Real Fit
Pam Moore
Do you worry that you’re not enough—not good enough, successful enough, or thin enough?Do you ever wonder if your self-worth hinges too strongly on your weight or your athletic performance? Real Fit is for women like you. You can expect conversations with remarkable women athletes where we get real about issues like body image, impostor syndrome, and empowerment. My goal is to share stories that will inspire you to be your best self and to and let you know you're not alone.
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06/01/21 • 69 min
If you’re trying to raise kids with good body image- despite the fact that you still don’t have all your sh*t figured out- this is a must listen. (Also, if you’re forcing your kids to master martial arts, you might be on to something!)
**Trigger warning: eating disorders**
Guest bio
Sarah Johnson is the Association Director of Group Exercise for the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from Simpson College with a degree in Sports Medicine and Management. She then moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue a career in Corporate Wellness as a Group Exercise Coordinator and 7 years ago joined the Y. Sarah is a Certified Personal Trainer and holds certifications for varying group exercise formats. Through her work in the wellness industry, she has become passionate about promoting body positivity and sharing the message that fitness is for every BODY.
Connect with Sarah LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-johnson24/
In this episode we talk about:
- Her parents’ pushing her to obtain a black belt in Tae kwondo as a kid, and the doors that opened up for her later on; most notably it was her gateway to group fitness instruction.
- Playing volleyball as a teenager and discovering her love for team sports and competition
- Dabbling in track events
- How majoring in athletic training was a great background for her to build a career in wellness
- Working at a weight loss camp for teenagers right out of college
- How the heck you pronounce “Tae kwondo” as well as variations on the pronunciation of “bagel”
- “Getting your body back” after pregnancy and why this is an expression that needs to die.
- “Dad bod” and all its implications
- Kids clothing labels (specifically, “husky”)
- Thin doesn’t necessarily equal healthy
- Diets don’t work
- The struggle to raise kids with a healthy body image
- Covid as an opportunity to connect
- Impostor Syndrome
- Showing up as a group fitness instructor in a bigger body
- The joys of being a fitness instructor
- What is an athlete?
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Meghan Wieser, physical therapist and weight lifter: Learning to Listen to Your Body | ep. 27
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02/08/22 • 56 min
Meghan is a doctor of physical therapy and works as a physiocoach at Recharge in Ellicott City, Maryland. Recharge is a group fitness environment run by physical therapists (think: rehab and fitness under one roof) where Meghan programs and teaches group classes and treats patients. She also does remote strength programming.
Meghan started her gym habit for aesthetic reasons (and to complete a challenge), but stayed for the social aspect and how she feels when she can confidently lift heavy weights.
Connect with Meghan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meghan.wieser
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.megaweezy.physio/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-wieser-45421566/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcE_ZiB-B63lNGvNWAtK9g7-tk2ps8a95\
Trigger warning: counting macros, weight loss
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Nell Rojas: pro runner: “I’m a very strong Latina that doesn’t have to fit the mold.” | ep. 25
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01/25/22 • 60 min
Nell Rojas is on fire right now. This month, she signed a shoe deal with Adidas and recently finished the Houston Half Marathon in 9th place (with a PR of 1:09:42).
She was born into a Boulder, Colorado running family—I think it’s fair to say her dad, Ric Rojas, is a living legend in the running world. He was one of the first athletes to run for Nike, he won the very first BolderBoulder, and held the world record for the 15K. Now, he’s Nell’s coach—and she is following in his footsteps.
Nell walked onto the running program at Northern Arizona University as a freshman, and by her senior year, she’d earned a running scholarship. After college, she became a pro triathlete and dabbled in obstacle course racing before jumping into her first marathon. She signed up to race the California International Marathon, thinking she ought to have a marathon under her belt if she was going to eventually do an Ironman triathlon, which was her plan. But after finishing 7th with a time of 2:31, she realized she had a ton of potential as a runner—and she still hasn’t gotten around to that Ironman.
Since then, Nell’s running highlights include winning the BolderBoulder Citizen’s Race (a lifelong dream of hers); winning Grandma's Marathon (in 2:28, a blistering 5:40 pace), and finishing 9th at the 2020 Olympic marathon trials on a hilly course in Atlanta.
After a bit of a break due to an injury and the pandemic, she was the first American to cross the line at the 2021 Boston Marathon this fall, where she finished in 6th place overall. And this was immediately after lying in bed for days with a fever, wondering if she’d even be well enough to get to the start line.
Connect with Nell
Website: rojasrunning.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nell_rojas_running
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nellrojas
Trigger warning: bulimia
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Kara Hardman is a Construction Project Manager at Flintco, the Chief Fun Officer of WNDR Outdoors, and a curvy adventurer living in Colorado. Her favorite adventures include hiking with her adorable dog and kayaking. Kara has been in a plus-size body for many years and understands the thought work it takes to love yourself exactly as you are. In March 2019, Kara climbed Kilimanjaro with the Cury Kili Crew, an all-women’s group of curvy hikers, for International Women’s Day. Their journey is the basis for the documentary.
Connect with Kara
WNDR Outdoors: Wndroutdoors.com, https://m.facebook.com/#!/wndroutdoors/?ref=bookmarks
Instagram: @adventuristkara and @wndroutdoors
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wndr-outdoors
Trigger warning: eating disorders
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Like many endurance athletes, Stephanie Roth-Goldberg assumed her weight played a big role in her performance. As a marathoner and an Ironman triathlete, she didn’t think there was anything wrong with chronically missing her period. It took a cycle of multiple injuries for her to realize there was, in fact, something seriously wrong with the picture.
Today Stephanie is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and specialist in eating disorders. She’s also the founder of Intuitive Psychotherapy NYC, a small group practice that specializes in working with folks with eating disorders from an anti-diet, Health At Every Size approach. Stephanie is passionate about working with athletes at all levels and people looking to heal their relationships with exercise.
Connect with Stephanie
Website: https://www.intuitivepsychotherapynyc.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/intuitivepsychotherapynyc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embodiedpsychotherapist/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-l-roth-goldberg-lcsw-r-20023419/
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05/04/21 • 61 min
Connect with Liz
Website: www.lizwilleyfitness.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lizwilleyfitness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizwilleyfitness/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6j1-BWSmkwlpytG9wV8Myg
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-willey-8a023117/
About Liz Willey
I am so excited to introduce you to my first guest, Liz Willey, who is one of my favorite people of all time. She’s my sister and we talk nearly every day, sometimes multiple times per day. She’s a pediatric speech-language pathologist turned personal trainer who is passionate about giving regular people the tools to make fitness a part of their everyday life. Although Liz was athletic growing up, once she graduated high school and stopped playing team sports, for many years, fitness just wasn’t part of her life.
When she did find her way back to fitness in her 20’s her goal was simply to lose weightand the habit didn’t stick. But after having her second child, she started exercising regularly again. This time it was less about weight loss and more about wanting to just feel good.
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Show notes
In this episode we talk about:
- What sports and fitness meant to Liz
- Liz’s low-grade self-destructive college years
- How Zumba changed Liz’s life
- Making the shift from exercising for aesthetic reasons to working out just for the joy of it
- Liz’s relationship with alcohol and exploring sober life
- The challenges of a mid-life career change
- How making YouTube videos is actually just like... LIFE
- How breaking a challenge down into smaller chunks can make it less scary
- How surrounding herself with a great support system helps her face challenges
- Letting go of habits that don’t serve you
- Finding the sweet spot between trying to level up and feeling like you’re enough as you are
- Trusting yourself and allowing your curiosity to guide you to the next step
- What you can expect when you take a virtual group fitness class with Liz
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Why I started this podcast
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04/27/21 • 16 min
Welcome to the Real Fit podcast!
In this episode I share why I'm doing this and what I hope it gives you.
If you're on board with my mission to empower badass women like yourself, you can help me reach more listeners by rating, reviewing, or subscribing.
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07/03/23 • 51 min
#56 // Sara Gross, retired pro triathlete and founder of Feisty Media // Growing up, Sara Gross was one of the strongest, fastest, kids in her class. So she didn’t understand why she only saw women playing sports on TV once every four years, at the Olympics. Today, she’s a retired professional triathlete and the CEO and Founder of Feisty Media, a company she created in 2017 with the goal of creating an empowering culture for all active women. Feisty Media approaches change-making in a multi-disciplinary way, using four pillars of performance: Physiology, Nutrition, Mental Health and Culture.
After defending her PhD in Women’s History in 2008, Sara competed as a professional triathlete for 14 years and won two Ironman titles and two major championships.
Born in Canada, she went to high school in the United Arab Emirates, and has lived in Scotland, France, Switzerland, and the US. Sara currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia with her daughter Rosalee.
In addition to being the head Feisty Chief, Sara also hosts the Feisty Women’s Performance Podcast, and is an amateur CrossFitter.
In this interview we discuss...
- How Sara became a pro triathlete
- What it took for her to win her first Ironman at age 38
- How inadequate nutrition impaired her performance
- The intersection of diet culture and sport
- Why Sara is actually grateful for PMS
- How she’s negotiating perimenopause
- The shift from endurance sports to CrossFit
- The parallels between sport and entrepreneurship
CONNECT WITH SARA
Website: www.livefeisty.com // Instagram: instagram.com/feisty_media // Twitter: twitter.com/saragross
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Content warning: eating disorders, trauma
If you need a huge dose of inspiration, this episode is for you. Our guest, ultra runner and gravel cyclist Hillary Allen, best known for her incredible comeback after the near-fatal accident she survived during an endurance race in Norway, is the definition of resilience.
Hillary is a Boulder-based ultra-endurance athlete who races for both the Brooks running team the Pinarello gravel bike team. She’s also a scientist with a Master's degree in neuroscience and physiology, a running coach, and the author of Out and Back, a memoir chronicling her incredible story of recovery and resilience.
Hillary was at the pinnacle of her running career, when, while competing in 2017 a sky race in Norway, when one misstep almost cost her life. She fell 150 feet off of a ridge when and had to be airlifted out with a long list of injuries.
Doctors said she would never run again. Not only is she running again, she's crushing it. With strength training and gravel cycling in her repertoire, she recently complete her first 100-miler at the UTMB, where she placed third American.
In this interview she shares how she got into trail running, her eating disorder recovery, what motivated her through her arduous rehab process, how she manages strength training, running, and cycling, how her creative process helps with her mental health, how she keeps perfectionism at bay, why she wrote her memoir Out and Back, what community means to her, how she healed from trauma, and so much more.
Connect with Hillary
Website
Facebook
Instagram
Hillary Allen - Athlete - Brooks Running | LinkedIn
Hillary Allen - YouTube
Trail Society on Apple Podcasts
Links/Resources
Amelia Boone
Rea Kolbl
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Hillary’s newsletter (sign up and get a free workbook)
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Jamie Gold is a self-proclaimed couch potato turned athlete;
In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, she was sedentary and as she put it “checked out” when her husband announced he wanted a divorce. Knowing something had to change, she started swimming laps in her neighborhood pool.
Today she’s Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach, wellness design consultant, and the author of three books. The latest, which is Wellness by Design, gives people actionable strategies to modify their homes in ways that support their health- on any budget.
Since turning 50, she’s done marathons, half marathons, obstacle course races including a Spartan trifecta, and has summited Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states. This December she’ll summit Mt Kilimanjaro.
In this episode, Jamie talks really openly about how she changed her life, how she’s fallen - literally along the way, and why she keeps getting back up. If you need a dose of positivity today, you will find it here! She also gives practical suggestions on how your home can help you recover better for your next workout.
Connect with Jamie
Wellness Wednesdays on Clubhouse:
Website: https://jamiegold.net/ (Visit now to take a free quiz: Is your home supporting your health or sabotaging it?)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jgwellnessdesign/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JGWellnessDesgn
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jgwellnessdesign/_created/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JGWellnessDesign/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgwellnessdesign/
Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/wellness-wednesdays
In this episode, we talked about...
- Growing up in Brooklyn, Jamie didn’t like gym and was always picked last for teams
- Weight cycling during her teens
- Switching careers - media executive to interior design
- Falling into a habit of coming home from work to crash on the couch and snack
- How her divorce was a wake-up call, sparking a commitment to a healthy lifestyle
- Moving from Florida to San Diego after her divorce
- Gradually building fitness, focusing on the exercise she was capable of doing without access to a gym
- How volunteering at a Tough Mudder finish line changed Jamie’s life
- How she trained for her first obstacle course, a Spartan race
- From obstacle racing to half marathons to a full marathon. summiting Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the lower 48 states) - all in her 50’s
- How to inspire yourself
AND so much more!!!
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How many episodes does Real Fit have?
Real Fit currently has 73 episodes available.
What topics does Real Fit cover?
The podcast is about Body Image, Society & Culture, Women, Intuitive Eating, Women'S Health, Podcasts, Philosophy and Confidence.
What is the most popular episode on Real Fit?
The episode title 'Intuitive Eating for Runners (Another Mother Runner podcast cross-feed) | ep 48' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Real Fit?
The average episode length on Real Fit is 52 minutes.
How often are episodes of Real Fit released?
Episodes of Real Fit are typically released every 7 days, 4 hours.
When was the first episode of Real Fit?
The first episode of Real Fit was released on Mar 13, 2021.
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