Transcript: I'll Be Your Guinea Pig: Testing Fitness Products So You Don't Have To
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Ashley introduces the episode's premise: she wants to try fitness products and classes on behalf of listeners and report back, referencing past examples like walking-in-place classes and standing Pilates.
I guess what I'm saying is, I'm willing to be your guinea pig. What's up my movers and shakers? Famous Ashley Grant here. Welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast where I hope to inspire you to move your body more. So basically, today's episode, I just kind of want to share that I am willing to be y 'all's guinea pig. Um, I have started thinking about where I want this show to go and some of the questions that I receive.
And I think it'd be kind of fun to try some products and tell y 'all about them. Like tell you what I'm thinking about, what I tell y 'all about different products that I'm trying. Like if it's a protein bar or a electrolyte supplement or. I don't know, insert product here or insert class here. I think that would even be fun because I have in the past, you know, whenever there were different classes that I've tried online, I've told y 'all about them. Like I tried a few walking classes where you walk in place whenever I couldn't go outside and go for a walk. I tried those and I told y 'all what I thought about them. I reported back. And then I did a standing Pilates class and told y 'all what I thought about that. And so basically what I'm saying is, I think it'd be fun to be y 'all's guinea pig. I think that'd be a lot of fun to be your guinea pig. So what I want you to do is head to famousashagrant .com backslash feedback and
tell me what kind of things I should try. What kind of things you want to know about? Like, is there a product you're curious about? Is there something that's fitness related that... you have considered, but you'd really like someone else to try it first, because I think that would be just so much fun. Maybe I'm weird, but I think that'd be a lot of fun. So hit me up, famousashtagrant.com backslash feedback. I am already, I've already got a few things on my list of things that I want to try. I've told y 'all in the past that I am not really interested in shots or pills anymore. There is something to be said for taking supplements because I do take a multivitamin every day and I do take other supplements that I have to take whenever, you know, they're health related. But I'm not going to ever subscribe to detox teas or, you know, meal replacement stuff. Like I don't ever intend to do that because
Ashley draws a line at detox teas and meal replacements, explaining she's not a 'diet culture girly,' while staying open to things like protein supplements and products listeners are genuinely curious about.
I've told y 'all I'm not a diet culture girly. I don't, I don't. plan on doing any of that. But if there's something that gives you just a little bit of additional protein, I can see the benefits of that. So I'm curious about those kinds of things. Some of the things that I've complained about on here recently, I actually want to try just to see. what's the hype about like is it really that serious like hell I'll even try the protein pancakes I don't even care I want to try all the things that you guys are curious about because I think it'd be fun to put myself in the hot seat so that I can give y 'all real facts about what I'm feeling what I'm thinking how it was and then kind of go from there is this something y 'all would even be interested in that's another thing I want to know so um Some of the things that are on my list right now, I do have an electrolyte company that I've been talking to that I'm going to try
Ashley shares specific items she's already lined up to test — an electrolyte brand she's been in talks with, a protein cookie she keeps seeing, and a protein muffin she accidentally tried at a bed and breakfast — and invites listeners to submit their own suggestions.
their product and I'll report back as to how it was. And then there's like other things that I've put on there myself, on my list myself. Like there is a protein cookie that I keep seeing and I'm curious. I did try recently a protein muffin. And I only tried it because I was at a bed and breakfast and the meal options were a little bit limited and I was genuinely curious. And I think I wrote it down, but I can't actually remember. So I kind of want the excuse to have to write things down so that I can talk about them and tell you all what I think about them.
And I don't know, just different things. I think it'd be so amusing because I don't know about you guys, but whenever I'm considering products or considering buying things, I want to know what. people think about them before I just go and pull the trigger myself and buy them. So yeah, hit me up, famousashleygrant .com backslash feedback. Onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out today?