Being Fuerte. It’s Time to Speak!

Listen to the conversation about how some of us in the industry got started..Bert Sims and Sandy Grant and I have been in the industry for over 20 yrs. It was great to reconnect and reminisce on how we got our foot in the Health and Fitness industry. Both  have great knowledge and experience to share.

Bert Sims, LMT, Functional Range Release Practioner and Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist Bodybuilding Competitor and currently coaching youth in Orfino Idaho. He can be found at @b_sims4733

Sandy Grant, IFBB Fitness Pro and Online Health & Fitness Coach, Wife, Mother, and Entrepreneur. She can be found at @sandygrantfitness

Let us know what you want to hear in more depth. Competition, Nutrition, Workouts, and how we find a balance. We will be interviewing gym owners, trainers, coaches and many other in the industry. And have some back in! Contact us @fuertefitness and @funkiecoldmedina

Enjoy a conversation amongst friends from Boise State University. We speak about how being the first in our family to go to college, and the people that helped us navigate school. We all grow up as farmer workers, were children of farm workers and yet we managed a different world in higher education and we share lessons learned. We talk about why it is so important for us to serve, be advocate, and help our latino community. Old friends talking about our lives, lessons we’ve learned  and how we charish our champions that believed in us.

Bobby Gayton is an Illistrate for the Bureau of Reclamation. A talented mural artist and activists based out of Boise, Id. We look forward to hearing more about him and future conversations.

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Lina is @linarmendez on Twitter 

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Today our topic is failure, mistakes, or learning experiences that either propel us forward or hold us back.

If you had a hard time growing up in trauma or tough circumstances, this one is for you! I talk about my failures and lessons learned, some of the negative thinking I experienced young, and how I got help to move through it.

I mention Pinkson Book again Shamanic Wisdom of the Huichol.  (I don't know what this means...)

And here are some lovely quotes that helped me through the years:

"There really is no failures once you’ve been playing for a certain amount of time. Everything turns into lessons." Jazman Jackson, soft ball player

"Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." Joshua Marine

"It’s really not failure unless you stop trying." T.S. Elliot 

"Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue what excites you." Jim Rohn

"If you are motivated enough to put the work in, you can achieve anything in life you set your mind to." Magic Johnson

"When you feel like throwing in the towel, ask yourself 'Am I where I want to be yet?' If the answer is no, then keep pushing forward." Camile Brown Weightlifter

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Listen to a conversation between Lina and me while we talk about setting new intentions for the year! Get inspired by hearing about situations we’ve been through where we learned from what worked for us in the past. Both challenges and wins of the past have helped us setting new goals, strive for better ways of being and continue to help us be better humans listening to our intuition.  Through times in our lives where we are thriving or surviving, we will discuss how we moved through both, with Whar  helped and continues to help us stay focused on what you want to accomplish this year, month week, or day!

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Enjoy our conversation with my guests today while we talk about motivation, in higher education and higher Fitness Levels.  Both of my guests are inspiring-wives, mothers, entrepreneurs and educators.

Lina Mendez is an Associate Director of ChicanX & Latinx Retention Initiatives at UC Davis. She holds a BA degree in education from New Mexico State, Masters from Harvard, and PhD from UC Davis. Find her @linarmendez for Twitter.  

Nicole Sims is an International Federation of BodyBuilding and fitness Professional. She received her BA in Communications from Washington State. She has her own business as a Health and Accountability Coach in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Find her on Instagram @nicolesimswellness.

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I’m so excited have you all listen to this conversation discussing our first right of passage amongst two friends, a childhood friend Lina and a member of my fitness family, Mishele. Our last episodes describes rites of passage in more detail.

In this episode WE Speak about the challenge and skills we developed in finding our own path! You’ll hear about our upbringing and how WE honed into our resilience, self saficiancy and courage! By leaving home, getting an education, and healing trauma were able to change the trajectory of our lives. Across races and enthicities we found commonalities. 

Lina taking kids through the educational pipeline and Mishele ability to use her a voice! Growing in small rural towns in the 90s, it wasn’t always considered an advantage to be different. I’m proud of my culture, the ability to speak both English and Spanish, and to be in fitness!

You may not want to listen with kids.

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Book reference is The shamanic wisdom of Huichol. Tom Soloway Pinkson PHD.

Rite of passage is a ceremony or an event that mark an important stages of our life such as birth marriage and death. They are an event that is physically emotionally and mentally taxing that change our life. Life’s continual stages. Examples: leaving the house for first time, illnesses such as cancer and losing a parent a partner or even a child.
It’s a time to find the strength to example our lives, make the necessary changes, and choose to take on the responsibility of ourselves.
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“Fuerte” means ‘strong’ in Spanish. Welcome to “Being Fuerte. It’s time to Speak” the Podcast. This a platform to talk about different topics and issues that affect our health and fitness. We will discuss upbringing, culture, beliefs, motivation, specifics on working out and many other topics. As well as, What gets in your way?? 

Health and well being doesn’t solely pertain to the physical body. It’s about being strong in the mind, spirit, and soul. Hence we are going to exercise them all right here!

Being Fuerte is powered by my company Fuerte Fitness @ fuertefitness.com Connect with us on all of our social media at Fuerte Fitness. Let us know what you want to hear in more depth. Competition, Nutrition, Workouts, and how we find a balance. We will be interviewing gym owners, trainers, coaches, clients, fitness friends and many others in our industry. Contact us @fuertefitness on Instagram or our website at www.fuertefitness.com 

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Instagram: @fuertefitness and @funkiecoldmedina

“Fuerte” means ‘strong’ in Spanish. Being Fuerte doesn’t solely pertain to the physical body. It’s about being strong in the mind, spirit, and soul. Hence we are going to exercise them all here.

This is a platform is to talk about the different topics and issues that affect our health and fitness. We will discuss upbringing, culture, beliefs, motivation, specifics on exercising and discussions on those topics. As well as: What gets in your way?
Today our topic is our Tribe in the pandemic. We are discussing who is in your Tribe and why!

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Lina Medina on twitter @linarmendez
For suggestions: website: www.fuertefitness.com  mail us at: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/fuertefitness
Instagram: @fuertefitness and @funkiecoldmedina