Episode 10Nov 24, 2025· 5:11
Stop Skipping Workouts When You're Running Late: Why Showing Up Matters Most
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Running 5 minutes late to the gym? That's not a valid excuse to skip your workout. Ashley Grant breaks down why showing up late beats not showing up at all, and reveals how every excuse you accept literally trains your brain to break commitments. Learn the mindset shift that transforms "imperfect" workout days into your most important ones for building long-term consistency. If you've ever talked yourself out of…
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Full transcript
00:13
What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here
00:15
and welcome to More Movement Please. I don't
00:18
know about you guys, but I'm still riding the
00:20
high from last week's amazing interview series
00:23
that went live from Rhonda Good, my fabulous
00:26
instructor. If you haven't heard the series,
00:29
I highly, highly, highly recommend you check
00:31
it out. I'll leave some links in the show notes
00:33
to the three -part series. It was so good. It
00:37
was raw. It was real. It was vulnerable. And
00:40
it's what everybody needs to hear if they're
00:42
considering starting their workout journey. And
00:45
so I highly recommend that if you haven't heard
00:47
that yet, you go check it out. But today what
00:50
I want to talk about is running late. And the
00:53
funny thing is, today I'm actually on time. Not
00:56
just on time, but I'm early. Today I woke up
00:59
early. I woke up... ready and raring to go. And
01:02
because of that, I'm getting to the gym a full
01:06
12 minutes early. There have been days though,
01:10
especially lately where I've been getting to
01:12
the gym five, 10 minutes late. And I used to
01:17
allow that to be an excuse to not go to the gym.
01:22
And I know that's one of those things where when
01:25
you feel like you're running late and you feel
01:26
like you're going to walk into a class that's
01:28
optional. you don't want to walk in. You just
01:32
feel like, okay, well, this was just a sign or
01:34
a reason that I shouldn't be going into the gym
01:38
because you don't want to be that person that
01:40
walks in late. If you listened to any of my previous
01:43
episodes, you already know what I'm going to
01:45
say. You should go anyway. If you are serious
01:49
about working out, go anyway. Because every time
01:54
you give your brain excuses to do something different,
01:59
you're training your brain that it's okay. So
02:04
those days that I'm running late, if I allow
02:07
myself to just stay home or talk myself out of
02:10
going to the gym, that means every time something's
02:12
not going exactly perfectly to plan, I'm training
02:17
my mindset that it's okay. I'm allowed to skip
02:22
the gym. And the thing about being committed
02:26
to something is whenever you Pick away at those
02:30
commitments when you break down those walls of
02:34
being committed to something. At some point,
02:37
it's no longer a commitment. It's just something
02:40
that you say will be your someday. Someday I'll
02:43
be on time. Someday I'll start going to the gym
02:46
again. And I don't want that for you. I want
02:49
you to show up anyway, even if you're 15, 20
02:53
minutes late. Getting a little bit of a workout
02:56
is better than getting no workout at all. And
02:58
here's the thing. If you are running a little
03:00
bit late and you get into gym class and you only
03:04
get about 20 minutes of workout, well, you could
03:07
stay a little bit longer and maybe work on some
03:10
dumbbells, maybe use the bike machine, maybe
03:13
use the stair climber or some other thing. So
03:16
basically, the main point of this is I just want
03:20
to encourage you that if you're running late
03:21
this morning and you're like, man, I'm going
03:24
to be a couple minutes late to the gym, maybe
03:26
I should just forget about it. And go do something
03:28
else. Instead, go to the gym anyway. Just get
03:33
those 10, 15, 20, 25 minutes of workout in. Because
03:39
at least then you're showing your brain and teaching
03:42
your brain. I still intend to do this. Yeah,
03:46
today I slipped up a little bit. But I am committed.
03:49
I still want to work out. I still want to show
03:52
up for myself every day. Because... When you
03:56
are making commitments to yourself and you're
03:58
putting yourself first, that's when the magic
04:01
happens, y 'all. A couple days ago, I posted
04:04
on Facebook that in 2025, I started choosing
04:08
myself again. There's this amazing book by James
04:10
Altucher. It's called Choose Yourself. I highly
04:12
recommend it. I'll leave a link in the show notes.
04:14
It's really good. But in 2025, I started choosing
04:19
myself again. And in 2026, I'm doubling down
04:21
on this. And friends, I really hope that you'll
04:24
do the same thing. Choose yourself. Show up for
04:27
yourself. Commit to yourself. If you want to
04:31
get in shape, make it happen. Only you can. Onwards
04:35
and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out
04:37
today?
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