Uqeqeshwe kanjani uPatina Miller ngendima yakhe entsha ye-Badass Naphezu kwe-'Rough Go 'nge-COVID-19

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Umsebenzi kaPatina Miller uqale ngo-2011 ngesikhathi enza i-Broadway debut yakhe njengoDeloris Van Cartier UDade Act - indima engagcinanga ngokuthola ukuqokwa kweTony Award kepha futhi eyikhombisile ukubaluleka kokubeka phambili impilo yakhe yomzimba. “Ngesikhathi ngingena esiteji, ngabona ngokushesha ukuthi kudinga ukuqina okukhulu ukuze ngibe ngumdlali ophambili,” usho kanje. Umumo. "Ukwenza cishe zonke izinsuku, izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili ngesonto, akulula. Ukucula nakho kwakudinga kakhulu. Ngangazi ukuthi ngifuna ukutshala imali emzimbeni wami njengoba ngangitshala ekusebenzeni kwami ​​​​konke."

Ngakho-ke, wenza lokho nje, esebenza nomqeqeshi okokuqala futhi eshaya ijimu amahlandla amane ngesonto - ngaphezulu kokwenza imibukiso nokuzilolonga, kunjalo. "Leyo kwakuyiyona ndlela kuphela engangizowenza ngayo lo msebenzi engangifuna kakhulu ukuwenza ngobukhulu," kusho uMiller, obambelele kuleso simo sengqondo ngayo yonke indima azilungiselele yona - kungaba uMdlali Ohola phambili ku Pippin (okuyinto, BTW, yena won i-Tony Award) noma i-Commander Paylor in Imidlalo Yendlala: Mockingjay - kusukela. Futhi iphrojekthi yakhe yakamuva edlala uRaquel (Raq) Thomas ku- Starz idramaIncwadi Yamandla III: Ukukhulisa uKanan, eyaqala ngoJulayi 18, nayo iyathinteka.

Amandla ilandisa indaba kaJames St. Patrick, umdayisi wezidakamizwa ohlakaniphile futhi ongathetheleli ohamba ngo-"Ghost" ku-DL. Lolu chungechunge lubuye lulandele umngani omkhulu kaPatrick osephenduke isitha, uKhanan Stark, okhonjiswe ngu-50 Cent. Incwadi Yamandla III: Ukukhulisa uKanan iyisandulela sesokuqala Amandla futhi inika abalandeli amazwibela ekukhuleni kukaKanan ngeminyaka yawo-90s, egxile ebudlelwaneni bakhe nomama wakhe onolaka nophoqayo u-Raq, odlalwa uMiller.

"URaq ungumphathi ophelele," kwabelana uMiller. "Uyena kuphela onakekela umndeni wakhe, uhlala ehamba njalo, futhi uyazi, uyena oyindlovukazi." Ngale ndima, uMiller wayefuna ukukhulisa ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe ukuze amele uRaq kukho konke ukubheduka kwakhe.

"Ungowesifazane emhlabeni wendoda. Ngakho-ke uyaziqhenya ngokubukeka kwakhe - kusukela emzimbeni wakhe oqinile, kuze kube yi-make-up nezinwele zakhe, "kuchaza umlingisi oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala. "Konke ngoRaq kwenziwa ngamabomu futhi kucatshangelwe kahle. Ngakho-ke bengifuna ukuziqeqesha ngesitayela esithile ukuze ngithole ukubukeka okukhombisa amandla namandla. URaq ufuna ukubusa futhi uzobusa kuwo wonke amazinga - futhi ukubukeka kwakhe kungenelele - vumelana nalokho."

Lapho elungiselela lo mbukiso, waqala ukuthuthukisa ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe kwe-cardio namandla. Kepha-ke, ngoMashi 2020, wathola i-COVID-19. "Nganginenkinga enkulu ngayo," kusho uMiller, ongumama womunye. Kuze kwaba ngoJuni 2020 - "ngemuva kokuphumula embhedeni izinyanga ezintathu" - ngabe wabuya wayozilolonga nomqeqeshi wakhe, uPatrick McGrath, wase studio yezinguquko Pilates studio SLT. "Besenza ukuzivocavoca nge-Zoom futhi siqale ngama-Pilates alula ngenhloso yokwakha ukuqeqeshwa okuqinisa amandla, kodwa ngazabalaza ngempela ukwakha umfutho," kusho uMiller.

"Kimi, omunye wemiphumela yesikhathi eside ye-COVID ngukuthi ngangilwa nenhliziyo yami," kuchaza yena. "Bekuzoshuba ngaphandle kwesizathu. Nami benginkenketha umzimba wonke, nginenkungu yobuchopho, futhi ngihlala ngiphelelwa umoya. Nganginovalo kangangokuthi ngangiqala le ndima entsha ngo-Okthoba futhi ngangingakwazi ukusebenza kahle."

Kodwa ngama-Pilates nokuqeqeshwa kwamandla, uMiller waqala ukuzizwa njengaye. Kwathi ngo-Agasti, wanquma ukuthatha izinto phezulu ngemuva kokuthola i-cardio yomdanso. "Ngezwa ngakho ngomngani wami futhi ngaqala ukujabula." "Ngaqala ukusebenza noBeth J Nicely kwa-The Limit Fit ngo-Agasti. Ngabona ukuthi ukuhlelwa kwemidwebo kungasiza enkumbulweni yami kanti nohlelo lwe-HIIT lwamakilasi lungahle lunyuse amaphaphu ami lusize nokuphefumula kwami."

Isikhathi sakhe sokuqala sasingenye yokusebenza okunzima kunakho konke akwenzile. "Kwabuhlungu kakhulu, futhi nganginovalo kakhulu kodwa ngangifuna ukudlulela phambili," esho ehlanganyela. "Umzimba wami awukaze ungehlule, ngakho ngaqala ukwenza amakilasi kathathu ngesonto ihora ngalinye, futhi ngakha amandla ami lapho ngazizwa ngiluleme ngokugcwele ngo-Okthoba." (Okuhlobene: Ukulwa KWE-COVID-19 Kusize Owesifazane Oyedwa Kuthola Kanjani Amandla Okuphilisa Wokuqina)

Namuhla, uMiller ubuyele ekuziqeqesheni izikhathi eziyisithupha ngesonto noMcGrath kanye noNicely. "Ngenza ukuqeqeshwa kwe-HIIT kanye ne-toning no-Beth, futhi ngiziqeqesha ngasese noPatrick, ongenza nginyakaze okusebenzayo kanye nokuqeqeshwa kokumelana," usho kanje.

Ekupheleni kosuku, inhloso yakhe "ukubuka nokuzizwa engcono kakhulu engikwaziyo," wabelana. Hhayi nje umsebenzi wakhe, kepha nempilo yakhe yesikhathi eside. “Ngizama ukunakekela umzimba wami ngendlela yokuzivikela,” usho kanje. "Ngifuna ukukwazi ukwenza izinto engizenzayo manje kuze kube ngineminyaka engama-70 noma engama-80 ubudala. Ngabona kusenesikhathi ukuthi ukuba nesimiso sokuzivocavoca umzimba nokuhambisana nomzimba wakho kusiza izinto endleleni."

Ngaphandle kwempilo yakhe yomzimba, uMiller uyikholwa elikhulu nomgqugquzeli wokuzinakekela, futhi. "Ukwelashwa ngengqondo kungenye yezingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu enkambisweni yami yokuzinakekela," kusho lo mlingisi. "Akuxoxiswana ngami, yingakho ngiya kanye ngesonto."

"Ngokwethembeka ngathola ukwazisa okukhulu ngokwengeziwe kokuqina kanye nokwelashwa ngemuva kwe-COVID," kunezela uMiller. "Ngenkathi ukuzivocavoca kungisizile ukuba ngizizwe ngingcono ngokomzimba, ukululama kwami ​​bekungeke kuphelele ngaphandle kokubhekana nobunzima bokugula kwami ​​​​ngokwengqondo, futhi ukuvalelwa ngedwa, ngokuvamile, kwangithatha." (Bona: Imiphumela Engaba Khona Yezempilo Yengqondo ye-COVID-19 Odinga Ukwazi Ngayo)

UMiller uphumele obala ngemikhuba yakhe yokuba nempilo enhle ezinkundleni zokuxhumana futhi uthemba ukuthi uzogqugquzela abanye ukuthi babeke impilo yabo kuqala, ikakhulukazi abanye besifazane abamnyama. "Ukumelela kubalulekile. Hhayi esiteji kuphela nasesikrinini kodwa endaweni yezempilo, futhi," usho kanje. "Ukubonakala kuyo yonke imikhakha yikhona okuleveli yenkundla futhi kukhuthaze isizukulwane esilandelayo ukuthi sibe sihle."

Emzamweni oqhubekayo wokugxila empilweni yakhe yengqondo, umlingisi uphinde wasungula indawo ethambile ye-CBD, athi yamsiza kakhulu lapho enenkinga yemicabango nokucindezeleka ngesikhathi se-COVID. "Akukhona nje ukuthi ngangidonswa isikhathi eside kuphela, kodwa nokuwohloka kwengqondo yami kwangibangela ukuba ngilwe nobuthongo bami," esho ehlanganyela. (Okuhlobene: Kanjani Futhi Kungani Ubhadane LwamaCoronavirus Ludlala Ngokulala Kwakho)

“Ngokuhambisana nokwelashwa, ngangifuna ukuthola ezinye izindlela zokungisiza futhi yilapho-ke ngathola khona i-B Great [imikhiqizo ye-CBD],” usho kanje. "Ibhizinisi eliphethwe ngabesifazane, engilithokozele kakhulu njengoba bengebaningi abantu besifazane embonini ye-CBD - futhi ngihlala ngifuna ukuhlomisa ngemikhiqizo engikholelwa kuyo futhi engithanda ukufukula abesifazane."

UMiller uthole ukuthi i-Relax Shots yomkhiqizo (Buy It, $72, bgreat.com) yenze izimanga ukumsiza ukuba abambe ama-Z. "Bancibilika ngempela futhi bangithulisa, banambitha i-yummy, futhi bangidlulisa," kusho umlingisi. "Ngisazisebenzisa nanamuhla futhi ngizihlanganisile esiqandisini sami." (Okuhlobene: Ngazama Imikhiqizo engu-4 ye-CBD Yokulala futhi Nakhu Okwenzekile)

Ekugcineni, uMiller ufunga ngokwelashwa kwe-infrared sauna. “Abantu bayakhathala ukuthi ngibhale ngakho ku-Instagram, kodwa ngiyazifela,” usho kanje. Ukwelashwa kwe-sauna ye-infrared kunikeza uhlu lokuhlanza izingubo lwezinzuzo zezempilo, okuhlanganisa amandla angeziwe, ukugeleza kwegazi okuthuthukisiwe, nokukhululeka kobuhlungu. "Njengoba ngisebenza kakhulu, ukwelashwa kwe-sauna ye-infrared kuhle kakhulu ekuvuvukeni kwami ​​​​futhi ukwelapha ngombala kuyangisiza nasemoyeni wami," kusho uMiller. "Ngihlala lapho cishe ihora ngosuku futhi ngivele ngijuluke ngifunde imigqa yami bese ngithatha leso sikhathi ukuze ngigxile futhi ngilulame."

Eqinisweni, uMiller uyithanda kakhulu kangangokuba manje une-Clearlight Sanctuary Infrared Sauna (Buy It, $ 5,599, thehomeoutdoors.com) ekhaya lakhe. "Angikwazanga ukumelana," usho njalo. "Ukwenza isikhathi sami, noma ngabe yimizuzu eyi-10 noma ihora, kubaluleke kakhulu kithina besifazane nabomama abasebenzayo ukuze siqhubeke nokwenza esikuthandayo, futhi sikwenze kahle. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ngingakhuthaza abesifazane abaningi ukuthi babone ukubaluleka kwalokho . "

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