🏋🏾‍♀️ Mid-Month Motivation: Lift Light, Grow Strong 💛

Hey Work It Out Fam 💪🏾✨

Let’s talk about lifting — and no, I don’t mean carrying everyone else’s emotional baggage (we’re leaving that behind in 2025 😅). I’m talking about lifting weights… lifting yourself… finding your power.

If you’ve ever felt nervous about strength training — maybe you don’t want to “bulk up,” maybe you’ve never touched a dumbbell in your life, or maybe you’ve convinced yourself it’s not “your thing” — I want to gently call that out with love:

Lifting weights is for EVERYONE.

Yes, you, too!
No matter your size. No matter your age. No matter your starting point. You are not too old, too big, too small, or too weak to lift weights.

🏋🏾‍♀️ Why Lifting Is Self-Love in Motion

Lifting weights helps you:

• Build muscle (which boosts metabolism!)

• Strengthen bones and joints (Which is especially important for women)

• Improve balance and gives you an energy boost

• Can boost confidence and help to regulate your weight

✨ And here's the best part: You can start light.
Most people think that when you lift weights, you have to start with heavy 10 or 20 lb weights. This is simply not true.

2 lbs, 5 lbs, soup cans, WATER BOTTLES — it’s not about how heavy you go. It’s about how consistently you show up.

Lifting reminds you that you are strong, capable, and growing — from the inside out.
So if you’ve been on the fence, consider this your permission slip to pick up those weights… and step into your power.

💬 Your Reminder for the Month

💛 Progress doesn’t come from perfection. It comes from showing up with grace, over and over again.

That’s why in this community, we celebrate all forms of strength and wellness — physical, emotional, and spiritual. Whether you’re deadlifting or deep breathing, you’re doing the work. And that is what matters.

🥗 A Summer Recipe to Fuel Your Strength: The Glow-Up Salad

After that lift (or stretch or dance break! Heeeyyy), you need fuel that makes you feel light, energized, and glowing. Try this quick summer salad — it’s fresh, fabulous, and full of flavor.

✨ What You’ll Need:

• 1 cup mixed greens

• ½ cup sliced strawberries

• ¼ avocado

• ¼ cup crumbled feta (or vegan cheese)

• 2 tbsp chopped walnuts

• Grilled chicken or chickpeas

• Drizzle of balsamic glaze or lemon vinaigrette

Eat it slowly, breathe deeply, and take the time to enjoy being with yourself.

👕 Wear Your Power. Say It With Your Style.

Don’t forget about the Work It Out Merch store. What you wear should remind you of who you are becoming — not just what you’re fixing.

🛍 Shop our empowering summer merch:

• Grace Over Guilt Tee – for when you’re learning to rest without shame

• Every Body Is a Good Body Tee & Swimsuit – unapologetic confidence all summer long

• My Journey, My Growth – because every rep counts

• Healing Is Power – your softness is strength

👉🏾 Browse the full collection: The Work It Out Merch Store

💫 Keep Moving, Keep Growing

This journey is yours. You don’t have to go heavy; just go steady forward.
Every drop of sweat, every ounce of effort, every act of rest — it all matters.

Lift with love. Move with grace. Rest with purpose.
You’re stronger than you think — and this is only the beginning.

With love and power,
Jessika 💪🏾
Work It Out with Jessika

P.S. If you need a lifting buddy, subscribe to the Work It Out with Jessika YouTube Channel so we can lift together!