Episode 6Nov 14, 2025· 7:10
Cold Weather Killed My Fitness for Years | How to Stop Letting Temperature Control Your Workouts
About this episode
"It's too cold" kept me out of shape for years. Sound familiar? In this episode, I break down why weather is just another excuse and share practical strategies for staying active when temperatures drop (whether you work out indoors or brave the cold).
You'll hear about indoor workout alternatives that require zero equipment, how to mentally reframe cold weather workouts, and why I'm offering free accountability to…
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Full transcript
00:13
What's up, you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here,
00:15
and welcome to More Movement, Please. I am coming
00:17
at you live from my car, which is where I said
00:21
I'm going to be recording most of these episodes.
00:23
But the exciting thing about today's recording
00:25
is that I'm recording with a brand new lavalier
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mic. And the reason I'm so excited about that
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is because it has better sounding audio. I don't
00:33
know if you can notice, but if you're an audiophile
00:35
like I am, you'll probably be able to tell that
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there is a little bit better sound. It's a little
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crisper. It's a little... it's a little better.
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And using that in tandem with Adobe podcast,
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it's just going to be so much better for the
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quality. And I'm just excited about it. The main
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reason that I finally pulled the trigger and
00:54
purchased these lovely lavalier mics is because
00:58
you guys, I finally had the chance to interview
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my instructor. This is the gal that I told y
01:03
'all that I wanted to interview in the very first
01:05
episode. I said that if I was going to start
01:08
interviewing guests, I wanted to interview her.
01:10
And I've done that now. It was a fantastic interview.
01:13
It was so good. She dropped so many amazing knowledge
01:16
bonds. She shared so much amazing education,
01:19
some of the best content that I have heard, any
01:21
fitness. person of ever say and even better than
01:26
most of the TikTok creators and fitness people
01:29
that I follow online she shared some amazing
01:32
amazing truth bombs and I can't wait to share
01:34
them all with you so that will be dropping soon
01:36
it is not ready yet but I'm super freaking stoked
01:40
that she even gave me the time of day to interview
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her because I know she is not the type of person
01:45
that likes spotlight let alone being mic'd up
01:48
and interviewed but that is coming soon but that
01:50
is not the point of today's episode Today, what
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I want to talk to you guys about is going to
01:56
the gym when it's cold or when there's weather
02:00
problems. So one of the things that happened
02:03
this week is that on Monday, it dropped to 26
02:06
degrees in Richmond, Kentucky. It may have actually
02:09
been colder, but whenever I woke up, that's what
02:11
the temperature outside said. It said it was
02:14
26 degrees and it was actually snowing the night
02:17
before. And the truth is that... Throughout most
02:20
of Monday, it was also snowing. We had snow showers
02:23
and it's very early in the season for this to
02:26
happen. But an interesting thing occurred because
02:29
of the fact that we had snow showers. And that's
02:31
that a lot of people did not show up to class.
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I cracked the joke as soon as I walked in. What
02:36
is everybody scared of the cold? Because there
02:38
were so many people that I'm used to seeing at
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the gym that did not actually attend. The instructor
02:45
and I kind of had a little bit of a back and
02:47
forth about the fact that sometimes what she
02:50
notices is whenever it starts to get cold, people
02:53
stop showing up to the gym. So what should you
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do if you're feeling the same way that it's too
02:58
cold and you don't want to go to the gym? Well,
03:01
if you heard my last episode where I basically
03:03
gave you a little bit of tough love and said
03:04
you should go anyway, I'm going to say it again.
03:07
You should go anyway. However. I do understand
03:10
that there's going to come a point where the
03:12
roads are going to be too slick or, you know,
03:14
there's going to be snow on the ground and people
03:15
aren't going to want to drive. If that happens,
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this is what you should do. Are you ready for
03:19
this? It's simple advice and I really hope you'll
03:22
take it. Go to YouTube. I have to tell you, I
03:25
have been taking fitness classes on YouTube for
03:27
the better part of the last three months and
03:29
I'm taking them on Wednesdays and Sundays. I'm
03:32
mainly taking the stretch classes and they have
03:36
been amazing. I can't even explain to you how
03:40
wonderful it has been to be able to move my body
03:44
even whenever I cannot get to the gym. Because
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the reality is you should not have an excuse
03:49
in this day and age. If you have access to the
03:52
internet, you have access to classes. And on
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, what I used to do is
03:59
if I could not do the Matt Pilates class, I would
04:02
do a standing Pilates class on YouTube. I would
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look them up. I have some amazing videos that
04:08
I, that are my go -tos that I have a playlist
04:10
for, and I will happily share those in the show
04:13
notes as well. But basically when I can't get
04:16
to the gym, but I know I want to work out, I
04:19
go to YouTube and I know that might seem a little
04:22
bit like a cop -out, but there's some actually
04:24
really good content on there. And I. I would
04:28
happily share these videos that I've been watching
04:31
and using with y 'all. Because there should be
04:34
no excuse, right? There should be no excuse for
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not working out. If you want to get in shape,
04:42
if you want to stay in shape, you cannot use
04:45
the weather outside as your reason for not moving.
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So the whole idea of this entire podcast, this
04:54
whole movement, is that I want a movement of
04:56
movement, right? And so I want to make it easier
04:59
for everybody to move more. And if you want me
05:04
to be your accountability, I would love to do
05:06
that. Hit me up. I'm on. Instagram, I'm on Facebook,
05:10
I'm on all the socials at Famous Ashley Grant.
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And if I'm not at Famous Ashley Grant, you can
05:15
still search Famous Ashley Grant and you will
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find me on any of the social media profiles that
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I have. I'm on Pinterest, I'm on X, all the things.
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And if you hit me up and you say, hey, Ashley,
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I want to be an accountability buddy. I will
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send you an email every single Monday, just like
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I'm doing with some of my other friends, basically
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saying, have you worked out today? And I will
05:34
also say, what are you doing this week to move
05:37
your body more? Just that little bit of accountability,
05:40
just that little bit of a nudge of someone saying,
05:43
hey, I'm watching you. It might be all you need
05:47
to just finally move more. And I really want
05:50
that for you. So if you're interested. Hit me
05:53
up. There's no cost for this. I'm not charging
05:55
or anything like that. The whole goal is simply
05:57
to get you to move more. So hit me up on all
06:00
the socials. That's basically all I've got for
06:02
you today is that I want you to not let the weather
06:04
be your excuse for why you don't move. And if
06:07
you're looking for an accountability, I would
06:09
love to be the person that holds you accountable
06:11
and makes you move your body more. So. I really
06:15
appreciate you guys even listening to these episodes.
06:17
I hope that they're helpful. And I can't wait
06:20
for you to listen to the interview I did with
06:22
Rhonda. Like I said, it will be dropping in three
06:24
episodes because it was just so jam -packed with
06:27
so much good stuff. And I don't want to overwhelm
06:29
anybody. And I just really hope that you guys
06:32
get inspired to start moving more. So onwards
06:35
and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out
06:37
today?
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