My Weekday Workout: Brownstein Hyatt's Lisa Hogan
"Many lawyers, myself included, err on the side of driving ourselves too hard and not appreciating the value of rest."
December 19, 2019 at 02:19 PM
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Lisa Hogan, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Denver
Hogan is a partner focused on employment law and employment litigation. Previously, she was vice president of litigation at Level 3 Communications and served as deputy district attorney for the city of Denver.
How often during the week do you work out? I try to do something every day.
At what time during the day or evening do you work out? Definitely a morning workout person, except for the noon yoga class I teach one day a week at the firm.
What's your go-to routine? Variation is essential to me: I do yoga most mornings, sometimes going to a class and sometimes designing my own. I supplement that with about 35 minutes on a home Pilates Reformer. Two mornings a week I go to FitTek, which involves electromuscular stimulation during a 20-minute workout. I love to ride my bike. I sometimes go to Orange Theory or I may also climb on aerial fabric. I live in Boulder, Colorado, so have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to options.
How long does it take? I generally allot myself about an hour, depending on the circumstances.
Lisa Hogan.
Why do you like this routine? As you can see, my routine is more of a non-routine mix of different modes of activity, depending on how my body is feeling, whether I am working around an injury, and time constraints.
What does regular exercise do for you? For reasons I didn't think about much, I always knew that regular exercise helped "keep me sane." Now I understand much more about neuroplasticity and how daily habits can reshape the functional connectivity of my brain. Intelligent yoga sequencing, for example, can promote more balanced brain hemispheric integration and breathing techniques can quickly influence what chemicals our brain releases and thereby influence our levels of discernment. That matters for lawyers!
How long have you been exercising regularly? Probably since law school when my jobs became more sedentary, though I've always enjoyed being active.
In what ways have you changed your routine over the months or years? I've had two children, two ACL reconstructions, and various other injuries and surgeries, so all of those have created challenges that turned into opportunities to figure out other ways of doing things. I've phased out high-impact activities and deepened my interest in yoga principles, even getting an additional certification in teaching "Prime of Life Yoga," which is more focused on aging bodies, as well as brains that may be drawn towards more contemplative pursuits.
How do you get yourself to work out when you don't want to? If I really don't want to work out, I don't. I think many lawyers, myself included, err on the side of driving ourselves too hard and not appreciating the value of rest. And if you vary what you're doing, there's almost always going to be some form of movement that I feel like doing.
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