Cold weather is just another excuse. Here’s how to stop letting the temperature control your fitness goals and keep moving anyway.
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Cold Weather Kept Me Out of Shape for Years. Here’s How I Finally Stopped Letting It Win.
What’s up, you guys? I am coming at you live from my car, which is where I said I’m going to be recording most of these episodes. But the exciting thing about today’s recording is that I’m recording with a brand new lavalier mic.
And the reason I’m so excited about that is because it has better sounding audio. Using that in tandem with Adobe podcast, it’s just going to be so much better for the quality.
Why I Upgraded My Equipment
The main reason that I finally pulled the trigger and purchased these lovely lavalier mics is because you guys, I finally had the chance to interview my instructor. This is the gal that I told y’all that I wanted to interview in the very first episode. I said that if I was going to start interviewing guests, I wanted to interview her.
And I’ve done that now. We sat down, we had an amazing conversation, and I cannot wait for you guys to hear it. But I’m not dropping that episode for at least another two or three more episodes because I want to make sure that I get some more content out there first.
But Let’s Talk About the Cold
Today what I really want to talk about is something that I’ve been seeing a lot on social media lately. People are using the cold weather as an excuse not to work out.
And I get it. It’s cold. It’s miserable. Getting out of your warm bed when it’s freezing outside is not fun. Walking to your car in the cold, driving to the gym in the cold, all of that sucks.
But here’s the thing: the gym is heated. Your living room where you could do a YouTube workout is heated. The mall where you could walk laps is heated.
Stop Letting Weather Control You
The weather is just another excuse. And I’m saying this as someone who used to use every excuse in the book not to work out.
Too hot? Can’t work out. Too cold? Can’t work out. Raining? Definitely can’t work out. Snowing? Are you kidding me?
But the truth is, the weather doesn’t actually stop you from working out. It’s just uncomfortable. And yeah, I know, being uncomfortable sucks. But you know what else sucks? Staying out of shape because you let the weather control your life for six months out of the year.
Your Options When It’s Cold
If you don’t want to drive to the gym when it’s cold, fine. Do a home workout. There are thousands of free workout videos on YouTube. You don’t need equipment. You don’t need anything except the commitment to yourself that you’re going to move your body.
If you really want to go to the gym but you’re dreading the cold commute, bundle up. Warm up your car. Make it as comfortable as possible. And then just go.
Because here’s what I’ve learned: the discomfort of being cold for the 10 minutes it takes you to get from your house to the gym is nothing compared to the regret you’ll feel later for skipping your workout.
The Real Question
The real question is: are you going to let a little cold weather be the reason you don’t reach your goals?
I hope not. I really hope not.
YouTube Classes
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Full Transcript – No Excuses: Working Out When It’s Cold Outside
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What’s up, you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here,
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and welcome to More Movement, Please. I am coming
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at you live from my car, which is where I said
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I’m going to be recording most of these episodes.
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But the exciting thing about today’s recording
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is that I’m recording with a brand new lavalier
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mic. And the reason I’m so excited about that
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is because it has better sounding audio. I don’t
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know if you can notice, but if you’re an audiophile
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like I am, you’ll probably be able to tell that
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there is a little bit better sound. It’s a little
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crisper. It’s a little… it’s a little better.
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And using that in tandem with Adobe podcast,
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it’s just going to be so much better for the
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quality. And I’m just excited about it. The main
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reason that I finally pulled the trigger and
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purchased these lovely lavalier mics is because
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you guys, I finally had the chance to interview
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my instructor. This is the gal that I told y
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‘all that I wanted to interview in the very first
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episode. I said that if I was going to start
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interviewing guests, I wanted to interview her.
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And I’ve done that now. It was a fantastic interview.
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It was so good. She dropped so many amazing knowledge
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bonds. She shared so much amazing education,
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some of the best content that I have heard, any
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fitness. person of ever say and even better than
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most of the TikTok creators and fitness people
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that I follow online she shared some amazing
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amazing truth bombs and I can’t wait to share
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them all with you so that will be dropping soon
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it is not ready yet but I’m super freaking stoked
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that she even gave me the time of day to interview
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her because I know she is not the type of person
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that likes spotlight let alone being mic’d up
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and interviewed but that is coming soon but that
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is not the point of today’s episode Today, what
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I want to talk to you guys about is going to
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the gym when it’s cold or when there’s weather
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problems. So one of the things that happened
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this week is that on Monday, it dropped to 26
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degrees in Richmond, Kentucky. It may have actually
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been colder, but whenever I woke up, that’s what
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the temperature outside said. It said it was
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26 degrees and it was actually snowing the night
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before. And the truth is that… Throughout most
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of Monday, it was also snowing. We had snow showers
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and it’s very early in the season for this to
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happen. But an interesting thing occurred because
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of the fact that we had snow showers. And that’s
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that a lot of people did not show up to class.
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I cracked the joke as soon as I walked in. What
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is everybody scared of the cold? Because there
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were so many people that I’m used to seeing at
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the gym that did not actually attend. The instructor
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and I kind of had a little bit of a back and
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forth about the fact that sometimes what she
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notices is whenever it starts to get cold, people
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stop showing up to the gym. So what should you
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do if you’re feeling the same way that it’s too
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cold and you don’t want to go to the gym? Well,
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if you heard my last episode where I basically
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gave you a little bit of tough love and said
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you should go anyway, I’m going to say it again.
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You should go anyway. However. I do understand
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that there’s going to come a point where the
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roads are going to be too slick or, you know,
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there’s going to be snow on the ground and people
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aren’t going to want to drive. If that happens,
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this is what you should do. Are you ready for
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this? It’s simple advice and I really hope you’ll
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take it. Go to YouTube. I have to tell you, I
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have been taking fitness classes on YouTube for
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the better part of the last three months and
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I’m taking them on Wednesdays and Sundays. I’m
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mainly taking the stretch classes and they have
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been amazing. I can’t even explain to you how
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wonderful it has been to be able to move my body
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even whenever I cannot get to the gym. Because
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the reality is you should not have an excuse
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in this day and age. If you have access to the
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internet, you have access to classes. And on
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, what I used to do is
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if I could not do the Matt Pilates class, I would
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do a standing Pilates class on YouTube. I would
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look them up. I have some amazing videos that
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I, that are my go -tos that I have a playlist
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for, and I will happily share those in the show
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notes as well. But basically when I can’t get
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to the gym, but I know I want to work out, I
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go to YouTube and I know that might seem a little
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bit like a cop -out, but there’s some actually
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really good content on there. And I. I would
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happily share these videos that I’ve been watching
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and using with y ‘all. Because there should be
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no excuse, right? There should be no excuse for
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not working out. If you want to get in shape,
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if you want to stay in shape, you cannot use
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the weather outside as your reason for not moving.
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So the whole idea of this entire podcast, this
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whole movement, is that I want a movement of
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movement, right? And so I want to make it easier
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for everybody to move more. And if you want me
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to be your accountability, I would love to do
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that. Hit me up. I’m on. Instagram, I’m on Facebook,
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I’m on all the socials at Famous Ashley Grant.
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And if I’m not at Famous Ashley Grant, you can
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still search Famous Ashley Grant and you will
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find me on any of the social media profiles that
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I have. I’m on Pinterest, I’m on X, all the things.
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And if you hit me up and you say, hey, Ashley,
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I want to be an accountability buddy. I will
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send you an email every single Monday, just like
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I’m doing with some of my other friends, basically
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saying, have you worked out today? And I will
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also say, what are you doing this week to move
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your body more? Just that little bit of accountability,
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just that little bit of a nudge of someone saying,
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hey, I’m watching you. It might be all you need
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to just finally move more. And I really want
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that for you. So if you’re interested. Hit me
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up. There’s no cost for this. I’m not charging
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or anything like that. The whole goal is simply
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to get you to move more. So hit me up on all
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the socials. That’s basically all I’ve got for
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you today is that I want you to not let the weather
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be your excuse for why you don’t move. And if
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you’re looking for an accountability, I would
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love to be the person that holds you accountable
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and makes you move your body more. So. I really
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appreciate you guys even listening to these episodes.
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I hope that they’re helpful. And I can’t wait
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for you to listen to the interview I did with
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Rhonda. Like I said, it will be dropping in three
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episodes because it was just so jam -packed with
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so much good stuff. And I don’t want to overwhelm
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anybody. And I just really hope that you guys
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get inspired to start moving more. So onwards
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and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out
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today?
