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LET'S GET PHYSICAL Staying fit in post doesn't have to be a chore. In the photos on these pages, Danielle and Charles illus- trate some basic fitness movements designed to get the blood moving. 1. Danielle is doing a pushup with rotating handles, but you can get great results with hands alone, too. 2. A lacrosse or other fitness ball is perfect to find the trigger points in muscles, as Danielle demon- strates. (Search on YouTube under "lacrosse ball stretching" to get started.) 3. And yoga movements, as Charles and Danielle demonstrate, are a great way to maintain flexi- bility, especially after sitting in an editing chair all day. Nerd Fitness (www.nerdfitness. com) — Breaks fitness down into manageable, goal-oriented chunks. You can subscribe to the newsletter and also search for a personal trainer. Free articles are also available. Bodybuilding.com — We get it, you're not a professional body- builder. But you don't have to be to find value on this site. You can find clear instructions on how to perform basic movements like stretches, all the way up to more complicated stuff like Olympic lifts. American Council on Exercise (acefitness.org) — Here's another ACE you need to know! A lot of the content here is geared to- ward trainers and other people planning a career in fitness, but there's also a large library of exercise-related content and other resources. 34 C I N E M O N T A G E C O V E R S T O R Y the mobility that your shoulders have lost. Myofascial release works wonders on your back, especially with a lacrosse ball. You put deep pressure on your tightened muscles and after a while, you'll feel the muscles slowly release tension. The lacrosse ball is also great for the forearms. There are little knots that form there too. Myofascial release, baby. All day. MENTAL HEALTH, TOO Barbara Deutsch and Belle Zw- erdling are veteran career and life coaches to Hollywood professionals. They shared their observations and opinions on mental health within our industry. Barbara's perception is that the topic of mental health has histor- ically been kept secret in Hollywood, but that more recently, since the "Me Too" Movement, people have become more willing to consider and discuss their own mental health. Today, she says, "…the shame of mental health has lessened." Rick Rubin refers to creatives in his book, "The Creative Act — A Way of Being," as "...the ones with the most 1 2