264: Kathryn & Kyle: Working out to support a manual labour job

About this episode

Kyle discusses how he balances his carpentry work with training to support his body.

Today we are hear from Kyle (Kathryn's husband) about balancing his carpentry work with training to support and revitalize his body. Kyle has a long history in strength and conditioning, which gave him a great base for construction. Initially he felt like training on top of his job would be a bit much, but after his first year in the new field his body start telling him otherwise. With everyone pointing to age as the main factor, Kyle knew there was something missing and that's our topic for this week. Today he shares about the lifestyle habits he made to create time for a quick morning workout, his programming, and why he is feeling better than ever. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here

People in this episode

Host: Kathryn Bruni-Young

Guest: Kyle

Topics covered

• manual labor
• training
• strength and conditioning
• lifestyle habits
• carpentry

Keywords

• carpentry
• training
• strength
• conditioning
• morning workout

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