Transcript: How I'm Prepping My Body (and My Bag) for Four Days of Walking at Gen Con
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Ashley introduces the episode while on a walk, explaining that Gen Con is less than two months away and she's heard someone walk 11,000 steps in a single day just inside the convention center, which has her thinking hard about getting prepared.
Less than two months to Gen Con and all is well.
What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Gantt here.
Welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast
where I hope to inspire you to move your body
more. So I am less than two months from Gen Con
and I know just how much I'll be walking while
I'm there. Someone said something insane about
like walking 11 ,000 steps just in one day, trying
to walk around to all the places inside of the...
inside of the convention center. And so all I
can think about is, man, I really need to get
my butt in gear and be prepared for all that
cardio and all that walking. It's not that I'm
afraid that I won't be able to handle it. It's
just that I want to be able to handle it really
well. Because, yeah, I can finally lift weights
pretty well and I can get through cardio classes
and whatever. But it's like a whole new ballgame
whenever you're talking about four straight days
of constant walking. And so. That's one thing
Ashley runs through the physical items she's bringing: her ASICS Nova Blast 5 shoes, a resistance band for supplemental exercises, lots of water, fruit juices as a soda alternative, electrolyte packets (though she's frustrated by how expensive they are), granola bars for when she gets hangry, chapstick, and hand lotion.
that I am really thinking about a lot right now.
That's why I'm recording this on a walk is because
I'm like, damn, it's getting closer and I need
to make sure that I am prepared to do all that
walking. So I kind of wanted to talk about how
I'm preparing for this four day event and the
things that I'll be bringing with me to make
sure that I'm basically fueled and ready while
I'm while I'm at it. So I definitely will be
bringing the ASIC shoes that I purchased for.
the gym. I have been loving them. They're the
Nova Blast 5s and I've absolutely been loving
them. They've been really great shoes so far
and I can definitely notice a difference in terms
of how I stand, how I walk, and all that good
stuff. So those are definitely going with me
in my bag. I'm also bringing my resistance band.
I'm bringing that with me because I do fully
intend on doing some exercises outside of the
lots and lots of walking that I already know
I'll be doing. I have the exercises from my road
trip that I took to Florida still written down.
And I will be using my body weight for much of
the like weight exercises. I'll be using my body
weight for those. And I definitely need the resistance
bands for some of the exercises that are on my
list. So I'm bringing that definitely bringing
a bunch of water. I mean, whenever we went to
Florida. We went through so much water on our
trip. And so I definitely see that in my future.
Lots and lots of water. And I'm also going to
be bringing some fruit juices because we're trying
to stop reaching for sodas so much. But that's
one of the things on my list. And we're considering
those electrolyte packets because some people
have been telling me that that would help me
in terms of performance. And so I'm looking into
different ones that are... are considered really
good for performance. But the problem that I
have found with so many of them is how expensive
they are. Is that just me? Like, am I crazy?
Like, are you guys seeing the same things? I
really want to know. Like, let me know if there's
a really good and inexpensive electrolyte packet
that I should consider for my water. And so that's
definitely something that I'm going to be bringing.
Also, we'll be bringing granola bars because
like I've told y 'all in the past, when I get
hangry, it's not pretty and it's not good for
anybody. So I'm going to make sure that I have
grill bars with me so that while we're walking
around the convention floor, if I get hangry,
I've got something that can help me quickly.
That's a plan. I will also be bringing chapstick
with me because I don't know about y 'all, but
whenever I'm walking like convention centers,
I always seem to get really dry lips. I don't
know if it's because I walk so much that I'm
not getting enough hydration, but y 'all, it's
like I really need the chapstick. My personal
favorite is Burt's Bees, so I will be bringing
lots and lots of that. My second favorite is
Blistex, and I'll probably be bringing that too,
because your girl always gets chapped lips. Also,
we'll be bringing lots and lots of hand lotion.
I really like the various ones from Bath & Body
Works, but I've been getting turned on to goat's
milk lotion lately. I don't know why, but it
seems like it's like... This might sound weird,
but... Seems creamier. So I'll definitely be
bringing hand lotion. I doubt I'll be bringing
notebooks this time. I normally only do that
for conferences where I'm actually going to be
Ashley mentions bringing board games and shares two tips she received: writing her address inside every game box and potentially using AirTags to keep track of them. She also explains why she's bringing refillable 32-ounce water bottles instead of buying plastic ones at the convention.
taking classes and things like that. So I doubt
I'll be bringing notebooks, but I definitely
will be bringing games. And I got a really great
tip from someone that I should put my address
and phone number into the lid of every single
game that I'm bringing. That way, you know, it's...
someone knows it's mine and they can, like if
I forget it or whatever, I can just keep track
of the fact that it's mine. And someone else
said that I should put an air tag in all of them.
I don't know if I'll go that far, but I definitely
will be putting my address into the box so that
everybody knows it's mine. We're also going to
be bringing refillable water bottles because
I don't really want to just buy a bunch of plastic
and have a bunch of plastic. I'd rather, you
know, I guess be environmentally friendly. And
they hold more. Like my water bottles hold about
32 ounces and that's better than a 16 ounce bottle
and I'd have to carry less. So I'll probably
be doing that. I know there's a lot of water
fountains around the convention center so I could
Ashley talks through the food plan — tuna and crackers for lunches, quick heat-and-eat meals to avoid the expense of eating out — drawing on lessons from overspending on their Florida road trip. She also mentions a possible Chicago detour where her husband wants a Chicago dog and she wants to try deep dish pizza.
easily refill. But yeah, so that's the main things
that I'm going to be bringing with me. In terms
of food while we're there, I know we're definitely
going to be doing the tuna and crackers again
for lunches. And we're looking into, you know,
other quick heat meat kind of meals. that we
can have for both lunches and dinners because
it's no secret that it's kind of expensive to
travel and so since we're already spending money
on the hotel and the tickets and the gas because
lord have mercy gas has gotten ridiculous um
we're trying to be mindful of where else we're
spending our money we did go out to eat far too
many times while we were on our florida road
trip and we're trying to avoid that for this
trip so and now we're even talking about adding
an additional stop on the way home to go to chicago
for a couple of things. And so if we do that,
then I know we're going to be going out to eat
there because my husband wants a Chicago dog
and I kind of want to give Chicago deep dish
pizza another try. So we're probably going to
be going out to eat there. But other than that,
the goal is to try to bring food with us so that
we can be a little more economical on this trip
than we were on our Florida trip. So yeah, that's
the Reader's Digest version of the main things
that we're bringing on our trip to Gen Con. Am
I forgetting anything? I'd love to hear from
y 'all. Hit me up at famous -sugar .com backslash
fitness. Onwards and upwards, my friends. Have
you worked out today?