Do you know how to begin your fitness journey this 2022? Every new year, people say they’ll be more active but unfortunately, many fail to move forward in their journeys because they can’t find suitable routines for their specific fitness level.
In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I speak with Kaisa Keranen, a personal trainer, fitness educator, and social media influencer known for her fun and innovative ways to keep people moving. She graduated from the University of Washington, where she’s a track and field team member. Later, she got her master’s in exercise science, sports performance, and injury prevention.
Listen to learn more about the best ways to start your fitness journey, no matter what level you are at right now, especially when you are still at the starting level.
Episode Timeline
[2:44] Kaisa shares what she’s been working on at Kaisa Fit right now.
[6:18] Kaisa discussed her approach in motivating her clients to move
[9:26] Kaisa revealed some of the best ways for those who’d like to start working out
[14:11] Kaisa describes her experience being in the spotlight
[15:45] Kaisa divulges if becoming a teacher changes the way she works out
[17:44] Kaisa spoke about her predictions of the fitness industry
[21:26] Kaisa leaves her last advice for the audience
Key takeaways
- If you’re planning to start exercising, just start.
- Create a doable exercise plan that you can easily stick. Start adding five minutes of movement per day, whether it’s walking, stretching, among others.
- Keep saying to yourself that you’re more than your body, but that does not mean that you should not take care of it.
- If you move to achieve a specific look, you’re most likely going to set yourself up for failure.
- You have to know something so well to be able to break it down so simply.
- Movement is so fun, and it should be so creative.
- Start taking care of yourself this new year.
Quotes
“When it comes to the human body, it’s so advanced like it’s literally a miracle that we’re never gonna fully understand, so we can always spend time arguing and breaking down and learning more and I love that side of things.” – Kaisa [5:27]
“Health is a feeling. It is not a look. Being healthy does not look a specific way. It’s very different for every single human being.” – Kaisa [11:01]
“It would be foolish to say that we’re not human beings who care about what we look like. You have to be able to take that and put more power over other things.” – Kaisa [19:14]
