Episode 26Jan 9, 2026· 9:47
I Slept Through My Alarm | Why Missing One Workout Doesn't Mean You Failed
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Slept through your alarm? Feeling guilty about missing a workout? This honest episode is about giving yourself grace while staying committed to your fitness journey.
I share what happened when I overslept, why rest is sometimes exactly what your body needs, and how to get back on track without the shame spiral that usually follows a missed workout. You'll learn the difference between self-care rest and…
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Full transcript
00:12
What's up, you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here.
00:14
Welcome to More Movement, Please, the podcast
00:16
where I hope to inspire you to move your body
00:17
more. Today, I kind of wanted to talk about where
00:21
I'm at in my fitness journey and how I'm feeling.
00:23
I did say that this was going to be part accountability,
00:27
part education, part inspiration, all the things.
00:29
And so since it is basically the first week of
00:33
the new year and I'm healthy enough to actually
00:36
have a conversation, I thought I would share
00:38
kind of what's been going on, where I'm at. and
00:40
my goals for 2026. So the first day of the new
00:45
year I was really bummed because I could not
00:48
do the workout I was planning. I still was feeling
00:52
a little bit sick and dealing with some personal
00:54
issues in my life and I just could not get to
00:56
the gym and I was really really sad about it
00:59
and I did still go on a long walk that day still
01:03
got movement in but I was pretty bummed about
01:06
it. So the next day, that Friday, Friday, January
01:10
2nd, I did do Zumba and low impact. And then
01:14
after that Friday night, I went back for Tabata.
01:18
And then Saturday, I did Zumba low impact and
01:21
stayed for yoga. And yoga was really nice. Like
01:24
I really, really enjoyed it. And I can honestly
01:26
say that if it hadn't been for all the stretch
01:29
classes I've been doing and the Pilates, I don't
01:32
know how I would have fared in terms of the yoga.
01:34
I did do a yoga class a couple months ago at
01:38
a local brewery that does free yoga on Sundays.
01:40
But I was just really glad that I've been taking
01:43
so many stretch classes and all that jazz because
01:46
Though yoga is still just kind of stretching,
01:49
it's also requiring a lot of balance and a lot
01:51
of muscle work and all those things. And so I
01:54
did really enjoy it. And I'm just glad that my
01:56
body is able to handle those kinds of movements
01:59
now. And very grateful for that. So Sunday, there
02:04
was a variety class, a new class that our fearless
02:07
leader, our instructor Rhonda Good started. And
02:10
so I went to that and it was phenomenal. Then
02:13
Monday, I did... Zumba and low impact again and
02:16
then that night I came back for a spin class
02:19
and I did the like it's called Tabata mix up
02:24
I believe and so I did that as well so I got
02:26
four classes in on Monday then yesterday was
02:29
Tuesday And the plan was to do three classes
02:34
in the morning and two classes that evening.
02:35
So here's how things went down, though. Tuesday
02:38
morning, I did the Matt Pilates class that Rhonda
02:41
was covering. Then I did low impact cardio and
02:43
toning and stayed for abs and booty. And the
02:46
plan was to go back and do another round of low
02:49
impact cardio and toning and then stick around
02:51
for Tabata. Unfortunately, I made the. little
02:55
mistake of thinking, okay, I'll just, I'll just
02:57
nap for a few minutes and then I'll get up and
03:00
I'll go back to the gym. Well, for some reason,
03:03
I don't know why I didn't set my alarm. And so
03:06
I slept right through the two classes and I was
03:09
really, really bummed about it. So today is Wednesday,
03:12
the day that I'm recording this, it's Wednesday
03:14
and Rhonda's covering another class. It's called
03:16
triple threat. And so I'm here at the gym and
03:19
I'm going to take it, but I just kind of wanted
03:22
to share. That because I, when I make plans for
03:26
myself and intend to do something, I get really
03:29
bummed whenever I don't actually do that. That's
03:31
the whole point of me, you know, sharing these
03:33
accountability posts and sharing what my plans
03:36
are for the week is I want to share. what's really
03:39
going on and the funny thing is whenever I shared
03:42
on Monday my plans for working out for this week
03:45
I actually did not say that I was going to go
03:47
on Monday night or Tuesday night and I don't
03:50
know if subconsciously I just didn't know if
03:51
my body would be able to handle it or or what
03:54
but I ended up not going to the Tuesday night
03:58
stuff and basically the main reason that I'm
04:01
sharing this is I just want to tell you that
04:05
if you make a plan and you slip up it doesn't
04:07
mean you failed it just means you got to keep
04:10
showing up like the whole point of committing
04:14
to this as a lifestyle change is you've got to
04:17
keep showing up it's about consistency more than
04:19
anything it's about progress over perfection
04:21
and so though I'm a little bummed that I didn't
04:25
do what I had hoped to do. I am still proud of
04:28
the fact that I am still making progress. I am
04:30
still showing up. I am here this morning on a
04:32
day that I normally wouldn't be at the gym. I'm
04:35
still trying. I'm still going to keep showing
04:37
up. And I said I was also going to share my goals
04:40
for 2026. My goals for 2026 in terms of fitness
04:43
is I want to get to a place where my knees aren't
04:46
hurting to the level that they currently are.
04:48
They aren't hurting nearly as much as they were.
04:51
when I got serious about all this, which is great
04:54
news, obviously. It's fantastic. I'm super thrilled
04:57
about it. But I am still dealing with some knee
05:00
pain. I'm still having to use a knee brace for
05:02
pretty much all of my exercise classes that I've
05:05
been doing because there is still significant
05:07
pain that happens there, especially if we're
05:09
doing things where we're on our knees or doing
05:13
a lot of squats. So I will be working on more
05:18
of that. And so if you guys have any recommendations
05:20
for, you know, knee strength and making your
05:24
knees feel better, I'm open to pretty much anything.
05:27
So hit me up. I'm on all the socials at Famous
05:30
Ashley Grant. You can find me if you just search
05:31
Famous Ashley Grant on pretty much any social
05:33
media. I'm on X. I'm on LinkedIn. I'm on Facebook.
05:37
I'm on Instagram. I'm even on Blue Sky. I'm considering
05:41
setting up some others, but it's a lot of work,
05:44
man, to be on all these social medias. I don't
05:46
know if you guys have experienced this yourself,
05:49
but it feels like there's just so many social
05:52
media profiles that are available. And I am a
05:55
believer that you should at least have a profile
05:58
everywhere, but I don't know if I want to actually
06:01
be active on all of them. I'm trying to figure
06:04
out. my plans professionally for how I want to
06:07
play with those. But yeah, please feel free to
06:10
hit me up if you have any suggestions for knee
06:13
strength. I am going to try to keep doing more
06:15
spin classes because from what I understand,
06:17
that's really good for knees. And the other thing
06:19
that's really good for it is to actually lose
06:21
weight because Rhonda says that every single
06:23
pound you lose takes three pounds of pressure
06:25
off of your knees. And I am down... I am down
06:28
a little over 22 pounds, I believe, at this point
06:31
since July. And I am hoping to lose even more
06:34
this year. That is one of my goals for 2026 is
06:37
to continue losing weight. I have said many times
06:41
that I don't intend on like full blown dieting.
06:43
I am cutting back a little bit in terms of like
06:47
sweets and sodas and things like that. But I
06:49
don't I don't ever want to be the person who
06:51
says, you know, over strict yourself completely
06:54
because. The whole point of this is to keep wanting
06:58
to show up. And I know anytime I've ever restricted
07:01
myself, that's when I fail. That's when I have
07:02
the most problems. So yeah, those are my big
07:06
two goals for 2026 is to continue losing weight
07:10
and to work on my knee strength. And I guess
07:13
the third big goal is to... Try to keep using
07:16
those 20 pound dumbbells. I am still doing it
07:19
sporadically. I'm not using them as frequently
07:21
as I think I should be. I am still having some
07:24
trouble with feeling like some weakness and things
07:25
like that. So I'm still mainly using the eights
07:29
and the 15s, eights for my smalls and 15s for
07:32
my bigs. Yesterday I was in. a significant amount
07:35
of pain, however. And so I was using the fives
07:37
as my smalls and the tens as my bigs. But I know
07:41
these things happen. I know there's going to
07:43
be days where you show up and you're going to
07:44
feel weaker than you normally do. But my goal
07:47
is to get to a point where the tens are my smalls
07:50
and the 20s are my bigs. So those are my big
07:52
goals for 2026. Thank you for listening. Hopefully
07:55
hearing, you know, kind of what I've been going
07:58
through and what I'm up to inspires you to. If
08:02
nothing else, just move your body more. Like
08:03
that's the big goal that I want for everyone
08:05
is I want everyone to move their body more. And
08:08
hopefully this raw and real look of what I'm.
08:12
experiencing inspires you or helps you or just
08:14
at least helps you feel like you're not alone
08:16
in this. Because I don't know about you, but
08:18
I can't stand the idea of feeling like I'm alone
08:20
on a journey. That's the whole reason I'm obsessed
08:22
with group exercise and love, you know, showing
08:25
up and seeing people that are also going through
08:27
the same things I'm going through. We root each
08:30
other on, we talk to each other, and we kind
08:33
of help keep each other accountable. If someone
08:35
doesn't show up, we send a message to each other.
08:38
It's really good. So if you can find people in
08:42
your own life to kind of help hold you accountable,
08:45
do it. And if you don't have anybody in your
08:48
life, I am putting out a accountability post
08:52
every Monday where I'm tagging people that have
08:54
asked me to tag them. So hit me up if you want
08:57
me to add you to those tags. I would love to
09:00
help you hold yourself accountable as well. And
09:03
yeah. I'm excited for 2026. I'm hopeful for good
09:08
things for the future. And I want good things
09:10
for everybody who's listening. And onwards and
09:13
upwards, my friends. Have you worked out today?
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