Kelsey Heenan is sharing a new workout – in her two-piece exercise gear. In a new social media post the influencer shows off her amazing body in an exercise set while unveiling an easy workout routine with her followers. “Shoulder Exercises FTW,” she writes in the Instagram caption. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care and what is the workout routine? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
1. Respecting Her Body
Kelsey battled an eating disorder, regularly discussing it on social media. “It basically got to the point where I was so undernourished that I needed treatment ASAP,” Heenan told The Post, describing it as a “horrible, scary time” in her life. “Respecting the body,” she said, is the most important practice to partake in, especially when negative feelings about body image bubble up.
“We can’t always control the thoughts that pop into our head,” she said. “[But] we can look at ourselves with respect and objectively say, ‘Look, my body does so much for me, I’m not loving exactly what I’m seeing in the mirror right now but that’s a reflection of just the outward. There are so many other things that bring value.”
2. Fitness and Nutrition Shouldn’t “Rule” Your Life
“Fitness and nutrition should be part of our lives, but they don’t need to rule our lives,” Kelsey told The Post. People become “occupied with always needing to be a certain weight or a certain size” and “these things end up failing us,” she adds. “We don’t end up failing our diets, we don’t end up failing our workout programs — these programs weren’t set up for our success, because they don’t fit with the lifestyle that we have.”
3. Finding the Right Program
She also maintains that everyone needs to find the right program to work for them. For example, if you are busy, you won’t be able to spend hours at the gym. “There’s not only one right way to do things, so figuring out what feels best for your body for the goals that you have, and having the goal of being consistent over time,” she said.
4. No Strict Food Rules
[instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C6qz577R8hi/No one should have “strict food rules,” because it “doesn’t serve us well,” says Kelsey. “Food is so much more than just nutrients. It’s a part of our culture. It’s a part of community. It’s a part of celebrations for birthdays and events and all these things,” she said. “So how do we make these two things meet — where we can understand nutrients and prioritize those, but then also be able to understand that food is so much more than that — and do so without judgment?” expand=1 site_id=26817431]
5. Her Shoulder Exercises
“Here are a few unique shoulder exercises I have been loving,” Kelsey writes in her recent post.
1️⃣Lean Away Press
2️⃣Kneeling Lateral Raise
3️⃣Push Press + 5-Second Eccentric
4️⃣Side Lying Raise
4️⃣Crescent Raise
5️⃣Seated See Saw Press
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