Episode 26Jan 9, 2026· 9:47

I Slept Through My Alarm | Why Missing One Workout Doesn't Mean You Failed

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About this episode

Ashley Grant shares a personal fitness check-in covering her first week of 2026: missing a New Year's Day workout due to illness and personal issues, completing multiple group fitness classes including Zumba, Tabata, yoga, spin, and Pilates, then accidentally sleeping through two Tuesday evening classes after forgetting to set an alarm. She reflects on public accountability, slip-ups versus failure, and consistency…

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Who this episode is for

This episode may resonate with you if:

You set a fitness goal at the start of the new year and already feel like you've messed it up — you missed a workout, slept through an alarm, or got sick — and now you're wondering if you've already failed before you've really started.

You're trying to get healthier but your body keeps getting in the way — chronic pain, illness, or just feeling weaker than you expected — and you're frustrated that your physical limits don't match your intentions.

You feel alone in your fitness journey — like everyone else has it figured out and you're the only one struggling — and you're craving something honest and unpolished instead of highlight-reel motivation.

You've tried strict diets or rigid workout plans before and they always fall apart, and you're trying to figure out how to build something sustainable without white-knuckling it.

You're someone who holds yourself to high standards and genuinely gets upset when you don't follow through on your own plans — not because anyone else is watching, but because you made a commitment to yourself.

You're somewhere in the middle of a long fitness journey — not at the beginning, not at the finish line — and you need a reminder that slow, messy progress still counts.

Questions this episode wrestles with

Does missing a workout after committing to a plan mean you've already failed?

answered

Ashley's take is that slipping up doesn't mean you failed — it just means you have to keep showing up, because the whole point is consistency and progress over perfection, not a perfect record.

"if you make a plan and you slip up it doesn't mean you failed it just means you got to keep showing up like the whole point of committing to this as a lifestyle change is you've got to keep showing up it's about consistency more than anything it's about progress over perfection"

Why do I feel so defeated when I miss one workout even after doing several that week?

answered

Ashley shares that she feels the same way — when she makes plans and intends to do something, she gets really bummed whenever she doesn't follow through, even after a week of multiple classes.

"to share. That because I, when I make plans for myself and intend to do something, I get really bummed whenever I don't actually do that. That's the whole point of me, you know, sharing these accountability posts and sharing what my plans are for the week is I want to share. what's really"

How do you know when your body needs rest versus when you're just making excuses?

open question

Ashley sits with this without resolving it — she wonders aloud whether she subconsciously left Monday and Tuesday night sessions out of her public plans because some part of her already knew her body might not be able to handle it, but she doesn't land on an answer.

"know if subconsciously I just didn't know if my body would be able to handle it or or what but I ended up not going to the Tuesday night"

What happens to your motivation when you try to be too perfect about fitness?

answered

Ashley says that anytime she's restricted herself, that's when she fails and has the most problems — so she deliberately avoids over-strictness because the whole point is to keep wanting to show up.

"don't I don't ever want to be the person who says, you know, over strict yourself completely because. The whole point of this is to keep wanting to show up. And I know anytime I've ever restricted myself, that's when I fail. That's when I have"

Why is it so much harder to keep working out when you're doing it alone?

answered

Ashley says she can't stand the idea of feeling alone on a journey, and that's the whole reason she's obsessed with group exercise — seeing people going through the same things, rooting each other on, and holding each other accountable is what keeps her showing up.

"I can't stand the idea of feeling like I'm alone on a journey. That's the whole reason I'm obsessed with group exercise and love, you know, showing up and seeing people that are also going through the same things I'm going through. We root each other on, we talk to each other, and we kind of help keep each other accountable. If someone"

Setting expectations: This episode is not a guide to fixing missed workouts or a structured plan for bouncing back from setbacks. It's Ashley talking through her actual first week of the new year — sleeping through an alarm, skipping two classes she'd planned, and sharing her 2026 goals around knee pain, weight, and dumbbells.

Tensions inside this episode

Moments where Famous Ashley Grant names something — and contradicts it inside the same episode. Both quotes are verbatim from the transcript.

Restriction always causes her to fail

Ashley says she never wants to over-restrict herself because that's when she fails, yet in the same breath describes actively cutting back on sweets and sodas as part of her 2026 weight-loss goal.

Claim

"don't I don't ever want to be the person who says, you know, over strict yourself completely because. The whole point of this is to keep wanting to show up. And I know anytime I've ever restricted myself, that's when I fail. That's when I have"

but

Contradiction

"I am cutting back a little bit in terms of like sweets and sodas and things like that. But I"

Tone & style

Ashley starts the week planning a full slate of workouts, slips up by napping without setting an alarm and missing two Tuesday evening classes, then reframes it: 'if you make a plan and you slip up it doesn't mean you failed.' She shows up Wednesday for a class she normally wouldn't attend and closes by laying out her 2026 goals — resolving the week as a success because she kept showing up overall.

Personal lived experience and first-person tracking. Claims about knees and weight loss are attributed to her instructor or hedged as second-hand; nothing is presented as expertise or medical guidance.

toneCandid & warm

focusAshley recaps her first week of 2026 — including sleeping through her alarm and missing two classes — and shares her three fitness goals for the year.

stylepersonal_confession

energymedium_low

complexitybeginner

pressure Levellow

emotional Texturehonest, self-deprecating, genuinely optimistic

Notable quotes

"if you make a plan and you slip up it doesn't mean you failed it just means you got to keep"

— Famous Ashley Grant

"I don't know why I didn't set my alarm. And so I slept right through the two classes and I was really, really bummed about it. So today is Wednesday,"

— Famous Ashley Grant

"to show up. And I know anytime I've ever restricted myself, that's when I fail. That's when I have the most problems. So yeah, those are my big"

— Famous Ashley Grant

"I can't stand the idea of feeling like I'm alone on a journey. That's the whole reason I'm obsessed"

— Famous Ashley Grant

"weight because Rhonda says that every single pound you lose takes three pounds of pressure off of your knees. And I am down... I am down a little over 22 pounds, I believe, at this point since July. And I am hoping to lose even more"

— Famous Ashley Grant

Episode transcript

Organized into 4 chapters — open any part to read the full text.

0:121. New Year's Day Setback and the Week's WorkoutsAshley recaps her first week of the new year: being too sick and dealing with personal issues to work out on January 1st, then bouncing back with Zumba, Tabata, yoga, spin, and a new variety class across the following days.3:092. Sleeping Through the Alarm and Missing Two ClassesAshley shares how she accidentally skipped two Tuesday evening classes by napping without setting an alarm, and reflects on why she shares these slip-ups publicly as part of her accountability approach.5:073. Goals for 2026: Knees, Weight, and DumbbellsAshley outlines her three fitness goals for 2026: reducing knee pain (she's still wearing a brace and notes she's down 22 pounds since July), continuing to lose weight without strict dieting, and working up to using 20-pound dumbbells consistently.7:554. Community, Accountability Tags, and Closing ThoughtsAshley explains why group exercise matters to her — not wanting to feel alone on the journey — and invites listeners to join her Monday accountability posts where she tags people who've asked to be held accountable.

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Mentioned in this episode

personRhonda Good

Ashley's gym instructor who started a new variety class on Sunday, covered the Mat Pilates class on Tuesday, and told Ashley that every pound lost takes three pounds of pressure off the knees.

personFamous Ashley Grant

The host of More Movement Please, sharing her personal fitness journey, setbacks, and goals for 2026 throughout the episode.

Key themes

Slipping up without failing

Ashley missed two Tuesday evening classes by napping without setting an alarm and frames this as a slip-up that doesn't equal failure, not a lesson but a situation she's actively sitting in.

Public accountability as a commitment device

Ashley shares her workout plans and slip-ups publicly — including a Monday tagging system — specifically because announcing intentions makes her feel more obligated to follow through.

Knee pain as an ongoing obstacle

Ashley is still wearing a knee brace for nearly every class and specifically names reducing knee pain as her top fitness goal for 2026, noting it's better than when she started but still significant.

Losing weight without strict restriction

Ashley is down 22 pounds since July and wants to keep losing weight in 2026, but explicitly refuses to fully restrict herself because past restriction is what has caused her to fail.

Progress in strength — the dumbbell goal

Ashley is working toward using 20-pound dumbbells consistently but is still mostly on 8s and 15s, and on a painful Tuesday dropped down to 5s and 10s — she names getting to 10s and 20s as her third 2026 goal.

Not wanting to feel alone on the journey

Ashley says she's 'obsessed with group exercise' specifically because she can't stand feeling alone on a fitness journey, and frames the whole podcast as a way to make listeners feel less alone too.

Bouncing back after a sick and disrupted New Year's Day

Ashley was too sick and dealing with personal issues to do her planned workout on January 1st, went on a walk instead, and then packed in multiple classes across the following days.

Stretch and Pilates building a foundation for new movements

Ashley notices during her first yoga class of the new year that months of stretch classes and Pilates have made her body capable of handling yoga's balance and muscle demands.

Showing up even on days you normally wouldn't

On the Wednesday she records the episode, Ashley is at the gym for a class on a day she normally wouldn't be there, and holds that up as evidence she's still making progress despite the Tuesday slip.

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