Episode 14Dec 8, 2025· 7:05
If It's Not in Your Calendar, It Won't Happen: How to Schedule Workouts That Stick
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Stop saying you'll work out "when you have time" and start treating fitness like a non-negotiable doctor's appointment. Ashley Grant shares her obsession with calendar blocking and why scheduling every single workout transformed her from hoping to exercise into actually moving daily. Get her exact weekly schedule (Zumba, Tabata, cardio drumming, and why stretching became her favorite thing), plus the simple mindset…
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Full transcript
00:11
What's up you guys, famous Ashley Grant here
00:13
and welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast
00:15
where I try to inspire you to move your body
00:17
more. Today I wanna talk about the importance
00:19
and the power of a calendar. Now, my cousin,
00:24
if she hears this, she's gonna be laughing at
00:26
me because she is forever making fun of me for
00:28
my obsession with my calendar. The truth is that
00:31
whenever it comes to my calendar, I kind of get
00:34
a little bit obsessive. Every single thing I
00:36
do has to go on my calendar. And the reason why
00:38
is because if it's not in calendar, it doesn't
00:40
exist. Maybe you're like me. Maybe you're not.
00:43
Maybe this will help you. Maybe it won't. But
00:45
just sharing with what I'm going through in hopes
00:47
that maybe it can help somebody. So every single
00:51
week at the beginning of the week on Sunday,
00:53
I take a look at what's going on for the week.
00:56
And I add into my calendar all of the... gym
01:00
classes that I want to attend for the week. And
01:03
if there's not a gym class that I'm going to
01:05
attend, but I still want to do a workout, I put
01:07
that in there too. And the reason why is because
01:10
I know that if it's not in the calendar, it's
01:12
not going to happen. So on Monday mornings, I
01:17
know that I will be doing Zumba and low impact
01:19
cardio. So every Sunday night, that's what goes
01:22
on my calendar for the week. On Tuesdays, I know
01:24
that I will be doing low impact cardio and toning.
01:27
And then I'll be doing the cardio drumming with
01:29
the stability ball. Wednesdays are typically
01:32
going to be my active recovery day and on that
01:35
day I will do a walk or I'll do a stretch class.
01:38
Most of the times lately I've been doing both.
01:41
But I at least try to do the stretch class because
01:43
the stretch class is gold, y 'all. I'm obsessed
01:46
with stretching because it just feels so good
01:50
on my body. And if you're not doing some sort
01:53
of a stretch every day or at least every few
01:55
days, I highly, highly, highly recommend it.
01:57
I will include a link in the show notes to my
02:00
favorite playlist on YouTube for stretching because,
02:04
y 'all, I cannot state enough just how much I
02:08
love stretches. Second to Zumba, I think it might
02:12
be my favorite thing. I do love Tabata, don't
02:15
get me wrong, but something about stretch just
02:17
makes me feel like I can do more with my body.
02:20
So I highly recommend that. So on Thursdays,
02:23
I generally will do Tabata and guess what? Another
02:26
stretch class because again, I love stretching.
02:29
Fridays are usually Zumba and then low impact
02:31
cardio and toning. And then Saturday, I repeat
02:34
that with Zumba and low impact cardio and toning.
02:37
Occasionally on Sundays, I will try to get into
02:40
a Zumba class. But if nothing else, that's another
02:42
active recovery day where I make sure to do stretches.
02:45
And I try to walk as often as I can. I mean,
02:47
I do have two little doggies. And so I'm constantly
02:50
trying to walk them. Their names are Bailey's
02:51
and Kalua. You should check them out on Instagram.
02:53
They're the Pampered Pomchies. But I try to make
02:57
sure that I... walk them as much as possible
02:59
as well. So every single day I'm moving my body
03:02
like that is that is my goal. That is what I
03:04
love to do. I move my body as much as I can.
03:07
And the thing is, I work from home. And so I
03:10
get it. Some of you may be listening to this
03:12
going, well, it's easy for you. You can do it
03:14
because you work from home. But at the same time,
03:16
it's that I actively have chosen to put these
03:19
things in my calendar because it's very easy,
03:21
especially working from home, to fill up my day
03:24
with everything but working out. The thing is,
03:29
the gal that teaches most of the classes that
03:31
I take, I mean, like 95 % of the classes I take,
03:34
she also does evening classes. And if you don't
03:37
like her style, there's other people that teach
03:38
gym classes as well. If you're listening to this
03:40
from Richmond, Kentucky, I mean, come on, you
03:42
can still find some kind of a class to take.
03:44
If you're not taking classes in Richmond, Kentucky,
03:46
maybe you're listening to this in, I don't know,
03:48
Walla Walla, Washington, you can find classes
03:51
to do as well. I'll leave some links in the show
03:54
notes to some of my favorite online classes.
03:56
There's so many different classes you can take
03:58
from no equipment classes to Pilates to body
04:03
weight classes to weightlifting classes. I've
04:08
even found ones for spin. I've found some that
04:11
are pretty awesome for dance fitness. They're
04:13
not necessarily Zumba, but some of them are Zumba
04:16
inspired. So there's so many different classes
04:19
that you can take online. I just recommend that
04:22
you figure out what works for you and start moving
04:24
your body more. Like that's obviously the whole
04:27
theme of this podcast, right? It's what I keep
04:29
drilling in and saying. But what I will definitely
04:32
say is if you are thinking about doing this,
04:35
put it in your calendar. Like if you're the type
04:38
of person that has to write down doctor's appointments
04:40
or if you write down meetings that you have with
04:42
people or anything that you add into your calendar
04:45
as a commitment. add in your workouts there is
04:49
something so powerful about knowing that it is
04:52
an appointment it is something that is not negotiable
04:54
it is something that you have to show up for
04:56
so just putting that in your mindset that hey
05:00
i have this upcoming workout that i intend to
05:03
do and so you make the plan to do it so what
05:07
i want you to do seriously Get yourself a calendar.
05:10
And if you already use a calendar, start adding
05:13
in dates and times that you will commit to yourself.
05:16
You will do the workouts. You will start moving
05:18
your body more because y 'all only you can do
05:21
this for yourself, right? You can't have anybody
05:23
else work out for you. So make the commitment
05:26
to yourself. Embrace the power of the calendar.
05:28
Make these dates with yourself. Figure out what
05:31
your week looks like and start adding in classes.
05:36
I don't care where you live. in the world whether
05:38
it is richmond kentucky like me and you have
05:41
a local gym that you can go to or if you live
05:44
in walla walla washington and you only can take
05:46
classes online i i don't care where you live
05:50
there are classes available that you can take
05:52
and if you don't want to take classes then you
05:55
can at least do something where you're moving
05:57
your body you could be walking you could be doing
05:59
squats you could be um doing wall push -ups or
06:03
or or wall sits or I mean, there's so many different
06:06
things that you can be doing to be moving your
06:08
body. Bottom line, just get out there, move your
06:11
body, make the dates with yourself. You deserve
06:15
this. You must commit to yourself. Please just
06:18
take care of yourself. I know I keep saying this
06:20
and I'm going to keep saying this every single
06:22
time you guys tune in. That's what you're going
06:23
to hear. So just get it drilled into your head.
06:26
Make these dates with yourself. Make the commitments.
06:29
You can do this. I believe in you. Onwards and
06:31
upwards, my friends. Have you worked out today?
06:34
Thank you.
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