Real Fit

Connect with Liz
Website: www.lizwilleyfitness.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lizwilleyfitness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizwilleyfitness/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6j1-BWSmkwlpytG9wV8Myg
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-willey-8a023117/

About Liz Willey
I am so excited to introduce you to my first guest, Liz Willey, who is one of my favorite people of all time. She’s my sister and we talk nearly every day, sometimes multiple times per day. She’s a pediatric speech-language pathologist turned personal trainer who is passionate about giving regular people the tools to make fitness a part of their everyday life. Although Liz was athletic growing up, once she graduated high school and stopped playing team sports, for many years, fitness just wasn’t part of her life.

When she did find her way back to fitness in her 20’s her goal was simply to lose weightand the habit didn’t stick. But after having her second child, she started exercising regularly again. This time it was less about weight loss and more about wanting to just feel good.

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Show notes
In this episode we talk about:

• What sports and fitness meant to Liz
• Liz’s low-grade self-destructive college years
• How Zumba changed Liz’s life 
• Making the shift from exercising for aesthetic reasons to working out just for the joy of it
• Liz’s relationship with alcohol and exploring sober life
• The challenges of a mid-life career change
• How making YouTube videos is actually just like… LIFE
• How breaking a challenge down into smaller chunks can make it less scary 
• How surrounding herself with a great support system helps her face challenges 
• Letting go of habits that don’t serve you
• Finding the sweet spot between trying to level up and feeling like you’re enough as you are
• Trusting yourself and allowing your curiosity to guide you to the next step
• What you can expect when you take a virtual group fitness class with Liz

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Shannon Fable, 2013 IDEA and 2006 ACE Instructor of the Year, is a sought-after speaker, author, and thought leader in business development and strategic innovation.  She has spent more than two decades helping impressive brands such as Anytime Fitness, Schwinn®, Power Systems, ACE, Silver Sneakers, FIT4MOM and BOSU®. Fable served as Chair of the ACE Board of Directors, co-founded GroupEx PRO®, a cloud-based group fitness management tool, and is the Director of Content & Production Strategy for Intelivideo. As a certified Book Yourself Solid® Business Coach, she helps fit pros navigate the industry and make more money.

*Trigger warning: disordered eating, bulimia

Show notes

• From ballet to cheerleading (and why dancing and cheerleading never felt like “fitness”)
• Cheering for the University of Florida in college
• Shannon’s journey from disordered eating and excessive exercise to finding joy in movement
• Infertility 
• Disordered exercise
• Being on bedrest for over two months during pregnancy 
• The moment Shannon realized she needed to change the way she cued her group fitness classes 
• The toxic group fitness class cues that instructors should never use (and what we should say instead)
• Trying to raise a daughter with healthy body image 
• Being mindful about conversations around food and body image with her daughter 
• How Zoom has made us more self-conscious about our appearances since the pandemic started
• How gymnastics and dance can lead to an unattainable pursuit of perfection (and how it feels to have her daughter in gymnastics)
• Why fitness instructors need to acknowledge that each participant shows up to class with their own motivation and why it’s important not to make assumptions
• Why we need to get rid of group fitness classes with names like “buns and guns.”

Links
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
No Sweat by Michelle Seger
Chalene Johnson

Connect:
Website: Shannonfable.com 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonfable/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sfable/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfable

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Welcome to the Real Fit podcast with Pam Moore! 

This is a podcast featuring conversations with remarkable women athletes where we get real about issues like body image, impostor syndrome, and empowerment. I’m so glad you’re here.

Do you ever struggle to take the next step in your life because you’re worried about failing or what other people will think?

Do you worry that you’re not enough—not good enough, successful enough, or thin enough?

Do you ever wonder if your self-worth hinges too strongly on your weight or your athletic performance?

I created Real Fit for women like you.

I’m your host, Pam Moore and I believe stories have the power to change lives. My goal is to share stories that will make you feel less alone and inspire you to be your best self.

I am a freelance women’s health and fitness writer, body-positive health coach, author, speaker, and occupational therapist. My writing has been published in places like The Washington Post, The Guardian, Time, Runner’s World, and Outside.

Despite—or probably because of—being picked last for every team as a kid, I’m a two-time Ironman finisher, a six-time marathoner, and a certified personal trainer.

I’m also a mom of two and like you, I'm busy and I don't have time for fluff. Welcome to Real Fit— where we will talk to real, badass women like you about the stuff that actually matters.

💖 Are you ready to heal your relationship with food, exercise, and your body? I'm  an intuitive eating coach and I’d love to help. Click here to learn more.

💌 Struggling with your body image? Sign up for my newsletter and get my FREE printable guide, 11 Things You Can Do Right Now to Feel Better About Your Body

✍️ Want to know my secrets for getting published in top publications?
They’re all in my e-book, 7 Pitches That Sold. Use the code realfit50 to get half off.

 
Website: pam-moore.com
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Twitter: @PamMooreWriter

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