# @juliamerwin on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMfWyB2M9kZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36916775-juliamerwin-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f1a3c1a973.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-24T12:08:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** JM Fitness | NASM Personal Trainer (@juliamerwin) — https://gondola.cc/juliamerwin

## Caption

Hot take? Years ago I was that girl doing workouts made up of 15-20 different exercises🙃

I would sweat my butt off for hours🥵which I thought meant I was burning tons of calories and making tons of progress…yet my physique never changed. 

WHY? Because I was doing everything so wrong!!! 

I thought more exercises = better workout but that’s not the case at all. Once I cut my lifts back to 5-6 exercises per workout and focused on quality form, intentional reps, purposeful rest periods and progressive overload, everything clicked into place and it actually became so easy to make progress!🙌🏽I started working smarter not harder in the sense that my workouts actually had a purpose and intentional programming behind them rather than just doing whatever I could to sweat a ton😅

One of the most common messages I get from girls doing my programs is “I never knew such simple workouts could be so effective!” So I know I’m not alone when it comes to my old way of training, but man am I glad I learned this lesson!!! 

For details on this workout head to my app, this lift is under my “Daily Lifts” category! I share every single workout that I do incase you didn’t know!!! 

#personaltrainer #explore #fitnessmotivation #fitness #workout #lift

## Stats

- **Views:** 9,061
- **Likes:** 350
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- **Comments:** 8

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JM Fitness | NASM Personal Trainer | @juliamerwin | https://gondola.cc/juliamerwin | Influencer |
| Lauren Jacaruso | @laurenjacaruso | https://gondola.cc/laurenjacaruso | Director of Partnerships |
| JM Fitness | NASM Personal Trainer | @juliamerwin | https://gondola.cc/juliamerwin | YouTuber |
| JM Fitness | NASM Personal Trainer | @juliamerwin | https://gondola.cc/juliamerwin | Fitness Trainer |

## Tags

personaltrainer, explore, fitness, fitnessmotivation, lift, workout

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