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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 wanted to do kind of a Q &A. I
have received some questions and I kind of just
wanted to have a conversation and tell you guys
the answers to some of the questions that I've
gotten. So one of the first questions that I
got was for someone who can only commit to, let's
say, three workouts per week, how would you structure
that to get the most bang for their buck? So
I have to say that I would choose a workout program
that kind of does the whole body. And that's
why I'm in love with low impact cardio and toning
and Tabata. Those two classes, we work every
single body part. And so if I could only do three
workouts a week. I would do two low impact cardio
and toning and the Tabata. Because like I said,
in those exercise programs, we work the whole
body. Now, the thing is, if you can't get to
a class like that, there are some pretty awesome
videos that I have found on YouTube that do full
body workouts. Some of them do no equipment.
Some of them do just. just dumbbells. Like if
you just have a set of dumbbells, some do resistance
bands, some do all kinds of different things.
But basically, if you only have time for three
workouts, I would just make sure that you're
doing something that works your whole body and
make sure that one of those days you're doing
something that involves lifting. And the reason
I say that, and it's funny that I'm saying that
because before lifting dumbbell, it didn't seem
to be that big of a deal, but I can actually
tell you it does have a dramatic impact on your
you're working out like it you can really feel
the difference whenever you start adding some
sort of weight lifting to you're working out
so that's the that's the main thing I would do
is but if you only have time for three workouts
do something that works your whole body let's
see what are some of the other questions can
you tell me what a typical training week looks
like for you right now the typical week usually
consists of Monday doing Zumba and low impact
cardio. And then Tuesdays I do low impact cardio
and now I'm doing abs and booty. Wednesdays is
usually a rest day for me. And by rest, I don't
mean complete rest. I mean active rest where
I'm stretching and I'm walking. And yeah, that's
more typical than what I'm doing this week. This
week, there's been some additional classes that
I've been taking because my favorite instructor
has been covering additional classes. But on
Wednesdays, normally I'm doing stretching and
walking. And then on Thursday, I do Tabata and
another stretch class. And then on Fridays and
Saturdays, I do Zumba and low impact cardio and
toning. Next question. How has your approach
to fitness changed over the past few months and
what made you shift your thinking? What made
me finally shift my thinking was just a light
bulb moment. I mean, that's honestly the best
answer I can give is when Rhonda said that phrase
to me on July 14th, the everyone is busy, but
it's a choice, you know. I that was that was
the light bulb moment, right? I had been hearing
her say different versions of that exact same
thing. But I guess where I had been working out
off and on for a little over a year and a half,
it it was finally like it finally clicked. It
finally made sense that I wasn't doing what I
needed to do to make the changes that I wanted
to make. And so when she said that and kind of
hit me in the face with it. I finally heard it.
I finally heard it. So honestly, it was just
making the decision to make the change. So that's
what shifted my thinking is that I drew my line
in the sand. And I, I highly recommend that if
you are thinking about starting to work out,
really examine your life, like really look at
what your current life looks like, what things
are going on. And if you are thinking about working
out, just. Make the decision. Like when you show
up for yourself, when you make the decision,
I am going to do this for me. You can't do it
for anybody else. When you make the decision,
I'm going to do this for me. It's interesting
how everything seems to shift. And you've got
to keep making that decision over and over again
until the point that it becomes a habit, till
the point that it becomes an addiction, and then
just keep going. OK, next question. What's the
most common mistake that you see people are making
when they're first starting their fitness journey?
It's definitely got to be not committing. If
you say that you're going to start working out
and then the very next day you don't work out.
You're not all in. You've got to really commit
to this. Like, that's the big thing that I had
to learn for myself is that. Sure, I said that
I was going to start working out, but until I
got serious to the point that I was putting it
in my calendar, that I was making the plan every
single week, that I was showing up every single
week, you're making a mistake if you're not committing
completely. So that's the biggest mistake I see.
And some people might tell you, oh, well, the
biggest mistake is that they go too hard or they
try to do too much or whatever the thing may
be. Definitely, in my opinion, the biggest mistake
that I see people make is not actually committing
to this. If you're serious, commit and show up
like that. That's the big thing. All right. Next
question. You mentioned you used to dread anything
involving walking or stairs. What's the most
surprising physical activity you actually look
forward to now? Wow, that one. It's kind of shocking
to me to say it's Tabata. I used to dread Tabata
like. I couldn't understand why so many people
said that Tabata was their favorite. It felt
like too high intensity. It felt too hard. And
I actually look forward to Tabata a hell of a
lot more than I ever thought I would. Because
one of the gals that I work out with, she says
that her favorite thing about Tabata is that
because it works out your whole body, that it
feels like she gets the most for her workout
effort. out of any of the classes that she takes.
And I can actually really see that. I still love
Zumba. I will not, this is the hell I will die
on. It is my favorite. I have loved Zumba as
long as I can remember. I mean, even back when
I was still living in Tampa, that was one of
the classes that I used to always try to attend
because I really loved to dance. But in terms
of actual physical ability and real training,
Tabata really has become my favorite. And I mean,
I love low impact cardio and toning, but. One
of the good things about that particular class
is that, you know, our instructor, she does include
some Tabata rounds in that class. And I just
that that's been the most surprising is that
I look forward to it more than I ever thought
I would. All right. Next question. You mentioned
the 20 pound dumbbells are haunting you. When
do you think you'll finally pick them up and
what's really holding you back from trying them
now? I actually am using the 20s occasionally.
I am not. fully committing to the point where
I am using them every single time I do kind of
hope that within the next month or so that I
will be using those permanently I'd love to go
to the 10s and 20s like 10s being my smalls and
20s being my bigs if I don't feel like I'm strong
enough though then I won't but I would really
like to get to the point where where that's my
my regular go -to I did have a In the last couple
of classes, where I was not feeling too well,
I did go down to the fives and tens because I
just, I couldn't even handle the fifteens for
a couple of days. And I'm told that that's normal,
that there are going to be days where I'm still
going to feel weak or feel like I just can't
handle the heavy weights. But I am planning that
at least by March, I will constantly be reaching
for the tens and twenties. That is my goal. I
think this has been a long enough of an episode
for now. I don't want this to be too terribly
long, but I really appreciate the questions.
Thank you guys so much for sending me questions
and feel free to keep sending me questions. I
would love to do more of these where I'm just
telling the truth about what I'm going through,
the fitness journey that I'm experiencing. And
I really love this. Like, I'm really loving being
able to tell people the truth about what I'm
going through and what I'm feeling, because I
think that. One of the things that I see too
often with fitness podcasts is people just trying
to cram it down your throat, all the reasons
that you need to be doing it. And yes, those
things are true. But at the same time, just hearing
real accounts of what people are going through,
that's what inspires me. That's what gets me
excited. But I feel like just when more people
talk about the truth about what's going on, the
better. And so thank you again for these questions.
And onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you
worked out today?