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Rebekah “Bex” Borucki is a mother-of-three, a Certified Personal Trainer, and an urban farming hobbyist raising backyard chickens and growing her own organic garden in a small urban space. Her popular workout series on YouTube - “You Have 4 Minutes” - shows people how to fit effective daily exercise routines into the busiest schedules. Her message is all about “organic fitness” and “muscle without meat”. You can find out more about Bex’ work and family on her website, BexLife.com.
At risk of sounding like I’m making a bad attempt at sounding philosophical, the only way I can really describe my daily activities is that they are, at once, always and never the same. As a business owner, a mother of three very active children, wife to a freelance music photographer, and guardian to 10 backyard chickens, one housecat, one stray cat, one feisty little turtle and 2 fuzzy gerbils, my chores are endless and my days are reliably unpredictable.
My Way: Bex
Thursday - is a photo shoot day. In addition to running my own fitness business, BexLife.com, I also work for my husband, Justin Borucki, a music & celebrity photographer. My dining room is filled with photo equipment all ready to be packed into the family/business minivan and I’m ready to start my morning chores. The following list of tasks is my everyday, so I’ll only bore you with this once: wake up to clucking chickens outside my window at 6:00am, feed the chickens, water the gardens, throw in a load of laundry, fold and put away the laundry from the night before, unload the dishwasher, wake up the kids, prepare breakfast (today it’s organic eggs from my backyard chickens and fresh fruit), pack up my essentials for the photo shoot, feed the family, clean up after the family, rush out the door.
Today we’re in upstate New York at the home of Funkmaster Flex, shooting him with his brand new Harley Davidson custom motorcycle for Rides Magazine. I know it’s going to be a long hot day, so I’ve packed extra bananas, blueberries, cashews and lots of water. I always have snacks on hand – one part because I’m a mom and one part because being an active person on a mostly raw diet requires eating a lot of light small meals and snacks. This will be my entire diet for the rest of the day. The shoot goes well and all involved seem happy. It’s never fun working in the hot sun, but I really can’t complain about a job that allows me to be surrounded by the most creative people all the time, including my adorable husband. The day ends with our long drive back to New Jersey by way of Brooklyn to drop off our photo assistant. We only have to work outside the home a handful of days each month, and I’m so grateful that we have careers that allow us to be home with our children most of the time. It’s only been 10 hours since I’ve seen the kids, but I can’t wait to cuddle them when I get home!
Friday - This Friday is a very special day. I’m packing my bags (and my 2-banana breakfast) for the weekend to stay in our Brooklyn place, because I’m starting my Strala Yoga teacher training with celebrity yoga instructor, Tara Stiles. If you’re at all familiar with me or with my YouTube videos, you’ll know that I’m two things: [1] a very aggressive fitness trainer and [2] a banana ADDICT. I discovered Tara Stiles on YouTube during a personal video series I was making about my exploration of different fitness options. I wanted to balance my practice and explore the “softer side of Bex.” After many visits to several yoga studios and only one visit to hers, I quickly realized that Strala is my yoga home. What I also discovered is that yoga is not at all about being “soft.” I’ve never been challenged like this before. The jury is still out on whether or not I will begin teaching yoga after this, but I’ve already integrated it into my personal and client practices. To keep my energy up for class, I get a “Black Beauty” smoothie from Great Jones Spa and do a Whole Foods “raw haul”, picking up blackberries, nuts, grapes, apricots, bananas, blueberries, and coconut water.
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