Forever Strength

We turn the tables on Bailey today and she becomes the guest to tell the story of how she started in strength training, her background in sports, and how she started her career as a personal trainer.

Bailey shares the power and importance of the relationship with her clients, how women can start with limiting beliefs but how strength training can change them, and the importance of starting by making sure people feel heard.

Bailey also shares how she injured her knee and the plan for rehab after ACL surgery in the coming weeks.

Today's episode is a special treat. We have Hailey Barragan, Bailey's coach on to share how she got started working out then coaching, how she became interest in powerlifting, and some injury management considerations for training. Hailey also shares why it's important for her own kid to grow up seeing her strength train.

Beth Yarzab guests to share how she got started in strength training, and in fitness education. Beth shares how watching her mother's complicated relationship with her weight and dieting let to her own battles, eventually leading to coaching group exercise.

This is a great discussion for anyone who enjoys fitness and loves the idea go helping people yet may not feel like they've earned the right to coach. Beth shares a lot of info and philosophy about exploring the idea of working in the fitness industry helping others.

Team Stronggirls head coach Jaclyn Phillips joins us to share why she believes all women need to build muscle. Jaclyn shares why she transitioned from a legal career to coaching. She deep dives into defeating common narratives like women need to put themselves last as caregivers, and women shouldn't want to do photoshoots. Jaclyn shares why she feels getting women stronger is a transformative experience.

We explain why we avoid most fitness jargon in our media and with our clients. We also explain what a lot of common terms mean, some basic, some complex, and some in between. Some of it important and useful, and some just over complicates the user experience. We have some fun with this topic. Hope you enjoy.

Stephanie Fusnik joins us to share a masterclass in all things related to women's hormones, metabolism, hunger, menopause, and more. She talks about the impact of chronically elevated cortisol, caffeine, and our addiction to stress. Stephanie shares why women need to put down the baby pink weights" and lift heavier. We also dive into how our personal efforts with healthy lifestyle behaviours can be shame triggers for others and lead to sabotage.

This is a quick hitter for getting to your deeper emotionally driven motives to want to get healthy and active. Knowing your true why will help to keep you on track on the days you don't feel like working out or eating healthy. We explain how to figure this out and why it really matters.

Canadian fitness entrepreneur and journalist Erin Phelan joins us to share how you can find more credible resources for fitness, nutrition, and health information. Erin shares her philosophy behind having not just a plan a, but a plan b and c. Erin shares why she feels accountability is the secret sauce to sustainable fitness success, and a lot more wisdom from a 20+ year career helping people.

San Diego based strength and online coach Lauren Rawls joins us to talk about her journey from wanting to have a Victoria's Secret model figure to embracing muscle, strength, and her nature physique. Lauren shares how she helps the women she coaches go from prioritizing an image based outcome to a strength and performance based outcome. Lauren also shares why she feels it's important to be her most vulnerable self as a role model for other women. Lauren also shares why she thinks it's important to not steal the joy from your nutrition.

While it's amazing to have someone else create your programs to free your mental energy to execute on your training, it's a valuable skill to know the basics of program construction so you can setup effective programs. We take you through some of the most important concepts for how to choose and order your exercises, how to structure your weeks, how frequently to train, and how much volume to do.