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March 26, 2023 57 mins

On this episode, we welcome Melissa and Lacee, Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013; working with bells not only changed her body but her entire career trajectory. She now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and bodyweight training. Lacee is a graduate with honors from Portland State University, holding a BA in communication forms/Business Administration, and National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer. She is a StrongFirst Kettlebell Level 2 and Bodyweight Instructor and a current RKC Level 1 Kettlebell Instructor.

Melissa has a degree in dietetics and has been working as a personal trainer since college, Melissa has 15 years of fitness and nutrition experience. Since the birth of her sons in 2014 and 2018, her business shifted to working with prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery.



On Today’s Episode:

  • Melissa and Lacee are introduced to the show!

  • Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013 and now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and body-weight training

  • Melissa has been working as a personal trainer for 15 years and specializes in prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retrain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery

  • Building businesses from the ground up, all referral based, and with a strong clientele

  • Mentoring and learning from experienced trainers are key to success

  • Personal connections to helping others feel good about their bodies and elevate them

  • Applying traditional values that have led to a corporate job, but feeling stuck

  • How they started building digital businesses before the pandemic for flexibility

  • They found that kettlebells are most effective for clients

  • How they funded themselves by teaching kettlebell basics during the pandemic

  • They stress the value of consistency and repetition in a program

  • They compare fitness goal setting to teaching a child to read with a progression

  • Kettlebell training is functional and translates well into everyday life

  • Group fitness can be unsustainable and frustrating for many people

  • Bells Up TV focuses on building long-term habits and progress over time

  • Fitness requires consistent effort and cannot be achieved with a quick fix or pill

  • Video format provides encouragement, technique cues, and explanations

  • Flexibility in training plans is important for managing stress and life demands

  • Strength training is important for recovery and injury prevention

  • Extreme exercise can come with a price and it’s important to find balance and listen to your body


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Guest Quotes:

“This is a journey, this is a process... It’s maintaining and giving you like the anti-aging answer. There is no pill, this is the pill, this is it! You actually have to do the thing.” – Melissa Paris

“I think it's an evolving science and I have learned so much over nine years working with general

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