NYC PERSONAL TRAINER WEEK IN THE LIFE | vlogmas week 1

[@jayohjayoh]

Laughed out loud with ‘that was stupid’ 😆

[@JustinaErcole]

hahahaha dude i was exhausted at that point and couldn't silence my opinion

[@Chantellabellaaa]

Same here! 😂

[@JackieOstick]

VLOGMAS!!!!!!! Yay! I love the music that starts this video!

[@JustinaErcole]

thanks jackie!

[@celestedepatie4344]

Your videos have inspired me in the last couple of months to stop doing youtube workouts. I still do one on occasion when i want to mindlessly move my body but i definitely feel more connection when i program my own workouts and I realized i can go heavier than i thought. Love your videos. ❤

[@JustinaErcole]

grateful for you!

[@KathehFIT]

Not me having coffee with cookies and watching this on my big screen!😂🎄true Christmas vibes!

[@JustinaErcole]

aww i love that!

[@joeshap2003]

This is a great version of Vlogmas! I enjoy the "day in the life" style. Also glad to see I"m not the only one who has the bare strip of box at the bottom when I try to wrap presents :)

[@JustinaErcole]

😂😂😂 that gift took a whole roll of wrapping paper and it still wasn’t enough!

[@joeshap2003]

@@JustinaErcole 😆😆

[@blub9618]

So excited for vlogmas this year, love the longer videos! Also, dont apologize for being "to harsh" I think this just makes you more authentic and it actually reminded me of how I am feeling sometimes, so its actually comforting seeing that we are not alone with having days like these! :)

[@JustinaErcole]

definitely reminding myself to educate rather than just be a b*tch lol

[@sashastool2442]

omg I’ve been bingeing your last year vlogmas so the new video coming out now is like an early christmas gift ❤ Also so happy that you watch Yoga with Adriene, too! occasional "detox yoga" thumbnails aside, I really love her approach to yoga and training in general

[@ltroop343]

watching this reminds me how spoiled i am with your workouts!!! one day after grad school I will subscribe to the FITT club but until then I have your youtube workouts as a staple and get to be more and more confused at other youtube workout programming as I learn with you!

[@JustinaErcole]

Grateful to have you here!

[@gurleegurl98LH]

Love this! So relaxing to watch👍

[@JustinaErcole]

i'm so glad you enjoyed!

[@Lentilchips]

Omg Yoga with Adriene!!❤❤❤

[@JustinaErcole]

me too!

[@sherryg1838]

I’m here for the tea, ha ha. I didn’t really understand building up strength until I did your workouts. The main instructor I followed alternated muscle groups, but I wasn’t able to progress to higher weights without the tests. I hope you have an enjoyable and productive December!

[@shelbysmith3712]

8:59 Zoe eyes can truly pierce the soul 😆

[@JustinaErcole]

it's terrifying lol

[@thisismaer]

LOVED this vlog, from the music picks to you just being... real! I've always liked your videos but lately I've been binge watching them more and more ❤ Hope your workload has lessened for this past week. Have a great weekend!

[@JustinaErcole]

this week was SOOOOO much better, thank you!

[@ashleyvanstone6999]

When Justina's busy day is still shorter than my normal day 😢

[@JustinaErcole]

Oof girl I’ve been there! Pre Covid I was working 15 hour days to barely make ends meet. Sending you some strength ❤️

[@lauu22]

Something I've learned from watching your videos that I really appreciate is the importance of resting enough, when it comes to building strength. I followed those kinds of videos w 20 or 30 sec rests for so long and always felt bad about myself cause I got tired and couldn't keep up. Or I had to reduce the weight. Now if I do follow one of those videos, I just pause them and take the rest I need. So simple yet it makes a huge difference. So thank u for videos! I've learned so much ❤️

[@JustinaErcole]

you're so welcome!

[@annescholten9313]

Love your coffee mug, the Christmas one. ❤

[@julieb.3307]

I like how you refer to what I call "sundaynitis" as "sunday scaries" I'm a personal trainer in Ottawa (Canada) and I have dreamed of New York all my life. (I've visited twice) You are living my dream life. ❤

[@nicoler4583]

Always love the start with the music! So peaceful

[@JustinaErcole]

i'm so glad!

[@dianehutchinson9257]

I LOVE a long vlog!!! Hope your workload has lessened! ❤

[@JustinaErcole]

omg it was SO much better this week!

[@kaitlanlinnea]

Oh, whoa! You put this out right at a time where I've been thinking a lot about supersets and rest times, and specifically with Kayleigh Cohen's workouts! I've been doing one of her core ones pretty regularly, but I just started to rest 1 minute between every exercise due to what I've learned from you. I've also added time on to each movement to progress it, so I pause the video and count in my head. I feel like my workouts have really leveled up since watching your videos. So all that is to say, thank you!

[@JustinaErcole]

you're so welcome!

[@asmrlikeasandbox]

Hooray! I watched this video in two or three chunks this afternoon, and it was a LOVELY way to pass a Saturday afternoon! Thank you, Justina! ❤ 😊 And happy holidays!

[@JustinaErcole]

happy holidays to you too!

[@r.a.r.1981]

Loving Vlogmas! It always gets me in the mood to drink coco and listen to cheesy Christmas music on Spotify. ;) Anyway, thanks for telling us how you would restructure these KZbin workouts. I love doing at-home KZbin workouts because I don't like the gym and I do better if I have someone talking me through it, but I know that the structure is often flawed, since they try to program for 30 minute sessions. Showing us how you would structure them has been very helpful to me when it comes to getting stronger. I always remind myself to pause the video for longer rest breaks, and I can definitely feel the difference. Thanks, again.

[@JustinaErcole]

you're so welcome!

[@InternetNomads]

I was doing Kaleigh's workouts until last month. I agree with your issues, especially not having enough rest to lift heavy. Her split videos are better and she promotes healthy movement practices generally. I feel like i searched all of YT to find people who are not doing muscular endurance training and didn't find what I was looking for either. I bought Sohee's Year of Strength book and now I'm doing that for my strength workouts and only using YT for cardio & yoga.

[@JustinaErcole]

Good to know about the split videos! And yeah, she seems absolutely lovely and incredible as a coach. Nothing personal against her at all :)

[@essgee621]

Ouu chileeee we get a tv show length video weekly???? We love this!

[@JustinaErcole]

i'm so glad!

[@loenietune]

Yay! This is a super fun format 😁 Also, I love Kaleigh's spinning workouts, they have the same amazing energy and great variation which I think is a lot more suitable for those workouts! ❤

[@baguettebackpack]

I love your vlogs (especially when there's a Zoey appearance).

[@JustinaErcole]

Thank you!

[@elizabethg.1063]

I was hoping you'd review kaleigh! I do her workouts when im in between programs or i don't know what to do. I like her energy, but as you pointed out the rest is so low you can't recover enough to really life "heavy". It's pretty much how most of her workouts are structured. I think the most rest I've seen between individual moves is 40 seconds. So excited for vlogmas ❤

[@nataliap2369]

Your facial expressions during the workouts are priceless 😂 I tried a lot of different workouts on KZbin in the last years and a lot of them are really stupid: random excercises, very short breaks, instructors using light dumbells and almost no explanation, no why, no how. Thank you for all the work reviewing and commenting on them. Looking forward to next week!

[@JustinaErcole]

hahahahah i was SHOOK! 15 seconds of rest between sets of the same exercise?! WHAAAAT?

[@Morrigankin]

What are those muffins? They look delicious. Thanks for a great video! My husband loves TiffxDan workouts, which in a way I understand because it gives you a decent endurance workout. I’ve never been able to get into them because of the lack of coaching and as you mentioned, the structure is pretty random. They’re not terrible just get you moving I guess lol

[@JustinaErcole]

they're sausage mcmuffin bites lol - protein pancake mix, sausage, eggs, and cheese!

[@Morrigankin]

@ thank you!

[@NiijiGoddessFitness]

You're so funny lol was patiently waiting for this 🩷

[@JustinaErcole]

I hope you enjoyed!

[@Greendwallas]

Oohh we’ll be WELL FED this December, another way to procrastinate finals studying, chef’s kiss 💋 💋💋

[@JustinaErcole]

good luck on your finals!!

[@phittwithbrandy]

Love Adrian’s Yoga videos! 😊

[@JustinaErcole]

Me too!

[@phittwithbrandy]

@ LOVE your dedication and authenticity! I see you Coach!

[@michellefreedman9265]

Yoga with Adrienne is lovely.

[@JustinaErcole]

Agreed!

[@maggieriley3453]

Justina, thank you! This video really helped something click for me. I've been doing Kayleigh's or similar style videos for over a year, and plateaud loooong ago. Never heard of muscle endurance but it's all making sense now!

[@JustinaErcole]

You're so welcome!

[@annabelapurva-madhuri4861]

This is such a cozy vibe ❤meanwhile I’m here in Australia sweating my ass off ☀️😂

[@JustinaErcole]

hahaha grateful to have you and the sweaty vibes here!

[@KathehFIT]

Your face during the workout 😂

[@deadliftsanddisney]

I love your baffled/annoyed expressions during some of these workouts lol. Is that the Grand? Stayed there in March - beautiful place!

[@JustinaErcole]

it is!! the owner is a family friend so he gives us a nice discount for the turkey trot :)

[@JannahParmley]

My husband and I did a 5k turkey trot for a second year. Looking forward to this being our Thanksgiving tradition and next year our son will do the kids fun run. I love vlogmas and I'm not mad at the weekly video. Longer and still get all the content! Looking for all the easter eggs of goodies

[@JustinaErcole]

glad you enjoyed!

[@Amy-jj8gy]

I really enjoyed this!

[@JustinaErcole]

i'm so glad!

[@Anue_Kr]

Kaleigh Cohen Strength is one of the best YT trainer !! even better than Sydney or Caroline GIrvan! I learn a lot from her tips during workouts!

[@JustinaErcole]

I agree she seems incredible! I just wasn't a fan of her programming :)

[@nicolecobe1486]

Thanks for the review, I have not done any of her weight lifting workouts, only spin bike

[@Biquis1]

Love your videos and you’re superrr relatable! Thank you! I’m wondering how do you incorporate kettebell workouts in your routine while progressing with your barbell compound movements?

[@JustinaErcole]

I utilize both! But specifically I’ve been training with Hunter Crine’s program since June so I let him do all the work in programming lol

[@bethanyrose3273]

By the way I love this style of VLOGMAS!!!! I was so excited to see that you did Kaleigh Cohen and April Whitney! So April Whitney was one of the first people besides (Gaines by brains Free workouts on KZbin) that I bought a program from. I use the app. so basically it’s $50 a month. I did it for a few months the at home version and It was not video/follow along Version. It was like a program, but I stopped because it was so expensive. I guess the good things was that it was the same workouts every week. She never did switch them up and I did them for I think 7 consecutive months. I learned a lot from her from different strength exercises, but they were super long workouts anywhere from 1hour or more and lots of exercises. It was 2 years ago when I did this program. I definitely would not repurchase it. I started doing Kaleigh Cohen from someone I knew and honestly liked it and did her for about a year. Her upper body/lower body workout are better but she normally only did 2 sets for each exercise which I thought was strange. Then recently you reviewed a workout with cee cee and I have been doing her 3x repeat workout a week and I love her and the structure! I feel like she can actually write a program. Thank you for all your videos. I have learned so much from you!

[@JustinaErcole]

thank you for the insight!

[@nicoleisheretolearn]

Fun!

[@mirandacravetz3904]

sounds like a busy time - please take care of yourself ❤

[@JustinaErcole]

this week was much better!

[@abhinitadas9474]

Absolutely agree with all the issues you pointed out in the workout. Thats the same problem i have with them. Hence i slowly moved out of doing them and started with your programs. Have definitely seen so much improvement in my strength post that and somehow that has also helped in my endurance too. I don’t know most of the YT workouts are all 10 to 15 different exercises with little to no rest. I mean you program 30 to 45 min workouts too but with limited exercises, enough repetition and rest time for us to progress and lift heavy so i dont understand why all of them choose to program these workouts this way.

[@JustinaErcole]

omg this is such a kind testimonial! grateful to have you in the club

[@gloRia-gv4eg]

Hey Justina :) First thing: I love your giant mugs. Second, stupid question: isn't it cold in NY? Because I see you staying at home in a t-shirt and shorts and I get a shiver of cold😂 I'm here with a sweater and scarf, just to let you know.🤣 Aside from this nonsense, it's always a pleasure to listen to you.💙 💙

[@JustinaErcole]

aside from a few days, it's been very mild in the 50s!

[@avarielavariel1632]

Love christmas. Summer christmas here in Australia. What is your favourite christmas movie? How about activity? Foods? Sweets?

[@JustinaErcole]

omg i also love christmas! Favorite movie: Home Alone 2 Activity: seeing all the lights in the city Food/sweets: anything branded as "holiday" has my money lol

[@Sup3rSH0O]

When you say that you will “lose strength” this month, is that because a workout like this doesn’t allow for proper recovery and/or the ability to lift heavy? Love your videos! 🎄👍🏻🎁

[@JustinaErcole]

exactly! for instance in the second workout of the video, we did chest pressing for 45s on and 15s rest 3x through. 15s rest between sets doesn't allow for nearly enough recovery time if you're working for strength. so typically for 10 reps i'd use 35lb dumbbells, but would need about 90s of rest to do that again. in this workout I would be better off with 20lb dumbbells since there's little to no recovery time. hopefully that makes sense!

[@SilvestriMelissa]

When I saw your white radiator, it looked so much like my radiator in my old Astoria apartment that I thought "Did you move into my old place?" I had to remind myself that while I had a railroad setup too, my place was carpeted, so not the same place :)

[@JustinaErcole]

awwww i love astoria so much

[@JustSheilz]

I used to do Kaleigh's spin classes on KZbin prior to getting a peloton subscription. Ive never done her strength workouts.

[@JustinaErcole]

Her energy is unmatched! Loveddddd her coaching!

[@ValentinaBuzzoni89]

Zoe is so cute omg ❤

[@JustinaErcole]

thank you!

[@aowyncarrillo7512]

I’ve done lots of Michelle breihler not so happy with a lot of her comments about burning calories/fat etc but I mostly now enjoy her cardio workouts now. I’ve found that almost all creators say that workouts are “strength” or “muscle building” and there’s essentially no rest. I think trying to rest 2 minutes in between would just seem really long for viewers so they keep the rest really short.

[@JustinaErcole]

i really loved HER and her vibes, but yeah the zero rest is mind boggling to me. even like 30-60s with some strategy would be great!

[@catgato5803]

You know what... I'm Polish. Us, Europeans, are much less focused on being "nice" or "positive". Honesty is not bitchy, or at least doesn't have to be. You have the right to be pissed off at someone wasting your time. I really don't think we need to be positive about everything.

[@JustinaErcole]

I needed to hear this. I get told a lot I would be more successful if I was “nicer” all the time. It gets to me, so this is lovely to hear ❤️

[@catgato5803]

@@JustinaErcole Bear in mind I live Poland and am surrunded by grumpy people 😉 we actually even get suspicious when someone is "too nice" or nice all the time 😂 But in all seriousness, you have a strong group of followers also because of how real you are, without the bs or sugar icing. Would you be "more successful" (what does that even mean?!) if you were "nicer". Maybe. But you would also be "more successful" if you lied to your audience. So...

[@apfelmus1747]

I'm Austrian and 100% agree with that! For most people I know Americans come off as super fake cause we're not used to this over the top positivity and niceness over here. So to hear an American just pissed off or something would be quite refreshing :D hope that makes sense.

[@julieb.3307]

Have you ever tried and assessed Jessica Smith's workouts?

[@JustinaErcole]

Never heard of her!

[@julieb.3307]

@@JustinaErcole omg check her out when you get the chance she has hundreds of videos. 😊

[@michellefreedman9265]

I think I forgot about Jessica. I used to do lots of her workouts years ago.

[@InternetNomads]

Hey if you're looking for things to put into your blogs, how about your espresso setup? I've been seeing your nice cappuccinos for years now.

[@JustinaErcole]

Omg you’re so sweet for the idea! It’s literally just foamed milk over drip coffee 😂