. You should try it so you know how to make that move. You can use this on social media as well.
Make sure you are not neglecting that social part of your wellness. Being social is something we all need and now we are more challenged and we have to push ourselves to manage that part of our wellness. So get out there and start that good old conversation.
And…of course you want to talk about exercise….you want to exercise. So you are sitting in your chair and you are saying: Exercise. I knew she was going to say that!
We are going to work on those legs today. So you’re going to push your legs out so that your heals are on the floor. So push your toes out and and then in. As you are pushing your toes out and in you need to breathe in and out. Breathe in as you flex your foot and breathe out as you point your toes. Every time you point that toe that is blood pumping right from the heart to the rest of your body. It is increasing your circulation.
Next, stand up and grab the back of the chair. Stand up straight. Then you are going to stand up on your tippy toes. If you just do a few of these you are going to start noticing a difference. Our calves are important for our balance. We need good balance so we can avoid falling.
Finally I want you to work your abductors by continuing to hold on to the chair and lift your leg to the side. If you sit a lot your abductors and hip flexers don’t get a chance to work a lot. They are all connected and work together. Make sure to watch your posture. This exercise also works your glutes.This exercise works both legs because the one your aren’t lifting is bearing your weight. This exercise is about you. So take your time. This is YOUR Wellness Plan and it is about you and it is very individualized.
You guys are awesome. I am so glad you are there. I keep getting more and more emails from people and I am so excited! Please send me an email and lets talk what is right for you.
I want to give a shout out to my clients out there! I am thinking about you. I am sending positive vibes and prayers. Go get ‘em!
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Karen G. Clemenson is not a doctor or a scientist. She is a real person that eats too much sometimes and misses her workout on occasion but is mindful of her path toward wellness, all the time.
Karen understands that your physical wellness does not begin and end with your membership to a local gym. She knows that weight loss management begins with steps; some small and some large. These steps include diet, physical activity and retraining of the thoughts and habits that keep you from being successful on your path toward wellness.
