Results Strong Mom’s featuring Lisa Stanley
Today we want to feature, Lisa Stanley. Coach Lisa to most. Coach, however, is just one of the many hats Lisa wears!
Mothers can do it all, right? Well, that is what most of us think anyways. We all know they love unconditionally! But WOW, it seems like EVERYTHING they do is unconditional. Coach Lisa is an awesome example of the unconditional nature of being a STRONG mom!
I know that we all are busy but how the heck do moms juggle all that they do? Juggling is an understatement, they OVERCOME it all!
Speaking of overcoming it all, Lisa has conquered many tribulations in her short life. Did you know? Coach Lisa has overcome abuse, homelessness, the passing of her son.
Did you know, Coach Lisa works full-time In Elk Grove, is a FULL time college student graduating in a month, full-time mom, volunteers, PLUS still MAKES time for her workouts.
Coach Lisa (read: Coach Mom, mother of 5!!), is the first to step up to fill in when a co-worker needs back-up. Any location, anytime of day, She is ready to coach and to help out her Fit Fam.
Coach Lisa says, “I don’t stop before the buzzer rings in the gym, why stop out of the gym.”
Wow!
EXCUSES? Invalid! Rejected, return to sender!
What Motivates you Coach?
“What keeps me motivated is that I know if I’m not moving forward then I’m already going backwards and that’s the wrong way. I also want my kids to see that no matter how hard you get knocked down or how bad life seems, the power to change is within them. They have their mom’s inner strength!”
It seems like you give it ALL to your family, education, and pursuit of your own goals.
Why be a Results Coach?
“When I was new to fitness when I started at Results but was embraced from day 1 and never looked back. I learned to love working out because it was a healthy outlet for me juggling between being a single mom, a full-time student and an employee, so I know the struggle. But I also knew I had to continue with Results and share with other people (especially women) the benefits of fitness. Strength is something no one can take from you, and the more you have of it, the more confident you are! All too often, women take a back burner for themselves to care for the people around them. How better would they be though, devoting an hour to themselves? I want every woman/mother to love their bodies, workout, and strive to be a little better and get stronger everyday.”
Thank you to all the MOMs. Specifically, THANK YOU Lisa for doing all that you do for others and by showing us all that it ALL can be done. Mom, Wife, Friend, Coach, Student, Co-Worker, OVERCOMER, Results Fit Fam Member since 2012, and dedicated EXERCISER!
Strong Moms do it all. You, Coach Lisa, define the phrase!
Results Strong Mom
Nicole Schnepp
An amazing ‘Results Strong Mom’ who has been with us since the beginning of Results at Nv Transformation Center.
She started as a member and was very successful in completing her multiple challenges. Keeping her positive attitude and being a supportive FitFam member!
Nicole then decided to give back and become a member of the Results Team and help inspire others to achieve their goals!
She is a fantastic Admin who balances her time empowering our FitFam with the time she devotes to her family and being an amazing Mom of 4 girls and 3 boys ages 21 to 5.
She completed this years Mud Factor and said she “totally loved it! It was hard but I just kept at it and I finished!! I Faced my fear of heights with the support of a fellow fit fam David Todd and got over a very tall wall!”
She also says a few NSVs she is proud of are her fitting into her husbands race car for the first time ever !✋?????? And her kids now love to go in bike rides and hikes with me when we can. Something they had never done!
Nicole says “The body achieves what the body believes!! If you say you can’t then you won’t! Just keep swimming!! ”
Thank you Nicole for all your passion and dedication to helping empower others at Results!
Results Celebrates “Strong Moms”
Paying tribute to STRONG MOMS throughout the Results Transformation Center Fit Fam.
This week we wanted to feature just a few of our “Strong Moms” to celebrate the strength of the many mother’s among our Results Transformation Center Fit Fam.
Today we want to feature Ly Chan originally of our West Sacramento location.
Ly , or as many people know her “Coach Ly” started her journey with Results Transformation Center on January 5th 2015.
As a busy mother of two, Ly was getting back in shape and preparing for her first ever marathon. She set out to lose 20lbs in 6 Weeks. What she accomplished was so much more.
Ly went on to crush her challenge and complete her marathon. She did not stop there, later in 2015 she went on to participate in the Spartan Race and set and achieved more lean body goals along the way. Check out her guns!
Ly also fell in love with helping others. She intern with Results Transformation Center, became certified and is now a coach helping our fit fam stay strong and achieve their goals.
Above and beyond all of this Ly is a mother of two young children, a boy and girl ages 5 and 3.
Her favorite quote is: “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”
Ly goes on to say, “Personally for me.. I know I have to eat right! I know how hard I have to go at the gym. That means nothing unless I do it!!” Ly is highly motivated to stay healthy and be a fit strong mom as an example to her kids.
We are very proud of Coach Ly and all of our STRONG MOM’s at RESULTS!
How To Stop Yourself From Being Sore After Working Out
We all know the saying “no pain, no gain.” Hence, after we workout heavily in the gym, we expect to be sore the day after, and even more so the day after that. This phenomenon is known as Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness or DOMS. However, did you know that it is actually possible to work out and significantly reduce – while not 100% eliminate – DOMS? Having DOMS doesn’t mean that you have worked out more or that you have gained more muscle tissue. Indeed, sometimes, no pain means gain. So how do you achieve this?
Condition Your Muscles
The first thing you absolutely must do is condition your muscles.
“Ensuring that you warm up before exercising by lightly working the same muscles that you are going to train can go a long way to reducing DOMS. Bodyweight exercises or light weights can be good for this.”
It is about more than that, however. Really, what you must do is allow your muscles to get used to the exercises you will put them through. Slowly does it, in other words. You may have the initial strength to deadlift 400 lbs when you first start, but if you then force yourself to do three sets of 10 reps of that, you will hurt in the morning, meaning longer recovery times and slower progress. Do what feels comfortable instead, so you start to struggle on the eight rep. Then slowly build your weights up.
Water, Water, Water!
The second incredibly important thing is that you should always be fully hydrated.
“Drinking plenty of water is one of your best defenses against muscle soreness. A good rule of thumb is to drink half an ounce of water per pound of bodyweight. So, if you’re 200 lbs, drink 100 oz of water daily. Sound like a lot? Start chuggin!”
Also, make sure that you are not just hydrated during your workout. While it is vital that you have a bottle of water next to you when you workout, you should also drink properly before you start and afterwards as well. Water is the building block of life, and there is no such thing as too much water.
Take Hot and Cold Baths
This sounds like absolute torture, but hot and cold baths work really well, and this has been scientifically proven.
“A common theme here so far is blood flow to transport nutrients to the muscle and clear metabolites. Physiotherapists advise contrast heat and cold to cause alternating vasodilation/vasoconstriction of the blood vessels at the affected area. Switch every 2 minutes between hot and cold. Don’t use extreme temperatures.”
If jumping between hot and cold showers sounds like torture, there is a much more relaxed way that you could achieve this. In fact, most good gyms will enable you in this as well. That method is the sauna. Having a hot sauna followed by a cold dip, followed by a few minutes in the steam room is a relaxing, far more comfortable way to achieve the same results. Plus, it means your pores are cleaned as well, leaving you with healthy skin.
These are just a few of the methods to help you lessen the effects of DOMS. The most important of these is the warm up. Interestingly, most people think that stretching after your workout, during the cool down process, is actually the most beneficial. In reality, however, unless you were to go from the gym straight into your bed, the warm up is far more vital. Your muscles will cool down through regular movement, but you have to properly prepare them for the workout you are about to do.