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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
How you doing with your New Year's resolutions?
I ask because it's been about two weeks since the year started, and this is where the rubber tends to meet the road.
Oh, yeah, we all have big ideas and grand plans on New Year's Eve, but then life starts to get in the way.
We fall into old habits or we fail to start new ones, you know, or we meet resistance.
One of the most common goals for New Year's is to get fit to exercise or move more.
But what if your body doesn't cooperate?
Reporter Asia Drain has been a dancer her whole life, and she loves going to the gym and just generally moving around.
But a few months ago, while working out at home, I felt a sharp pain in my back and by doctor's orders was couch ridden.
For three months.
I could barely move.
It was hard to walk, to work, to get up and cook, and, of course, dance like I always love to do.
For the past year, she's been learning how to cope with these limitations and how she can move and exercise.
But I knew I wasn't alone and in true journalist fashion, wanted to find a more adaptive approach to exercise.
It's normal for our bodies to change, whether that's because of aging or an injury.
So how can we change our fitness plans to adapt to that new reality?
On this episode of Life Kit, we're going to help you make a movement plan that works for you and your body.
Asia talked to a physical therapist, a sports psychologist, and a personal trainer with a chronic illness, and they're going to bring you lots of tips.
My back injury made me feel like a shell of myself.