September 20, 2023 • 30 mins
On this episode I am joined by Gabby who is the owner of Goodbrand Fitness. She is a mom of two kids and a former school psychologist. In 2013 she moved from Colorado to White Rock, she found that fitness was the best way to connect with others in the community. When she became a mom in 2015, group classes allowed her to take care of herself and meet other moms. Fitness has always been a source of connection for her.
When the pandemic hit, she found herself feeling lonely and isolated again. She began meeting up with a few friends to work out together in the park. She would lead the bootcamp, and the group would encourage one another, and keep each other accountable. She realized there were so many other women in White Rock & South Surrey also searching for a new fitness routine. What started as a hobby, turned into a side-gig, and has bloomed into a full time business with her own studio space.
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Ashley (00:32):
I am so excited today.
I have Gabby from Good BrandFitness joining Good Brand
Fitness is located in Surrey,bc.
Thank you so much for joining metoday.
Gabby (00:41):
Thank you so much for having me.
I really appreciate you takingthe time.
Ashley (00:45):
Can you explain a little bit about the origin story of
good brand fitness?
Gabby (00:49):
Yeah, so interestingly, I never set out to start a
business.
In fact, there was a good chunkof my life that I said, in no
way will I ever have my ownbusiness.
I don't want the stress of that.
I did not mind going to work.
Working specific hours, leavingmy work at work, coming home
being with my husband and mykids.
But when Covid happened, I wasalready in a pretty good fitness
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routine and I was really upsetto have to leave the gym and was
doing some workouts at home andwhatnot.
And I had known before Covidthat I wanted to get a group
fitness certification justbecause I thought it would be
something fun to do on the sideto teach some classes, to work
in a gym, to be in thatenvironment.
I've always loved the.
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Communities that gyms offer andthe camaraderie that comes out
of a gym.
I had just gotten mycertification when Covid hit and
I was at home with the kids anddidn't have a whole lot to do.
I didn't have much to do for myother job, so I was just sitting
twiddling my thumbs whenrestrictions lifted a little
bit, some friends asked me to godo some workouts in the park
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with them, to lead them throughit.
It was a great opportunity forus to kind of socialize without
breaking the rules of hangingout together.
So we were working out outdoors.
They started sharing with someof their friends asking if other
people could come.
I asked if I could invite someof my other friends who were
also seeing these thingshappening.
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One thing led to another, andthe next thing I know, I had a
bunch of women signing up.
My husband said, Hey, if you'regonna be doing this, maybe you
should start.
Charging for it and making surethat they're signing waivers and
kind of going through the wholebusiness checklist.
Even then I thought it was justsomething that I was going to
offer on the side that it wouldbe a great place for women to
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kind of hang out in the park.
I was a school psychologistbefore, so that I thought that
when school started up again, Iwould go back to school or still
maybe do it in the evenings, butthat would be that.
I very quickly realized how muchI enjoyed doing it.
I'm an extrovert.
I love being surrounded bypeople.
I'm absolutely a girl's girl.
I love hanging out with thegirls.
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I love supporting other women.
I love making those connectionsand relating with women.
It got to a point where I eitherneeded to open my own space and
take this on full time or.
Not to do it full-time andcommit to my job.
One thing really led to anotherand it was like, I guess I'm
gonna take the plunge and I canalways go back to psychology if
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I need to.
But at the time it wasn'tfilling my cup and it wasn't
allowing me the flexibility thatI needed with young children
going into daycare.
I just decided to roll with itand all of the pieces have
really fallen into place.
So now we have a, fitnessstudio.
Ashley (03:42):
I love when something feels so organic and it's your
passion that as much as it'swork, it doesn't necessarily
feel like that because you'relike, I get to show up in this
space.
I get to be around people, and Ireally like what you touched on.
I think so many times when wethink about fitness or we think
about going to the gym, it'susually centered around, our
bodies and there really is thatmental health aspect of it that
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I think so many.
Gyms are marketed, that wereally forget that it benefits
us so much mentally as well asphysically to be in that
environment.
So I love the fact that it waspeople realizing that they were
lonely or that they needed,something for themselves and
that it was something that youcould all, group together and
do.
Gabby (04:25):
Yeah, absolutely.
The social aspect has alwaysbeen kind of the primary feature
of this whole thing.
In fact, our motto is buildingstrength, endurance, community
and connection.
Because it is such a key and youknow, a lot of women, they do
come for the weight loss.
They do come with these bodygoals in mind and they stay
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because of the community.
They stay because of theconfidence they gain.
They stay because, you know,they feel more energized.
Their mental health feelsbetter.
They don't feel as anxious.
They feel like they can make itthrough their days.
And that's really what's alwaysbeen kind of the guiding factor.
And once I realized that I was.
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Able to have that impact onother women was huge for me.
It was funny because from thevery beginning, People were
crediting me with all of thesechanges that they were making,
and I've never felt like it wassomething that I did.
Sure.
I felt like I had some guidancein helping them, but they were
doing it on their own and I wasjust there to be part of their
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journey.
It's been so rewarding that wayto see the mental health changes
for people and the benefits theyhave and the confidence grow and
just really feeling moreempowered that way.
Ashley (05:43):
I think it is huge because especially if you're new
to working out or new tofitness, it can seem really
intimidating.
This idea of, feeling stupid ifyou don't know how to do things
or feeling awkward about askingquestions.
So it's like when you realizethat it really is this welcoming
environment, people are muchmore.
You know, likely to stay orcontinue going.
And like you said, the energyaspect is huge.
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That if you feel somewhere thatyou're being challenged and
supported and being able toreach goals, both physical and
mental and then enjoy doing it,then it doesn't seem like this
massive chore that you now haveto fit into your day or fit into
your week.
Gabby (06:19):
Yeah, absolutely.
And I would say that's whatyou've described.
This feeling stupid or notfeeling like you belong has been
the majority of women who walkthrough my doors.
There's absolutely a space forthose women who have some
athletic ability and feelconfident going into a gym and
feel like they either know howto use the weights or they want
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to challenge themselves withheavy heavyweights.
But I feel like there hasn'tbeen a great space for women
who.
Aren't as confident who don'tcome from an athletic
background, who haven't workedout before, who don't know what
their form should be like, whoare nervous about injuring
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themselves.
There's, there's all sorts ofconcerns and fears that are
associated with that.
And you know, so many women walkthrough my doors.
Feeling nervous.
And it is my goal to let themknow that they can do it and
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that we can give them amodification so that even if
they're not doing, you know, apushup on the ground, on their
feet, whatever that might looklike, that there is some way for
them to start their pushups andwork up to that level.
I will cheer them on and.
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Be proud of all of theiraccomplishments, no matter where
they are at in that journey.
They might be doing a pushupagainst the wall, and then they
might move down to the bench,and that's a huge win.
That's a huge celebration thatit doesn't have to be, you know,
what somebody sees on tv, whatthey think a normal pushup might
be like.
So it's really important to meto take those fears out of it
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for them and to make.
that not be part of theirconcern into coming into a gym.
Their only concern is, makingsure that they get there and,
and how can they accomplishthat?
Ashley (08:16):
I love that that's something that's so important to
you.
'cause you know how for somepeople, if they have a, like a
cleaner come into their house,they feel like they have to
power clean or, I feel likesometimes when people are
joining gyms, they feel likethey have to know it all or be
at a certain level beforethey're like, I can do that.
So I love the fact that it'slike no matter where you're at,
that there is a place there forthem.
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Is it women's only or is it menand women at your facility?
Gabby (08:40):
It is women only.
At the very beginning I triedsaying, oh, you know, anybody
can come.
But I very quickly found thatone, women were most comfortable
with other women, and two womenwanted a space that was just for
them.
They wanted a space where theyhad that time to themselves.
It wasn't even about the menbeing around.
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It was the fact that, they weretaking a break from their family
life, from, having to take careof their kids and things like
that.
They wanted that time alone.
They weren't bringing theirpartners with them.
And then again, That fear thatcan come along with being in a
gym and not knowing what to doand not looking right and not
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doing something properly.
You know, part of that fear islifted when it is only women in
that environment because we dofear this pressure of men in
gyms.
Ashley (09:35):
Yeah, absolutely.
Gabby (09:35):
Just because again, we just assume that they know what
they're doing and that we lookdumb.
Next to them next knowing whatthey're doing.
In reality, that's not alwaysthe case, but you know, for sure
it does just make it a saferspace.
Ashley (09:47):
Can you tell me a little bit about the classes that you
offer?
Gabby (09:50):
Yeah, absolutely.
So the signature class that Ihave been running for the last
few years is called Bootcamp.
We've always called it bootcamp.
And I'm ready to change thename, but that's only because it
comes off as a very intimidatingname.
But in reality, again, I offerall sorts of modifications to
ensure that if we are doing anysort of move that anybody could
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be participating with us.
We have the benches available sothat if you need to do an
exercise from the bench ratherthan being all the way on the
ground, that's okay.
You know I'm not making peopledo running.
I find that running is not anequal playing field.
There are plenty of women whocan't run, don't want to run
aren't ready to run, whatever itmight be.
But anything that we do there isdifferent levels available so
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that if somebody wants to be ata higher intensity you know and
wants to add.
Or enhance their exercise.
They absolutely can.
But that if somebody is startingoff slowly, they're doing
essentially the same thing.
But again, at a lower intensity.
At a lower level and workingtheir way up.
And they can see the differentprogressions through the
different women there in eachclass.
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It's a full body workout.
You're gonna do a little bitmore cardio type things in that
class.
We do use weights, but it'sgonna be higher repetitions at a
faster pace.
We also do strength trainingclasses in which we're focusing
a lot more on lifting heavierweights, doing fewer
repetitions, really adding Tothe weight on that one.
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And then I have otherinstructors who do a whole bunch
of other types of classes.
We've got a beginner level Zumbathat we call Zumba 101.
Zumba can be really hard tofollow right off the bat, though
a lot of people are interestedin it.
So we thought we would bring itin as just a fun way to move
your body and learn somethingnew.
So it's a beginner level whereshe'll walk you through all the
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steps.
We have a basic yoga class thatwe call power flow yoga because
we wanted it to be a little bitmore strength and stretch based
rather than getting into anycrazy twisted yoga positions.
Again, it feels more like abeginner yoga but can definitely
be enhanced for those who need adeeper stretch or just kind of a
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different yoga experience.
We have a class called Rock andRoll, where we get to use the
foam rollers to do myofascialrelease, which is essentially
self massage and stretching,which is really nice.
But you are still getting aportion of higher intensity
workout.
Before you're doing the foamrolling, we've got a class
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called Move It, shake It, liftIt, which I lovingly refer to as
our nineties style aerobicsclass with weights.
So lightweights you're notdancing per se, but you're
moving to the beat of the music.
It's high energy, lots of fun.
People really enjoy that class.
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Yeah, and then just a wholebunch of different kind of
variations off of those things.
When I put in a new class, Iinvite an instructor in.
I ask them what their style is.
And kind of say, okay, like,let's see how this goes.
And I let them run with it.
So it might be very similar tobootcamp strength training.
Move it, shake and lift it, anyof those.
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And then it'll just kind of havethe instructor's individual spin
on it, their own personalitytied into it.
So lots of different options,
Ashley (13:19):
which is nice to have that ability to offer so much
variety.
I think that lifting for womenis so important and strength
training overall is soimportant.
And I don't know where the ideakind of came in that, you know,
if we lift heavy, we're gonnaend up big and bulky do you find
that people have thatmisconception still that like
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lifting heavy is not gonna bebeneficial necessarily for
health and that they're gonnaend up.
Like body frame.
Gabby (13:47):
Yeah.
I see some of it.
There's definitely people whostill ask me about that.
The bigger concern that I seewith strength training
especially with the group ofwomen that I typically see
coming through the gym is that.
They don't lift heavy enoughbecause they don't think they
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can do it.
they don't have the confidence.
They think to themselves, Ican't lift a 15 pound weight
over my head.
That barbell is huge.
There's no way that I can pickthat up off the ground.
I have to remind them that like,Girlfriend, your groceries weigh
more than that.
That four-year-old that youscoop up and carry up and down
the stairs weighs more thanthat.
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And you're doing all thesethings that require you to lift
every day.
The shape of the dumbbell andthe shape of the weight is the
only thing that's differentthere.
It's really building thatconfidence and awareness that
way.
And then reminding them thatit's so important to build that
muscle mass for health and thatit's really important to build
that muscle mass to reach thedifferent goals that you have.
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That like, even if you come inwith a weight loss goal, cardio
isn't always the answer.
That strength training does thatfor you as well.
That, that's a big part of it.
And so you're right, it'sabsolutely critical and it's one
of my most favorite classes toteach simply because I get to.
Push them outside of theircomfort zones and give them high
fives and hugs when all of asudden they've lifted that huge
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barbell that they looked atcross-eyed at first when they
walked in,
Ashley (15:17):
which is so awesome.
We do try to tell ourselves thatwe can't do a lot of things that
we really can do.
Gabby (15:24):
Absolutely.
Yeah.
I mean, and they're all part ofour daily life and.
The definition of fitnessactually is being physically fit
to do the things necessary fordaily life.
Strength is part of that andcardiovascular health is also
part of that.
And so continuing to build that,is critical.
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And just making sure that,that's what people realize is
the importance of it.
That it's not about weight loss,that it is about.
Health and life
Ashley (15:55):
as we get older too, like just the idea of becoming
senior citizens, depending onwhat age you are, it just feels
so far in the future.
I feel like the medical systemin general doesn't necessarily
prep us for, you know, thatpreventative self-care.
That it really is getting aheadof it.
I wanna make sure that I'mmoving my body so that I'm not
gonna have a slip and fall aseasy, or that I'm gonna be able
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to, you know, reach above myhead and grab something from the
shelf or all of those thingsthat don't seem like they would
necessarily be connected tofitness, but really interties it
all together.
Gabby (16:27):
Definitely.
It's interesting because I amfinding it's some of the older
women who are.
Recognizing the need for thiskind of strength training and
whatnot.
But the bigger gap that I noticeactually is in some of the like
teenagers because.
They've gotten so accustomed toplaying sports and being
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involved in physical activitythrough sports, but as soon as
high school ends or the sportsend, they don't know how to stay
physically fit and they'd walkinto a gym and they don't
necessarily know what to do, andwe're not necessarily teaching
them the skills that we need.
Now, you know, some teens optinto that or they get that as
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part of their sports training.
It's still the generalpopulation that needs all of
that too.
And so it's critical that from ayoung age, you know, especially
as moms that we're showing ourkids how to work out and that
they see us working out at homeand that they know that we go to
the gym to do these things andthat when they're taking care of
themselves through sports andstaying physically active and
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healthy that way, that we'redoing it, you know, this way as
well.
Ashley (17:40):
Well, it's one of those things that we love to be able
to tell our kids stuff and justautomatically have them listen.
But like you said, we really dohave to be the example and show
them because do, as I say, isnot really a great example long
term as mom of a teenager.
Gabby (17:55):
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Part of that for me in goodbrand fitness was.
Offering as many options to makethat less of a barrier.
So we offer Zoom classes so thatif moms need to work out from
home, they can, and we allow thekids to come into the studio.
We've got a space in the backwhere they can hang out.
It's a big open studio.
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So even if the kids are in theback, they can still see mom and
mom can see them.
There are oftentimes where.
Moms will also have their kidson a mat right next to them and
maybe the kids.
I've got little tiny weightsthat the kids might be doing the
exercises with.
Mom and I can even spend sometime, you know, next to them,
coaching them and it's reallycool to kind of see all of these
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kids.
Seeing their moms and that momsaren't using, you know, their
children being home as anexcuse, they're really, taking
advantage of it and being like,well, this is still part of my
day and I'm gonna take you toswimming lessons later.
So, but we're gonna go to my gymfirst.
And it's not a, I can't do thisbecause of them.
It's a, I'm going to do thiswith them in tow, and that's
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okay too.
Ashley (18:58):
I think it's so important for women specifically
to remember that while you're,booking the day of activities
that you really do have to makeyourself a priority and that
it's okay to say, Hey, we're notgonna do this.
I actually am going to the gymduring that time.
Or, reaching out to ababysitter, reaching out to your
spouse, saying, it's reallyimportant to me, you're gonna
have to take them for this houror whatever, so that I can have
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my me time and I think.
For a lot of women specifically,we put ourselves at the bottom
of our priority list and we letmom guilt and all of these other
things come into play and itreally is such nonsense where
it's like we really just haveto, you know, do it and do the
activity and prioritizeourselves.
Gabby (19:41):
I learned very quickly in Covid, well, especially Covid,
but even before that, that.
the mental health side of thatand prioritizing me that.
I couldn't pour from an emptycup.
I couldn't put myself at thebottom.
That in order for me to be thebest mom and the best partner
and to be emotionally availablefor everybody meant doing
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something for me first.
So sometimes that meant wakingup before everybody else and
working out first thing in themorning.
Sometime it meant leaving.
Right before bedtime and lettingmy husband put the kids to bed,
and they were okay, right.
For that one evening, twoevenings a week to just get out
and get my exercise in, and thenI can wake up refreshed in the
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morning and ready to start theday with them.
That's really, you're right.
It has to become a priority andthey have to make the time.
You're never gonna just havemore time.
I often hear, oh well, When thekids go back to school, I'll
have more time When the kids areout for the summer, I'll have
more time, but you won't havemore time.
Other things will come up,things will happen.
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And so it's you saying, okay, inSeptember when the kids go to
school, I'm doing this at thistime.
And it's making that time.
And it's setting that as anintention.
As a priority to make sure thatit happens.
Ashley (21:04):
It's always so funny because when you think of more
time, and I don't know if youare like this, but I'll be like,
oh, I am so busy.
Or where did the time go?
And then I look that I've beenon Instagram for like an hour or
I'm like all of a suddenscrolling that you think it's
like five minutes and all of asudden it's an hour later.
So it's really also payingattention to what is diverting
your time.
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And there's so many great local.
Accountability groups, like, Idon't know if you've heard of a
hundred Days To Slay?
Gabby (21:32):
I have absolutely loved that initiative.
I've also participated in it.
I love it because like you said,we get so wrapped up in where
did the time go?
And if you really look back,I've been listening to an audio
book too called Buy Back YourTime.
And part of that is writing downevery 15 minutes what you did
for the last 15 minutes.
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And you're supposed to do it forup to two weeks and to recognize
all of the places where yourtime is wasted or could be
better used or things like that.
And you're right, there's somany spaces in there that just.
You look at it and it doesn'tmake sense.
Even the accountability groups,like you said, 100 days to slay
all they want in that group is30 minutes of movement.
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And that can be 30 minutes atthe end of your evening doing
yoga.
It can be a 30 minute walk withyour kids when your kids need to
get out.
It might be taking time for justyourself.
I did it as a participantbecause, I wanted that
accountability during that time,but I've also participated as a
business owner and offered thoseclasses and it was so cool to be
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able to see all these women whocome from all over the place who
didn't know each otherbeforehand, but all have the
same goals and initiatives inmind coming into the space and
working together and cheeringeach other on and high fiving
each other because, hey, theycame and did it even though, you
know, they didn't know eachother at first and that's really
the beauty of.
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Movement and the camaraderie offitness, which, you know, we're
all in it together,
Ashley (23:05):
which is so true.
And the community groups really,I think, are so vital,
especially whenever you'remaking a change in your personal
life.
I would love to say that thepeople around, you're always
supportive, but it isn't alwaysthat case where it can be, The
spouse doesn't wanna watch thekids, or, you know, friends are
like, let's go eat at this fastfood place instead of, if you're
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on a specific meal plan whereyou're trying to eat, healthier,
where I feel like if you find agroup.
Like yours where everybody isthere, they enjoy doing the
classes.
It's something that they lookforward to.
Or if it's a differentaccountability group where
everybody has a shared goal andit's just people cheering you
on, it's so important to findlike-minded people that do have
those same goals so that you dofeel like I'm making the right
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choice for me.
And it doesn't have to be likean either or, like this big
divide.
Gabby (23:53):
I've really tried hard to help foster friendships and
relationships in the communityfor that reason, because
somebody might be coming intothis.
With, yeah, you're right.
Nobody, they feel like nobody'sin their corner and then they
come into a class and realizethat they have a whole group of
women in their corner and so wedo different sorts of outings
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altogether.
We do dinners out, we've donewine tours, we've done, 5K races
in support of different thingslike that are meaningful to us
and it's really cool to.
See those women, find thosefriendships in people who,
again, have similar goals tothem.
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And that's really what keepsthem going.
And that's what keeps youmotivated and that's what keeps
you disciplined.
It's those people saying, Hey, Ihaven't seen you at the gym in a
while.
Is everything okay?
Or, Hey, who's coming to classwith me today?
And you need those people.
The accountability and thegroups are huge for that.
Ashley (24:55):
It really is supportive, it's not accountability of like,
where were you?
Especially with people like ahundred days to slay, if you say
miss a day, there's not, shameand punishment involved.
So it really is that, Hey, I'mconcerned.
Where have you been?
Now you just touched onfundraising.
Can you mention this initiativethat you have partnered with
that's coming up in
Gabby (25:15):
In October we, well backtrack a little bit.
I got certified with a pre andpostnatal certification
specialist core specialist.
And so really starting to workmore with new moms.
I got this training to startworking with new moms and women
who are becoming moms and makingsure that they are training
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properly to take the best careof their body for themselves and
recovery after having babiesand.
They've always held kind of aspecial place in my heart
because it's just such anemotionally intense time and
mental health-wise, it's reallydifficult to navigate.
I partnered with a collective ofwomen.
We call ourselves the South RockPerinatal Wellness Collective.
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And our goal is to offer momgroups where women can come and
meet other moms and learn aboutresources in the community.
I provide a little bit oftraining on fitness in pre and
postnatal.
We've got a registered dieticianwho provides resources and
advice.
We've got a couple counselors.
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It's got a labor and deliverynurse.
We've got all sorts of kind ofwomen joined in this collective
and we realized that in order tobe able to offer these resources
and groups to these moms at lowto no cost, we needed to have
money to back it up.
So we are organizing a hugefundraiser event in October on
the seventh at the White RockPromenade and Pier Memorial Park
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where.
all the funds raised willinitially go to Life with a
baby, which is the overarchingnonprofit company, and we have
partnered with them such that wewill receive.
A big chunk of the donationsthat are raised in order to be
able to offer this at low to nocost to them.
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The other beautiful thing aboutthis fundraising event, number
one is it is a walk.
It is in, it's like an insolidarity, in support walk.
But it's just down the pier.
So you don't need to be of anyphysical fitness level to be
able to do that.
You know, anybody with awheelchair could even come and
join us.
Young, old, everybody.
We all.
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Have been touched or knowsomebody who's been touched by
perinatal mood and anxietydisorders and concerns and just
troubles.
And, this is what we are walkingfor.
And, because it's called ClimbOut of the Darkness, we say,
this is who we're climbing for,this is what we're climbing for.
And then in addition to the walkitself, we will have all sorts
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of vendors offering.
Those resources and support andoptions for things to take your
kids to do.
And shopping for baby clothes.
We're just having localcommunity businesses and
partners available, I guess, toshow young families all that
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there is available for them inour communities.
This is the first year we'rerunning this event.
It is an international event, soit's been well run in the states
before and in other parts ofCanada, but it is new to us in
the, actually in the wholeVancouver area.
I think we're the only ones.
So yeah.
Anything we can do to make thissuccessful, we'd love to have
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everybody out climbing with us.
Again, when I say climbing,we're walking down the pier and
just joining the event.
You can register on our Canadahelps page.
Once you register there, you caneither donate money or also send
out your team registration sothat you can encourage other
people to sign up or inencourage others to donate on
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your behalf or on our behalf aswell, which will be amazing.
So any support we can receiveit's great'cause it will go
directly back into our communityhere.
Ashley (29:03):
Which is so awesome.
If anybody is looking forinformation about your gym
online, where do they find you?
Gabby (29:10):
They can find me on Instagram at Good Brand dot
Fitness.
We also have a website with tonsof information, good brand
fitness.com.
If you've heard anything aboutus, we have a signature six week
challenge.
That is a quite popular option,so I encourage everyone to check
that out.
I can also be found on Facebook.
Look, my personal page up Gabby,good brand.
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I do have a business Facebookpage, but a lot happens on the
personal page and I love justbeing able to connect with
people personally that way.
So I encourage everyone to reachout and connect if they have any
questions.
Ashley (29:43):
Well, thank you so much for having this conversation
with me today.
Gabby (29:47):
Thank you so much for having me.
I really appreciate you takingthe time to chat and get to know
me a little bit better.
Thank you so much for joining ustoday for this episode of The
Filled Up Cup podcast.
Don't forget to hit subscribeand leave a review.
If you like what you hear.
You can also connect withus@filledupcup.com.
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Ashley (00:32):
I am so excited today.
I have Gabby from Good BrandFitness joining Good Brand
Fitness is located in Surrey,bc.
Thank you so much for joining metoday.
Gabby (00:41):
Thank you so much for having me.
I really appreciate you takingthe time.
Ashley (00:45):
Can you explain a little bit about the origin story of
good brand fitness?
Gabby (00:49):
Yeah, so interestingly, I never set out to start a
business.
In fact, there was a good chunkof my life that I said, in no
way will I ever have my ownbusiness.
I don't want the stress of that.
I did not mind going to work.
Working specific hours, leavingmy work at work, coming home
being with my husband and mykids.
But when Covid happened, I wasalready in a pretty good fitness
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routine and I was really upsetto have to leave the gym and was
doing some workouts at home andwhatnot.
And I had known before Covidthat I wanted to get a group
fitness certification justbecause I thought it would be
something fun to do on the sideto teach some classes, to work
in a gym, to be in thatenvironment.
I've always loved the.
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Communities that gyms offer andthe camaraderie that comes out
of a gym.
I had just gotten mycertification when Covid hit and
I was at home with the kids anddidn't have a whole lot to do.
I didn't have much to do for myother job, so I was just sitting
twiddling my thumbs whenrestrictions lifted a little
bit, some friends asked me to godo some workouts in the park
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with them, to lead them throughit.
It was a great opportunity forus to kind of socialize without
breaking the rules of hangingout together.
So we were working out outdoors.
They started sharing with someof their friends asking if other
people could come.
I asked if I could invite someof my other friends who were
also seeing these thingshappening.
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One thing led to another, andthe next thing I know, I had a
bunch of women signing up.
My husband said, Hey, if you'regonna be doing this, maybe you
should start.
Charging for it and making surethat they're signing waivers and
kind of going through the wholebusiness checklist.
Even then I thought it was justsomething that I was going to
offer on the side that it wouldbe a great place for women to
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kind of hang out in the park.
I was a school psychologistbefore, so that I thought that
when school started up again, Iwould go back to school or still
maybe do it in the evenings, butthat would be that.
I very quickly realized how muchI enjoyed doing it.
I'm an extrovert.
I love being surrounded bypeople.
I'm absolutely a girl's girl.
I love hanging out with thegirls.
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I love supporting other women.
I love making those connectionsand relating with women.
It got to a point where I eitherneeded to open my own space and
take this on full time or.
Not to do it full-time andcommit to my job.
One thing really led to anotherand it was like, I guess I'm
gonna take the plunge and I canalways go back to psychology if
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I need to.
But at the time it wasn'tfilling my cup and it wasn't
allowing me the flexibility thatI needed with young children
going into daycare.
I just decided to roll with itand all of the pieces have
really fallen into place.
So now we have a, fitnessstudio.
Ashley (03:42):
I love when something feels so organic and it's your
passion that as much as it'swork, it doesn't necessarily
feel like that because you'relike, I get to show up in this
space.
I get to be around people, and Ireally like what you touched on.
I think so many times when wethink about fitness or we think
about going to the gym, it'susually centered around, our
bodies and there really is thatmental health aspect of it that
(04:04):
I think so many.
Gyms are marketed, that wereally forget that it benefits
us so much mentally as well asphysically to be in that
environment.
So I love the fact that it waspeople realizing that they were
lonely or that they needed,something for themselves and
that it was something that youcould all, group together and
do.
Gabby (04:25):
Yeah, absolutely.
The social aspect has alwaysbeen kind of the primary feature
of this whole thing.
In fact, our motto is buildingstrength, endurance, community
and connection.
Because it is such a key and youknow, a lot of women, they do
come for the weight loss.
They do come with these bodygoals in mind and they stay
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because of the community.
They stay because of theconfidence they gain.
They stay because, you know,they feel more energized.
Their mental health feelsbetter.
They don't feel as anxious.
They feel like they can make itthrough their days.
And that's really what's alwaysbeen kind of the guiding factor.
And once I realized that I was.
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Able to have that impact onother women was huge for me.
It was funny because from thevery beginning, People were
crediting me with all of thesechanges that they were making,
and I've never felt like it wassomething that I did.
Sure.
I felt like I had some guidancein helping them, but they were
doing it on their own and I wasjust there to be part of their
(05:29):
journey.
It's been so rewarding that wayto see the mental health changes
for people and the benefits theyhave and the confidence grow and
just really feeling moreempowered that way.
Ashley (05:43):
I think it is huge because especially if you're new
to working out or new tofitness, it can seem really
intimidating.
This idea of, feeling stupid ifyou don't know how to do things
or feeling awkward about askingquestions.
So it's like when you realizethat it really is this welcoming
environment, people are muchmore.
You know, likely to stay orcontinue going.
And like you said, the energyaspect is huge.
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That if you feel somewhere thatyou're being challenged and
supported and being able toreach goals, both physical and
mental and then enjoy doing it,then it doesn't seem like this
massive chore that you now haveto fit into your day or fit into
your week.
Gabby (06:19):
Yeah, absolutely.
And I would say that's whatyou've described.
This feeling stupid or notfeeling like you belong has been
the majority of women who walkthrough my doors.
There's absolutely a space forthose women who have some
athletic ability and feelconfident going into a gym and
feel like they either know howto use the weights or they want
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to challenge themselves withheavy heavyweights.
But I feel like there hasn'tbeen a great space for women
who.
Aren't as confident who don'tcome from an athletic
background, who haven't workedout before, who don't know what
their form should be like, whoare nervous about injuring
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themselves.
There's, there's all sorts ofconcerns and fears that are
associated with that.
And you know, so many women walkthrough my doors.
Feeling nervous.
And it is my goal to let themknow that they can do it and
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that we can give them amodification so that even if
they're not doing, you know, apushup on the ground, on their
feet, whatever that might looklike, that there is some way for
them to start their pushups andwork up to that level.
I will cheer them on and.
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Be proud of all of theiraccomplishments, no matter where
they are at in that journey.
They might be doing a pushupagainst the wall, and then they
might move down to the bench,and that's a huge win.
That's a huge celebration thatit doesn't have to be, you know,
what somebody sees on tv, whatthey think a normal pushup might
be like.
So it's really important to meto take those fears out of it
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for them and to make.
that not be part of theirconcern into coming into a gym.
Their only concern is, makingsure that they get there and,
and how can they accomplishthat?
Ashley (08:16):
I love that that's something that's so important to
you.
'cause you know how for somepeople, if they have a, like a
cleaner come into their house,they feel like they have to
power clean or, I feel likesometimes when people are
joining gyms, they feel likethey have to know it all or be
at a certain level beforethey're like, I can do that.
So I love the fact that it'slike no matter where you're at,
that there is a place there forthem.
(08:36):
Is it women's only or is it menand women at your facility?
Gabby (08:40):
It is women only.
At the very beginning I triedsaying, oh, you know, anybody
can come.
But I very quickly found thatone, women were most comfortable
with other women, and two womenwanted a space that was just for
them.
They wanted a space where theyhad that time to themselves.
It wasn't even about the menbeing around.
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It was the fact that, they weretaking a break from their family
life, from, having to take careof their kids and things like
that.
They wanted that time alone.
They weren't bringing theirpartners with them.
And then again, That fear thatcan come along with being in a
gym and not knowing what to doand not looking right and not
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doing something properly.
You know, part of that fear islifted when it is only women in
that environment because we dofear this pressure of men in
gyms.
Ashley (09:35):
Yeah, absolutely.
Gabby (09:35):
Just because again, we just assume that they know what
they're doing and that we lookdumb.
Next to them next knowing whatthey're doing.
In reality, that's not alwaysthe case, but you know, for sure
it does just make it a saferspace.
Ashley (09:47):
Can you tell me a little bit about the classes that you
offer?
Gabby (09:50):
Yeah, absolutely.
So the signature class that Ihave been running for the last
few years is called Bootcamp.
We've always called it bootcamp.
And I'm ready to change thename, but that's only because it
comes off as a very intimidatingname.
But in reality, again, I offerall sorts of modifications to
ensure that if we are doing anysort of move that anybody could
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be participating with us.
We have the benches available sothat if you need to do an
exercise from the bench ratherthan being all the way on the
ground, that's okay.
You know I'm not making peopledo running.
I find that running is not anequal playing field.
There are plenty of women whocan't run, don't want to run
aren't ready to run, whatever itmight be.
But anything that we do there isdifferent levels available so
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that if somebody wants to be ata higher intensity you know and
wants to add.
Or enhance their exercise.
They absolutely can.
But that if somebody is startingoff slowly, they're doing
essentially the same thing.
But again, at a lower intensity.
At a lower level and workingtheir way up.
And they can see the differentprogressions through the
different women there in eachclass.
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It's a full body workout.
You're gonna do a little bitmore cardio type things in that
class.
We do use weights, but it'sgonna be higher repetitions at a
faster pace.
We also do strength trainingclasses in which we're focusing
a lot more on lifting heavierweights, doing fewer
repetitions, really adding Tothe weight on that one.
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And then I have otherinstructors who do a whole bunch
of other types of classes.
We've got a beginner level Zumbathat we call Zumba 101.
Zumba can be really hard tofollow right off the bat, though
a lot of people are interestedin it.
So we thought we would bring itin as just a fun way to move
your body and learn somethingnew.
So it's a beginner level whereshe'll walk you through all the
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steps.
We have a basic yoga class thatwe call power flow yoga because
we wanted it to be a little bitmore strength and stretch based
rather than getting into anycrazy twisted yoga positions.
Again, it feels more like abeginner yoga but can definitely
be enhanced for those who need adeeper stretch or just kind of a
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different yoga experience.
We have a class called Rock andRoll, where we get to use the
foam rollers to do myofascialrelease, which is essentially
self massage and stretching,which is really nice.
But you are still getting aportion of higher intensity
workout.
Before you're doing the foamrolling, we've got a class
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called Move It, shake It, liftIt, which I lovingly refer to as
our nineties style aerobicsclass with weights.
So lightweights you're notdancing per se, but you're
moving to the beat of the music.
It's high energy, lots of fun.
People really enjoy that class.
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Yeah, and then just a wholebunch of different kind of
variations off of those things.
When I put in a new class, Iinvite an instructor in.
I ask them what their style is.
And kind of say, okay, like,let's see how this goes.
And I let them run with it.
So it might be very similar tobootcamp strength training.
Move it, shake and lift it, anyof those.
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And then it'll just kind of havethe instructor's individual spin
on it, their own personalitytied into it.
So lots of different options,
Ashley (13:19):
which is nice to have that ability to offer so much
variety.
I think that lifting for womenis so important and strength
training overall is soimportant.
And I don't know where the ideakind of came in that, you know,
if we lift heavy, we're gonnaend up big and bulky do you find
that people have thatmisconception still that like
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lifting heavy is not gonna bebeneficial necessarily for
health and that they're gonnaend up.
Like body frame.
Gabby (13:47):
Yeah.
I see some of it.
There's definitely people whostill ask me about that.
The bigger concern that I seewith strength training
especially with the group ofwomen that I typically see
coming through the gym is that.
They don't lift heavy enoughbecause they don't think they
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can do it.
they don't have the confidence.
They think to themselves, Ican't lift a 15 pound weight
over my head.
That barbell is huge.
There's no way that I can pickthat up off the ground.
I have to remind them that like,Girlfriend, your groceries weigh
more than that.
That four-year-old that youscoop up and carry up and down
the stairs weighs more thanthat.
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And you're doing all thesethings that require you to lift
every day.
The shape of the dumbbell andthe shape of the weight is the
only thing that's differentthere.
It's really building thatconfidence and awareness that
way.
And then reminding them thatit's so important to build that
muscle mass for health and thatit's really important to build
that muscle mass to reach thedifferent goals that you have.
(14:50):
That like, even if you come inwith a weight loss goal, cardio
isn't always the answer.
That strength training does thatfor you as well.
That, that's a big part of it.
And so you're right, it'sabsolutely critical and it's one
of my most favorite classes toteach simply because I get to.
Push them outside of theircomfort zones and give them high
fives and hugs when all of asudden they've lifted that huge
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barbell that they looked atcross-eyed at first when they
walked in,
Ashley (15:17):
which is so awesome.
We do try to tell ourselves thatwe can't do a lot of things that
we really can do.
Gabby (15:24):
Absolutely.
Yeah.
I mean, and they're all part ofour daily life and.
The definition of fitnessactually is being physically fit
to do the things necessary fordaily life.
Strength is part of that andcardiovascular health is also
part of that.
And so continuing to build that,is critical.
(15:45):
And just making sure that,that's what people realize is
the importance of it.
That it's not about weight loss,that it is about.
Health and life
Ashley (15:55):
as we get older too, like just the idea of becoming
senior citizens, depending onwhat age you are, it just feels
so far in the future.
I feel like the medical systemin general doesn't necessarily
prep us for, you know, thatpreventative self-care.
That it really is getting aheadof it.
I wanna make sure that I'mmoving my body so that I'm not
gonna have a slip and fall aseasy, or that I'm gonna be able
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to, you know, reach above myhead and grab something from the
shelf or all of those thingsthat don't seem like they would
necessarily be connected tofitness, but really interties it
all together.
Gabby (16:27):
Definitely.
It's interesting because I amfinding it's some of the older
women who are.
Recognizing the need for thiskind of strength training and
whatnot.
But the bigger gap that I noticeactually is in some of the like
teenagers because.
They've gotten so accustomed toplaying sports and being
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involved in physical activitythrough sports, but as soon as
high school ends or the sportsend, they don't know how to stay
physically fit and they'd walkinto a gym and they don't
necessarily know what to do, andwe're not necessarily teaching
them the skills that we need.
Now, you know, some teens optinto that or they get that as
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part of their sports training.
It's still the generalpopulation that needs all of
that too.
And so it's critical that from ayoung age, you know, especially
as moms that we're showing ourkids how to work out and that
they see us working out at homeand that they know that we go to
the gym to do these things andthat when they're taking care of
themselves through sports andstaying physically active and
(17:36):
healthy that way, that we'redoing it, you know, this way as
well.
Ashley (17:40):
Well, it's one of those things that we love to be able
to tell our kids stuff and justautomatically have them listen.
But like you said, we really dohave to be the example and show
them because do, as I say, isnot really a great example long
term as mom of a teenager.
Gabby (17:55):
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Part of that for me in goodbrand fitness was.
Offering as many options to makethat less of a barrier.
So we offer Zoom classes so thatif moms need to work out from
home, they can, and we allow thekids to come into the studio.
We've got a space in the backwhere they can hang out.
It's a big open studio.
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So even if the kids are in theback, they can still see mom and
mom can see them.
There are oftentimes where.
Moms will also have their kidson a mat right next to them and
maybe the kids.
I've got little tiny weightsthat the kids might be doing the
exercises with.
Mom and I can even spend sometime, you know, next to them,
coaching them and it's reallycool to kind of see all of these
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kids.
Seeing their moms and that momsaren't using, you know, their
children being home as anexcuse, they're really, taking
advantage of it and being like,well, this is still part of my
day and I'm gonna take you toswimming lessons later.
So, but we're gonna go to my gymfirst.
And it's not a, I can't do thisbecause of them.
It's a, I'm going to do thiswith them in tow, and that's
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okay too.
Ashley (18:58):
I think it's so important for women specifically
to remember that while you're,booking the day of activities
that you really do have to makeyourself a priority and that
it's okay to say, Hey, we're notgonna do this.
I actually am going to the gymduring that time.
Or, reaching out to ababysitter, reaching out to your
spouse, saying, it's reallyimportant to me, you're gonna
have to take them for this houror whatever, so that I can have
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my me time and I think.
For a lot of women specifically,we put ourselves at the bottom
of our priority list and we letmom guilt and all of these other
things come into play and itreally is such nonsense where
it's like we really just haveto, you know, do it and do the
activity and prioritizeourselves.
Gabby (19:41):
I learned very quickly in Covid, well, especially Covid,
but even before that, that.
the mental health side of thatand prioritizing me that.
I couldn't pour from an emptycup.
I couldn't put myself at thebottom.
That in order for me to be thebest mom and the best partner
and to be emotionally availablefor everybody meant doing
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something for me first.
So sometimes that meant wakingup before everybody else and
working out first thing in themorning.
Sometime it meant leaving.
Right before bedtime and lettingmy husband put the kids to bed,
and they were okay, right.
For that one evening, twoevenings a week to just get out
and get my exercise in, and thenI can wake up refreshed in the
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morning and ready to start theday with them.
That's really, you're right.
It has to become a priority andthey have to make the time.
You're never gonna just havemore time.
I often hear, oh well, When thekids go back to school, I'll
have more time When the kids areout for the summer, I'll have
more time, but you won't havemore time.
Other things will come up,things will happen.
(20:51):
And so it's you saying, okay, inSeptember when the kids go to
school, I'm doing this at thistime.
And it's making that time.
And it's setting that as anintention.
As a priority to make sure thatit happens.
Ashley (21:04):
It's always so funny because when you think of more
time, and I don't know if youare like this, but I'll be like,
oh, I am so busy.
Or where did the time go?
And then I look that I've beenon Instagram for like an hour or
I'm like all of a suddenscrolling that you think it's
like five minutes and all of asudden it's an hour later.
So it's really also payingattention to what is diverting
your time.
(21:24):
And there's so many great local.
Accountability groups, like, Idon't know if you've heard of a
hundred Days To Slay?
Gabby (21:32):
I have absolutely loved that initiative.
I've also participated in it.
I love it because like you said,we get so wrapped up in where
did the time go?
And if you really look back,I've been listening to an audio
book too called Buy Back YourTime.
And part of that is writing downevery 15 minutes what you did
for the last 15 minutes.
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And you're supposed to do it forup to two weeks and to recognize
all of the places where yourtime is wasted or could be
better used or things like that.
And you're right, there's somany spaces in there that just.
You look at it and it doesn'tmake sense.
Even the accountability groups,like you said, 100 days to slay
all they want in that group is30 minutes of movement.
(22:15):
And that can be 30 minutes atthe end of your evening doing
yoga.
It can be a 30 minute walk withyour kids when your kids need to
get out.
It might be taking time for justyourself.
I did it as a participantbecause, I wanted that
accountability during that time,but I've also participated as a
business owner and offered thoseclasses and it was so cool to be
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able to see all these women whocome from all over the place who
didn't know each otherbeforehand, but all have the
same goals and initiatives inmind coming into the space and
working together and cheeringeach other on and high fiving
each other because, hey, theycame and did it even though, you
know, they didn't know eachother at first and that's really
the beauty of.
(22:58):
Movement and the camaraderie offitness, which, you know, we're
all in it together,
Ashley (23:05):
which is so true.
And the community groups really,I think, are so vital,
especially whenever you'remaking a change in your personal
life.
I would love to say that thepeople around, you're always
supportive, but it isn't alwaysthat case where it can be, The
spouse doesn't wanna watch thekids, or, you know, friends are
like, let's go eat at this fastfood place instead of, if you're
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on a specific meal plan whereyou're trying to eat, healthier,
where I feel like if you find agroup.
Like yours where everybody isthere, they enjoy doing the
classes.
It's something that they lookforward to.
Or if it's a differentaccountability group where
everybody has a shared goal andit's just people cheering you
on, it's so important to findlike-minded people that do have
those same goals so that you dofeel like I'm making the right
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choice for me.
And it doesn't have to be likean either or, like this big
divide.
Gabby (23:53):
I've really tried hard to help foster friendships and
relationships in the communityfor that reason, because
somebody might be coming intothis.
With, yeah, you're right.
Nobody, they feel like nobody'sin their corner and then they
come into a class and realizethat they have a whole group of
women in their corner and so wedo different sorts of outings
(24:16):
altogether.
We do dinners out, we've donewine tours, we've done, 5K races
in support of different thingslike that are meaningful to us
and it's really cool to.
See those women, find thosefriendships in people who,
again, have similar goals tothem.
(24:38):
And that's really what keepsthem going.
And that's what keeps youmotivated and that's what keeps
you disciplined.
It's those people saying, Hey, Ihaven't seen you at the gym in a
while.
Is everything okay?
Or, Hey, who's coming to classwith me today?
And you need those people.
The accountability and thegroups are huge for that.
Ashley (24:55):
It really is supportive, it's not accountability of like,
where were you?
Especially with people like ahundred days to slay, if you say
miss a day, there's not, shameand punishment involved.
So it really is that, Hey, I'mconcerned.
Where have you been?
Now you just touched onfundraising.
Can you mention this initiativethat you have partnered with
that's coming up in
Gabby (25:15):
In October we, well backtrack a little bit.
I got certified with a pre andpostnatal certification
specialist core specialist.
And so really starting to workmore with new moms.
I got this training to startworking with new moms and women
who are becoming moms and makingsure that they are training
(25:37):
properly to take the best careof their body for themselves and
recovery after having babiesand.
They've always held kind of aspecial place in my heart
because it's just such anemotionally intense time and
mental health-wise, it's reallydifficult to navigate.
I partnered with a collective ofwomen.
We call ourselves the South RockPerinatal Wellness Collective.
(26:00):
And our goal is to offer momgroups where women can come and
meet other moms and learn aboutresources in the community.
I provide a little bit oftraining on fitness in pre and
postnatal.
We've got a registered dieticianwho provides resources and
advice.
We've got a couple counselors.
(26:22):
It's got a labor and deliverynurse.
We've got all sorts of kind ofwomen joined in this collective
and we realized that in order tobe able to offer these resources
and groups to these moms at lowto no cost, we needed to have
money to back it up.
So we are organizing a hugefundraiser event in October on
the seventh at the White RockPromenade and Pier Memorial Park
(26:47):
where.
all the funds raised willinitially go to Life with a
baby, which is the overarchingnonprofit company, and we have
partnered with them such that wewill receive.
A big chunk of the donationsthat are raised in order to be
able to offer this at low to nocost to them.
(27:08):
The other beautiful thing aboutthis fundraising event, number
one is it is a walk.
It is in, it's like an insolidarity, in support walk.
But it's just down the pier.
So you don't need to be of anyphysical fitness level to be
able to do that.
You know, anybody with awheelchair could even come and
join us.
Young, old, everybody.
We all.
(27:30):
Have been touched or knowsomebody who's been touched by
perinatal mood and anxietydisorders and concerns and just
troubles.
And, this is what we are walkingfor.
And, because it's called ClimbOut of the Darkness, we say,
this is who we're climbing for,this is what we're climbing for.
And then in addition to the walkitself, we will have all sorts
(27:51):
of vendors offering.
Those resources and support andoptions for things to take your
kids to do.
And shopping for baby clothes.
We're just having localcommunity businesses and
partners available, I guess, toshow young families all that
(28:12):
there is available for them inour communities.
This is the first year we'rerunning this event.
It is an international event, soit's been well run in the states
before and in other parts ofCanada, but it is new to us in
the, actually in the wholeVancouver area.
I think we're the only ones.
So yeah.
Anything we can do to make thissuccessful, we'd love to have
(28:33):
everybody out climbing with us.
Again, when I say climbing,we're walking down the pier and
just joining the event.
You can register on our Canadahelps page.
Once you register there, you caneither donate money or also send
out your team registration sothat you can encourage other
people to sign up or inencourage others to donate on
(28:55):
your behalf or on our behalf aswell, which will be amazing.
So any support we can receiveit's great'cause it will go
directly back into our communityhere.
Ashley (29:03):
Which is so awesome.
If anybody is looking forinformation about your gym
online, where do they find you?
Gabby (29:10):
They can find me on Instagram at Good Brand dot
Fitness.
We also have a website with tonsof information, good brand
fitness.com.
If you've heard anything aboutus, we have a signature six week
challenge.
That is a quite popular option,so I encourage everyone to check
that out.
I can also be found on Facebook.
Look, my personal page up Gabby,good brand.
(29:32):
I do have a business Facebookpage, but a lot happens on the
personal page and I love justbeing able to connect with
people personally that way.
So I encourage everyone to reachout and connect if they have any
questions.
Ashley (29:43):
Well, thank you so much for having this conversation
with me today.
Gabby (29:47):
Thank you so much for having me.
I really appreciate you takingthe time to chat and get to know
me a little bit better.
Thank you so much for joining ustoday for this episode of The
Filled Up Cup podcast.
Don't forget to hit subscribeand leave a review.
If you like what you hear.
You can also connect withus@filledupcup.com.
(30:09):
Thanks again for tuning in andwe'll catch you in the next
episode.
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