Freelance Fitness is your weekly 10-minute movement break designed for creative freelancers, voice actors, designers, writers, editors, and anyone who spends their days creating, producing, and problem-solving. Hosted by freelance voiceover artist and former fitness instructor Alison Pentecost, each episode blends mindset coaching, creative productivity, and simple exercises you can do anywhere.

Today we’re talking about peak performance, or at least the feeling of it.

But a lot of creators dream about becoming the best at something. And sometimes that quest for the summit, can make us forget all of the small steps of forward progress, or the sections of plateau, that actually make up the life of a creative freelancer.

Where the idea of perfection really messes with us is when it convinces us that we need to arrive before we’re allowed to participate.

That we need peak performance all the time.

But progress doesn’t work like that.

Progress looks like repetition.

Just like this run.

Ask yourself:

What can I put out today that’s good enough?

What can I repeat this week?

What small adjustment could make things slightly better next time?

Running posture checklist is here.

Links to warm up exercise guides are here: Hamstring Sweeps, Dynamic Knee Hugs, Dynamic Quad Stretch.

Links to cooldown stretches are here: Standing Figure Four, Standing Hamstring Stretch, Static Quad Stretch.

Written and Hosted by: Alison Pentecost

Theme Song: Snakes and Fire by Pär Hagström

Playlist: Master One

To learn more about my voiceover services — including commercial, corporate, e-learning, and narration work — visit www.alisonpentecost.com. Questions or feedback? Email podcast@alisonpentecost.com or connect with me on LinkedIn.