ESPN host Monica McNutt is showing fans and followers what a typical workout looks like—and it’s intense. McNutt, 34, shared a video of herself at the Harlem Kettlebell Club, wearing two-piece workout gear as she goes through a strength training workout with coach Ian Vasquez, who shared the post online. “Challenge yourself daily,” reads the caption. McNutt is passionate about the many benefits of movement and working out—here’s how she stays strong and fit.
1. Gym Sessions
McNutt is happiest when she’s at the gym. “I know for me being able to be active physically helps keep me steady mentally and even emotionally,” she told ENSPIRE Magazine. “I have gone to work out to get through some emotional challenges, whether it be a loss of a family member, a breakup, or even to celebrate. I go to the gym to look as good as I feel.”
2. Joy In Movement
McNutt feels better on every level when she’s moving. “Joy is movement. Whether it is something as beautiful as dance or ballet or me throwing around weight,” she told Bauce Mag. “That movement is an expression of joy and a place in which I feel powerful and complete. To carve that out to focus on my body and be in tune is just so refreshing, refueling, helps me stabilize and find the energy to keep up with everything that makes up my hectic life and job.”
3. Balanced Diet
McNutt doesn’t deprive herself of food she loves. “I would be lying to you if I said that I did not enjoy blueberry pancakes with syrup and butter,” she told ENSPIRE Magazine. “But [not] on a regular basis, and I have become far more mindful of listening to my body and how it reacts to good food and my sugar retreats at times…You begin to develop an attentiveness that can be very powerful if you can apply it to your other relationships.”
4. Putting the Phone Down
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McNutt thrives in her down time. “Putting my phone down and being present is restorative,” she told Bauce Mag. “Work, drama, and people that need things and ask for them [are all attached to phones]. Put the thing away, be off the grid, and be present–whether [its] solo traveling or [just being] with loved ones. It is so important.”
5. Role Model
McNutt is grateful to be a role model. “As I get older, I have a greater appreciation of what it means to be a WOC in the sports industry,” she told ENSPIRE Magazine. “I think the experience of a black woman is different than that of a white woman, or a black man, or a white man. For me, to encourage people from a place of understanding…there is that point of congruence in our reliability. It’s very powerful. When you have this conversation and talk about wellness as a whole being, you have to take people’s experiences and how they show up into the conversation of the entire being.”
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