More Movement Please
Health & Fitness

More Movement Please

by Famous Ashley Grant

I walked into my first Zumba class and lasted 15 minutes before I had to leave because I couldn't breathe. I couldn't do a single jumping jack. I couldn't hold a plank. I was using 5-pound dumbbells and calling them my "big weights." That was August 2023. Today? 600+ group…
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Questions this podcast keeps returning to
  • Am I actually a fitness person now, or am I still just playing fitness Barbie?
  • When does slowing down mean listening to your body, and when does it mean quitting?
  • Why don't I love my body yet — and will I ever?
  • How do I give myself grace without losing my momentum?
  • Is what I'm sharing actually useful to anyone, or am I just oversharing?
Tensions inside this show
Working on self-love, treating Ashley better

Ashley frames the episode around actively working toward self-love and body acceptance, yet admits she still looks in the mirror and sees 'that formerly fat girl' despite dropping multiple pant sizes.

-love thing, I'm working on treating Ashley better. I'm working more on falling in love with who I am as a person. And I do feel more confident
↕ but
and I still see that formerly fat girl. I really
I'm Losing Weight But I Still Don't Love My Body (Here's What I'm Doing About It)
Fitness is fully her identity now

She declares fitness is her identity and she cannot imagine a day without movement, yet in the same episode admits she still sometimes feels like 'a girl that's playing fitness Barbie' because she's not as strong or as far along as she wants to be.

identity. Fitness is my thing. It is the thing that I am obsessed with now. And, you know, it's
↕ but
I still feel like a girl that's playing, you know, fitness Barbie, only because I'm not as
Want to Quit Mid-Workout? Me Too. Here's What Keeps Me Going
Move every day — that's the whole goal

Ashley holds 'move every day' as her core fitness identity, yet describes feeling genuine guilt and depression when her body forced her to skip a Sunday workout entirely.

yoga. But for the most part, the whole goal is move every day. Y 'all last Sunday, I could not
↕ but
Like I felt a level of guilt that I haven't felt in a long time over fitness. And it was it was really depressing. Like it really, really bothered me that I couldn't I couldn't bring myself to
When Your Body Says No: Giving Yourself Grace Without Losing Your Momentum
Podcast as inspiration to move more

Ashley frames the show as a place to inspire listeners to move their bodies, while simultaneously admitting she's been complaining so much a gym mate called her out for it.

here, welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast where I hope to inspire you to move your body
↕ but
week I got called out by one of my gym mates because I was complaining a lot. And the truth is I was. Last week I complained more than I have in a long time. And I was just having a
When the Complaining Gets Called Out: A Raw, Honest Check-In
Naturally eating healthier without trying

Ashley describes herself as someone who has naturally stopped craving sweets and started reaching for healthier foods since going to the gym — but in the same episode admits she's been eating far more sweets than usual and feeling 'hella guilty' about it.

adapting my eating habits to be healthier. And it wasn't even intentional. It's just kind of
↕ but
I've been feeling hella guilty this week about how. How much I've been consuming in terms of like sweets and like I've tried to be much better about not just grabbing sweets because they're
Drop It, Keep It, Add It: A Trainer's No-Guilt Approach to Eating Better
Telling others not to wait — just start now

Ashley tells listeners not to wait for an arbitrary day to start, while also admitting she herself went too hard and had to dial back significantly after her body wasn't happy.

Don't wait for an arbitrary day. Just start.
↕ but
trying to go to every single class that I could possibly fit in. And the reality is that my body was not happy about it. I probably could have
Real Talk on Weights, the Scale, and What a Full Week of Working Out Actually Looks Like
I am the more movement please girl

Ashley holds a firm identity as someone who must be at the gym as often as possible, yet her body has forced her to announce a four-week experiment of pulling back from the gym entirely.

for a while, but I tried to ignore it. I tried to just, you know, be the girl that was like, no, I'm the more movement please girl. I'm supposed to be at the gym as often as possible. Every day it's open. I need to be there. And that really
↕ but
body. But I think right now I don't really have a choice in the fact that I need to stop going to the gym as much. But again, I want to reiterate,
Less Movement, Please? Wait, WHAT?!?
Doesn't subscribe to diets or food restriction

Ashley states she doesn't believe in holding yourself back from anything you want to consume, yet admits she's been 'feeling hella guilty' about craving sweets, pasta, and soda.

that I don't subscribe to diet culture. I don't think that we should, you know, hold ourselves back from... anything that we want to consume
↕ but
I have just been like craving the sweets and the carbs and the pasta and all the things and I'm like feeling hella guilty about it I've been
Why I Feel Guilty About Food (Even Though I Don't Believe in Diets)
More Movement Please is not: This is not a fitness transformation podcast where someone who figured it out tells you how to do the same — Ashley explicitly says 'I don't know if that will help you or not, but it's definitely helping me,' and the catalog includes episodes where she's bedridden, being called out for complaining, and admitting she still sees her former self in the mirror. It's also not diet culture content: Ashley doesn't believe in restriction, runs experiments instead of following programs, and describes herself as being in a 'messy middle' with food rather than having a clean system.
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