Trainer and track athlete BlockerJasmine wants to be the mental-health role model she never had.
, Blocker is introducing a whole new audience to her accessible workouts and positive, mental-health-focused take on strength training.Blocker started down an athletic path in middle school when she tried out for the volleyball team — and promptly got cut."I started running track because I couldn't do anything else," she says, laughing."I was so uncoordinated." It turned out to be a very happy accident. Maybe volleyball wasn't her sport, but sprinting definitely was.
Naturally competitive and a self-described perfectionist, Blocker just wanted to get better and better. It was a drive that stuck with her even through some ups and downs during her undergrad career at Princeton, where academics took precedence over running. Blocker remembers getting"slower and slower and slower" before she took a year away from school to deal with the death of her freshman roommate.
As a trainer, Blocker focuses on being body positive and takes a less-is-more approach with fitness."A 20-minute or 10-minuteis kind of like my favorite thing," she says."You should give it your all and hit it pretty hard when you're there — be all in, be focused, even if it's just 10 minutes." Then, she encourages her clients to rest."Your body should be givenTrack and fitness, in general, have been a saving grace for Blocker's mental health, she says.
Today, Blocker says her mental health is as good as it's ever been. And it's not that she adheres to a set, established mental health routine; instead, Blocker says she simply makes a point ofon a daily basis, because her mental health needs change from day to day."For me, it's more about, OK, I'm going to sit down and take a break and not try and be so busy," Blocker says.
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