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Tough Cookie Talks
By Jenna JozefowskiHealth & Fitness
Tough Cookie Talks episodes
- 3 Things I Hope All My Clients Accomplish
This podcast episode is a solo one. . .3 things I hope every client of mine accomplishes. Would you believe that NONE of them are related to anything you can physically do with a weight??
This is what they are:
- Letting go of the all-or-nothing mindset
- Developing more autonomy within their workouts
- Discovering their true strength
The best way to accomplish each of these things??
Having a growth mindset, and when applicable, opening yourself up to being coached. I've mentioned this before, but there's a big difference between teaching and coaching. When I choose a topic and speak to it, I'm teaching you about a thing. Talking at you instead of with you. When you're being coached we get to talk through something through the lens of your lived experience and come up with solutions and new ideas collaboratively. This is why I decided to start my online group coaching program, Tough Love Strength Club. Want in on it? Learn more below.
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23 min - "Toning Is For Printers" An Unfiltered Convo With Ashleigh Brodhead (the Friend Who Taught Me To Lift Heavy Shit)
This episode is one that I've been waiting to record for way too long. It's very unfiltered. It's everything I ever wanted my podcast to be--to feel like you're hanging out with me and my friends shooting the shit. Today we're doing that with one of my very best friends, Ashleigh Brodhead--live in my she-shed. She's the person who got me into kettlebells. The person who first put a barbell into my hand. I don't think she had any idea how much having her in my life shaped the work I'm doing today, but we're gonna talk all about it!
On this episode we talk about:
- Our shared history of being dancers, and the next level body image fuckery that brings about.
- (CW) The very disordered habits we used to have around food and exercise, and how the dance industry encouraged that.
- How she got into strength training, and in turn got me into it too.
- What "legit" strength training even is.
- Why taking group fitness classes with weights can only get you so strong.
- Why rest matters.
- Advice for people just getting into lifting weights for the first time.
- How to choose the best personal trainer for you.
- Why the idea of "getting toned" is misunderstood (and also, for printers LOL)
- Many, many, many random tangents.
P.S.-This podcast is not actually sponsored by anyone, but these are the seltzers we were drinking while recording.
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1 hr 8 min - Birthday Bonus! Tough Love Strength Club FAQ
Tough Love Strength Club (My Online Group Coaching Program) is 3 years told today! This is a Birthday bonus episode that covers all the most common FAQ about this program.
On this episode we talk about:
- The answers to the most frequently asked questions about TLSC!
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19 min - Birthday Bonus! WTF is Tough Love Strength Club?
Tough Love Strength Club (My Online Group Coaching Program) is 3 years told today! This is a Birthday bonus episode that's here to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about this program.
On this episode we talk about:
- How TLSC is different than other online fitness programs.
- What sorts of things it will help you accomplish in and out of the gym.
- What you get when you join.
- Who it's for.
- And all sorts of other things about what might make this program a good fit for someone.
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27 min - Is Personal Training Only For Rich Housewives? + Tough Love Strength Club Is 3 Years Old!
This week, my online group coaching program, Tough Love Strength Club is turning 3! In light of that, this episode is a trip down memory lane. Celebrating how TLSC came to be what it is today, why I wanted to create it, how it's grown, and so much more. Come take a behind the scenes look at what goes on over here!
On this episode we talk about:
- Why personal training in the traditional sense always felt like it was for rich housewives.
- Why I started Tough Love Strength Club as an alternative for the rest of us.
- How it started vs. how it's going.
- Why I insist on calling in Tough Love Strength Club even though those words sometimes get a bad rap.
- How TLSC is different from other online strength training programs.
- Why my clients are the coolest most badass humans.
- So many other fun things!
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27 min - How We Show Up Outside the Gym Matters! Recovery For the Other 23 Hours of Your Day with Julie Shiller
This week's episode with my friend Julie Shiller is one we all need to hear. Especially if you have a hard time slowing down. Or if you find yourself asking what you even need to "recover" from. I often hear her advice echoing in my head as I remind myself to slow down, take a walk to calm my nervous system, drink a glass of water, eat a nourishing meal, or put my ass to bed early. I especially think of her every time I put on my jorts--and if you follow her on IG or listen to this episode you'll know!
Coach Julie Shiller is the owner of The Other 23 Hours Coaching, a hybrid personal training and recovery coaching business based in Long Beach, California. As a social worker and ACSM certified personal trainer, Shiller brings a unique approach to the health and fitness industry. She has a decade of experience working with students in commercial, corporate, and private settings, and is a a Pain-Free Performance Kettlebell and Performance Specialist, Precision Nutrition Coach, and Sleep, Stress Management and Recovery Coach.
Before becoming a coach full-time, Shiller earned her BA in Sociology from the University of Hartford and her MSW from the University of Denver. Shiller comes from a family of educators and social justice advocates, and has always felt a deep connection to working with communities that have been historically underserved. She was inspired to become a personal trainer after she experienced first-hand the transformative impact that movement and intentional recovery strategies had on her professional and personal life. She wants to pass this amazing gift to others.
Shiller’s signature program, “The Other 23 Hours,” is a strength and conditioning program that emphasizes the importance of rest and recovery first. She is also the co-host of The Other 23 Hours Podcast with her wife, licensed clinical social worker, Kelsey Hopson-Shiller. As a native east coaster, Shiller takes pizza very seriously, and will not apologize for eating it, or call it a cheat meal. She also loves strong coffee, her pup Millie and cat Mustache. Shiller firmly believes that life can and should be enjoyed.
On this episode we talk about:
- What exactly "recovery" means in everyday terms, and why it's for you even if you're not dealing with illness or injury.
- Why we think there isn't more of a focus on this in the fitness industry, even though there should be.
- How NOT focusing on recovery got us both into trouble in the past.
- What to do when you think you're "too busy" for recovery.
- How to figure out whether or not to work out, and if yes, how hard.
- Why tracking certain data around your workouts can be helpful and how to do it without being obsessive.
- How to get a recovery practice going when you're just starting out.
- How a focus on recovery from your workouts & life can actually help you do MORE.
- All sorts of other good stuff!
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57 min - Are You "Getting Old"? Or Is Diet Culture To Blame? A Candid Convo with My Client Jess
I have this half baked theory that training from a diet culture mindset is making us feel "old". In so many ways. But mostly the idea that of COURSE you're gonna feel like you're "too old" to do certain things if you've been beating yourself into the ground for years. I have to imagine that years of over-training and not eating to support that can wreck your body in a worse way than age can. And when I got to chatting with my client Jess about it, I realized that she had so much value to add, so I brought her on the show!
On this episode we talk about:
- The age old saying "I can't do xyz because I'm this age now" and why that doesn't have to be the case.
- Jess's experience training at different ages and what has changed about her approach to her workouts over time (and since working with me!)
- What we wish more personal trainers and strength coaches knew about helping more people make training sustainable over the years.
- What we wish adults did differently when we were growing up and what we hope is different for future generations.
- What we hope movement and strength will look like for us when we're in our 80's.
- So much other good stuff!
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58 min - Beyond "Getting Your Body Back": Busting Through BS In Pregnancy & Postpartum Fitness with Jessie Mundell
I always talk about how my podcast exists so I can share all the cool people I know with you, and today's guest holds a special place in my journey. As many of you know, I recently had a baby. . .ok he's pretty much a toddler now. But I don't know what I would have done without Jessie's expertise and online community during my pregnancy and postpartum. Truly, she helped me keep my sanity and build a strong foundation of strength as I returned to lifting after my son was born.
In her own words:
I’m Jessie Mundell - Kinesiologist, Fitness Coach, writer, speaker, and mom to two young kids.
I’ve specialized in coaching pregnant and postpartum folks in exercise for the last 15 years (and counting!). I’m grateful to be a go-to support system for pregnancy and postpartum (and BEYOND) fitness that strengthens and heals the whole body, core, and pelvic floor – without requiring anyone to shrink.
I also educate and certify trainers and health practitioners on how to more effectively and safely coach their pre/postnatal clients or patients to better strength and function.
Importantly, I believe that bodies and business are political, Black Lives Matter, ALL bodies are valued, and fitness is fat-positive.
On this episode we talk about:
- What the coaching space is missing when it comes to pre/postnatal training.
- The important info most pregnant people and new parents are missing out on?
- Busting all kinds of myths around strength training through pregnancy and beyond.
- How things like diet culture, systemic racism, and weight stigma affect people's experience with pregnancy and postpartum, and why we need to care.
- How freaking hard it can be to work out with a new baby + how to show ourselves (and our clients) some compassion in that regard and make it just a tiny bit easier.
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55 min - "Be Curious, Not Judgmental": How a Ted Lasso Quote Can Make Your Workouts (& Life?) Feel Less Like Hot Garbage
Today's solo episode was brought to you by my anxiety and overwhelm. LOL. But seriously. A few weeks ago I was on the verge of a meltdown and couldn't put my finger on why. When I decided to dig a little deeper, I realized that there were actually really good reasons as to why I felt this way. We could all stand to be a bit more curious about ourselves. Especially when it comes to questions like: "Why do my workouts feel so HARD lately?" "Why am I so unmotivated?" Why am I not getting any stronger?" "Why am I always tired?" etc. etc.
On this episode we talk about:
- How asking for a margarita and a shower alone (+Lizzo) helped keep me from losing my shit.
- 6 important things to get curious about when it comes to understanding your own patterns with working out.
- Why we need to take recovery and self-care measures like sleep, hydration, nutrition, and stress reduction just as seriously as our training.
- How the mainstream fitness industry does us a disservice by NOT encouraging this stuff.
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28 min - Eating To Support Your Health: Everything You Were Afraid To Admit To Your Anti-Diet Friends with Kaitlin Brazil
This episode with my friend Kaitlin Brazil started out as a conversation in the Instagram DM's, and quickly turned into "THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW". I've known Kaitlin for years, and she always has a beautiful way of bringing me back to seeing the humanity in people. Especially people on the internet who piss me off. Our DM convo started with a few of us going off about people who promote an all meat diet. And quickly evolved into Kaitlin sharing a bit about her personal health journey. Let's just say by the end of the conversation, I had so much more empathy for people who are navigating this sort of thing, and helped me to release some of the anger that I'd been holding on to since my last horrah with diet culture (paleo) in 2016. Please note: this episode is a candid conversation around our own lived experiences and is not meant to be a substitute for medical advice.
On this episode we talk about:
- Who Kaitlin is, and how and why she no longer works in the online fitness and anti-diet space.
- How to push back against diet culture while navigating a chronic illness.
- Why common advice around intuitive eating doesn't always work for everyone.
- How trauma affects the way you eat.
- How hard it can be when you're not getting answers from conventional medicine and what draws people to try things that seem really out there.
- The very real fear of judgement when it comes to exploring alternative health options when many people see those sorts of things as "diet culture".
- Why we need to stop making assumptions about people based on one aspect of their life or personality.
- How to walk the fine line of caring for your health without getting sucked into quackery and dogmatic approaches.
- The problem with applying health advice that wasn't meant for you.
- Why some people get drawn to extreme styles of eating.
- The fact that if I was dealing with a chronic illness and didn't get answers, I could see myself being convinced to eat nothing but shit sandwiches if people told me it would heal me.
- So many other good things!
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1 hr 22 min
About Tough Cookie Talks
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Tough Cookie Talks is a podcast we'll explore the intersection of fitness & anti-diet culture and all the gray areas in between. We'll let go of "shoulds" and judgment and dig into tough…
conversations with curiosity.