Transcript
What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here
and welcome to More Movement Please. I don't
know about you guys, but I'm still riding the
high from last week's amazing interview series
that went live from Rhonda Good, my fabulous
instructor. If you haven't heard the series,
I highly, highly, highly recommend you check
it out. I'll leave some links in the show notes
to the three -part series. It was so good. It
was raw. It was real. It was vulnerable. And
it's what everybody needs to hear if they're
considering starting their workout journey. And
so I highly recommend that if you haven't heard
that yet, you go check it out. But today what
I want to talk about is running late. And the
funny thing is, today I'm actually on time. Not
just on time, but I'm early. Today I woke up
early. I woke up... ready and raring to go. And
because of that, I'm getting to the gym a full
12 minutes early. There have been days though,
especially lately where I've been getting to
the gym five, 10 minutes late. And I used to
allow that to be an excuse to not go to the gym.
And I know that's one of those things where when
you feel like you're running late and you feel
like you're going to walk into a class that's
optional. you don't want to walk in. You just
feel like, okay, well, this was just a sign or
a reason that I shouldn't be going into the gym
because you don't want to be that person that
walks in late. If you listened to any of my previous
episodes, you already know what I'm going to
say. You should go anyway. If you are serious
about working out, go anyway. Because every time
you give your brain excuses to do something different,
you're training your brain that it's okay. So
those days that I'm running late, if I allow
myself to just stay home or talk myself out of
going to the gym, that means every time something's
not going exactly perfectly to plan, I'm training
my mindset that it's okay. I'm allowed to skip
the gym. And the thing about being committed
to something is whenever you Pick away at those
commitments when you break down those walls of
being committed to something. At some point,
it's no longer a commitment. It's just something
that you say will be your someday. Someday I'll
be on time. Someday I'll start going to the gym
again. And I don't want that for you. I want
you to show up anyway, even if you're 15, 20
minutes late. Getting a little bit of a workout
is better than getting no workout at all. And
here's the thing. If you are running a little
bit late and you get into gym class and you only
get about 20 minutes of workout, well, you could
stay a little bit longer and maybe work on some
dumbbells, maybe use the bike machine, maybe
use the stair climber or some other thing. So
basically, the main point of this is I just want
to encourage you that if you're running late
this morning and you're like, man, I'm going
to be a couple minutes late to the gym, maybe
I should just forget about it. And go do something
else. Instead, go to the gym anyway. Just get
those 10, 15, 20, 25 minutes of workout in. Because
at least then you're showing your brain and teaching
your brain. I still intend to do this. Yeah,
today I slipped up a little bit. But I am committed.
I still want to work out. I still want to show
up for myself every day. Because... When you
are making commitments to yourself and you're
putting yourself first, that's when the magic
happens, y 'all. A couple days ago, I posted
on Facebook that in 2025, I started choosing
myself again. There's this amazing book by James
Altucher. It's called Choose Yourself. I highly
recommend it. I'll leave a link in the show notes.
It's really good. But in 2025, I started choosing
myself again. And in 2026, I'm doubling down
on this. And friends, I really hope that you'll
do the same thing. Choose yourself. Show up for
yourself. Commit to yourself. If you want to
get in shape, make it happen. Only you can. Onwards
and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out
today?