Episode 38Feb 9, 2026· 9:12
What's in My Gym Bag? The Essentials That Keep Me Safe and Sweating
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Ever had a dumbbell slip out of your sweaty hands mid-rep and smack you? Yeah, that happened to me, and it changed the way I pack my gym bag forever. In this episode, I'm dumping out my gym bag and walking you through every single item I carry with me to the gym, from the gloves that saved me from another weight-related injury to the soft-soled shoes that finally let me stop getting stuck on the Zumba floor. I'm…
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Full transcript
00:00
Are we really doing this? I guess we're doing
00:02
this. What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant
00:09
here. Welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast
00:12
where I hope to inspire you to move your body
00:14
more. So I got a fun question today and... I
00:18
thought, you know what? What the hell? I'll answer
00:21
it. Because I've told you guys before and I'll
00:23
tell you again that my whole goal with this podcast
00:26
is to be completely transparent and honest about
00:29
all the things. So the funny question I got was,
00:33
what's in your gym bag? And I can only imagine
00:36
that this is because of the trends that have
00:37
been happening on TikTok and Instagram and all
00:40
that jazz. But I'm in a weird mood tonight. And
00:43
so I thought, you know what? What the hell? I'll
00:45
answer the question. So. The things I keep in
00:48
my gym bag. Some of them may surprise you. I'm
00:50
not really sure. Others of them, you might just
00:53
be like, yeah, well, that figures. But here we
00:54
go. So what's in my gym bag? Let me take a look.
00:58
Let's go through this together. In my gym bag,
01:00
I have I have a pair of gloves and those are
01:04
for whenever I'm lifting weights. And what's
01:07
funny about the gloves that I bought is I bought
01:09
them because during one of my. the first classes
01:13
where I was trying to go a little bit heavier
01:15
with the weights, I actually had them slip and
01:18
hit me. And so that was the day that I went straight
01:21
to the store and I bought some gloves so that
01:23
I wouldn't have to worry about them slipping
01:24
because, I mean, let's be honest, when you're
01:26
working out, you sweat a lot. And so I didn't
01:29
want to risk any injury. And so now I wear the
01:32
gloves while I am doing my workouts. Some other
01:36
things that I keep in my gym bag. I usually have
01:38
two drinks. I keep one water bottle that is filled
01:42
with water. And then the other water bottle I
01:44
fill with the organic strawberry Gatorade. Or
01:48
at least it is the case right now until I run
01:50
out. I still haven't been able to find it on
01:52
Amazon for sale. So I am looking for a new recovery
01:56
drink. So I guess if you guys have any ideas,
01:58
hit me up on social media. I'm Famous Ashley
02:00
Grant everywhere. And even if that's not the
02:02
handle, if you search Famous Ashley Grant, you'll
02:04
find me. I'm looking for... I'm looking for drink
02:06
ideas. What else is in my bag? Today, I actually
02:09
have granola bars in my bag. I've had a situation
02:12
recently where I was working out and I actually
02:16
got really dizzy. And whenever I was looking
02:18
into it. I kept finding things that were basically
02:21
saying you're either dehydrated or you haven't
02:24
had enough calories. And so I started keeping
02:27
either a granola bar or some kind of something
02:30
just to have a quick snack in case I start feeling
02:33
the disease. So that's been helpful for me. Do
02:36
I eat the healthiest of granola bars? Probably
02:38
not. But you know what? It's serving the purpose
02:41
of what I'm looking for. One of the things I
02:44
keep in my bag. Another thing I keep in my bag.
02:47
I always keep a knee brace. I injured my knee
02:51
whenever I was younger and getting overweight
02:54
really didn't help that. And if anything, it
02:57
exacerbated the issues that I was having. And
02:59
I started having issues with my other knee as
03:01
well because of said. you know, overweightness.
03:05
And so I always keep knee braces in my bag just
03:08
in case I need them, in case there's, you know,
03:11
any kind of move I do that makes my knees angry.
03:13
Because, you know, that just, that is a thing.
03:15
I want to make sure that I'm doing all of the
03:18
workouts as safely as I can. And so that's definitely
03:22
something that I always keep. Another thing in
03:25
my gym bag, I keep tissues. I always keep tissues
03:28
because you never know. You could just need a
03:31
tissue. Another thing I keep in there, I always
03:33
keep gum and I keep mints. And that's mainly
03:35
because I don't want to just be mainlining water
03:38
or drinks while I'm working out. Sometimes I
03:41
just need something to like, you know, keep a...
03:45
I know a lot of people don't like the word moist,
03:48
but that's just the case. I need something that's,
03:51
you know, in my mouth. So that's usually a go
03:54
-to for me whenever I don't want to be just drinking
03:57
a bunch, but I do want... I guess the wetness
03:59
in my mouth. Let's see what else is in here.
04:03
I have my wallet because it's got my ID. It's
04:05
got my, it's got my ID. It's got my little key
04:10
tag to sign in at the gym. Let's see what else
04:14
is in here. I have, well, some hand lotion because,
04:18
you know, you got to keep your hands soft, especially,
04:21
you know, doing all this weightlifting, getting
04:23
those calluses. What else? Oh, I keep my microphone
04:28
and the plug in for my phone so that I can record
04:33
these podcast episodes. That's actually something
04:35
that I always keep in my bag because as I'm going
04:37
to and from the gym, I get ideas and then I want
04:40
to share them. And so I always keep the equipment
04:43
because I record in my car. So that's definitely
04:46
something that is always in my gym bag. And I
04:49
also keep a pair of shoes specifically for Zumba.
04:54
Whenever I'm in most of my classes, I just wear
04:57
my standard tennis shoes, but I have special
04:59
shoes that have softer soles for Zumba. And the
05:02
reason that I use those during Zumba is because
05:04
it helps me to slide across the floor easier.
05:08
What was happening before is I was just using
05:10
my standard tennis shoes and I was actually getting
05:12
stuck on the floor when we were doing certain
05:15
moves. And so I went and got soft sole tennis
05:17
shoes so that I... could slide around. Another
05:21
thing I have in my gym bag might seem odd to
05:23
you I don't know as I have a hairbrush. I am
05:26
a girl and so I always keep a hairbrush just
05:29
in case I get the wispies or the you know crazy
05:31
hair. I've definitely had situations between
05:34
classes where I've had to redo my hair because
05:36
we'll do certain moves and I've had the bar or
05:39
a dumbbell just completely you know mess up the
05:42
ponytail. I generally will have a ponytail because
05:45
I have longer hair and I don't like getting extra
05:49
sweaty when I don't need to. Let's see. Another
05:53
thing that is in my gym bag is hair ties, because
05:56
I've had a couple of friends, a couple of my
05:59
gym buddies, they've needed hair ties before.
06:01
And so I've kept hair ties in my bag because
06:05
you never know when someone's going to need one.
06:07
I've actually had a couple of people say, hey,
06:08
does anyone have a hair tie? And so I'll just
06:10
give them, you know, hair ties. You can get like
06:12
20 of them for. $1 .50. So like, I'll just keep
06:16
them in my bag just in case or in case I forget
06:18
to put my hair up. I have them for the day. So
06:22
yeah, that's pretty much everything. Oh, and
06:24
my keys. I always keep my keys because, you know,
06:26
I gotta have the keys to be able to get to and
06:30
from the gym. But yeah, that's what's in my gym
06:33
bag. I thought that was a fun little question
06:35
to come in and answer. I don't know if this was
06:39
amusing to you, if you guys... really cared that
06:42
much about what's in my gym bag but if you did
06:44
care now you know and if you have any other questions
06:47
that you want to share that you want to have
06:49
me answer I would love to answer them I'm always
06:52
down to to kind of share with you guys what I'm
06:55
going through what I'm doing what I'm up to so
06:58
if you um If you want to ask me more questions,
07:02
like I said, I'm everywhere on social media at
07:05
Famous Ashley Grant. And if that's not the handle,
07:07
if you just search Famous Ashley Grant, you can
07:08
find me. For example, on X, I'm Ashley is Famous.
07:12
But yeah, on Facebook and Instagram, I'm Famous
07:16
Ashley Grant. So if you search for me, you can
07:18
find me, hit me up, send me a DM, and I'll answer
07:21
your questions. Also, I am now seeking voice
07:25
notes because I would love to just keep sharing.
07:29
other voices on this podcast so if you too are
07:32
going through a fitness journey of your own and
07:35
you want to share with people what you're up
07:36
to and how it's going or you know if you want
07:39
some extra accountability or if you have a question
07:41
or whatever go to famousashleygrant .com backslash
07:45
fitness You'll find a link there for how you
07:48
can leave me a voice note that could appear on
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this podcast. And I would absolutely love to
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hear from y 'all. And if you are a fitness trainer,
07:56
a fitness instructor, personal trainer, registered
07:58
dietitian, nutritionist, whatever, I'd love to
08:02
hear from you too, because I think it'd be so
08:04
fun to start sharing the tips and tricks and
08:07
ideas of. how you're helping your clients to
08:10
lose weight and get in shape. I just, I really
08:13
want this podcast to be more of a movement. I
08:15
want it to be more than just my voice. I mean,
08:17
yes, whenever I started it, it was all about,
08:19
you know, the diary of, of what I'm going through,
08:22
but I want it to be so much more than that. And
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so I would just love to hear from y 'all famousashtagrant
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.com backslash fitness, fill out the form, send
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me a voice note, and it could appear on a new,
08:32
on an, on an upcoming episode. That's all I got
08:34
for you today. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode
08:36
until next time. Onwards and upwards, my friends.
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