Episode 48Mar 16, 2026· 26:12
She Never Planned to Teach. Then the Room Filled Up and the Mirrors Fogged Over.
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Rhonda Goode did not set out to become a fitness instructor. She set out to find someone who could kill her in a workout class, and when both of those instructors quit at the same time, she picked up the music and just went. What followed was fourteen years of packed rooms, fogged mirrors, pool classes that exploded out of nowhere, and a teaching style built entirely on refusing to stop moving.
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Show notes & timestamps
00:00Introduction & Podcastthon
00:57Humane Society Animal League for Life of Madi
01:31Two Instructors Quit at Once
04:43Getting Licensed & The EKU Community Ed Class
11:10The YMCA — Subbing, Expanding, and the Sugges
15:1914 Years In — When It Became Who She Is
19:38How She Treats New Students
21:43The Instructor She Needed vs. The Instructor
24:38Wrap-Up & What's Next
Full transcript
00:00
What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here
00:01
and welcome back to the More Movement Please
00:03
podcast, the podcast where I hope to inspire
00:05
you to move your body more. I am so genuinely
00:08
excited about this episode and the next two episodes
00:11
after this. We have a very special guest back
00:14
with us and there's a very special reason that
00:16
she is here. You guys have heard me talk about
00:19
Rhonda Good before. She is my fitness instructor
00:21
at the Telford YMCA in Richmond, Kentucky. And
00:24
she is, quite frankly, one of the most no -nonsense,
00:27
tell -it -like -it -is, deeply inspiring humans
00:30
I have ever had the privilege of knowing. The
00:32
first time I had her on this show, the response,
00:35
it was incredible. And honestly, I adore her,
00:38
so I really didn't need much of an excuse to
00:41
bring her back. But here's the thing. These three
00:43
episodes are part of something that are much,
00:45
much bigger. More Movement, Please is so happy
00:48
to be participating in the fourth edition of
00:50
Podcast Thon. It is a global initiative where
00:53
thousands of podcasts all in the same week will
00:55
shine a spotlight on a charity of their choice.
00:58
And the charity I have the absolute pleasure
01:00
of highlighting is the Humane Society Animal
01:02
League for Life of Madison County, Kentucky.
01:05
Now, here's the fun backstory of why Rhonda is
01:08
tied to all of this. When I was trying to decide
01:11
which charity to support to be part of Podcast
01:13
Thon, I went to my community and I asked for
01:15
recommendations. Rhonda was one of the first
01:17
people to jump on the thread and she stepped
01:19
up and she mentioned the Humane Society Animal
01:22
League for Life of Madison County. I then put
01:24
all of the recommendations that people sent in
01:27
into a random number generator to make the final
01:29
selection and hers was the one that was chosen.
01:32
So I kind of believe that the universe co -signed
01:34
this whole thing, and I am so here for it. So
01:37
you will find the links to both podcasts on in
01:39
the Humane Society Animal League for Life of
01:41
Madison County, Kentucky in the show notes. Please
01:43
go and check them out. And if you feel called
01:46
to donate, you can do that directly through the
01:47
organization's website, which is also linked
01:50
in the show notes. Now on to today's episode.
01:53
Rhonda and I sat down a little bit earlier this
01:55
month, and we had one of the most interesting
01:57
conversations I've ever recorded. Today, you're
02:00
getting the origin story of how Rhonda Good became
02:03
a fitness instructor. And she'll tell you herself,
02:06
it was never the plan. But two Zoom instructors
02:09
were quitting at the same time, with a packed
02:12
room and no one to lead it, and a woman who absolutely
02:14
refused to let that class go unled? Yeah, that's
02:18
how legends are made. From a community ed class
02:20
at EKU with literally two students, to packing
02:23
out Berea College so hard that the mirrors fogged
02:25
up, this is the story of how showing up for herself
02:28
became showing up for thousands of others. So
02:36
we'll just jump right in. So last time we talked,
02:39
you shared how you walked into the gym in 2011
02:42
at 35 years old and just kept showing up. At
02:45
some point, showing up for yourself turned into
02:47
showing up for other people. And I want to go
02:50
a little bit deeper on that today. And so I want
02:53
to ask you, when you first started working out,
02:55
you said that becoming a fitness instructor was
02:57
never the plan. Do you remember the exact moment
03:00
or the person or conversation that planted the
03:02
idea that it would be your thing? It wasn't a
03:07
conversation. It was literally like just circumstances.
03:11
So the facility I was at, there were a lot of
03:15
instructors, most of which I did not care for
03:18
because I didn't feel like they were killing
03:19
me. So I thought it wasn't worth it. So there
03:22
were only two that I thought could kill me. And
03:26
those are the classes I went to. And simultaneously,
03:29
both of them decided they were going to quit
03:30
teaching. And I was like, well, this is not going
03:33
to work for me at all. Because what am I going
03:36
to do now? So they were both Zumba instructors.
03:41
One was also a yoga instructor. And so a couple
03:45
of us actually from the facility went to get
03:47
licensed in Zumba. And the other person didn't
03:53
last very long. And I had already covered class.
03:57
And just out of there was no other choice, probably
04:01
two or three times for the main Zumba instructor
04:04
whose classes ran 40, 50 people because she got
04:09
caught in traffic or it was a last minute thing.
04:11
And then we know what to teach. And the room
04:13
was full. And I was like, oh, well, a couple
04:16
of you all. I mean, like a front row, like we
04:18
knew the choreo. So it was like, OK, who's got
04:21
some music? Who's got this? Who's got that? We'll
04:24
just wing it. And that's what we did. And so
04:27
and then I thought, well, you know, I can do
04:30
this sort of. But so that's how it started. And
04:35
so I went and got licensed and I thought, I'll
04:37
just ease into this. So I left that gym really
04:41
fast and I was working at EKU at the time. So
04:44
I went to community and said, hey, can I teach
04:47
a Zimba class? Can we, you know, oh, yeah, that'd
04:49
be great. So knowing that it would be a smaller
04:52
class and, you know, some EKU employees. Not
04:56
a whole lot of pressure. And I thought, I'll
04:58
just, I'll just glide into this like this. Okay.
05:01
So that's what I chose to do. And so I thought
05:04
I'll start with just a class because I'm not
05:07
going to teach more than three or four a week.
05:09
Anyway, I mean, I'm working and I'm not going
05:12
to do that. And so then the other instructor
05:16
who was also quitting that facility, but still
05:20
staying at the college, not EKU, Berea College.
05:24
She was like, well, when I'm ready to leave,
05:27
I'll let you, I'll suggest you as an instructor
05:31
to them. I'll let you try to take my classes.
05:33
I'm like, okay. And she acted as if it was going
05:35
to be a year, you know, who knows? And I'm like,
05:38
okay. Yeah. Okay. We'll see. Okay. And she called
05:42
me, I got licensed in August. She called August
05:45
of what? 2011? 12. Okay. Yeah. I think it was,
05:51
it was 12. Okay. And she called me some night
05:54
in September and said, I'm quitting. And I want
05:58
you to go tonight and teach the class. I'll go
06:02
and I'll stay in the back. But I want you to
06:05
leave the class. I'm quitting as of next week.
06:09
Surprise. And I was like, OK, you know. So that's
06:14
how it started. So I was there two nights a week
06:17
and had the EKU class. And then I was. at another
06:21
gym at that point because I'd left the first
06:24
one. So then I started teaching there one night
06:28
a week. So then I was up to like four classes
06:30
a week and, um, Maria added another night because
06:36
classes were, they weren't huge to begin with
06:39
though. I mean, I was the new person and I didn't
06:42
know what I was doing. I mean, you never know
06:43
what you're doing when you start anything. I
06:44
don't care what it is. So, um, I was not great.
06:48
I mean, I flew by the seat of my pants, but it
06:51
was not great. And there also wasn't, I mean,
06:56
you had big classes there. Well, she did. She
06:59
had big classes, but they weren't huge classes.
07:01
They were just a good size. And so after she
07:05
left, which it was also at the end of a semester.
07:08
So then you've got to start over in January with
07:12
who comes back. And it's a college. So it's,
07:15
you know, it's very different than a gym. And
07:18
so in January, you know, not only am I the newbie,
07:21
but you've had a semester change and all of that.
07:24
And so classes, I mean, they were low. They were
07:27
really low. I mean, there were I had like two
07:30
or three hard cores, kind of like what happens
07:33
for you usually, you know. I mean, some people
07:36
have family they can rig into coming to class
07:39
to support them again or friends. I didn't have
07:41
any of that. So I had like two girls and they
07:45
were like. Rhonda, we love your class. We'll
07:48
never miss. And they didn't. And sometimes it
07:51
was like three or four people to start. I mean,
07:54
it was not. Sometimes it was just one or two
07:57
of them. That was it. Now, was it the college
07:59
paying you or the college? The college. Yeah.
08:01
So I don't remember when it took off. I really
08:04
don't. I don't remember when it took off, but
08:07
it took a while. I mean, it took at least a semester,
08:10
maybe a whole year. And then. I don't know what
08:14
happened, but it just exploded there. And I was
08:20
getting not only the college students, but people
08:22
that lived in Berea, because you could join the
08:23
facility even if you weren't a college student.
08:26
So I was also getting community members as well.
08:29
And all the students are telling all their friends
08:32
and all of that sort of thing. So then we went
08:34
from 5 '6 to 15 to 20 to 60 to 65. I wasn't expecting
08:41
that many. Oh, my goodness. Oh, yeah. It was
08:43
packed. Absolutely packed. So I had most of the
08:47
time I was like maybe six inches from the front
08:52
mirror. I mean, it was absolutely crampacked.
08:55
And we would at times fog up the mirrors. There
08:59
were so many people in there. So the mirrors
09:02
are completely covered in fog. Yeah. Oh, my goodness.
09:04
And so then so I added a third night after it.
09:09
Not immediately, but after it took off, I had
09:11
a third night. And I mean. There was never less
09:15
than 45. Wow. 45 to 60. And so I'm not, as you
09:20
know, I'm really not a people person and I'm
09:22
definitely not a social person. So it's not that,
09:26
well, I don't really have an anxiety issue necessarily,
09:29
but I'm also not, I don't enjoy being the center
09:31
of attention. I don't like being looked at. I
09:32
don't like any of that stuff. So I would go to
09:36
the bathroom when I got there because first of
09:37
all, I had to carry all of my equipment up because
09:39
up the stairs. After the elevator, you still
09:43
had to go up stairs and then down the hall. And
09:48
so I had like 66 pounds of equipment because
09:51
they had a stacked stereo system in there with
09:54
like two little speakers up on the walls. And
09:58
it would overheat with bass. And I mean, I'm
10:01
using hip hop and I'm like, this is not going
10:02
to work. I mean, so I had to go buy my own PA
10:05
system. So I had to carry the mixer and the two
10:08
speakers every single night. up and back to my
10:12
car, every single class. And so I would go set
10:15
up and there'd be like 10, 15 people in there
10:19
because everybody wants their spot. So the early
10:22
birds would be there and I would go to the bathroom
10:24
and I would sit there and I would be like, when
10:28
you go back, they're all going to be there. And
10:32
I would open the door and I'd be like, I mean,
10:35
but I mean, I got used to it, but it was like,
10:38
I mean, it was very different. You know, so and
10:41
of course, I haven't had classes that big since.
10:43
I mean, you have just a very different I mean,
10:45
there wasn't anything else for them to do. I
10:47
mean, they're college students and they were
10:48
looking to have fun and dance. And, you know,
10:51
so there weren't a lot of options either. I mean,
10:54
not saying I'm not good, but there weren't a
10:56
lot of options either. So and they had a blast,
11:00
you know, so you had the front row divas and
11:02
then you have people that want to stay in the
11:03
back. But I mean, I had every single type of
11:07
person you could possibly imagine in class. And
11:10
at some point, so I'm teaching. I'm teaching
11:13
at another gym. So then I'm up to like six classes
11:16
a week. And then the Y calls me to sub there
11:23
because they have two instructors that are pregnant
11:26
at the same time. This is the Y Richmond. Okay.
11:30
And I was like, oh, yeah, sure. Because I'm just
11:33
looking for gigs. And because, you know, you
11:36
never know how long anything is going to last.
11:39
I was like, OK, yeah, sure. And it's subbing.
11:41
It's not every day. It's subbing. I'm like, OK,
11:44
OK. So I started subbing. And person who was
11:49
ever good fitness at the time, she would you
11:54
know, she was like, well, are you interested
11:55
in doing other things besides Zumba? And I said,
11:59
well, I don't I don't really know a lot. I mean,
12:02
I was only licensed in that at the time. And.
12:06
I said, so let's just see how it goes. But I
12:08
mean, I was younger and I was like, I was looking
12:11
to make money and I'm like, I'll try, you know,
12:13
I'll try. But I was thinking that it would be
12:15
classes that were kind of easy to make up and
12:22
do as you, you know, look at some YouTube videos
12:24
and things. And she would call me like the morning
12:26
of and be like, hey, can you cover bootcamp?
12:29
And I'm like, what? Uh, okay. I mean, so it was
12:34
feet to the fire again because it was nonstop.
12:36
It was like somebody was always falling in. Somebody
12:39
was always something always. So before you know
12:42
it, I was covering and subbing every format.
12:45
And then at the time we had a suggestion box
12:48
up front that was three CEOs ago. So it was a
12:53
little wooden box with a little slot in it. So
12:56
all these people started putting suggestions
12:59
in there. More Rhonda, more Rhonda, more Rhonda.
13:03
And I'm like, I get that on this podcast all
13:05
the time. And let's see. So I went to the Y in
13:10
June of 2015. And they had some aqua classes
13:17
there and people weren't happy with them and
13:20
the instructors. And so same lady was like, hey,
13:26
would you be interested in teaching? We'd really
13:29
like to see, you know, I'm like, OK, no, but
13:33
OK. Again, before COVID and all that. So this
13:39
was 2016. OK. At that point, I've been there
13:44
maybe a year. So we started aqua classes like
13:48
one night a week, maybe two nights a week. And
13:51
then that took off. Of course it did. So then
13:58
I was teaching land and the pool, which was never,
14:01
ever on my radar, ever, you know, and those classes
14:07
exploded. I mean, it's just everything ebbs and
14:10
flows. It never picked back up after COVID. So
14:13
now I don't teach it at all. But at that point,
14:15
classes were 25 to 35 in the pool. Wow. And,
14:21
you know, at one point the CEO was like, you
14:24
may need to get certified as a lifeguard. Because
14:27
we can only have 25 in the pool total with the
14:31
lap lanes in your class. And I, you know, instead
14:34
of me hiring another guard to be on duty. And
14:36
I was like, no. I mean, I was like, okay, Rhonda
14:41
will do a lot. But there are some things I'm
14:42
not doing. It was like, no. So we would run sometimes
14:45
30, 32 people. And I'd just be like, do you want
14:49
to tell them they have to go home? I mean, that's
14:51
what I would say. You know, I'd be like, you
14:52
want to deal with it or you want to tell them
14:53
they have to go? Because I'm not telling them
14:55
they have to go. Yeah. And so it just blossomed,
14:59
you know, and of course, since I never, ever
15:01
canceled or never called in and never got a sub,
15:05
it just kind of went like. And then at some point,
15:10
COVID dropped Berea from my schedule. And then
15:14
at some point I dropped the other things because
15:16
I was always at the Y. That was there all the
15:19
time. And I was like, well, this isn't going
15:21
to work because now I'm here way too many hours
15:23
a week with my day job. So, yeah. So that's how
15:27
it happened. It really just was kind of thrown
15:29
in my lap, like much like all my jobs were. And
15:32
it was the same thing there, actually. It was
15:35
like, you know, whatever I was given. Oh, do
15:38
I get trained for that? Nope. Figure it out.
15:40
Yep. OK. Yeah. You're bringing me back to 2014
15:44
when I became a ghostwriter. I never intended
15:46
to be a ghostwriter. And it just kind of happened.
15:49
Yeah. Well, walk me through the process of actually
15:52
becoming certified in Zumba. Is that the only
15:54
thing you're certified in or are you certified
15:55
in anything else? I got certified just a general
15:58
group fitness certification, silver sneakers.
16:03
And then for a while I did some other certifications,
16:08
but it's not necessary. So you have to pay for
16:11
those usually. Monthly, annually, whatever the
16:14
case may be. As you start teaching things, you
16:18
find out that a group fitness certification is
16:20
just what you really want to do if you're going
16:22
to do other things. So. So. Was it intimidating?
16:25
Like, was it intimidating? No. No. You just.
16:28
Yeah. Signed up and did it. Yeah. Okay. I could
16:31
see you doing that. Yeah. Did you ever doubt
16:33
yourself whenever you first got started? Absolutely.
16:35
Every day. Do you still? No. Okay. And. All right.
16:40
This is a weird one, but did you feel like an
16:42
imposter in the beginning? No. No. Just. Just
16:46
did it. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Well, teaching that
16:50
very first class, was it terrifying? Like, do
16:52
you remember what it was like to take over that
16:54
very first class? Oh, yeah. It's terrifying.
16:55
Yeah. And back then, Zumba was the thing. It
17:00
was the thing. So everyone taught it. And it
17:03
was everywhere. And there was pressure. Really,
17:07
it was kind of odd. But all of your instructors
17:10
wore Zumba clothes. All of them. Oh, my God.
17:14
And then when you became an instructor, it was
17:17
like, I mean, it wasn't a requirement, but it
17:21
was like, well, I mean, yeah, you need to wear
17:23
clothes. And then you would have to pay for those
17:27
in addition to your licensing. And they were,
17:30
they're still not, they were really expensive.
17:33
Oh, I blame it. So, you know, here I am ordering
17:35
shirts and pants. And because at the beginning,
17:39
oh, yeah, I did the whole thing, the shoes, everything,
17:42
because it was like, that's what you did. And
17:44
that very first photo should have you wearing
17:46
the Zumba shirt. Yeah, I mean, that's what you
17:48
did. Yeah. And when I was doing it and before
17:51
I went to the Y, when I was at another facility,
17:54
I was doing a lot of charity stuff because they
17:56
did. And so I was all over the place with two
18:01
or three instructors from there. And so everybody
18:03
else was in Zumba wear. So you felt like you
18:05
had to because otherwise you would have stand
18:08
out like, well, who are you thinking you're teaching?
18:10
You know, I mean, it was really. cliquish and
18:13
weird i mean really so thank goodness all that
18:16
passed period but yeah yeah i can't even oh gosh
18:21
that sounds expensive yeah it was really expensive
18:23
yeah i think the pants back then were like 60
18:27
dollars lord have mercy and that was in 2012
18:30
did you even make sure even for all that start
18:33
make no no not even close no the shirts were
18:37
like 30 and 35 dollars And of course, too, I
18:40
mean, it's different now, which I think I haven't
18:43
ordered Zumba wear in a long time. But I remember
18:47
because it was like the biggest joke ever because
18:50
people would order an extra large tank top. Yeah.
18:53
And it would come in and you were like, you'd
18:55
hold it up and like, this is a size small in
18:59
women's wear. But in Zumba, it's an extra large.
19:02
And they got so much flack because if you were
19:05
bigger, there were no clothes for you. Oh, period.
19:08
You couldn't sit in any of it. Oh, wow. So they
19:11
got a whole lot of flack from that. And then
19:13
they changed their sizing and stuff. Well, I
19:15
mean, you kind of have to. Yeah. So you've been
19:19
at this for 14 years now. Is that right? Mm -hmm.
19:23
So you teach an almost unbelievable number of
19:27
hours every single week. At what point did it
19:30
stop feeling like something you did and start
19:32
feeling like something you are? Or did it even
19:36
ever feel that way? Oh, yeah. It started feeling
19:40
that way when I was teaching probably, you know,
19:42
12 hours a week. And now it's what, like 19?
19:46
Yeah. But for a long time, it was 23 and 25 for
19:49
a long time. So, yeah, when I hit about 12, then
19:54
I went to 15 and then I went to 20. And, yeah,
19:57
when I was teaching at the Y and at the time,
20:00
I didn't cancel my EKU class, community ed class
20:03
until. And I was like, I can't do this anymore.
20:06
I mean, I didn't do it until the last minute.
20:08
So I was still teaching at EKU with the Y and
20:10
Berea. And the only thing that took out Berea
20:12
was COVID. So, yeah, I was teaching 23 hours
20:14
a week a lot for a long time. And then I would
20:17
sometimes also get called sub, you know. I mean,
20:21
that's got to be hell on the body, though. Yeah,
20:22
that's not fun. That's not fun. OK, well, student
20:28
inspired question came in. One of your students
20:30
actually reached out to me before this interview
20:32
and asked something that I think gets to the
20:34
heart of who you are as an instructor. She said,
20:37
when a brand new person walks into your class
20:39
for the very first time and sees what your regulars
20:41
can do, do you feel a responsibility to reach
20:44
out and really grab them from day one and be
20:47
like, it's OK, you got this? I try to. I mean,
20:50
sometimes people just don't look approachable,
20:51
to be honest, and I don't really look approachable
20:53
a lot. So I get that. So it just kind of depends
20:57
on what vibe I get from them. I mean, I've been
20:59
doing this long enough that you kind of know
21:00
who is and who isn't. But I pretty much, for
21:04
the most part, introduce myself before we start.
21:07
And I always walk up to me people and I'll say,
21:10
you're new. And they're like, oh, yeah, like
21:12
I don't notice, you know, and I'm like, I know
21:14
everyone here. Yeah. You stand out. I mean, so,
21:18
but, but I, I always tell them to do what they
21:21
can. Yeah. You know, and especially like in the
21:24
cardio class, cause you know, you walk in there
21:26
and if you're younger and you see people in their
21:29
sixties and seventies, you're like, Oh, this
21:31
is, this is not going to be a workout to me.
21:33
And I know that's what they're thinking. Yeah.
21:35
And so I always grab those folks and I'm like,
21:37
do what you can. We don't jump, but we move real
21:41
fast in here. So. Yeah, yeah, definitely. You
21:44
said in our last interview series that you're
21:46
not for everyone and that your style isn't for
21:49
everyone. Now that you're on the other side as
21:51
an instructor, looking back at yourself as a
21:53
student, what kind of instructor do you think
21:55
you needed when you first started? And did you
21:57
ever find her or him? I found them in the two
22:01
that I was going to the classes of their classes.
22:06
They held me accountable. If I wasn't there,
22:09
it was like. Where are you at? Because I would
22:11
never miss class. And they did everything in
22:17
the class. They didn't stop. So that's what I
22:21
liked. That's what I wanted. And when I became
22:24
an instructor myself, that was always in the
22:27
back of my mind. Because I had instructors that
22:29
would just stop, especially not even in just
22:33
Zumba. I mean, there was an instructor in town,
22:34
very, very popular. But, you know, stop and flip
22:38
their hair and do all this stuff. And I was just
22:40
like, if you're not if you're not killing yourself
22:42
with me, then. I want to be here. So. So, you
22:47
know, you said they were mainly your Zumba instructors,
22:49
but you said that you also were looking for people
22:52
that could kill you. So explain that to me. I'm
22:54
confused. Oh, well, they taught some other things,
22:56
but just their Zumba classes alone. I mean, you
22:59
know, like my Zumba classes. You remember, right?
23:02
You thought you were going to die? Yeah. 15 minutes
23:04
in and I had to walk out of the room. That's
23:05
right. I mean, like that. I mean, that, you know,
23:08
their classes were intense. I mean, it wasn't.
23:10
Yeah. It wasn't as intense as like mine are now,
23:13
but intense. Yeah. Yeah. Because, you know, I
23:16
started hitting the floor in Zumba and doing
23:17
floor stuff at Berea at the college because I'm
23:20
doing hip hop and I'm thinking and I would just
23:23
throw stuff in to make them, you know, you know,
23:26
you still do that. Yeah. I just couldn't believe
23:28
it, you know. And then, of course. I mean, it
23:32
cracks me up now, but you know, and my classes
23:34
are not a strict Zumba format. I mean, nobody's
23:37
for the most part, not here. They're definitely
23:39
not. Yeah. But you know, then Zumba came out
23:41
with this Zumba strong and I'm like, I've been
23:44
doing this for years. Yeah. Long before y 'all.
23:47
And now it's Zumba and lift. And I'm like, you
23:49
know, you know, I got people to start lifting
23:51
weights. I forced them at the end of every class
23:54
to do an entire weight song when we were done
23:57
with Zumba. Yeah. So I started. And that's how
24:00
low impact cardio started, right? Well, I changed
24:02
that from a silver sneakers class to that because
24:05
our seniors were way too fit for a silver sneakers
24:09
format. Okay. So that's how that's got changed.
24:12
But those people that were doing Zumba, that's
24:16
how I kind of talked them into doing something
24:17
else. It's like, you know, so, and some of them
24:21
at the end of the class, I'm like, grab your
24:23
weights. I'm like. So, but that's really how
24:28
I got most of them started and just lifting a
24:32
dumbbell. I didn't give them a choice. Yeah.
24:34
And you said yourself that you never thought
24:36
I would lift one. And that, my friends, is Rhonda
24:40
Good. A room so packed, the mirrors fogged up.
24:43
That is not just a fitness class. That is a movement.
24:46
But before I let you go, remember that this episode
24:48
is part one of three of Podcast Thon. And I want
24:52
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it. And of course, please don't forget to visit
25:06
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Kentucky. If their mission speaks to you, I would
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little bit helps. Episode two is going to drop
25:20
on Wednesday, March 18th, and we are diving into
25:22
what Rhonda thinks about the state of the fitness
25:24
industry, what separates the instructors who
25:27
build real loyalty from the ones who don't and
25:29
the ones who don't last, and what she sees when
25:32
she scans the room every single class. Trust
25:35
me, I think this one's eye -opening as well.
25:37
Onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you worked
25:39
out today?
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