Episode 59Apr 15, 2026· 7:12
Stop Making Excuses and Start Making Appointments With Yourself
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You had the wrong outfit. You ate too big of a breakfast. You woke up five minutes late. Sound familiar? If you have ever talked yourself out of a workout with reasons that wouldn't hold up under any real scrutiny, this episode is going to hit close to home.
Ashley gets real about the mental gymnastics she used to do to avoid the gym and how she completely flipped the script. Now she blocks her workout classes in…
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Full transcript
00:00
Yeah, I used to give really dumb excuses as to
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why I couldn't go to the gym. What's up, you
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guys? Famous Sasha Grant here. Welcome to More
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Movement Please, the podcast where I hope to
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inspire you to move your body more. Today, I
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want to talk about really dumb excuses. And I
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guess the reason I'm thinking about this is because
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I used to give the dumbest excuses as to why
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I couldn't go to the gym. And now I'm amused
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that I'm generally looking for excuses. to go
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to the gym. I am constantly like telling people
00:32
that I'm not available on certain days and times
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because I, in my calendar, I have set it up that,
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you know, I know that every Monday at 9 30 AM
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is Zumba and every Monday at 10 30 AM is low
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impact cardio and toning. So I literally put
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in my calendar every single week for the year
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that I'm booked at those times. I did the same
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thing for Tuesdays at 9 .30 whenever there's
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another low impact cardio and toning class. And
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for Thursdays when there's a Tabata class at
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9 .30 and Friday, the same thing as Monday, 9
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.30 a .m. I'm going to be doing Zumba and 10
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.30 a .m. I'm going to be doing low impact cardio
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and toning. And the reason I'm so amused about
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this is because back before I got serious about
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my fitness journey, before I got really serious
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about. the fact that I wanted to be at the gym
01:20
as often as possible, actually taking care of
01:22
my health, taking care of my fitness, I would
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literally come up with any excuse under the sun
01:28
to not go to the gym. Everything from, oh, I
01:31
didn't have the outfit I wanted to wear today.
01:33
Or, oh, I woke up just a few minutes late. Or,
01:36
oh, I had too big of a breakfast. Or, I mean,
01:39
insert excuse here, right? I literally was making
01:42
excuses left and right to not go to the gym.
01:46
And I... I often would throw it on work. I would
01:49
say, oh, I have to work. And yeah, I get it.
01:52
A lot of people, they have day jobs and I do
01:54
too. I actually do work. And I had someone say
01:57
to me recently, they were like, man, you're at
01:59
the gym so often. Do you ever work? Like, do
02:01
you even have a job? And I kind of got tickled
02:04
at that question because I do run my own business.
02:07
And so I create my hours around my gym schedule
02:10
at this point. And that is one of the good things
02:13
about working for yourself. I don't dismiss that
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at all. I understand that a lot of people can't
02:18
do what I do in terms of working out their schedules.
02:26
I'm constantly keeping it in my calendar that
02:29
I will be working out at specific days and times.
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And I make this these appointments with myself
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and I do everything I can now to keep them. I
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keep these appointments because they mean that
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much to me. And it's just it's wild to think
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I used to always make excuses about why I couldn't
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go to the gym. And I'm I'm. I'm not that person
02:50
anymore. I'm not that person anymore. I'm not
02:52
the girl who's going to try to get out of going
02:54
to the gym. I'm going to do everything I can.
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I move heaven and earth trying to make sure I
02:58
get to the gym. And I had, I had a meeting today
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and I was amused at a client that was asking
03:04
me like, gosh, you're so busy. Like I was looking
03:07
through your booking link and I couldn't find
03:09
any availability at the times that I'm available.
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what is it that you're always doing in the mornings?
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And, and I just kind of had to explain to them
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like, you know, well, mornings are usually whenever
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I'm at the gym and they're like, but you're booked
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a lot. And it's, yes, I am. I'm going to the
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gym rather frequently. And I love it. I absolutely
03:26
love the fact that I am moving my body the way
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that I am. I am doing all I can to work out as
03:31
often as I can. And, you know, I kind of just
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goes to the. The thing that I've said in the
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past that if you are going to get serious about
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working out, you need to make appointments with
03:41
yourself. If you keep a calendar of appointments
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and things that you know that you have to do,
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add in your workouts, man. Add in the times that
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you intend to go to the gym or if it's not the
03:55
gym. that you intend to turn on a workout video
03:57
or that you intend to go for a walk or whatever
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it is because when you make the appointments
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with yourself that's when you'll actually show
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up whenever you make these appointments with
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yourself that's when you won't give yourself
04:08
an out and i mean think about it let's say you
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had an appointment to get your oil changed if
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it came the time for your oil change are you
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just gonna oh i don't feel like it today No,
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you're going to go and you're going to go get
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your oil changed at that time that you have booked
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into your calendar. Why? Because you know that
04:24
you need it to keep your car running smoothly
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and you made the appointment. You made the commitment
04:30
that you're going to show up and take care of
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your car. It's the same with working out. That's
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why I add all of my gym days into my calendar.
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I'm adamant about it. I make sure that every
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day that I know that I'm going to try to go to
04:43
the gym, I add it to the calendar. And it makes
04:46
it so that when people are trying to book appointments
04:47
with me, they can't book me on the days that
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I have gym classes because I want to make sure
04:53
that I keep these appointments with myself. Now,
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I will say that there have been some random exceptions
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where I didn't really have a choice about, you
05:00
know, what time an appointment was booked, because
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there are some things that do come up where clients
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need you at a specific time. And yes, I have
05:07
had to either leave early or, you know, step
05:10
out of class and take a call or whatever. But
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the point is, if you. want to be serious about
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changing your lifestyle changing your fitness
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habits then you've got to start booking it in
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with yourself and you've got to make the commitment
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and actually show up and don't make excuses if
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you keep making excuses you're never going to
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get the results that you were looking for if
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you keep making excuses you will not see any
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inches come off your body if you keep making
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excuses you will not see the scale move at all
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If you keep making excuses, you will continue
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being the same person you are now, if not worse,
05:44
as you age. And that is something that I have
05:47
been really focused on lately because as I'm
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getting older, I'm starting to see just how critical
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it is that we take care of our bodies and move
05:55
them and make sure that we are keeping our, I
06:00
guess, our engine oiled. Because, you know, that's
06:03
basically what it is, right? Every time I go
06:05
to the gym. It's me making sure that I'm keeping
06:08
my body in check, that I am keeping my body movable
06:11
and usable. And so that's really what I want
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to encourage you to do today is if you are not
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going to the gym or you are not working out or
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you're not moving your body in some way, shape
06:23
or form, start adding it to your calendar. Start
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adding these as appointments with yourself that
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you keep that you are using this time as a commitment
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to yourself. to take better care of yourself.
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You deserve it. I want this for you. I'm rooting
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for you. Onwards and upwards, my friends. Have
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you worked out today?
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