I failed at fitness for 18 months because I half-assed it. Here’s why going all-in is the only way to actually see results.
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I Wasted 18 Months Half-Assing My Fitness. Here’s What Finally Worked.
Back in August 2023, I joined the local Y here in Richmond, Kentucky. The goal was to finally start working out again after several years of inactivity. Like a ridiculous amount of years. A good 12 years.
I decided that whenever I joined, I was going to really, really work out. That was the plan.
Unfortunately, I didn’t commit fully. And that is why I failed so miserably.
The Problem with Half-Commitment
That’s what I want to talk about today. If you’re going to commit, you better go all in. You’ve got to commit for real.
And what I mean by that is this: Don’t half-ass it. Don’t just say “I’m going to start working out.”
When I first joined the gym, I would go occasionally. Maybe once or twice a week if I was lucky. Sometimes I’d go three times in a week and feel like I was absolutely killing it.
But I wasn’t doing enough. And I knew that deep down. I really did. I knew that if I really wanted to make a change, I had to do more. But I just wasn’t ready yet.
What If You’re Never Ready?
The problem is, what if I had never been ready? What if I had never made the decision that “okay, it’s time, I’m going to get serious?”
I think about that sometimes and it scares me.
Because the truth is, just in 150 days, my body has changed so much that it’s kind of breathtaking.
The Transformation Is Real
When I think about the fact that today in my Zumba class I was able to do the jumping jacks… When I think about the fact that I got through the full two classes without completely getting winded…
Yeah, sure, your heart rate goes up and things hurt while you’re moving. But it’s nowhere near the pain I was feeling the same time last year.
I’m driving home right now and I’m seeing all the snow on the ground and just thinking about how last year the very thought of walking through the snow… I was doing everything I could to avoid the gym. If it would snow, I was like “okay, that’s a good excuse. I don’t have to go to the gym today.”
But today when it was snowing, I was like “oh man, I really hope they clear the roads so that I can get out and go to the gym.”
This Feeling? I Want It for You
It’s wild to me thinking about just how much has changed in a year, how much better I feel this Christmas than I did last Christmas.
And I want that for you. I say this in a lot of episodes. I really want that for you. I want you to feel this transformation for yourself because it’s truly life-changing.
I mean, I know that’s such a trope, right? It’s such a thing that everybody says. But when you’re experiencing it, when you’re going through it, when you are feeling the changes that are happening in your body, it just feels so good.
I can’t even believe how excited I was to be in as much pain as I was this morning. To be whimpering about doing leg movements and ball squeezes and lifting my arms with big weights.
It’s such a fun experience knowing that I’m doing this. I’m putting in the work.
Your Challenge
I challenge you today: go all in. If you’re thinking about working out, if you’re thinking about changing your body, if you’re thinking about finally getting physically fit, just go all in.
Commit to it. Don’t half-ass it. Get serious.
You can do this, and I believe in you.
Onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out today?
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Full Transcript of Stop Half-Assing Your Fitness – Why All-In Commitment Changes Everything
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Welcome to More Movement Please. I’m famous Ashley
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Grant and today I want to talk about the importance
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of commitment. So back in August 2023 I joined
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the local Y here in Richmond, Kentucky and the
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goal was to finally start working out again and
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this is after several years of inactivity like
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a redonkulous amount of years. I’d say a good
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12 years and I decided that, you know, whenever
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I joined, I was going to really, really work
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out like that was the plan. Unfortunately, I
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didn’t commit fully. And that is why I failed
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so miserably. And so that’s kind of what I want
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to talk about as the point of today’s episode
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is that if you’re going to commit, you better
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go all in. You’ve got to commit for real. And
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what I mean by that is. Don’t half -ass it. Don’t
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just say, I’m going to start working out. Put
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more to it than that. You need to say how many
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times you’re going to work out, how regularly
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you’re going to be doing it. You need to start
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thinking about it as a lifestyle change, not
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a challenge. And whenever I did my 100 days of
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fitness, That was one of the things that kept
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coming up is people were like, OK, so once 100
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days is over, you’re going to stop, right? You’re
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going to calm down, right? You’re not going to
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keep going to the gym as much as you are. And
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the thing is, no, that wasn’t the plan. It wasn’t
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the plan at all. This wasn’t a challenge I was
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doing. Yes, I was challenging myself, but it
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wasn’t a, OK, I’m going to do this. And then
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at the end of 100 days, I’m good. That’s not
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how fitness works. It’s a lifestyle change. And
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so. I had to go all in to mean it. I had to go
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all in to build the habit. I had to go all in
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to finally make the changes that my body was
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needing and to make it an addiction, honestly.
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If I had just done what I have previously done
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in years past and just said, oh, I’m going to
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start working out, that doesn’t put any skin
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in the game. Yeah, sure, I was paying for a gym
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membership, but… The whole point of doing the
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accountability posts and telling people that
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I was really getting serious and constantly updating
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my Instagram feed with whether or not I was working
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out was because I knew that if I didn’t go all
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in, I’d be all out. Because it’s too easy to
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give up. It’s too easy to quit. The thing is,
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when I start thinking back on all the times that
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I… actually did something in my life. It’s
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when I really made the decision. It’s when I
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drew the line in the sand, when I got serious.
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And so that’s what I want to encourage you to
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do. I want you to get serious. If you are considering
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working out and starting a lifestyle change of
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being healthy and getting fit, you can’t half
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-ass it. So go all in. I dare you. See what you’re
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capable of. See what you can handle. I bet you
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if you go all in and you commit, you’ll be surprised
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by just how much you really can do. I know I
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am. I’m really surprised by all I can do. And
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I’m loving every minute of it. I want more. And
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that’s the fun thing about when you start getting
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serious about fitness. It starts to become fun.
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You get these amazing endorphins. And it’s more
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than just endorphins. You feel like you’re accomplishing
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something. You’re watching your body change in
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the mirror. Now, grant you, I’m not going to
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lie. I talked about this recently on my Instagram
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posts. I do have a little bit of body dysmorphia.
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I still see that fatty. I do. I still see the
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fatty. But I’m trying to recognize that, well,
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my pants are fitting better. I’m trying to…
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pay attention to the changes that I can’t necessarily
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see, but that I can feel. And that’s helping
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me. And I don’t know if that will help you or
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not, but it’s definitely helping me to start
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focusing on more on the inches and the pant sizes.
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Because like I said, when I look in the mirror,
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I’m still seeing the fatty, but I’m going to
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keep showing up because now I’m addicted. Now
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it’s a lifestyle change. Now it’s something that
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I am a fitness person. That feels really fun
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to say. And the truth is, previously, I would
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have never said those words. I never would have
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said I was into fitness. I would have said I
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was into, you know, traveling or going out to
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eat or whatever. And those things are still true.
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But to be able to also now say I’m into fitness,
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it feels really good. And I want that for everybody.
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I want everyone to start committing to more movement
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because when you move your body, it just feels
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better. Yeah, you might feel sore in the moment
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or you might have some soreness after you exercise.
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But it feels so much better than the pain that
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I would feel whenever I’d take a flight of stairs.
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It feels so much better than the pain I would
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feel, the discomfort I would feel getting winded,
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going from the Kroger parking lot to the Kroger
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front door or even walking around the store.
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It’s insane how different I feel. And I want
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that for you, too. So. I challenge you today,
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go all in. If you’re thinking about working out,
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if you’re thinking about changing your body,
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if you’re thinking about finally getting physically
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fit, just go all in. Commit to it. Don’t half
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-ass it. Get serious. You can do this, and I
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believe in you. Onwards and upwards, my friends.
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Have you worked out today?
