Heidi Summers understands that everyone has to start somewhere when it comes to health and fitness. The fitness professional may boast millions of social and media followers today thanks to her highly motivated and easy-to-follow workouts, but she once I was at the lowest point in my health and happiness.
Thankfully, as an aspiring entrepreneur, Summers was able to use her personal journey as fuel to help others get started on their fitness journey. M&F interviewed this influencer and trainer to learn how she grew into a strong and powerful woman, and why, more than a decade after she grew up, Summers continues to focus on herself, her community, and her We looked at how they are constantly trying to improve their brand.
Fitness gained from experience
Anyone who knows Summers’ story in general knows that she had an unhappy freshman year in college. Mentally cornered by her overweight, she finally decides to give her a fresh start and her arctic home to give her the motivation she craves to turn her life around. He will leave his hometown of Alaska to attend medical school in San Antonio, Texas. . Leaving her family and friends behind, Ms. Summers found herself with an open path to follow her own future, her own path, and began her weight loss journey. Her fans know that Summers quickly fell in love with CrossFit and also found success in the bodybuilding arena, finishing in the top five at her first NCP Run competition in 2014, and in 2015 The NPC will say that her Alaska won her crystal her cup. These days, Summers is able to do squats. Her weight has almost doubled and she is sharing her experience and her knowledge with her millions of loyal followers. But what few people may know about her story is that in her early days she was struggling in the gym and how hard it was for her to get started.
“There were a lot of men giving me advice. I always take men’s advice, but in that sense, being very vulnerable and new to the gym and nutrition, I didn’t take men’s advice back then. I felt like I struggled a little bit with that,” Summers recalls. “I started learning a little bit more about nutrition and fitness, and I got in amazing shape, so I’m like, I started social media. I want to provide women with tips that I wish I had.
Confidence through self-empowerment
As Beautiful Women’s relationship with her body and her social media audience deepened, Summers not only developed a voice to mobilize the public, but also an ability to listen intently. “At the end of the day, a woman just wants to feel seen, she wants to feel heard,” she says. 4’11” Pocket Power. Many women felt that gym wear wasn’t made with them in mind, so listening to these wants and needs inspired her to launch her Buff Bunny wear line. became. “I love chatting with people, whether it’s the person next to me on a plane or in an Uber. Just absorbing that information and just being a sponge and applying the information I learn to my own products. I think we can learn something from other people.”
Summers remains a huge CrossFit fan and prefers to start her workouts with 15 minutes of high-intensity in-house training. But she also understands that for those just starting out, there are serious mental hurdles that come with the physical challenges. “I remember feeling very isolated and isolated,” the personal trainer recalls. “All I could hear was the sound of weights and people groaning and I felt very overwhelmed. So some tips that really helped me in the beginning were to make sure I bought noise-cancelling headphones and to some extent It’s about being able to concentrate. And group classes. For me, it’s not that I wanted to do group classes, but that I felt less lonely by doing classes where everyone was cheering me on.”
In addition to her clothing line, Summers also develops products focused on women. fitness app Grounds, She continues to speak and listen to her followers as she continues her personal and professional journey. “I think it’s really important to find allies when working on your fitness,” says the progressive fitness icon.
Heidi Summers Upper Body Dumbbell Circuit Blaster
Standing shoulder DB press:
4 sets 10 times
Rest: 75 seconds between sets
DB upright column:
4 sets 12 reps
Rest: 75 seconds between sets
DBs around the world:
4 sets, 15 reps
60 seconds rest between sets
Overhead DB Triceps Extension:
3 sets, 12 reps
Rest: 60 seconds between sets
Triceps kickback:
3 sets, 15 reps
Rest: 60 seconds between sets
Biceps curl:
3 sets, 10 reps
Rest: 60 seconds between sets
Dumbbell 21:
3 sets, 7 reps each
(full, half, 1/4)
