M/BODY tote appreciation! This bag has been with me through thick and thin over the years. It reminds me of our IRL in LA and Italy. I always take it with me to farmers markets, on road trips & in my carry on. It M/BODIES the spirit of the global fam and has me smiling every time I look at it! 🙌🏻 i 🧡this community - this tote is my good luck charm 🪐 here’s to many more years of memories with this bad boy and M/BODY 🐍🐎 🩷

Saw this just now in my feed and thought it would be a nice to share.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, Marnie for your clarity on my squat question. I was so sad I wasn’t able to attend the live class today, but I appreciate your detailed description. This helps me to be more intentional in my squats going forward.

Virtual hug!

New videos or something? Did I hear in the chat after Planksgiving that more videos or a program was coming out today? I quite possibly misheard. I didn’t want to continue with another program if a new one was coming out. Haha. Thanks everyone!

Weighted vest disappointment. I definitely think results or benefits are overblown! I had a baseline bone density and body scan in March and then a follow up in October. From Spring through Fall I drastically increased my weighted vest walks to enjoy the weather and sunlight and get after those 10k steps all the menopause people are talking about, aka less Mbody.

It was disheartening to see that my bone density decreased in my October scan. I wasnt expecting an increase, but I definitely wasnt expecting a decrease! I figured it would be the same. I feel like the weighted vest walks are marketed and discussed like an alternative to workouts. Plus, after a month am I supposed to increase the weight? I added ankle weights, but I am not interested in buying new workout stuff every month.

My lesson is that I wont be swapping my Mbody for long walks as much next year. I’ll go back to my goal of 6k+ steps, achievable through mental wellness walking breaks throughout my workday.

Squat Positioning??

Greetings Fam,

I hope you are well. Recently, it feels like there has been all this talk about the benefits of squatting everyday. I enjoy squatting and can stay in that position for a period of time, but I realized that maybe I am doing it wrong. I am hoping someone can share what the best position is for a squat to reap the most benefit.

I hope I can describe this well, but basically, when I am in a squat now, my tailbone is curved in and my body weight feels like it is resting on my heels; however, when I try to straighten my spine, the back of my thighs and calves separate a little and I feel my weight shift to my thighs. Obviously, in this second position, I can’t comfortably stay there as long as my legs will start to feel the burn.

If anyone has suggestions, thoughts on this. Maybe there are many ways to do a squat that stretch and sculpt different muscles. I would love some insight from all of you beautiful humans.

Thanks!

Jenna

After doing planksgiving today, and having heard familiar names of the shout outs, I wanted to say a special hello to Steph (my Canadian girl), Lizymary, Faith, Brit...I remember our insta posts sharing our journeys when covid hit and we became insta pals. I've missed you ladies. Calgary may be cold today, but my heart is warm! Thank you! And thanks for the shout out, lovely Marnie. You provide us all a safe, welcoming, warm community. Thank you.