Fit Mind, Fit Body, Fit Spirit: With Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor Lou Ritter
Lou Ritter is a group fitness instructor and personal trainer in NYC. She was initially drawn to fitness in childhood, where she was “overweight and nerdy” and therefore ostracized at those sensitive crucial ages when kids can be especially mean. In wanting to feel better about herself, to feel lighter, she took up dancing and singing and discovered she loved the feeling of creating art with her body. And she discovered she loved being able to help other people get fit and strong so they could have the energy and the body to do whatever they wanted in their life. An enthusiastic natural teacher was born!
Lou shares her perspective on fitness, injury prevention, self care, the class vs. the private experience; she has a wealth of knowledge and wisdom gained from working with all kinds of people and all kinds of bodies. “The body is the fundamental springboard for everything we do,” Lou tells us, “Fitness is holistic - mind, body and spirit - the Whole Being comes together so you can experience life in the fullest way possible.” And Lou is here to help us get on track to do that!
Meet This Episode's Guest
Lou Ritter
Lou Ritter is a group fitness instructor and personal trainer in New York City. Her perspective on fitness: "Working out is one of the fundamental things we do to take care of ourselves. You can create a body you feel good in. A strong, healthy body enhances your connection to yourself and gives you the energy to pursue your passions and everything you want to do.
I spend a lot of time in gyms, and I see all these people spending considerable time and effort to try to get in shape, but so often they're using exercises or training strategies that are not that effective, sometimes not even safe. One of my biggest goals as a trainer and instructor is to design workouts that are going to be tough, but extremely productive, balanced, and ergonomically sound.
And fun!! It's so exciting that we can do this; we can get ourselves in shape.
Then ideally, you take what's healthy - physically and emotionally, make it a habit, and you're primed to experience life with all systems go!"
Check out Lou's website for more information or to work with her in New York City!