Finding a studio or teacher you mesh with can help too.
“They need to find a teacher or a place that they can feel attached,” Hagag explained. “You know how some people can elevate your energy? It’s just a matter of you try the right person that suits your energy.”
And while it can sometimes feel tempting to throw in the towel after one or two sessions, the college water polo player recommends trying an activity at least three to four times to get into it. But however people incorporate movement into their day, Hagag urges them to be present instead of focusing on their devices or their never-ending to-do lists.
“If people really come with the right intention to work out and drop everything mentally and just be focused on themselves,” she said, “that will be a key changer for a lot of people.”
It’s how Hagag tries to make her clients feel when they visit her studios in New York and Miami for the Nofar Method, designed to strengthen the core and create long, lean muscles.
“The aesthetic of the place is very soothing,” Hagag told E!. “The light is dimmer, the music is in the background, it doesn’t feel like you’re in a workout that you have a teacher that they have a microphone on and [are] screaming at you. And honestly, we just talk to you as a person. We have a full conversation with you during class: If you feel it in the right places, if you want to make it more hard. The class is very adaptable to who is in the room.”
The ultimate goal, she added, is for clients to feel, “This satisfaction that you did a hard workout, but you feel good inside and out.”
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