It's Never Too Late to Begin Your Fitness Journey with Traci Townsend

09/22/23 • 32 min

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Do you ever feel like you are too busy, too old, or too out of shape to begin a fitness journey? Well, think again - our guest Traci Townsend is here to start you on a path to become a stronger, more active, and more fit version of yourself. Traci is a retired public educator who made a big life shift, becoming a certified personal trainer and online fitness coach for women over 50. Now, she operates an online personal fitness coaching business, offering one-on-one consultations, custom workout plans, nutritional education, group classes, and more.

However, it’s not just weights and bands with Traci... though those are important... she is also all about finding your “why” for physical fitness, and wants everyone to know that you can always start, wherever you are, right now. She is here to improve and maintain the quality of your life, and maybe get you a little muscle in the process!

To learn more about Traci, visit her at https://www.fitnesswithtraci.com/ or on instagram @fitnesseithtraci

1:08 Traci Introduction

3:11 Getting certified in personal training

5:01 Introduction to Fitness With Traci

5:38 Top 3 Obstacles for women over 50 trying to get into fitness

7:36 Where do I start?

9:00 Accepting the you now vs the you then

10:30 Tapping into how you are feeling physically, and helping you feel better

12:30 Combating Negative Body Image and Negative Self Image, and the importance of Self Care

16:20 How do I find the time for physical fitness?

18:55 Finding Motivation for Fitness

23:21 Fitting your Fitness into your Lifestyle

24:43 5 Essential Fitness Tips from Traci

31:06 Where you can find Traci

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To learn more about Traci, visit her at https://www.fitnesswithtraci.com/ or on instagram @fitnesseithtraci

1:08 Traci Introduction

3:11 Getting certified in personal training

5:01 Introduction to Fitness With Traci

5:38 Top 3 Obstacles for women over 50 trying to get into fitness

7:36 Where do I start?

9:00 Accepting the you now vs the you then

10:30 Tapping into how you are feeling physically, and helping you feel better

12:30 Combating Negative Body Image and Negative Self Image, and the importance of Self Care

16:20 How do I find the time for physical fitness?

18:55 Finding Motivation for Fitness

23:21 Fitting your Fitness into your Lifestyle

24:43 5 Essential Fitness Tips from Traci

31:06 Where you can find Traci

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28:25 - Final words of wisdom from Kathy

29:13 - How to find Kathy and get “To Walk it is to See it”

This Podcast was Produced by Rainbow Creative with Senior Producer Matthew Jones, Producer Stephen Selnick, and Editor & Audio Engineer Rob Johnson. To learn more about making a Podcast for you or your business, visit rainbowcreative.co

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