What are your Quiet Muscles telling you?

Whenever I'm training people at the gym, I like using the image of loud muscles and quiet muscles, right? Like if we think about our legs, our quadriceps are really going to consistently be loud, right. They're going to volunteer to do the work. They're going to burn out first. They're going to let you know when they're, when they're fatiguing, same things like, like our, our shoulders are going to go ahead and be our responsorial muscles, the muscles that first respond anytime our upper body is responding to resistance or exertion.

So when we're being mindful, we have the opportunity to put our mind to our muscle and maybe think about the parts of our body that aren't really going to step up and volunteer. They're not going to have the loudest of booming voices saying, hey, here I am, let me work. So just like when we're working out and we have to focus in on our quiet muscles, the same thing goes for kind of every element of our life and every moment and action of our day. So to today, I encourage you to think about where are those quiet voices within your capacity?

Where are the supporting voices that maybe aren't going to get the spotlight, aren't going to be the star, but if we give them a little bit of time, a little bit of focus, a little bit of opportunity to grow and be seen, all of a sudden we get more bang for our buck, right? We get more confidence because we remember that we're more than just that loud, reactionary element of our being, but a collection of so many different players that come to work and fight and support our life, our purpose, our passion, every single day.

So let's take a minute right now to be where we are with what we have and to appreciate that and maybe listen in to some of those quieter muscles that are on your side and have a lot of strength within them. So close your eyes. Notice that maybe the second you close your eyes, you naturally take a big exhaler sigh. Maybe that inhale part of your being is louder, right? And we often forget that quieter, more passive exhalation. So even within our breath, there is that tendency to focus on the big, the loud, the filling, the boisterous.

It's quite easy to forget about the quiet, the nuanced. Where can you amplify the quiet but powerful voices in your life today? Begin to welcome movement back into your body? Maybe those loud shoulders of yours, tensed up in this moment of stillness, engage those upper back muscles. Rhomboids traps invite those shoulders to pull down and open up your chest. Lead today with all that you are and listen, because there's a lot more to you than there is to you. Have a good day.