low-key Monet 🖼 + apologies

ALSO: #PLAYxAK subscribers now have 10 videos (!!!) #blessed indeed

Welcome to a (tough) love note, a weekly rundown by Amanda Katz (me) to help you move, feel, grow & rewire your mind for a stronger you. Okay you’ll also laugh. Basically, I like to make people believe in themselves. If you like this newsletter, share it with a friend...specifically one you like. While you’re at it, tag or DM me @amanda_katzz on the ‘gram and tell me what you loved reading this week!

How was your week? I have no recollection of mine. If I were to close my eyes, I’d see a low-key Monet painting (see below for reference). I open my google cal and *see* activities, personal training sessions, classes and webinars, bright in color…but truly a blur. I suppose most weeks are like this nowadays.

Weird I don’t hate it? Perhaps.
Okay with it? No other choice.
So, let’s do this.

making sense with senses

📖read: in April, I read renowned psychologist Dr. Harriet Lerner’s Why Won’t You Apologize? Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts which focuses on the power of apologies. The ones that resonate most and the ones that include *BUT* or *IF.* TL;DR: REQUIRED READING IF YOU INTERACT WITH HUMANS.

Also, tired of being on your phone so much? Read this Vice piece.

🎤listen: Trained by Nike (subscribe to this one) The Key to Letting Nothing Stop You featuring NY Giants Saquon Barkley. It was released last year but is the perfect listen to remind you how strong you are…in the head any damn time.

🎼play: my teenage years are well-summarized in the Honestly Radio playlist by Spotify.

📺watch: Outcry on Showtime. CW: a documentary series on a high school football leading guy accused of sexual assault and other gross acts. Admittedly, Nick got me on this one because one of my favorite pastimes is pretending I know how cases are going to play out before knowing all the facts as well as protecting the innocent and putting the bad guys away. That sorta thing.

🏋instagram live schedule

Monday: Tabata Strong @ 11
Wednesday: Bootcamp @ 11
Friday: Metcon @ 11
Saturday: Bootcamp @ 10
All classes are total body conditioning with medium and/or heavy weights. Each session is 45 minutes. Suggested donation for class is $15 via Venmo (Amanda-Katz-7), Zelle or CashApp ($coachkatz).

can’t make class? PLAY x AK

#PLAYxAK subscribers: you have 10 (!!) videos in your library including bonus session: Fresh Legs, one of my most challenging lower body strength workouts to date. I’ve also added a Tabata Bodyweight Throwback. No weights, just move!

Reminder! You can subscribe for unlimited access to PLAY x AK OR rent/buy individual classes.

train one-on-one

I’ve picked up two new badass clients (they know who they are). Will you be next? If you want to take your training to the next level, send me a note.

a (tough) love note, coach

anxiety. so much of it is nameless, so much of it is baseless. and yet, it exists within us. it can dictate our days. in conversations with family and friends and colleagues. it can determine if we want to sleep or eat or reach out or stay silent. where does it come from? some of it is learned from others. and other times, we’ve invented it in our own beautiful, creative minds.

i definitely don’t have the “how-to-avoid-feeling-anxious” guidebook (if you do, kindly send it to me priority mail) but i have witnessed my own bravery at work when i confront it. it requires me to pick apart the source of my fears and ultimately, come to a resolution.

9/10? the answer is to simply be more gentle with myself and focus my attention on others who need me at my best (or…better) self.

give it a go?
here for you.

Coach