Simple Trick to Look Years Younger | Interview with Shawna Pull-Up Queen Kaminski

Tune in for a quick interview with the pull-up queen, Shawna Kaminski to learn a simple trick that will help you look years younger. This simple trick can be mixed into your daily cube dwellling schedule and make a big difference in how you feel and appear to others.

Has she discovered the fountain of youth?

Interview With Shawna Kaminski

Who is Shawna Kaminski the Pull-Up Queen

Shawna Kaminski has been in fitness for a lifetime, then worked as a Catholic school teacher. She was constantly having friends ask for her help getting into shape. By working in her own gym she could help a few people, but she’s jumped into the online world to extend her reach.

When she started building products online she focused on helping people with challenges; fitness challenges to help them continually improve.

One challenge that kept coming up is helping people overcome the fear of pullups and get one. The challenge is both mental and physical. Shawna found that by helping people find simple victories by overcoming challenges we keep at it, stay energized, and keep pushing ourselves. So she has earned the title as The Pull-up Queen by specializing in helping people learn how to do pullups.

Check out Shawna’s Challenge Workouts for more information on how you could learn from her.

Shawna’s Tips for Cube Dwellers

Accept that for most people, we are cube dwellers. Embrace that it is our way of life and how we earn a living. Accept it, but also realize that we need to get intentional about adding movement into our lives. For cube dwellers make time to add movement and exercise into each and every day.

As a fitness professional Shawna is constantly moving and active. She holds classes multiple times per day and is moving all the time. That’s her line of work, but for most of us our livelyhood and our passions leave us sitting. Don’t bemoan it; embrace it.

We are Cube Dwellers, but that doesn’t mean we can be in shape to enjoy all life has to offer. Remember there’s life outside the box.

Shawna says that we should decide to add activity to our lives. Spend time to intentionally think about how you can add some more activity into our daily routine.

Start with a walk – every day! Challenge Workouts are great, but have a starting point. Just get moving. Once you are moving, then you can keep adding to new levels. Take on new challenges, then find new challenges. Constantly challenge yourself no matter what point you are at.

1. Park on the far side of the lot and walk in.
2. Skip the elevator take the stairs.
3. Take a micro-break with a kettlebell
4. Sitck-Up (see below)
5. Get creative and move

Change your attitude to you decide to add exercise into your day

Shawna also reminded us that we don’t need a lot of equipment. It is possible to get a great workout with just our bodyweight. She recently did a full workout just on the stairs near her home. So do a stair workout. Run the steps, do pushups, leg raises, and more between flights.

Be a fitness weirdo. Sure getting "caught" doing exercises can make us seem like weirdos, but it also lets us enjoy more of what life has to offer. Get out and move.

Find support and challenge each other. Find someone around you that can help you get and stay active.

The biggest thing with cube dwellers is tight and hunched shoulders.

Simple Trick To Look Years Younger

So what is it? What is the simple trick from Shawna "Pull-Up Queen" Kaminski that will help you look years younger?

Stick-up

The Stick up is a simple exercise that you can do with just your body and a wall. Simply do it hourly and look years younger.

I know that may sound too simple to be true, but your posture matters. Anything we can do to improve it will not only help how we feel but will literally take years off our appearance. So stick-up.

Video Demonstration of the Stick Up

Up against the wall with your entire back against the wall, then put your elbows to the wall, then bring your hands to the wall, and reach upwards. Squeeze the shoulder blades together – focus on paying attention to the muscles of your back to pull the shoulders back. These muscles get ignored through life as a cube dweller; reintroduce yourself to them. Once you know how to trigger them into action they will help you keep your posture and offset hours of sitting.

Other Ways to Offset Slouched Shoulders

Our cube dwelling days keep us slouched forward, so there are other ways we can offset slouched shoulders.

Take time to get creative on ways you can help pull the shoulders back. Check out my recent workout for the upper back.

But it doesn’t have to be a full workout. Shawna recommends simply laying down on something to let us stretch the muscles of the chest and open up. Rest and pull the shoulders down and back. Find an exercise ball, or even a coffee table. Lay back, let your arms fall out and back to increase range of motion.

Look years younger and leaner by changing your posture: ear aligns withe shoulders and hips. Stand straight and you will be surprised how much better you will both look and feel.

Learn More From Shawna

Shawna is located up in Toronto, Canada. If you happen to be up in the area, look her up and meet her in person.

For the rest of us we can still benefit from her fitness expertise. Join the pull-up queen by digging into her Challenge Workouts.

But start today find a fitness challenge and add some more activity into each and every day. Start adding some stick-ups into your routine.

Remember there’s life outside the box.