Episode 67May 13, 2026· 8:29

Less Movement, Please? Wait, WHAT?!?

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Three hundred plus days of pretty much daily movement, and the More Movement Please girl is about to say something you probably did not expect: less movement, please. Well…sort of. I just got back from a seven-day trip, got dressed to go to Tabata, made it as far as the doorway before getting sick, and finally had to admit out loud what my body has been screaming for weeks. In this episode, I'm sharing the new…

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Who this episode is for

This episode may resonate with you if:

You've built your identity around a habit or routine and your body is starting to break down, but admitting it feels like betraying who you've decided to be.

You keep pushing through obvious warning signs — getting dressed, showing up, going back the next day — until your body finally makes the decision for you.

You're afraid that pulling back on something you've publicly committed to means you've failed, and specific people in your life feel like they're watching and waiting for you to quit.

You're in a weird place where you're healthier than you've been in years but somehow getting sick more often, and you can't quite make sense of it.

You're trying to figure out how to stay true to a commitment you've made to yourself without destroying yourself in the process.

Questions this episode wrestles with

Can I still be a fitness person if I stop going to the gym as much?

answered

Ashley says yes — she's pulling back from the gym but insists that doesn't mean stopping movement: 'I fully intend to move my body every single day. That will not stop. I won't ever let that happen again.'

"I'm going to stop moving. I fully intend to move my body every single day. That will not stop. I won't ever let that happen again. but I know I do need to pull back how often I'm at the gym."

What happens to your identity when the thing you built it around starts hurting you?

open question

Ashley names the contradiction without resolving it — she describes feeling deeply committed to being 'the more movement please girl' who's supposed to be at the gym as often as possible, while also admitting her body is forcing her to stop.

"to just, you know, be the girl that was like, no, I'm the more movement please girl. I'm supposed to be at the gym as often as possible. Every day it's open. I need to be there. And that really was something that I was feeling very committed"

How do you admit you need to slow down when you're afraid of what people will think?

answered

Ashley shares that fear of judgment was a big reason she kept hiding what she was feeling, and that she finally decided the more important thing is being able to keep showing up at all — even if not in the way she was before.

"of disappointing people. I have a lot of fear of being judged by people. And the specific people who I'm afraid of being judged by, they know who they are and they know why I'm afraid that they're going to judge me. But I finally have realized that the more important thing is that I am able to keep showing up at all and I can't"

Why do I keep getting sick even though I'm exercising more than ever?

open question

Ashley observes the pattern — more head colds and physical ailments in her 300 most active days than when she was overweight and sedentary — but doesn't explain it, just sits with the strangeness of it.

"I mean, health wise, I was having issues, you know, with being overweight. I was having overweight issues of. pain and high blood pressure and and things like that there were even discussions of whether or not I was pre -diabetic and so there were lots of blood tests and all the things and um but I didn't really get like head colds a lot I I wasn't like constantly you know getting"

Setting expectations: This episode is not a guide to preventing overtraining or a structured plan for recovery — there are no expert tips, doctor consultations, or fitness protocols here. It's Ashley, recording while sick and hoarse, admitting she's been ignoring her body's signals for weeks and finally deciding to go to the gym less.

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.

I am the more movement please girl

Ashley holds a firm identity as someone who must be at the gym as often as possible, yet her body has forced her to announce a four-week experiment of pulling back from the gym entirely.

Claim

"for a while, but I tried to ignore it. I tried to just, you know, be the girl that was like, no, I'm the more movement please girl. I'm supposed to be at the gym as often as possible. Every day it's open. I need to be there. And that really"

but

Contradiction

"body. But I think right now I don't really have a choice in the fact that I need to stop going to the gym as much. But again, I want to reiterate,"

Tone & style

Ashley starts from a position of believing she should be at the gym every day it's open — 'I'm the more movement please girl' — gets forced to confront that belief after recurring illness culminates in being bedridden all Sunday. The turning point is getting sick at the door before Tabata on Thursday. She pivots to a four-week experiment cutting gym days to three and filling the rest with yoga, walking, and hiking — but the experiment is ongoing and unresolved, and she's still audibly afraid of being judged.

Personal lived experience and self-reflection. Ashley explicitly says this is not based on medical advice — 'it's just me trying to listen to my body.'

toneRaw & confessional

focusAshley admitting — out loud, while sick — that 300 days of pushing hard at the gym has started to break her body down, and announcing a four-week experiment to pull back.

stylepersonal_confession

energymedium_low

complexitybeginner

pressure Levellow

emotional Texturereluctantly honest, slightly vulnerable, self-aware

Notable quotes

"Okay, fine. I guess I have to admit it. I am"

— Famous Ashley Grant

"gotten like head colds and other issues more in the past 300 days than I have in a long time."

— Famous Ashley Grant

"I was ready to go out the door. And as soon as I got to the door, I got very sick. And I was"

— Famous Ashley Grant

"for a while, but I tried to ignore it. I tried to just, you know, be the girl that was like, no, I'm the more movement please girl. I'm supposed to be at the gym as often as possible. Every"

— Famous Ashley Grant

"to myself is I definitely have a lot of fear of disappointing people. I have a lot of fear of being judged by people. And the specific people who I'm afraid of being judged by, they know who they are and they know why I'm afraid that they're going to judge me. But I finally have"

— Famous Ashley Grant

Episode transcript

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Ashley describes returning from a seven-day Florida road trip, feeling sick but trying to power through, getting dressed for Tabata and then getting sick at the door, going back to the gym on Friday anyway, and ending up completely bedridden by Sunday.