May 2, 2025 • 17 mins
If you’ve ever felt that fitness just doesn’t fit your life, you’re not alone. In this episode, Kat shares a story she hears repeatedly from high-achieving moms and career-driven women who are burnt out, overwhelmed, and starting to think they are the problem. Spoiler alert: you’re not. The program is.
Kat breaks down the key difference between build and maintenance phases, why most plans fail busy women over 35, and how shifting your approach can help you feel strong, energized, and successful, without overhauling your life. Whether you're in the thick of parenting, balancing a demanding job, or both, this episode will leave you feeling seen—and ready to train smarter, not harder.
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00:00 Introduction: A Common Struggle
00:24 Welcome to MilesFromHerView
01:52 A Familiar Story of Frustration
02:41 The Real Problem: It's Not You
03:43 Introducing C Fit Strength
06:11 Understanding Fitness Phases
10:23 Adapting Workouts to Real Life
12:44 Personal Experience and Coaching Philosophy
16:01 Conclusion and Call to Action
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KAT (00:00):
She sat across from me, tired, overwhelmed, and
questioning everything.
She tried it all programs,challenges, trainers, different
gyms, all of it.
And still, she said the wordsI've heard too many times to
count.
Maybe I'm just not billed forthis.
I.
That moment, it stuck with mebecause the truth is she's not
(00:20):
the problem, but no one had evertold her that.
Welcome to MilesFromHerView, thepodcast powered by KatFit
Strength, where busy women likeyou find practical solutions to
fuel your fitness journey withauthenticity and resilience.
I'm Kat, your host, a mom of twoactive boys, a business owner
and an ultra marathon runner anda strength trainer in her
(00:42):
forties.
With nearly two decades ofexperience, I'm here to help you
cut through the noise of fads,hacks, and quick fixes.
This is a space where wecelebrate womanhood and
motherhood, all while buildingstrength and resilience and
reconnecting with you from aplace of self-compassion and
worthiness.
Whether you're lacing up yourrunning shoes to go out for a
(01:03):
run, driving your kids topractice or squeezing in a
moment for yourself, I'm righthere in the trenches with you.
Let's dive in.
Welcome back toMilesFromHerView.
I am Kat.
I am your host.
I am so happy the weather hasfinally turned to spring, and I
will say this, if you hear birdschirping in the background or
(01:24):
maybe some road noise, my officedoor is open right now.
Couple reasons behind that.
My dogs are with me and they'rerunning in and out, so.
Please forgive the backgroundnoise, if any does pop up on the
recording.
I just cannot get enough of thisweather and I hope you are
getting out, walking, running,cycling, doing whatever you can
do to get outside and enjoy thisterrific weather and hopefully
(01:46):
where you're located.
The weather is amazing and youare just.
Enjoying it.
So today I wanna share a storythat is probably gonna familiar,
be familiar to a lot of you, youknow, and it starts with a
conversation that I recently hadwith a mom of little ones.
She came to me just completelyexhausted, frustrated, and
(02:06):
honestly questioning if she'dever be the kind of woman who
could stay consistent with herfitness.
We talked about everything shehad tried, the different
programs, trainers, online,challenges, just everything.
Everything you can think of.
You name it, she's tried it,baby, this sounds familiar for
you.
How many programs have you trieddifferent trainers online
(02:27):
challenges, thinking this wouldbe the one thing?
Well, she looked at me and saidsomething I have heard so many
times before.
Maybe I'm just not built forthis.
Maybe I'll just never be someonewho sticks with it.
The thing is, with thisstatement, I hear it on almost
every single discovery call Ihave with new leads and
(02:48):
honestly.
It just breaks my heart becauseI know there's a better way, but
I also totally get where thefatigue and frustration are
coming from the programs thatthey've tried.
Just don't consider the fullpicture, and after enough failed
attempts, it's easy for you tostart believing it's you.
(03:09):
The words, maybe I'm just notbuilt for this.
I have mixed feelings.
Empathy because I've been there,frustration because the industry
keeps recycling the same oldsolution.
However, this gives me such adeep sense of purpose because
this is exactly what I do.
It actually gives me this pushto keep showing up and showing
(03:31):
women what's possible when theprogram finally fits them.
I wanna take a quick moment toshare this.
Exact realization is at theheart of what I do.
C Fit strength.
If you're a busy mom who feelslike every program asks you to
mold your life around it insteadof the other way around, I
created C Fit for You.
(03:52):
We design strength training thatadapts to your life.
Not the other way around.
It's personalized, flexible, androoted in the seasons in which
you are going through.
If this sounds like what you'vebeen looking for, keep listening
and we're gonna dive into all ofit.
So let's get to back to thatmoment in the conversation.
And this is where I had to pauseher because I want to say this
(04:14):
to every woman who has felt thisway.
It is not you.
It's the program.
Most fitness programs, even thegood ones, are built for an
idealized version of life,unlimited time, consistent high
energy, and zero interruptions.
I mean, that all sounds amazing.
I would, I would love that.
I don't know if you're like,that sounds epic, but let's be
(04:37):
real.
That is just not how life works.
Especially not when you're a momor managing a career or frankly
just being a human.
So where exactly does workingout fit into all that?
For most women I talk to, itdoesn't.
Or it only fits in when theysacrifice something else like
sleep sanity or one more thingthey should be doing.
(05:02):
And when you manage, when you domanage to block out time, the
universe senses it.
The dog throws up.
Your kid starts crying.
The boss schedules a quickmeeting that runs over and
someone needs help withhomework, your workout window
disappears.
Before you even press play onthe video, pull up your workout
or pick out your dumbbells.
So what happens?
(05:23):
You try harder.
You try to make that perfectplan fit into your very
imperfect life.
You push through the fatigue,you muscle your way through the
few weeks that you can, and thenyou burn out.
You skip a day, you quit.
And then you think you're theproblem, but you are not the
problem.
And this is something that wework through constantly in cat
(05:46):
Fit strength.
Whether you are deep in thenewborn fog or juggling five
drop offs a day, your programshould work with your real life
and not add another layer ofpressure.
That's why my coaching includessupport for both build phases
and maintenance phases.
You don't have to go all in allthe time.
In fact, the quickest, that'sthe quickest way to burn out.
(06:09):
Let's break that down for asecond.
See, there are seasons infitness.
There is a push phase where youchallenge yourself and there's a
maintenance phase where thegoals literally for you just to
hold the line and keep movingforward.
The build phase is when you'repushing, you're gaining
strength, you're chasingperformance goals, and then
there's that maintenance phasewhere your life demands are
(06:30):
more.
And so.
That's where we're just focusingon holding the line, maintaining
that habit.
Let's break that down a littlebit.
When I say the push phase.
That does not mean that we'redoing every workout at super
high intensity, all out maxeswith the heaviest thing you can
lift.
But what that means is we canhave or put our energy and our
(06:54):
focus into our workouts a littlebit more.
That's where you feel like, man,I'm clicking, this is happening.
Life is going swimmingly.
Work is at a balance.
Kids are good.
That maintenance phase is whenlife.
Throws you those curve balls andwe need to scale back or hold
that line.
So what this might look like, sowe give it in more tangible
(07:15):
terms.
We'll start with that.
Maintenance phase is when a workproject pops up.
Partner travel, kid illness.
Or right now we're at the end ofthe year with schooling.
There is a lot of things that isgonna come up.
I know in my schedule, my kidshave a lot of extra things.
The school has differentactivities, different concerts
(07:36):
happening, sports, et cetera.
So what I look at is how can Ihonor my energy?
It may look like for a clientwho has been routinely doing
three strength workouts, that wego down to two strength
workouts.
It may look like we.
If the world is just falling orall around you, where you're
(07:57):
being hit with all of it, a kidillness, partner, travel, or
even travel for yourself in workprojects piling up.
It might be that week or twoweeks.
We are gonna focus on mobility,focus on getting quality
nutrition in and sleep becausethat is gonna serve you more in
that time than trying to pushharder in your workouts.
(08:21):
Ideally, yes, I would love toget a strength training in
there, but we're gonna pullback.
We're gonna make sure that weare not falling off the
proverbial track with ourfitness, turning ourselves into
guilting and shaming so that webuild that frustration and that
greater resistance tomaintaining our routine.
Because here is the fact, thereis never gonna be a time in your
life where you are going tofinally hit that utopic.
(08:47):
Picture where you're never evergoing to miss a workout.
You're always gonna have thatamazing energy resource.
And you're always gonna completethe workout because you have the
time.
That is not realistic, and thatis what I started out by saying
is the, a lot of the programsout there are built on this
ideology and made to make youbelieve that you have to have
(09:11):
unlimited time or people outthere, even in your position
with all the things and all thetitles behind your name have
unlimited time, constantly highenergy.
Flawless routines and that'sjust not the case.
That's not real life.
So that's where if you have thatpush phase, knowing where in
(09:31):
theory'cause things of what ifin life come up.
You can push a little harderwith your workouts, meaning it
might be okay, I can managethree strength training
routines, two cardio routines ina week, so essentially five
workouts that I have thecapacity here, and within that.
We honor our energy throughthose workouts.
(09:53):
I talk with my clients a littlebit more on like, how do we
understand the rate of perceivedexertion?
I've gone into this, and I'm notgonna go into it today on the
podcast, but in that push phase,we know we have that time there.
Again, not unlimited.
I'm not talking about, okay, myclients are doing two, three
hour workouts.
No, they're, they know they can.
(10:14):
Get the 30 minute workout inbecause there aren't those
unforeseen or other lifestressors seem to be controlled.
Okay.
In a maintenance phase, likewe're coming up in summer, a lot
of my clients are like, I'mtraveling more.
My kids are home.
My routine is a little bit moreup in the air.
So we look at, okay, here'swhere we're not gonna really
(10:35):
focus on building strength,we're not going to be focused
on.
Pushing more aerobic capacity.
Here we're going to be lookingat, we wanna keep moving, we
wanna switch.
Maybe our cardio trainingspecific workouts are going to
be revolving around chasing ourkids in the yard, playing soccer
with them in the yard, playingbasketball with the kids,
playing tag, going for familybike rides, family hikes, walks
(10:58):
on the beaches.
We're really using that as thecapacity of how do we nurture
that cardiac, uh.
Component there, that cardiocomponent there so that we get
that movement still.
It's not saying it goes away,we're transforming it so it
works with life.
The strength training, dependingon what the travel looks like
(11:20):
there it may be, Hey, you knowwhat?
I cut back my hours or maybe Iwork home from home during the
summer so I don't have my gymthat is there at my office
building available to me.
This is what I have at home.
We adapt, we pivot, we.
Focus the workouts on thatbecause it sets you up for
success.
(11:40):
So really it is helping youbuild that resilience of when
life gets chaotic, you learn howto show up.
Okay?
You learn that I don't walk outon myself, my health in these
times because I can pivot andstill feel good in moving my
(12:01):
body and it still counts.
So the biggest problem isprograms out there do not teach
you this.
They don't teach you why.
There needs to be a maintenanceand a build phase.
The programs communicate to youthat you should be pushing a
hundred percent of the time.
But real fitness, sustainablefitness has to flex with your
(12:23):
life and when you stop trying tomake your life fit into someone
else's perfect program, and whenyou let your program fit you.
That's when consistency becomesdoable.
Both phases matter.
You don't need to become adifferent person, you just need
a different approach.
(12:44):
And I know this because I'velived it too.
I thought I had it all figuredout when I became a mom.
I had spent years collegecoaching.
I knew how to write a killertraining plan.
I knew how to set my athletes upfor success.
I knew how to get the best outof myself prior to being a mom.
But let me tell you, motherhoodhumbled me so, so fast.
(13:04):
Unpredictable nap times,unpredictable sleep, running on
zero sleep.
I lost total control over my ownschedule and for years I thought
discipline looked like gettingup at 4:00 AM after only getting
about an hour of sleep, runningon fumes, and then forcing
myself to chase thismythologically eating super
(13:24):
clean and squeezing workouts inno matter what.
I was a coach.
I knew how to program, but whenI became a mom, I kept trying to
do fitness the old way.
Like I wasn't also dealing witha newborn, no sleep,
unpredictable days, and a bodythat just felt foreign to me.
(13:46):
Like I didn't understand whywhat I used to do wasn't working
now and when my body didn'trespond like it used to, I would
double down.
I push myself harder, I wouldlook at, okay, well I need to
cut calories.
I need to omit different foodgroups.
I need to just keep pushing.
(14:06):
And honestly, it made me feel,feel worse.
It wasn't until I hit a wallmentally and physically that I
realized the best plan in theworld means nothing if it isn't
built for the whole person.
And that shift changedeverything.
I started training with my body.
Instead of against it, Iembraced the seasons of
maintenance without guilt, andthat's when I finally started to
(14:32):
get strong in a way that feltgood, not forced.
And that's exactly how I coachnow with Cat Fit strength.
I don't try to jam your lifeinto something that's rigid and
unrealistic for you.
I build a program around yourlife.
Strength training that adapts toyour schedule.
You can find real strengthwithout having to be in a gym
(14:55):
for hours.
It's possible, trust me, andmovement that fits into the
pockets of your day.
The truth be told, not everyperson is going to have a
perfect amount of time to get aworkout in, but if we can work
with ourselves and work with ourschedule, you will find
movement.
You will see those gains thatyou are looking for and
nutrition that supports.
(15:16):
And not punishes your body likelife is too short to punish
yourself.
Food is too good to sit here andpunish yourself, and there are
ways to eat in which it servesyou without sacrificing on
nutrient dense foods andaccountability that really
honors the humanity and not yourwillpower, because honestly,
(15:36):
motivation is fleeting.
You're not going to feelmotivated every day.
I don't feel motivated everyday.
Literally, my desk is two feetfrom a gym, and I don't always
feel motivated to get in andpick up a weight.
Whether you're deep in the thickof parenting or leading a team
at work, or just trying toreclaim 10 minutes to yourself,
you don't need to become someoneelse.
You don't need to be moredisciplined.
(15:59):
You need a program that finallyfits you.
I'm gonna tell you this, ifyou're tired of feeling like
fitness is something that you'refailing at.
I would love to have a chat withyou to see it's a no pressure
conversation, just to see whereyou're at.
You can even just message in tothe podcast or email me at
kat@kat.fit I, and I'd love tohear where you're at.
(16:24):
Also, if you are a rock in itand you're like, man, I found a
program that really is amazingfor me.
Let me know.
That's amazing.
I would love to celebrate yourwins too.
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(17:06):
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It's about showing up foryourself and finding strength in
every step of your journey.
Until next time, keep movingforward one mile at a time.
She sat across from me, tired, overwhelmed, and
questioning everything.
She tried it all programs,challenges, trainers, different
gyms, all of it.
And still, she said the wordsI've heard too many times to
count.
Maybe I'm just not billed forthis.
I.
That moment, it stuck with mebecause the truth is she's not
(00:20):
the problem, but no one had evertold her that.
Welcome to MilesFromHerView, thepodcast powered by KatFit
Strength, where busy women likeyou find practical solutions to
fuel your fitness journey withauthenticity and resilience.
I'm Kat, your host, a mom of twoactive boys, a business owner
and an ultra marathon runner anda strength trainer in her
(00:42):
forties.
With nearly two decades ofexperience, I'm here to help you
cut through the noise of fads,hacks, and quick fixes.
This is a space where wecelebrate womanhood and
motherhood, all while buildingstrength and resilience and
reconnecting with you from aplace of self-compassion and
worthiness.
Whether you're lacing up yourrunning shoes to go out for a
(01:03):
run, driving your kids topractice or squeezing in a
moment for yourself, I'm righthere in the trenches with you.
Let's dive in.
Welcome back toMilesFromHerView.
I am Kat.
I am your host.
I am so happy the weather hasfinally turned to spring, and I
will say this, if you hear birdschirping in the background or
(01:24):
maybe some road noise, my officedoor is open right now.
Couple reasons behind that.
My dogs are with me and they'rerunning in and out, so.
Please forgive the backgroundnoise, if any does pop up on the
recording.
I just cannot get enough of thisweather and I hope you are
getting out, walking, running,cycling, doing whatever you can
do to get outside and enjoy thisterrific weather and hopefully
(01:46):
where you're located.
The weather is amazing and youare just.
Enjoying it.
So today I wanna share a storythat is probably gonna familiar,
be familiar to a lot of you, youknow, and it starts with a
conversation that I recently hadwith a mom of little ones.
She came to me just completelyexhausted, frustrated, and
(02:06):
honestly questioning if she'dever be the kind of woman who
could stay consistent with herfitness.
We talked about everything shehad tried, the different
programs, trainers, online,challenges, just everything.
Everything you can think of.
You name it, she's tried it,baby, this sounds familiar for
you.
How many programs have you trieddifferent trainers online
(02:27):
challenges, thinking this wouldbe the one thing?
Well, she looked at me and saidsomething I have heard so many
times before.
Maybe I'm just not built forthis.
Maybe I'll just never be someonewho sticks with it.
The thing is, with thisstatement, I hear it on almost
every single discovery call Ihave with new leads and
(02:48):
honestly.
It just breaks my heart becauseI know there's a better way, but
I also totally get where thefatigue and frustration are
coming from the programs thatthey've tried.
Just don't consider the fullpicture, and after enough failed
attempts, it's easy for you tostart believing it's you.
(03:09):
The words, maybe I'm just notbuilt for this.
I have mixed feelings.
Empathy because I've been there,frustration because the industry
keeps recycling the same oldsolution.
However, this gives me such adeep sense of purpose because
this is exactly what I do.
It actually gives me this pushto keep showing up and showing
(03:31):
women what's possible when theprogram finally fits them.
I wanna take a quick moment toshare this.
Exact realization is at theheart of what I do.
C Fit strength.
If you're a busy mom who feelslike every program asks you to
mold your life around it insteadof the other way around, I
created C Fit for You.
(03:52):
We design strength training thatadapts to your life.
Not the other way around.
It's personalized, flexible, androoted in the seasons in which
you are going through.
If this sounds like what you'vebeen looking for, keep listening
and we're gonna dive into all ofit.
So let's get to back to thatmoment in the conversation.
And this is where I had to pauseher because I want to say this
(04:14):
to every woman who has felt thisway.
It is not you.
It's the program.
Most fitness programs, even thegood ones, are built for an
idealized version of life,unlimited time, consistent high
energy, and zero interruptions.
I mean, that all sounds amazing.
I would, I would love that.
I don't know if you're like,that sounds epic, but let's be
(04:37):
real.
That is just not how life works.
Especially not when you're a momor managing a career or frankly
just being a human.
So where exactly does workingout fit into all that?
For most women I talk to, itdoesn't.
Or it only fits in when theysacrifice something else like
sleep sanity or one more thingthey should be doing.
(05:02):
And when you manage, when you domanage to block out time, the
universe senses it.
The dog throws up.
Your kid starts crying.
The boss schedules a quickmeeting that runs over and
someone needs help withhomework, your workout window
disappears.
Before you even press play onthe video, pull up your workout
or pick out your dumbbells.
So what happens?
(05:23):
You try harder.
You try to make that perfectplan fit into your very
imperfect life.
You push through the fatigue,you muscle your way through the
few weeks that you can, and thenyou burn out.
You skip a day, you quit.
And then you think you're theproblem, but you are not the
problem.
And this is something that wework through constantly in cat
(05:46):
Fit strength.
Whether you are deep in thenewborn fog or juggling five
drop offs a day, your programshould work with your real life
and not add another layer ofpressure.
That's why my coaching includessupport for both build phases
and maintenance phases.
You don't have to go all in allthe time.
In fact, the quickest, that'sthe quickest way to burn out.
(06:09):
Let's break that down for asecond.
See, there are seasons infitness.
There is a push phase where youchallenge yourself and there's a
maintenance phase where thegoals literally for you just to
hold the line and keep movingforward.
The build phase is when you'repushing, you're gaining
strength, you're chasingperformance goals, and then
there's that maintenance phasewhere your life demands are
(06:30):
more.
And so.
That's where we're just focusingon holding the line, maintaining
that habit.
Let's break that down a littlebit.
When I say the push phase.
That does not mean that we'redoing every workout at super
high intensity, all out maxeswith the heaviest thing you can
lift.
But what that means is we canhave or put our energy and our
(06:54):
focus into our workouts a littlebit more.
That's where you feel like, man,I'm clicking, this is happening.
Life is going swimmingly.
Work is at a balance.
Kids are good.
That maintenance phase is whenlife.
Throws you those curve balls andwe need to scale back or hold
that line.
So what this might look like, sowe give it in more tangible
(07:15):
terms.
We'll start with that.
Maintenance phase is when a workproject pops up.
Partner travel, kid illness.
Or right now we're at the end ofthe year with schooling.
There is a lot of things that isgonna come up.
I know in my schedule, my kidshave a lot of extra things.
The school has differentactivities, different concerts
(07:36):
happening, sports, et cetera.
So what I look at is how can Ihonor my energy?
It may look like for a clientwho has been routinely doing
three strength workouts, that wego down to two strength
workouts.
It may look like we.
If the world is just falling orall around you, where you're
(07:57):
being hit with all of it, a kidillness, partner, travel, or
even travel for yourself in workprojects piling up.
It might be that week or twoweeks.
We are gonna focus on mobility,focus on getting quality
nutrition in and sleep becausethat is gonna serve you more in
that time than trying to pushharder in your workouts.
(08:21):
Ideally, yes, I would love toget a strength training in
there, but we're gonna pullback.
We're gonna make sure that weare not falling off the
proverbial track with ourfitness, turning ourselves into
guilting and shaming so that webuild that frustration and that
greater resistance tomaintaining our routine.
Because here is the fact, thereis never gonna be a time in your
life where you are going tofinally hit that utopic.
(08:47):
Picture where you're never evergoing to miss a workout.
You're always gonna have thatamazing energy resource.
And you're always gonna completethe workout because you have the
time.
That is not realistic, and thatis what I started out by saying
is the, a lot of the programsout there are built on this
ideology and made to make youbelieve that you have to have
(09:11):
unlimited time or people outthere, even in your position
with all the things and all thetitles behind your name have
unlimited time, constantly highenergy.
Flawless routines and that'sjust not the case.
That's not real life.
So that's where if you have thatpush phase, knowing where in
(09:31):
theory'cause things of what ifin life come up.
You can push a little harderwith your workouts, meaning it
might be okay, I can managethree strength training
routines, two cardio routines ina week, so essentially five
workouts that I have thecapacity here, and within that.
We honor our energy throughthose workouts.
(09:53):
I talk with my clients a littlebit more on like, how do we
understand the rate of perceivedexertion?
I've gone into this, and I'm notgonna go into it today on the
podcast, but in that push phase,we know we have that time there.
Again, not unlimited.
I'm not talking about, okay, myclients are doing two, three
hour workouts.
No, they're, they know they can.
(10:14):
Get the 30 minute workout inbecause there aren't those
unforeseen or other lifestressors seem to be controlled.
Okay.
In a maintenance phase, likewe're coming up in summer, a lot
of my clients are like, I'mtraveling more.
My kids are home.
My routine is a little bit moreup in the air.
So we look at, okay, here'swhere we're not gonna really
(10:35):
focus on building strength,we're not going to be focused
on.
Pushing more aerobic capacity.
Here we're going to be lookingat, we wanna keep moving, we
wanna switch.
Maybe our cardio trainingspecific workouts are going to
be revolving around chasing ourkids in the yard, playing soccer
with them in the yard, playingbasketball with the kids,
playing tag, going for familybike rides, family hikes, walks
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on the beaches.
We're really using that as thecapacity of how do we nurture
that cardiac, uh.
Component there, that cardiocomponent there so that we get
that movement still.
It's not saying it goes away,we're transforming it so it
works with life.
The strength training, dependingon what the travel looks like
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there it may be, Hey, you knowwhat?
I cut back my hours or maybe Iwork home from home during the
summer so I don't have my gymthat is there at my office
building available to me.
This is what I have at home.
We adapt, we pivot, we.
Focus the workouts on thatbecause it sets you up for
success.
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So really it is helping youbuild that resilience of when
life gets chaotic, you learn howto show up.
Okay?
You learn that I don't walk outon myself, my health in these
times because I can pivot andstill feel good in moving my
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body and it still counts.
So the biggest problem isprograms out there do not teach
you this.
They don't teach you why.
There needs to be a maintenanceand a build phase.
The programs communicate to youthat you should be pushing a
hundred percent of the time.
But real fitness, sustainablefitness has to flex with your
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life and when you stop trying tomake your life fit into someone
else's perfect program, and whenyou let your program fit you.
That's when consistency becomesdoable.
Both phases matter.
You don't need to become adifferent person, you just need
a different approach.
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And I know this because I'velived it too.
I thought I had it all figuredout when I became a mom.
I had spent years collegecoaching.
I knew how to write a killertraining plan.
I knew how to set my athletes upfor success.
I knew how to get the best outof myself prior to being a mom.
But let me tell you, motherhoodhumbled me so, so fast.
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Unpredictable nap times,unpredictable sleep, running on
zero sleep.
I lost total control over my ownschedule and for years I thought
discipline looked like gettingup at 4:00 AM after only getting
about an hour of sleep, runningon fumes, and then forcing
myself to chase thismythologically eating super
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clean and squeezing workouts inno matter what.
I was a coach.
I knew how to program, but whenI became a mom, I kept trying to
do fitness the old way.
Like I wasn't also dealing witha newborn, no sleep,
unpredictable days, and a bodythat just felt foreign to me.
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Like I didn't understand whywhat I used to do wasn't working
now and when my body didn'trespond like it used to, I would
double down.
I push myself harder, I wouldlook at, okay, well I need to
cut calories.
I need to omit different foodgroups.
I need to just keep pushing.
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And honestly, it made me feel,feel worse.
It wasn't until I hit a wallmentally and physically that I
realized the best plan in theworld means nothing if it isn't
built for the whole person.
And that shift changedeverything.
I started training with my body.
Instead of against it, Iembraced the seasons of
maintenance without guilt, andthat's when I finally started to
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get strong in a way that feltgood, not forced.
And that's exactly how I coachnow with Cat Fit strength.
I don't try to jam your lifeinto something that's rigid and
unrealistic for you.
I build a program around yourlife.
Strength training that adapts toyour schedule.
You can find real strengthwithout having to be in a gym
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for hours.
It's possible, trust me, andmovement that fits into the
pockets of your day.
The truth be told, not everyperson is going to have a
perfect amount of time to get aworkout in, but if we can work
with ourselves and work with ourschedule, you will find
movement.
You will see those gains thatyou are looking for and
nutrition that supports.
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And not punishes your body likelife is too short to punish
yourself.
Food is too good to sit here andpunish yourself, and there are
ways to eat in which it servesyou without sacrificing on
nutrient dense foods andaccountability that really
honors the humanity and not yourwillpower, because honestly,
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motivation is fleeting.
You're not going to feelmotivated every day.
I don't feel motivated everyday.
Literally, my desk is two feetfrom a gym, and I don't always
feel motivated to get in andpick up a weight.
Whether you're deep in the thickof parenting or leading a team
at work, or just trying toreclaim 10 minutes to yourself,
you don't need to become someoneelse.
You don't need to be moredisciplined.
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You need a program that finallyfits you.
I'm gonna tell you this, ifyou're tired of feeling like
fitness is something that you'refailing at.
I would love to have a chat withyou to see it's a no pressure
conversation, just to see whereyou're at.
You can even just message in tothe podcast or email me at
kat@kat.fit I, and I'd love tohear where you're at.
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Also, if you are a rock in itand you're like, man, I found a
program that really is amazingfor me.
Let me know.
That's amazing.
I would love to celebrate yourwins too.
If this episode has beenhelpful, feel free to share it
with another friend.
Pass it along.
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share this episode with a friendwho is ready to embrace her
strength.
Remember.
Fitness isn't about perfection.
It's about showing up foryourself and finding strength in
every step of your journey.
Until next time, keep movingforward one mile at a time.
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