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What's up, you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here.
Welcome to More Movement, Please, the podcast
where I hope to inspire you to move your body
more. Today, I kind of wanted to talk about where
I'm at in my fitness journey and how I'm feeling.
I did say that this was going to be part accountability,
part education, part inspiration, all the things.
And so since it is basically the first week of
the new year and I'm healthy enough to actually
have a conversation, I thought I would share
kind of what's been going on, where I'm at. and
my goals for 2026. So the first day of the new
year I was really bummed because I could not
do the workout I was planning. I still was feeling
a little bit sick and dealing with some personal
issues in my life and I just could not get to
the gym and I was really really sad about it
and I did still go on a long walk that day still
got movement in but I was pretty bummed about
it. So the next day, that Friday, Friday, January
2nd, I did do Zumba and low impact. And then
after that Friday night, I went back for Tabata.
And then Saturday, I did Zumba low impact and
stayed for yoga. And yoga was really nice. Like
I really, really enjoyed it. And I can honestly
say that if it hadn't been for all the stretch
classes I've been doing and the Pilates, I don't
know how I would have fared in terms of the yoga.
I did do a yoga class a couple months ago at
a local brewery that does free yoga on Sundays.
But I was just really glad that I've been taking
so many stretch classes and all that jazz because
Though yoga is still just kind of stretching,
it's also requiring a lot of balance and a lot
of muscle work and all those things. And so I
did really enjoy it. And I'm just glad that my
body is able to handle those kinds of movements
now. And very grateful for that. So Sunday, there
was a variety class, a new class that our fearless
leader, our instructor Rhonda Good started. And
so I went to that and it was phenomenal. Then
Monday, I did... Zumba and low impact again and
then that night I came back for a spin class
and I did the like it's called Tabata mix up
I believe and so I did that as well so I got
four classes in on Monday then yesterday was
Tuesday And the plan was to do three classes
in the morning and two classes that evening.
So here's how things went down, though. Tuesday
morning, I did the Matt Pilates class that Rhonda
was covering. Then I did low impact cardio and
toning and stayed for abs and booty. And the
plan was to go back and do another round of low
impact cardio and toning and then stick around
for Tabata. Unfortunately, I made the. little
mistake of thinking, okay, I'll just, I'll just
nap for a few minutes and then I'll get up and
I'll go back to the gym. Well, for some reason,
I don't know why I didn't set my alarm. And so
I slept right through the two classes and I was
really, really bummed about it. So today is Wednesday,
the day that I'm recording this, it's Wednesday
and Rhonda's covering another class. It's called
triple threat. And so I'm here at the gym and
I'm going to take it, but I just kind of wanted
to share. That because I, when I make plans for
myself and intend to do something, I get really
bummed whenever I don't actually do that. That's
the whole point of me, you know, sharing these
accountability posts and sharing what my plans
are for the week is I want to share. what's really
going on and the funny thing is whenever I shared
on Monday my plans for working out for this week
I actually did not say that I was going to go
on Monday night or Tuesday night and I don't
know if subconsciously I just didn't know if
my body would be able to handle it or or what
but I ended up not going to the Tuesday night
stuff and basically the main reason that I'm
sharing this is I just want to tell you that
if you make a plan and you slip up it doesn't
mean you failed it just means you got to keep
showing up like the whole point of committing
to this as a lifestyle change is you've got to
keep showing up it's about consistency more than
anything it's about progress over perfection
and so though I'm a little bummed that I didn't
do what I had hoped to do. I am still proud of
the fact that I am still making progress. I am
still showing up. I am here this morning on a
day that I normally wouldn't be at the gym. I'm
still trying. I'm still going to keep showing
up. And I said I was also going to share my goals
for 2026. My goals for 2026 in terms of fitness
is I want to get to a place where my knees aren't
hurting to the level that they currently are.
They aren't hurting nearly as much as they were.
when I got serious about all this, which is great
news, obviously. It's fantastic. I'm super thrilled
about it. But I am still dealing with some knee
pain. I'm still having to use a knee brace for
pretty much all of my exercise classes that I've
been doing because there is still significant
pain that happens there, especially if we're
doing things where we're on our knees or doing
a lot of squats. So I will be working on more
of that. And so if you guys have any recommendations
for, you know, knee strength and making your
knees feel better, I'm open to pretty much anything.
So hit me up. I'm on all the socials at Famous
Ashley Grant. You can find me if you just search
Famous Ashley Grant on pretty much any social
media. I'm on X. I'm on LinkedIn. I'm on Facebook.
I'm on Instagram. I'm even on Blue Sky. I'm considering
setting up some others, but it's a lot of work,
man, to be on all these social medias. I don't
know if you guys have experienced this yourself,
but it feels like there's just so many social
media profiles that are available. And I am a
believer that you should at least have a profile
everywhere, but I don't know if I want to actually
be active on all of them. I'm trying to figure
out. my plans professionally for how I want to
play with those. But yeah, please feel free to
hit me up if you have any suggestions for knee
strength. I am going to try to keep doing more
spin classes because from what I understand,
that's really good for knees. And the other thing
that's really good for it is to actually lose
weight because Rhonda says that every single
pound you lose takes three pounds of pressure
off of your knees. And I am down... I am down
a little over 22 pounds, I believe, at this point
since July. And I am hoping to lose even more
this year. That is one of my goals for 2026 is
to continue losing weight. I have said many times
that I don't intend on like full blown dieting.
I am cutting back a little bit in terms of like
sweets and sodas and things like that. But I
don't I don't ever want to be the person who
says, you know, over strict yourself completely
because. The whole point of this is to keep wanting
to show up. And I know anytime I've ever restricted
myself, that's when I fail. That's when I have
the most problems. So yeah, those are my big
two goals for 2026 is to continue losing weight
and to work on my knee strength. And I guess
the third big goal is to... Try to keep using
those 20 pound dumbbells. I am still doing it
sporadically. I'm not using them as frequently
as I think I should be. I am still having some
trouble with feeling like some weakness and things
like that. So I'm still mainly using the eights
and the 15s, eights for my smalls and 15s for
my bigs. Yesterday I was in. a significant amount
of pain, however. And so I was using the fives
as my smalls and the tens as my bigs. But I know
these things happen. I know there's going to
be days where you show up and you're going to
feel weaker than you normally do. But my goal
is to get to a point where the tens are my smalls
and the 20s are my bigs. So those are my big
goals for 2026. Thank you for listening. Hopefully
hearing, you know, kind of what I've been going
through and what I'm up to inspires you to. If
nothing else, just move your body more. Like
that's the big goal that I want for everyone
is I want everyone to move their body more. And
hopefully this raw and real look of what I'm.
experiencing inspires you or helps you or just
at least helps you feel like you're not alone
in this. Because I don't know about you, but
I can't stand the idea of feeling like I'm alone
on a journey. That's the whole reason I'm obsessed
with group exercise and love, you know, showing
up and seeing people that are also going through
the same things I'm going through. We root each
other on, we talk to each other, and we kind
of help keep each other accountable. If someone
doesn't show up, we send a message to each other.
It's really good. So if you can find people in
your own life to kind of help hold you accountable,
do it. And if you don't have anybody in your
life, I am putting out a accountability post
every Monday where I'm tagging people that have
asked me to tag them. So hit me up if you want
me to add you to those tags. I would love to
help you hold yourself accountable as well. And
yeah. I'm excited for 2026. I'm hopeful for good
things for the future. And I want good things
for everybody who's listening. And onwards and
upwards, my friends. Have you worked out today?