My Weekday Workout: Fisher & Phillips' Christine Baran
"Yoga particularly allows my mind to change focus for 70 consecutive minutes away from work. The break is energizing and therapeutic."
October 08, 2019 at 11:14 AM
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Christine Baran, Fisher & Phillips, Irvine, California
Baran is a partner at the firm and focuses on employment-related disputes and represents employers in matters involving discrimination, sexual harassment, wage-and-hour claims, unfair business practices, whistleblower claims, workplace violence, and wrongful discharge. Baran is an active participant in Fisher & Phillips Women's Initiative and Leadership Counsel.
How often during the week do you work out? Four to five days a week.
At what time during the day or evening do you work out? Weekday evenings 7-8:30 p.m. or 8:30-10:00 p.m.; weekends 10 a.m.
Christine Baran. Courtesy photo
What's your go-to routine? My go-to routine is yoga during the week. It's a heated class that lasts approximately 70 minutes. On the weekends I will go hiking for one to two hours and/or paddleboarding, weather permitting. If it's too cold, I inevitably end up back in a hot yoga room.
How long does it take? Seventy-minute yoga classes; one to two hours hiking or 90 minutes of paddleboarding.
Why do you like this routine? The schedule of classes during the week allows me the flexibility of working a full day and still getting a strong workout.
What does regular exercise do for you? A regular workout routine allows for a healthy release of many of the stresses with which I am confronted within litigation. Yoga particularly allows my mind to change focus for 70 consecutive minutes away from work. The break is energizing and therapeutic.
How long have you been exercising regularly? When I arrived at Fisher & Phillips it was clear that the firm valued work-life balance, which meant that I wouldn't have to disrupt my workout routine. So I have continually exercised throughout my time here, and I have exercised as a regular part of my daily life in excess of 20 years.
In what ways have you changed your routine over the months or years? When I was younger, I was more interested in high-impact exercise, i.e., running, circuit training, kick-boxing. Due to the toll high-impact exercise has on your joints, over time (I would say within the last 10 years) I changed my routine in favor of more restorative yet vigorous forms of exercise.
How do you convince yourself to work out when you don't want to? I know that I always feel so much better when it's over.
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