Kelly Paige Standard writes...
I've been working with molly for about 8 months, and it's
done for me what psycho-therapy has done! ha ha... really---
being loyal to my schedule with molly allows me to use my
self-management skills to build my career, instead of using it
for the all-important self-lashing that goes on in my head when
i'm lazy, or the monstrous energy-suck it is to crack the proverbial
exercise-whip at myself.
since working out with molly, people have noticed and told me.
my clothes fit better. that's always good. and i have more peace in my head about body image. i'm not willing to prance around in a bikini for an audience, but i feel better. i feel more self-accepting, too---for being pro-active about my physical health. i've been an athlete my entire life, and i hadn't realized just how far i'd fallen off that horse.
with weight training i feel like i can move as a more graceful
whole, rather than a pile of feeble parts (torn ankle ligaments,
bad wrist, chronic back pain). everything's easier---from lifting
heavy objects to doing laundry to standing at the easel for
13 hours at a time. (unless i'm sore from her!!!) stronger is better.
How does working out in a studio setting compare to a public gym setting?
there is no comparison!!! zero, zilch, nada. working out in a gym is horrifying and distracting and often misguided (also kinda skanky!), and i'm just too affected by my surroundings to put up with that kind of thing. it makes me not want to go, and then i'm the one that loses. besides. like most gals i know, i have body-image issues. it's hard enough for me to look in the mirror and see all the things i can't wait to re-shape. i don't need to bog down my mind with pointless thoughts of 'are they looking at me? do they see exactly what i hate about myself?!' they don't. and even if they did think that, who cares?! ...yet still i feel it.
at molly's i never feel judged. i feel pushed and encouraged
and not by a fanatic. i'm simply muscularly-managed by a bright,
strong, really enjoyable authentic person that loves her job. and...
while my own career takes nearly all my hours and i don't get
out much, i found a friend i wasn't even looking for.
What is your FAVORITE and LEAST FAVORITE exercise?
do i have a favorite exercise? ha ha...
see, right now i'm still sore! so i guess my least fave is the stiff-legged dead-lift. they're so seemingly innocent when you're doing them and then the next day.... aghk!!! rat bastard!!! i'm still all sore and whiney. push-ups definitely suck too.
my fave... that big leg press. or the ab workouts she comes up
with. i've always made myself do sit-ups---but girl, i don't think i
ever did a good set of them until she broke it down for me into
so many separate areas. she makes me feel like i've never done
enough sit-ups---ha ha... (or never did them the most efficiently?) but that's what's going to make a difference for me!
molly is the bee's knees!!!