October 31, 2023 • 55 mins
Pinch me, I'm dreaming! Lindsay Brin has been in my living room cheering me on in my fitness journey for the last 9 years. Her streaming service, Mom's Into Fitness, is my go-to for all of my workout needs.
I've bonded with my bestie over this program and we fangirl over Lindsay Brin weekly. That bestie is HERE for this conversation as my co-host! Lindsay Asmus, fitness enthusiast and mom support, has been alongside me on this MIF journey every step of the way.
Listen in as we dive into what it means to take care of ourselves as moms, the importance of showing up and modeling for our kids, and how to put the fun back into working out. (Believe me, I've joined and quit the gym several times. I always come back to Moms Into Fitness!)
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Katie Doughty (00:04):
Hey everyone, welcome back to the raising Cain
humans podcast. I'm your host,Katie Doughty. And I hope you
are enjoying your fall, and allthe crunchy leave vibes that
come along with fall, we arefinally slowing down. I feel
like October is a whirlwind of amonth. I've had two kids in
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soccer with two practices ondifferent days of the week and
two games on Saturday, and I'mready to get my evenings back.
It's been so fun. And they arehaving the best time on their
teams and making friends andtrying new things. And it's been
a joy to watch them. But I'mready, I'm ready to settle into
(00:51):
slower evenings and coolerweather and all the cozy things
that come along with that. Iwanted to share something with
you that was just sent to methat absolutely made my whole
year. I just got a message froma member in team kind humans.
(01:13):
He's nine years old. And I wantto read to you what he said to
me. He said, team kind of humansis a way for kids to understand
how to be kind to others. And ifthey already know how then it
gives you a boost of kindness, away to be even more kind. It
gives me a chance to make adifference and help others and
(01:33):
it makes me feel amazing inside.
I'm so glad this group exists.
Kindness is important. Becauseif you are having a bad day, and
someone is kind that can make adifference. If you're having a
good day and someone is beingkind, it will just make you feel
warm inside. Is that not thesweet message anyone could ever
(01:54):
get? I'm so grateful that hetook the time to tell me about
why he loves team kind of humansand that he's enjoying the
activities that we're doing andthat he finds value in them. And
coming from a nine year old.
That means the world it justmeans the world to me. And when
I asked if it was okay, if Ishared this message he said yes,
absolutely. And just remember,it's all true. I love this
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group. It's just, I can't I'mgonna post this on my wall and
just keep it where I can see itall the time. And remember that
all of the work going into thisis worth it because kids are
finding value in it. So thankyou, thank you, thank you, I
really appreciate that message.
(02:39):
And another member reached outto and said that they are using
team kind humans with their GirlScouts troop. And so they just
spent time writing letters fornature to send to reserve a
which Reserva is coming into themembership next week, which will
be very fun on Monday. If youwant to join. Just email me I'll
(03:02):
send you the link Katie at teamkind humans.com. Come on in,
check it out. Talk to Joe. He'samazing. He was actually the
very first guest on my podcast.
Way back in the day last year, Ithink in June was when I
started. And he's coming in totalk to the kids about his
organization, the organizationReserva and how kids can get
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involved and how simply writinga letter for nature is backed by
$3. And Kate can save aclassroom sized piece of the
cloud forest in Ecuador. So it'sa really tangible way for kids
to give back. So if you'reinterested and you want to come
in and you're not part of themembership, just email me I'll
send you the link. I want youthere. So come on in. Okay, you
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are in for a treat for thisepisode because I have the honor
and the privilege of sittingdown with Lindsay Brin. She is
in charge of moms in thefitness, which I have been doing
since Alice was probably maybeone I found her DVD at Target.
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And it was right after havingAlice like wanting to get back
into shape and try new things.
And I was drawn to her DVDbecause it had a picture of her
with her kids hanging on her andI thought she gets it. She
understands me. So I gave her atry and I loved it. And now she
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has a whole streaming service ofamazing exercise workout videos
for moms and I have actuallybonded with my best friend over
Lindsey Bryn because she and Iwill go back and forth about our
workouts for the day or givingeach other a high five or
encouragement or stickercharting together and we've been
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doing it now for our since ourboys were babies, which now
they're seven. So, a long timewe've been doing Lindsay Brin.
And so when I told my friend hername's Lindsay as well, when I
told her that I was going tointerview, Lindsay Brin, she
said, I'll be there. So, today,I have a co host. I've never
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done a co host before, but Ithink I need to add one because
it was so fun. So my friendLindsey is here to co host with
me as we talk to Lindsay brandabout her program, and the
amazing benefits of exercise andself care and what that means
for moms. So you're in for atreat, and I hope you enjoy and
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there's some interesting storiesthat come out. So have fun
hearing some sneak peeks orlittle inside peeks into my life
and my fitness journey. And somethings My husband has gifted me
a few enjoy. Lindsey Rin isfantastic. Mom's into fitness,
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you're going to want to sign upfor that. So head on over to her
website, moms and fitness.comYou won't regret it. She has
amazing programs. You can followalong with daily workouts, you
can do month long workouts, youcan do different groupings of
workouts, she's got it allpostpartum. If you have, I'm
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going to say this wrong.
diastasis diastasis diastasisrecti. That abdominal split. She
talks to you about that she hasa whole community with healthy
eating and balance and all thethings she's going to tell you
about it. I'm kind of spoilingthe things she's going to talk
about because I'm so excited.
Anyways, I'm gonna stop talkingnow because I know you're gonna
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love this episode. So let's getto it. Without further ado,
please welcome Lindsay Brin.
Lindsey Bryn. Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to the raising Cainhumans podcast. This has been a
long time coming in. I cannotbelieve it's happening. But I'm
so beyond grateful that you'rehere. So welcome.
Lindsay Brin (07:09):
Thank you for having me. I'm so humbled to be
here.
Katie Doughty (07:13):
This is going to be so much fun. And I have to
share with you I don't normallyhave a co host. But my very
dearest bestest friend, alsonamed Lindsay is here. And we
have absolutely bonded overmom's into fitness. And so when
I told her that you were comingon the podcast, she told me,
I'll be there. She is here. AndI'm so grateful that she is
(07:34):
because my journey through yourworld has been absolutely
enhanced by her presence. So myfriend Lindsey, welcome. I'm so
excited that you're here aswell. Thank you.
Linds Asmus (07:46):
I'm very, very excited to be here.
Katie Doughty (07:48):
We were just chatting that we were going to
try to control our fangirlingover you. So we apologize if we
get a little out of here becausewe're very excited. This is
gonna be fun. So for the sake oftwo Lindsay's both within a why
Lindsey brand, I'll call youLindsay and Lindsay ausmus. I'll
call you Lynn's. So that will bea little more clear. For those
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listening.
Lindsay Brin (08:12):
Sounds good?
Katie Doughty (08:13):
Yeah. So let's do this. Okay, so Lindsay, let's
dive in. Please tell us aboutyourself. How did you get here
to this amazing subscriptionprogram of fitness and workouts
for moms? Where did it allstart?
Lindsay Brin (08:26):
It all started watching my mom teach aerobics.
I went with her wherever shewent to teach and I just loved
watching her serve others it wasfascinating to me. So we did
work out together, I got mydegree in Exercise Science and I
just always knew it wassomething that I wanted to do.
(08:46):
And at the time after I got mydegree and stuff, I was
overseeing seven women's healthclubs, and I was teaching all
overseeing all the fitnessschedules. And when it came to
find was pregnant moms andpostpartum moms like they didn't
have anything to go off of. So Idove into that research and and
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then cut mom's into fitness kindof came about and it's it's been
such a journey, you know, I feellike it started in the dinosaur
age back with DVDs. And thenit's just, you know, it's
feedback from our moms andbalancing things out that kind
of keeps moms into fitness.
Improving and being a goodsource for you guys.
Katie Doughty (09:32):
Oh my gosh, I love that and it's true. Like
having it be geared towards momshas made all the difference for
me because I know in my fitnessjourney after having children I
tried other things. I think Itried p90x And that was like one
of those moments where I thoughtman you do not understand me you
do not understand my needs likeobviously you did not just for
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the child are you paying alittle when you do your squats
know this isn't working for me.
So when I found you, he justbecame so instantly relatable, I
felt seen, I felt heard, I feltvalued. And I'm so grateful for
that. I love hearing that. I
Lindsay Brin (10:17):
just love hearing that. And you're so right needs
to be geared towards our livesbecause they are. They're
different. I mean, we'reoverseeing so many other people
and so many other things thatexercise should feel good. And
you should feel confident andencouraged by it. Not stressed
out and having urinaryincontinence and feeling totally
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defeated, because you can't doan hour and a half workout.
Absolutely.
Linds Asmus (10:42):
Yeah, I think that was huge for me to just one the
time because like, I rememberwhen we had our babies, and they
would nap for you know, 30minutes. And that's the only
window that we had. And so beingable to squeeze that workout in,
in my bedroom, I didn't have tohave special equipment. And just
having your positive messages inmy head the whole time was just
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like, I can do this. I can dothis.
Katie Doughty (11:07):
Yeah, absolutely uplifting. Now, you were an NFL
cheerleader. Am I correct? Inthat?
Lindsay Brin (11:14):
You are Yeah, tell us like it was so long ago. As I
was growing up and teachingfitness and doing fitness with
my mom, I was also a dancer anda gymnast. So it was kind of
just, for me, just another thingI just wanted to try. And it was
great. It was great. Yeah.
Katie Doughty (11:33):
So I found your DVD at Target, I think, around
2014 after my daughter was born,and I was looking for things.
And I remember I still rememberthe picture that you had on the
front, and it was you. And Ithink your kids are climbing all
over you in the in the photo andI thought, that's the lady I
need. I need her in my lifebecause she gets it. And so I
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remember doing that and lovingit. When did you switch to
online only a subscription modellike when did that jump happen?
Lindsay Brin (12:06):
Well, I've got a funny story about the DVD, I had
to fight to keep myself on thecover because they wanted to use
a cover model. And then theydidn't care what was on the
inside. They just wanted thepackage to sell. And so it
became a very defeatingenvironment. Because we had our
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DVDs at like Target and Best Buyand Walgreens. And every single
one of them said the same thing.
We don't care about the inside,we only care about what's on the
cover. And I so I care aboutboth, and then ended up being
one of the longest shelf. Iremember the term longest shelf
life of a pregnancy andpostnatal, I'm DVD because if
that I think that matters. It'snot just about selling DVDs,
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it's about serving others, youknow, because that's what we're
here to do, right? So anyway,that kind of at that time I
started looking into apps werekind of coming about. And we had
a custom app for a really longtime. And I didn't like anything
about it, because then I waswearing too many hats. You know,
technology was breaking andeverything was new at the time.
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But that was probably I want tosay, Gosh, seven or eight years
ago. And then we've learned alot of things the hard way. And
then within the last year, we'veactually settled with a
wonderful, wonderful company whoruns everything for us, so that
I can just concentrate on on thefitness side.
Katie Doughty (13:34):
Yes, we do it. We love your rebrand. It's been
looking beautiful and sostreamlined and easy to find.
And can you tell us that alittle bit about your program
like if a mom is new and lookingfor these easy, simple workouts
to do, what is she going to findinside your membership.
Lindsay Brin (13:53):
So if you are pregnant, or postnatal, or you
have an abdominal separation,which is kind of common. We have
programs like specific to thoseand those you will find meet
your time budgets, they cater toyour body in that specific time
period. And then we also haveour weekly schedule, which is my
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favorite. Because you can choosethree times a week, four times a
week or five times a week,again, so that we feel confident
and that the workout workoutsare serving us. Not that oh my
gosh, I can't do five days aweek. So the weekly schedule
really meets you where you are.
The workouts range anywhere from20 to 30 minutes. And my goal is
to really balance everythingout. So you've got your like
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your really popular workout.
It's like a hit workout, a highintensity interval training
workout. But you really shouldonly do those twice a week
because otherwise you're reallytaxing your nervous system, your
hormones get out of whack. Sothat's what we really try to do
every week is balanced thoseworkouts out so that again you
leave feeling refreshed and goodand you sweat it out the stress
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and that's my goal. Is that youfeel that way? So
Linds Asmus (15:04):
I've noticed since we've been with you for like
seven years, I've noticed a bigshift probably in the last like,
one to two years of you reallyfocusing on more of like
listening to your body beingkind your body not pushing it to
the metal, every single workout.
Has that been a transition foryou personally? Can you tell us
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about that?
Lindsay Brin (15:27):
I'm so glad you asked. So yes, it has been a
personal journey for me. But Ialso love reading the research.
And I know not everybody lovesreading the research. So I like
to read the research and thenapply it to everything that
we're doing. And there has beena huge uptick in research about
stress and cortisol and thenervous system and things like
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that. So not only was it apersonal journey, but it was
also professional and findingall of the research. And I mean,
why does it take us so long tofigure out, listen to your body?
If it's telling you workout is ano go today, that's fine. Go for
a 20 minute walk when you findthat time, just simple movement.
I think we overcomplicated itfor so long. And I don't think
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we served everybody well. Sohopefully as things evolve in
the research comes, comes outthat we all learn that it's just
about simply moving everyday andfeeling good. I think
Katie Doughty (16:22):
that's what I love about your program is that
however I'm feeling that day, Ican find a workout that will
match it. And I tend to thriveon sticker charts. So you have
different programs where you cando like a six week program, or
an eight week program or fourweeks in there. You know, it's
kind of themed to whatever it isyou're working on. And I love
sticker charts. I love to putthem down. But I'm not always
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the best of following throughand then I feel defeated, right?
Like, oh, I didn't get mysticker for the day. I'm out. I
gotta start over. And it remindsme of like, I don't know if
you've ever read Jon Acuff Iknow Lindsey has, because I made
her read his book finish. But healways said, he has this phrase
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called The Day After perfect.
And it's how do you handle thefirst time you fail at your
goal? What are you going to dothe next day? And I was like,
Oh, my gosh, I always just quit.
I always pick a new goal,because I didn't finish this
goal. So why should I evencontinue. But that little shift
and thinking really helped memove through it? So I guess my
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question is like, whatmotivation do you have for moms
who are ridiculously busy, supertired all the time? Why should
they make this a priority? Andwhy should they keep going, even
if they miss their sticker forthe
Lindsay Brin (17:42):
day, you're not alone and loving the sticker
charts, like for a minute, for avery short minute, we got rid of
like the layout calendars. Andeveryone's like, I love the
calendars, because I can checkit off. I just say you are not
alone. But and I think that'swhy we've also seen a shift
within mom's into fitness isthat never ever, ever, is it
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going to be perfect? Never isyour week going to look the
same. So it really is to justshow up and move. Of course
results can be very motivating,which is how we've kind of
balanced the workouts per eachweek, their bounce to provide
results. So results can alwaysbe motivating. But I always just
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I love how I feel after moving.
And again, moving doesn't haveto we don't need to
overcomplicate it doesn't haveto be an intense workout every
time but you always feel betterafter moving. So one of my
favorite rules is called thefive minute rule where you move
for five minutes, usually fiveminutes into like, okay, I can
hang out here for about 15 moreminutes. And then and then you
and then you feel good. Becauseyou know again, going back to
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the research, we all know thatexercise releases all those feel
good hormones, and you alwaysfeel better on the other side.
But it is it is such a challengeto make it a priority. And
especially when you have youngerkids, I know when my kids were,
I mean gosh, they grow sostinking fast, my eldest is 15
now but when they were youngerif it if I had to get up at 4am
If I wanted to get anything donebecause I would get up at five
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and all of a sudden somebody wasup with me. So I every season of
life, give yourself a goal andgive yourself grace when you
don't match it. But it's gonnabe different in every season.
That's what I've come to find.
Katie Doughty (19:29):
I love that.
That's absolutely true. I guessthen my next question is how do
you model for your kids? Becauseyou are in the fitness industry
and you you have to work out allthe time because this is your
job. So how do you model balancefor them specifically in in
taking care of your body butalso taking rest breaks in
handling that?
Lindsay Brin (19:50):
I love that question and I have to say I
have not figured it out. But Iam doing my best and you know my
kids all all three of them areAthletes so we have
conversations a lot of times,obviously in the car, about, you
know what you have, you'veplayed soccer five days this
week, you need a break. And Imean, they know I do exercise
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they love sometimes exercisingwith me, My son loves to go
running with me. But I, for me,I try to keep it that space just
for me. And then talk aboutfitness and health in regards to
what what their fitness andhealth journey looks like. I
like I said, I don't, I don'tthink I haven't quite figured
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out but but I do. We all wantour kids to learn good healthy
habits, right. And so a lot oftimes, even over the summer,
like I won't post on Instagramstories, because I don't want my
kids seeing me always in frontof a phone talking about health
and fitness. You know, sothey're all in school. So I
really try to use that time keepthat space as my own
Linds Asmus (20:55):
way, talking a little bit just about like that
mental health piece and stufflike that. I know, the fitness
industry, social media, like allof that can be really hard on
your mental health. And likebody image, especially in the
fitness industry, like all ofthat, how do you balance all of
that coming in all the time init's not necessarily positive
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most of the time.
Lindsay Brin (21:18):
You're so right, and that I have to create
boundaries for myself when itcomes to that. I really try to
stay off of social media,because for me, I know it gives
me stress every time I open itup because I see somebody doing
something and I'm like, whycan't I do it that way? Why
doesn't my kitchen look thatclean? You know, things like
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that. So I've created a lot ofboundaries. And I've also been,
Oh, I've been so lucky and soblessed to have my friend Jess,
she's been working with me for12 years. And so she is often my
eyes and my ears and things thatwould really settle into my
heart, she can really, you know,not let it settle into hers. And
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then let me know if there issomething that I need to
approach or talk about. So I'vereally got a wonderful group of
moms that work with me, and theyreally helped me with those
boundaries. If that answers yourquestion.
Linds Asmus (22:13):
Yeah, yeah, it does. That's really good. I'm
sure you get all kinds ofcomments from your mom
community, some of them probablynot. So kind. So yeah, I was
just curious, like how you keepyourself positive and be kind
yourself, when you've got allthat stuff coming in. And
boundaries is huge in that?
Lindsay Brin (22:31):
It is it is and it took me a long time to get
there. Like it wasn't, it wasn'teasy. I mean, for every negative
thing that was said, I forgotthe other 99 positive things.
And I think as a mom, I'm tryingto teach my kids that same
thing. You know, remember the 99positive things instead of the
one negative. But gosh, it's sohard, isn't it? It's really
hard. I spent a lot of time MyMy prayers are open all day
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talking to God about everything.
And that, you know, he settlesmy heart and a lot of things and
puts things into perspective.
Katie Doughty (23:02):
Oh, yeah, absolutely. And I think you hit
it on the head when you said,you have a supportive group of
moms working with you. And Ithink that's true for all of us
whether we own a business or wedon't having a friend or two
that can be there to remind youof all those 99 positive things,
and let you know that it's okayto let go of that one comment. I
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was in the car coming home aftera celebration of life and I had
messaged my lens, and I said, Iam literally eating candy and
straight out of a bag of chipsright now. And she goes, you eat
those chips, right? Like I'mgonna validate for you, that
you, you just went throughsomething really hard. And it's
okay to feel the way you'refeeling. You do what you need to
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do to take care of yourself. Andthat's so, so meaningful to me
to have a supportive group ofmoms. And I feel like you've
created that in this world ofmoms into fitness. You're not
necessarily on social media, butyou also just started a
community. And so I feel like Ihave what I was looking for,
because now I get to hear morefrom you and your community. So
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do you want to speak to your newcommunity that's kind of getting
started and what's offered inthere?
Lindsay Brin (24:18):
Absolutely. I think you nailed it though. We
all need like a validation thatsays it's okay. It's okay. It's
okay. And I am the first one tonever say eat perfect. You know,
I mean it. Nobody can, nobodycan. But yes, inside this
community. We've also brought inanother one of my great friends.
She's a registered dietician,and she just loves and cares for
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others. And kind of helping thempinpoint. Maybe just some
different habits to changethings that will make you feel
better. So she's in thatcommunity and then I'm just
there to answer questions and tocome alongside because I
everybody's in a differentseason of life. For For some,
they might be coming off of asurgery and haven't worked out
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in a couple of years and justreally trying to come alongside
with encouragement. And it's notjust me in there that's doing
the encouragement. All of themoms are it. I love reading the
comments, because everybody isso encouraging towards each
other.
Katie Doughty (25:20):
Yeah, it's a beautiful space that I think is
so powerful for moms and goingback to what you said about
supporting each other. In, inwhat's happening at the time,
Lindsay and I have a fewhashtags that we send each
other. One of them is hashtagsometimes miss a Monday, instead
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of never. Sometimes it sayshashtag sometimes miss Monday,
but not today. Like I did it. Idid my Monday workout.
Linds Asmus (25:51):
I love it. Okay, so my favorite hashtag that we have
is give me all the brand buns
Katie Doughty (25:59):
wasn't it that the password for the Zoom call
to what? My Okay, I'm gonnashare a story. And maybe this is
a little too TMI, but it wasafter it started working out
with you. And I had put on thispair of pants and I was feeling
pretty good. And my husbandcomplimented my butt. Okay. And
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he does, he's not about that.
Like, that's not a thing for himto really do. And I was like,
yeah, and he said somethingabout my brain buttons. Because
when I go to work, I'm like, weuse Brynn as a verb. Bryn is a
verb in our house. I'm gonna gobring did you bring today? And
so my husband was like, Are yougoing to work on those bread
buns? It's just become thisthing. That is so lovely.
Lindsay Brin (26:48):
How it came about.
Yeah, one thing that can mean somuch, you know, right.
Linds Asmus (26:53):
Now, when we do like a hard workout, we'll be
texting each other like, Oh,give me all those Bryn buns
because you can hardly walk.
Katie Doughty (27:02):
I say your story.
Oh, my God. So much informationfor the world to hear. But one
Valentine's Day, we don't tendto do gifts. But I came home to
some roses and a pair of thesegorgeous sparkly workout
leggings. In the card it was nowyou can have your own pair of
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Brynn hot pants. He got for somereason he calls workout
leggings, hot pants, like Idon't know where that term came
from. But he was like, now youhave your own pair
Linds Asmus (27:41):
of hot pants.
Katie Doughty (27:43):
Actually thoughtful. He asked me he's
like, are you gonna wear yourhot pants on your interview
today?
Lindsay Brin (27:50):
And they're sparkling.
Katie Doughty (27:52):
They're smart.
They're like silver sparkly.
Yes. They're really cute. I wasactually really impressed with
the sentiment behind it to like,it really meant a lot to me
because he's supporting me onthis journey in this kind of
weird way. Right? Yeah.
Lindsay Brin (28:08):
That's, that's a lovely story. I love stories
like that. Yeah,
Katie Doughty (28:11):
you are definitely part of our home. My
kids know and love you. They'relike, Oh, are you bringing and
then they'll come and join me.
Which it really is a verb areyou bringing Are you bringing
you need to you need to makethis a thing because this is how
it is in our house. Like AlisonBennett, they'll grab my weights
and and usually they'll steal myweights from me while I'm trying
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to do my workout. And I'm thetype of car like I'm in it, I
gotta get it done. And then Ihave to take a step back and let
them be a part of it. It'sreally hard for me because I
want to just like get it done.
And Mama doesn't talk and workout. But they are following
along. And and I think if youcould take a second to talk
about the concept of modelingfor your kids. What this healthy
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lifestyle looks like, I wouldlove to hear your opinion on
that.
Lindsay Brin (29:00):
Well, I think you nailed it. Like so many times we
get into a workout and we'relike, Okay, I have 20 minutes.
And then I literally have tobolt go somewhere else do other
things. So I think we all havethat mentality that we just have
to have to go. I know severaltimes when I've been filming.
Specifically my youngestdaughter loves to jump in and I
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used to frustrate me which issuch an awful thing to say
because, you know, I've got thisamount of time and I've got to
film this and and then nowwhenever she walks in she's just
part of it. I mean, there wasone I filmed this summer and
she's asking me when she canhave hot dogs for lunch. You
might
Katie Doughty (29:38):
love for that.
Let me show you and it couldn't
Lindsay Brin (29:42):
be more loud, like hot dogs, my hot dogs
Katie Doughty (29:46):
and I love how you you turn back to the camera
and you're like, yes, it'ssummer like this is just how
life works. But that thatvalidates me to to like let
things go. Things are gonnahappen. Include your kids. It
doesn't matter. I remember beingso impressed that you left that
and you didn't stop. You didn'trerecord or whatever. There was
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another one too. I think someonewanted to play with a friend
like a friend was there. Oh,yeah. And you're like, I
literally have seven minutesI'll be up in seven minutes and
then you can go play with yourfriend or whoever it was. She
was
Lindsay Brin (30:18):
stood at the stairs that entire until the
end.
Katie Doughty (30:24):
But I love it. It just makes me feel so seen
because I always have eyes on mewhen I'm doing my workout too.
And I'm trying to like know,okay, know your lunchboxes
upstairs, know, your toys, orwhatever it is, and trying to
have those conversations. And soare you. And so that
relatability is just what Iabsolutely love about you.
Lindsay Brin (30:42):
Yeah, I mean, we don't ever check out of being a
mom, even for those 20 minutes.
It's we're always on, which Ithink is also why it's important
to exercise, especially as weget older, and we want to stay
strong, because we're alwaysmentally and physically on for
our kids.
Katie Doughty (30:58):
Yeah, yeah.
Linds. Did you have anotherquestion? That you wanted to
ask?
Linds Asmus (31:05):
I don't actually remember you. Oh, that's okay.
No, that's one thing about kids,but I can't remember what it was
Katie Doughty (31:13):
about kids. Yeah.
Um, I think just fitting in thetime was one of our biggest
questions like, what's yourbiggest advice for mom, a busy
mom? That's like, how do I getthis done? How do I fit this in?
And I think, yeah, go for it.
Lindsay Brin (31:30):
I think unfortunately, back in like
infomercials. And now socialmedia, everything in our face
says you have to do this manytimes a week, to see results to
feel good to A, B, and C. And Ithink we all need to go in the
mentality with every week isgoing to be different. So maybe
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one week that means three, I'mgoing to work out Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, and maybethe next week, you've got a
bigger time budget, and you canadd some more. So I would say
just set up a weekly goal orwhatever that might be. And if
you aren't feeling it, and youdon't want to press play, and
you don't want to pick up aweight or you don't want to do a
crunch, go for a walk. I alwayssay you know, walk 10 minutes
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from your house and then walkedhim and it's back. I mean, just
that movement is so importantfor our bodies. I love that
resembles and everything else.
Katie Doughty (32:22):
Yeah, which can you speak a little more to the
science of exercise. And I'venoticed too, lately, you've
added a lot more like deepbreathing and breath work into
your kind of closing. And so canyou speak to that of why that's
important, why we should befocusing on that and why you
decided to put it in.
Lindsay Brin (32:41):
So a lot of that is the nervous system, we have,
you know, our fight or flightsystem. And what I really want
the workouts to be is a placewhere you feel good, and you
leave the workout feeling good,not showing up stressed, and
then leaving the workout feelingstressed. So what research has
shown is that high intensity orvigorous exercise should be done
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one to three times a week. Andthen on the other days, you
should incorporate a lowerintensity still challenging
because you still want tochallenge your muscles
incorporate lower intensity topair with those. So with that
said within, so we balance thatout. And then within each
workout, we're really trying tosettle the nervous system and
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get your body out of that stateof stress. Because exercise is a
stress a stressor. It's a goodstressor. But you don't want to
stay in that state of stress allday long. You know, we're I
mean, we could feel it, I thinkour bodies can feel it when
we're in that state of stress.
So I really startedincorporating big diaphragmatic
breathing at the beginning andat the end of every workout just
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to help our bodies staybalanced.
Linds Asmus (33:54):
I think that I've been learning a lot just
personally about the effect oflike nervous system
dysregulation and all kinds ofsymptoms that are correlating
with that. And so adding thatinto them when I'm doing the
workouts has just been so good.
And a lot of times you'll saylike, Okay, I'm done, but, you
know, you can keep breathing.
And so if nobody's interruptedme yet, like that's what I'll
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do, like you'll stop and I'lljust keep doing my breathing.
Lindsay Brin (34:19):
I love that. I love that. Yeah, we actually we
used to have in our app, it wasan automatic autoplay to the
next video, and we justprogrammed it or coded it or
whatever it's called. So thatdoesn't happen anymore. So the
app once the workout isfinished, it'll be nice and
quiet. So it'll stay quiet
Katie Doughty (34:40):
yet I actually noticed that because it would be
this a little bit panic of likeno not ready to see the next one
and I'm done. I need to finishwhatever this is or strip
continue stretching like youalways encourage more
stretching. Um, okay, what was Igonna say? One thing I love
about your workout. Oh, thatStrike. I love two things. One,
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you're so encouraging. I feellike you're talking directly to
me. And I'm talking to you justknow that I'm talking back to
you. Because there are timeswhere I don't know how you do
this, you'll have this magicability to know what I need to
hear at the moment that I needto hear it because I will be
doing something. And I'll belike, Oh, my gosh, I can't do
this. And you're like, yes, youcan. Yes, you can. I was like,
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No. Like, yes, I can. Yes, theycan. So you're super
encouraging, which I absolutelylove. And then I love how all
inclusive it is, it is literallypress play. And by the time it
stops, I don't have to go doanything else. For the day, my
day is done. I have joined andquit gyms several times. And I
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always come back to mom's intofitness, because I think I'm
gonna get out of the house, andI'm going to run on the
treadmill, and I'm gonna try allthese weights. And then I get to
the gym alone. What am Isupposed to do here, it took me
an hour to get here because Ihad to feed my kids change my
kids, get them close, like geteverybody in the car, then I get
here and I don't know what todo. I don't fill my time,
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efficiently. But then with yourworkouts like 20 minutes, I'm
good to go. It takes all of thestress work out of that. So
thank you, I guess what I'mtrying to say is, thank you for
that, because it's the biggestgift I could ask for in my
fitness journey.
Lindsay Brin (36:23):
Well, thank you for trusting me. And as we were
talking like right when we goton got on the phone is that I
take it so seriously that you'respending your workout time with
me that you spent seven yearswith me. So when you show up, I
want to make sure that those2025 or 30 minutes that they are
used absolutely efficiently andthey will serve your body well.
Katie Doughty (36:45):
So thank you for saying that. Right? Yeah,
Linds Asmus (36:47):
I love it, too. I'm actually almost through your
half marathon training plan. SoI've got like two more weeks
until my race and it has justbeen so perfect. The workout
days where I'm working out athome are just like exactly what
I need right then. And then youknow, the runs and yeah, it's
been it's been really good. Ilove that
Lindsay Brin (37:09):
you've got a couple of weeks to go. Good luck
with your half marathon.
Linds Asmus (37:13):
Thank you. Quite a feat. Yeah. And that's a time
sucker
Lindsay Brin (37:17):
that will suddenly you know, those longer runs that
will?
Linds Asmus (37:21):
I know, I know. And I definitely, and probably a
question too, I can tell adifference. So I did my first
marathon like 15 years ago,before I had kids, my body was
so different. And now I'm post35. And I've had three kids, and
wow, like, I can feel such adifference in my body. My
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recovery time is like two orthree times what it used to be.
Sometimes I don't get my stickeron my sticker chart, because I
can just feel that I need morerecovery time, then the workout
says that I do you know, so I'vebeen trying to listen to my body
and give myself grace. But Ihear you talk about that often
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in your workout like, Okay,ladies, you know, some of us are
post 35. And like, how has thatbeen for you like a learning
curve in your own personalfitness journey and just as
you've gotten older. So
Lindsay Brin (38:18):
sarcopenia is muscle loss after the age of 35.
This is going to sound reallyharsh, but then we're going to
follow it up with somethingreally positive, we lose three
to 8% of our muscle mass everydecade. So after the age of 35,
it is probably the mostimportant time to incorporate
strength training in yourroutine. And I think too, as we
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get older, you know, ourhormones are changing our
metabolism with that sarcopeniayour metabolism also goes down
because of the loss of musclemass. So you offset that by
strength training at least twicea week. So that is that is what
the research shows.
Katie Doughty (39:02):
But I would say
Lindsay Brin (39:03):
for me, the journey, it's just always been a
journey, you know, all alwayslearning more and realizing just
how important strength isbecause, you know, 10 years ago,
it was all like, how long andhow far can you run and kickbox
and do the cardio and theresearch and then our bodies are
just telling us that strengthcomponent is just so extremely
(39:24):
important. And I I enjoy doingthe strength training. Sometimes
I love to run too, but I enjoydoing the strength training
sometimes even more than thecardio element.
Linds Asmus (39:35):
Yeah, it's been a transition for me because I used
to I also have a background inthe fitness industry and cardio
used to be my jam and I waslike, bring it out. I don't need
a strength train like whatever.
And now I do I thoroughlyenjoyed the strength training
and I can tell the difference inmy body and just how much
stronger I mean strengthtraining but stronger it makes
me feel and I think it's goodfor those days to that I just
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don't feel like I can hit a hardworkout and I need some
recovery, where your strengthtraining workouts, they're not
leaving me like, oh my gosh,totally depleted, I feel like
okay, I got some good strengthin there, but I still feel
rejuvenated to tackle the restof the day. Even though I'm kind
of walking like a draft,sometimes, you know,
Lindsay Brin (40:18):
that time you explained it best that is like
the perfect spot to be you don'twant to be depleted or drained
or completely fatigued for therest of it, because that means
you pushed your limits a littletoo far. So that's exactly what
the workout should do. And then,as you mentioned, recovery,
recovery, so important too. Soagain, listening to your body.
And sometimes they call it Dloading or Recovery Week, where
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you you're not necessarilytaking the week off, but you're
just doing a little bit less.
And that really helps your bodyand your mind reset itself. So
that you show up a week later,ready to do more.
Linds Asmus (40:50):
Yeah, I noticed every time I'm stressing myself
out, because I didn't get mysticker on all the days that I
needed. I hit that long run, andI nail it. And I'm like, okay,
really, it's okay, like I justtraining ourselves to be able to
listen to our bodies and giveourselves grace is so hard.
Lindsay Brin (41:09):
Isn't it wild? And we'll tell our kids that all day
long. Give yourself grace. Andthen here we are the hardest
hardest on ourselves.
Katie Doughty (41:18):
Yeah, absolutely.
I think too. I think exerciseand fitness and kindness go hand
in hand. Because I truly feellike a better mom when I get my
workouts in. Because I won. It'skind of a competence boost of
showing up for myself feelingbetter. And then to just
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modeling for my kids what itlooks like. And now that I'm
fueled up, I can help you. It'skind of like put your own mask
on before you put on someoneelse's.
Lindsay Brin (41:53):
Well, your own cup, and then you got more to
pour. Yeah,
Katie Doughty (41:56):
no, you said that perfectly. Yeah. So that yes,
showing up for myself isactually a benefit. It's not
selfish. It's not something thatI need to be worried about
putting that time in, becauseit's actually helping my kids in
the long run. So do you haveanything to add to that as far
as how you can show up in thisworld differently, having taking
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care of your body?
Lindsay Brin (42:19):
I think you nailed it. I mean, it we are giving
ourselves strength andconfidence and calmness in
Oregon or aid, you know,organized thoughts and less
anxiety and less stress. Goingback to the research, it was
75,000 individuals working outtwo times a week reduced
depression, anxiety and stressby over 50%. And that was just
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to that was to 20 minute walkseach week. That's all it was. I
don't say all because you know,it's still workout two times a
week, but just that movement canreally, it can help you show up
and serve your kids and yourhusband better it can help you
just feel better. And I knowit's contagious. You know, when
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we feel good. And we're smilingand we're kind it's contagious
to everybody around us. So if wecan do that with a simple
workout. You know, I, I alwayssay I always think it's
something as simple as a workoutcan change the tune of your day.
And I really think it can.
Linds Asmus (43:18):
Oh, true. Yeah. All right. There's one workout of
yours that I like, and I don'tremember which one it is, but
I've done it tons of times. Andin it. You're talking about how
exercise is a mood booster forus and how sometimes your
husband be like, Honey, I thinkmaybe you should go for a run.
Here's your shoes. Yeah. And itjust cracks me up so much.
Because like when he gets you hegets how good that is for you.
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But yeah, like, I can totallytell when I haven't had that
workout. And how just much moregrumpy I am.
Lindsay Brin (43:50):
Oh, my husband, he dangles my shoes a lot.
Katie Doughty (43:55):
Goodness, I am curious your thought to on? How
do you approach the subject offitness and exercise with
children in helping them youknow, appreciate their body but
not be obsessed with how theirbody looks. That one's really
tricky. And I know for me andLinds, we've talked about this
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before about how when I say I'mgonna go do a workout I usually
try to add on I feel so muchbetter after my workout. I feel
like I can, you know, tackle theday or I think more clearly or
I'm more energized instead offocusing on like, Oh, I'm trying
to get my stomach back to normalor my arms are flabby or
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whatever that is. Do you havetips for moms in how they talk
to their kids?
Lindsay Brin (44:43):
I wish I did. And I have to say it is like what
you do where you're correlatingit with how it makes you feel or
what it does for you. I neverever and I as you guys know
throughout the videos I nevertalked about esthetics, I might
say, you know, this sculptureshoulders. But we're not talking
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about losing belly fat andweight loss. Because we don't
want our little ears or littlekids hearing things like that
they don't. I mean, society isgoing to, unfortunately, say all
those things on social media andeverything. So we definitely
want to stay in a place ofpositivity. I know with my own
children, it's always just aboutgood health and fitness habits.
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It's not about it's never aboutweight loss. It's never about
aesthetically looking this wayit is. For my kids. As I
mentioned earlier, I alwaysbring it back to like their
sport. So I've got my youngestis a horseback rider. Just
yesterday, my husband went andthe day before he actually went
and got them all ice cream atnight, and she had some
leftover. And they said, you'rewelcome to have ice cream before
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horseback riding. But you mightwant to make a better choice
before you go do your sport. Sojust kind of coordinating. You
know, you don't want to be on asugar rush before your ride
horse type thing. But I never Idon't know, I'm not even sure if
I'm giving good advice. But Inever correlated with losing
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weight or not gaining weight oranything like that. It's more
how's it going to make you feelwhen you go to your sport. This
is how it makes me feel. Justreally teaching good nutrition
habits if we can, you know,really always trying to reach
for fruit and fresh vegetables,which is my kid that loves hot
dogs. She does not likevegetables. So we're you know,
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we all have we all have one ortwo in the house that they eat
that way that where they justrefuse all the fresh offerings
that you have. But I yeah, Idon't have a good answer. And I
wish I did. But I think you saidit best just correlating it with
how it makes you feel and whatit does for you and not.
Katie Doughty (46:52):
Yeah. And I think including them in the process,
like you say about eating freshfruits and vegetables, like
including them in the process ofpreparing a meal, including them
in the process of doing yourworkout, you know, just so that
they know that they're along forthe ride with you that you
value. having them do thingswith you. Going back to the
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vegetables I had, my son was Ithink he was like five at the
time, refused to eat thevegetable soup that we made like
just didn't even want to talkabout whole thing. The next time
I had him make it with me, hewas in charge of we have a
chopper, and he loves to push itdown. And so I had him helped me
make the entire meal. And he wasso excited to eat it. And I
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thought oh, what a simple shiftin helping them realize, like
being feeling like he'sconnected to the process, he had
an important role to play. Andnow he wants to eat it because
he made it. And so I think thesame thing is true with
exercise, you know, not sayingokay, if you have to get a
workout and you need to moveyour body, do it with them go
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for a walk, it's meaningful forthem. And they they want to be
doing what you're doing. So Ithink those two things go hand
in hand.
Lindsay Brin (48:03):
They do and just like it like that one on one
time that your children cravewith you if you can do it, when
you're cooking, or when you'redoing it. what's already going
to be part of your day. I thinkthat's wonderful thing. Yeah.
And I know our RegisteredDietician has always said, Have
your kids help you cook and theyare more likely to try more
things?
Linds Asmus (48:22):
Oh, true. Yeah, we both homeschool. And a lot of
times in our morning, I we bothhave boys, but I have two little
boys. And they have got to getthat energy out first thing in
the morning. And so like goingfor a walk and just helping them
to connect like, Okay, we wentfor a walk Doesn't your brain
like doesn't it feel like itturned on? And when we got that
movement in like, I think likeyou said, helping to connect how
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they feel with the choices thatthey're making? And like same
thing with soccer. Okay, well,how did that snack make you feel
versus this one with protein init? And my kids will now ask,
Oh, Mom, is this good for me?
Which I just appreciate thatthey're starting to be aware of
what they're putting in theirbodies? And is that a good
choice or not? Do they make itall the time? No, but at least
they're asking.
Katie Doughty (49:09):
I think so too.
Alice does the same thing. She'sjust been granted privileges to
ride her bike around the loop.
So the first time she did it,she goes by herself and she
comes back and she goes, Mom, Ihave got to do this every day.
It's such a great way to clearyour head. And I thought that's
Lindsay Brin (49:28):
smart cookie.
Recognize that?
Katie Doughty (49:32):
Yes. And now she will ask can I go? Can I go for
a loop? I'm gonna go for a loop.
And she she's making theconnections. And it's those
moments where I'm like, oh, it'spaying off like, I never know.
Are you listening? Is itworking? Is it going in your
brain? Do you understand whatI'm trying to help you with? And
then those moments are the bigpayoffs that I think, Okay, this
is working and I need to keepkeep the course stay the course.
Lindsay Brin (49:56):
Absolutely. I'm noticing that with my oldest
who's 15 And she has a friendthat drives because they're at
that age, which is a whole newseason of life for me and I'm
not I will never be ready forit. But they will go OUT out to
eat and you know, go get thingswithout me there. And I do. I'll
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just ask her that not out ofcuriosity, just making
conversation. Oh, where'd youguys go? What do you eat? And
she is making good sound? Notall the time. Good sound, you
know, decisions? It who doesn'tlove Chick fil A? You know, but
but I do. I do think that weeventually see. See it come full
circle. Yeah. Yeah. And I hopeit never comes in with my own
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children. I hope it never comesin a negative way. And I think
with what I do, I've always Ipray about that constantly, that
it never comes back in anegative space or some sort of
eating disorder or any, youknow, things that can be so
common among teens. Yeah, whichis a whole nother category with
social media and things likethat. But yeah, it does just
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back to the eat healthy sort ofyour body? Well, I don't think
we need to make it toocomplicated for the kids.
Katie Doughty (51:12):
Yes, an open conversation. Talk about what
you're doing and why you'redoing it. So that it makes more
sense to them. And then I knowto for Lindsay and I we've made
the conscious decision, likewe've talked about never to make
comments about our own bodies infront of our children, because
they're going to get that fromthe outside world. And so just
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making that conscious effort of,you know, Oh, I feel I feel
really energized today. Likethat's the way I'm going to
compliment my body not like, Oh,I feel flabby today. You know,
and so, I think it's a goodreminder for families about just
the way you speak to yourselfcarries over into the way your
kids will speak to themselvesand so something to can 100%
(51:57):
Yeah. Any other questions? Youhave Linds before we kind of
close out here.
Linds Asmus (52:03):
I think that was all the ones that I had. Yeah,
we've
Katie Doughty (52:05):
hit we've hit our list. I'm gonna make sure. Oh, I
have one more hashtag. Oh, no, Ihave a couple more things that
you say. However gracefully youcan get there. Literally. It's
literally our life motto. Likehowever graceful you can get
there in all aspects of my life.
Lindsay Brin (52:23):
Isn't that the truth? Yeah, as long as we get
there, I'll ever
Linds Asmus (52:27):
said that. Do it.
Right. She made me a mug. Oh, itsays however gracefully you can
get there on it. I should havebrought it for our interview.
Unknown (52:38):
They so great.
Katie Doughty (52:41):
That's right. And then I also made her a t shirt.
What did your T shirt say?
Linds Asmus (52:45):
Oh, I should grab it. It says fueled by coffee and
hashtag and my F
Katie Doughty (52:50):
bombs. And that's how we survived. So honored. Oh,
goodness. Okay.
Lindsay Brin (52:58):
I'm just talking because I'm you know, at that
point in the workout alsostruggling like just how
gracefully we get there. If youget a guy that works for
Katie Doughty (53:07):
you and guy that we feel seen, although I do have
a hashtag that I will sendsometimes and it's hashtag moms
against burpees I do not lovethose.
Lindsay Brin (53:19):
I I am with you. i And sometimes they just get
thrown in just to elevate theheart rate.
Katie Doughty (53:27):
Oh, they're affected over here. Yeah. Oh,
yeah. I do them alongside you.
But grumpily I do.
Lindsay Brin (53:36):
There will never be more than 10 or 12 of
Katie Doughty (53:38):
those. Okay, that's good to know. There's
there's an end in sight.
Perfect. Okay, I think those areall our sayings that we've done.
If we think of any more, we'llbe sure to let you know. Oh,
lovely. But why don't you take aminute tell us and the audience?
Where can we find all yourthings? If we want to? If
someone wants to sign up foryour programs? Where do they go?
Lindsay Brin (54:02):
Well, we have a website, mom's into fitness.com.
And on there, you will find allsorts of different education
pieces workouts, you'll also seea little button where you can
start a seven day free trial.
And what that seven day freetrial is access to all of the
workouts which I think there'slike 750 At this point, all the
programs, and then you canaccess that you'll use the same
(54:24):
email or login to access eitheron a Roku or an iPhone or
Android or fire TV or, you know,everywhere you get apps or on
your computer. You get access toall that with one login. You can
take brand wherever
Katie Doughty (54:44):
you go. You sure can. You're always there
Lindsay Brin (54:47):
and then you've got the community in there. As
long as you're in one of themobile apps, that's where you
can find the community piece.
Perfect.
Katie Doughty (54:54):
Well, this has been absolutely amazing and much
anticipated. I love that we gotto sit with you and actually
have a response back because Italk to you all the time. So
having you come back with actualanswers to my question. This has
been fantastic. So thank you forbeing here. I really appreciate
it. Oh, this has beendelightful. Thank you for having
(55:16):
me.
Hey everyone, welcome back to the raising Cain
humans podcast. I'm your host,Katie Doughty. And I hope you
are enjoying your fall, and allthe crunchy leave vibes that
come along with fall, we arefinally slowing down. I feel
like October is a whirlwind of amonth. I've had two kids in
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soccer with two practices ondifferent days of the week and
two games on Saturday, and I'mready to get my evenings back.
It's been so fun. And they arehaving the best time on their
teams and making friends andtrying new things. And it's been
a joy to watch them. But I'mready, I'm ready to settle into
(00:51):
slower evenings and coolerweather and all the cozy things
that come along with that. Iwanted to share something with
you that was just sent to methat absolutely made my whole
year. I just got a message froma member in team kind humans.
(01:13):
He's nine years old. And I wantto read to you what he said to
me. He said, team kind of humansis a way for kids to understand
how to be kind to others. And ifthey already know how then it
gives you a boost of kindness, away to be even more kind. It
gives me a chance to make adifference and help others and
(01:33):
it makes me feel amazing inside.
I'm so glad this group exists.
Kindness is important. Becauseif you are having a bad day, and
someone is kind that can make adifference. If you're having a
good day and someone is beingkind, it will just make you feel
warm inside. Is that not thesweet message anyone could ever
(01:54):
get? I'm so grateful that hetook the time to tell me about
why he loves team kind of humansand that he's enjoying the
activities that we're doing andthat he finds value in them. And
coming from a nine year old.
That means the world it justmeans the world to me. And when
I asked if it was okay, if Ishared this message he said yes,
absolutely. And just remember,it's all true. I love this
(02:17):
group. It's just, I can't I'mgonna post this on my wall and
just keep it where I can see itall the time. And remember that
all of the work going into thisis worth it because kids are
finding value in it. So thankyou, thank you, thank you, I
really appreciate that message.
(02:39):
And another member reached outto and said that they are using
team kind humans with their GirlScouts troop. And so they just
spent time writing letters fornature to send to reserve a
which Reserva is coming into themembership next week, which will
be very fun on Monday. If youwant to join. Just email me I'll
(03:02):
send you the link Katie at teamkind humans.com. Come on in,
check it out. Talk to Joe. He'samazing. He was actually the
very first guest on my podcast.
Way back in the day last year, Ithink in June was when I
started. And he's coming in totalk to the kids about his
organization, the organizationReserva and how kids can get
(03:24):
involved and how simply writinga letter for nature is backed by
$3. And Kate can save aclassroom sized piece of the
cloud forest in Ecuador. So it'sa really tangible way for kids
to give back. So if you'reinterested and you want to come
in and you're not part of themembership, just email me I'll
send you the link. I want youthere. So come on in. Okay, you
(03:45):
are in for a treat for thisepisode because I have the honor
and the privilege of sittingdown with Lindsay Brin. She is
in charge of moms in thefitness, which I have been doing
since Alice was probably maybeone I found her DVD at Target.
(04:10):
And it was right after havingAlice like wanting to get back
into shape and try new things.
And I was drawn to her DVDbecause it had a picture of her
with her kids hanging on her andI thought she gets it. She
understands me. So I gave her atry and I loved it. And now she
(04:35):
has a whole streaming service ofamazing exercise workout videos
for moms and I have actuallybonded with my best friend over
Lindsey Bryn because she and Iwill go back and forth about our
workouts for the day or givingeach other a high five or
encouragement or stickercharting together and we've been
(05:00):
doing it now for our since ourboys were babies, which now
they're seven. So, a long timewe've been doing Lindsay Brin.
And so when I told my friend hername's Lindsay as well, when I
told her that I was going tointerview, Lindsay Brin, she
said, I'll be there. So, today,I have a co host. I've never
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done a co host before, but Ithink I need to add one because
it was so fun. So my friendLindsey is here to co host with
me as we talk to Lindsay brandabout her program, and the
amazing benefits of exercise andself care and what that means
for moms. So you're in for atreat, and I hope you enjoy and
(05:41):
there's some interesting storiesthat come out. So have fun
hearing some sneak peeks orlittle inside peeks into my life
and my fitness journey. And somethings My husband has gifted me
a few enjoy. Lindsey Rin isfantastic. Mom's into fitness,
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you're going to want to sign upfor that. So head on over to her
website, moms and fitness.comYou won't regret it. She has
amazing programs. You can followalong with daily workouts, you
can do month long workouts, youcan do different groupings of
workouts, she's got it allpostpartum. If you have, I'm
(06:25):
going to say this wrong.
diastasis diastasis diastasisrecti. That abdominal split. She
talks to you about that she hasa whole community with healthy
eating and balance and all thethings she's going to tell you
about it. I'm kind of spoilingthe things she's going to talk
about because I'm so excited.
Anyways, I'm gonna stop talkingnow because I know you're gonna
(06:49):
love this episode. So let's getto it. Without further ado,
please welcome Lindsay Brin.
Lindsey Bryn. Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to the raising Cainhumans podcast. This has been a
long time coming in. I cannotbelieve it's happening. But I'm
so beyond grateful that you'rehere. So welcome.
Lindsay Brin (07:09):
Thank you for having me. I'm so humbled to be
here.
Katie Doughty (07:13):
This is going to be so much fun. And I have to
share with you I don't normallyhave a co host. But my very
dearest bestest friend, alsonamed Lindsay is here. And we
have absolutely bonded overmom's into fitness. And so when
I told her that you were comingon the podcast, she told me,
I'll be there. She is here. AndI'm so grateful that she is
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because my journey through yourworld has been absolutely
enhanced by her presence. So myfriend Lindsey, welcome. I'm so
excited that you're here aswell. Thank you.
Linds Asmus (07:46):
I'm very, very excited to be here.
Katie Doughty (07:48):
We were just chatting that we were going to
try to control our fangirlingover you. So we apologize if we
get a little out of here becausewe're very excited. This is
gonna be fun. So for the sake oftwo Lindsay's both within a why
Lindsey brand, I'll call youLindsay and Lindsay ausmus. I'll
call you Lynn's. So that will bea little more clear. For those
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listening.
Lindsay Brin (08:12):
Sounds good?
Katie Doughty (08:13):
Yeah. So let's do this. Okay, so Lindsay, let's
dive in. Please tell us aboutyourself. How did you get here
to this amazing subscriptionprogram of fitness and workouts
for moms? Where did it allstart?
Lindsay Brin (08:26):
It all started watching my mom teach aerobics.
I went with her wherever shewent to teach and I just loved
watching her serve others it wasfascinating to me. So we did
work out together, I got mydegree in Exercise Science and I
just always knew it wassomething that I wanted to do.
(08:46):
And at the time after I got mydegree and stuff, I was
overseeing seven women's healthclubs, and I was teaching all
overseeing all the fitnessschedules. And when it came to
find was pregnant moms andpostpartum moms like they didn't
have anything to go off of. So Idove into that research and and
(09:07):
then cut mom's into fitness kindof came about and it's it's been
such a journey, you know, I feellike it started in the dinosaur
age back with DVDs. And thenit's just, you know, it's
feedback from our moms andbalancing things out that kind
of keeps moms into fitness.
Improving and being a goodsource for you guys.
Katie Doughty (09:32):
Oh my gosh, I love that and it's true. Like
having it be geared towards momshas made all the difference for
me because I know in my fitnessjourney after having children I
tried other things. I think Itried p90x And that was like one
of those moments where I thoughtman you do not understand me you
do not understand my needs likeobviously you did not just for
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the child are you paying alittle when you do your squats
know this isn't working for me.
So when I found you, he justbecame so instantly relatable, I
felt seen, I felt heard, I feltvalued. And I'm so grateful for
that. I love hearing that. I
Lindsay Brin (10:17):
just love hearing that. And you're so right needs
to be geared towards our livesbecause they are. They're
different. I mean, we'reoverseeing so many other people
and so many other things thatexercise should feel good. And
you should feel confident andencouraged by it. Not stressed
out and having urinaryincontinence and feeling totally
(10:38):
defeated, because you can't doan hour and a half workout.
Absolutely.
Linds Asmus (10:42):
Yeah, I think that was huge for me to just one the
time because like, I rememberwhen we had our babies, and they
would nap for you know, 30minutes. And that's the only
window that we had. And so beingable to squeeze that workout in,
in my bedroom, I didn't have tohave special equipment. And just
having your positive messages inmy head the whole time was just
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like, I can do this. I can dothis.
Katie Doughty (11:07):
Yeah, absolutely uplifting. Now, you were an NFL
cheerleader. Am I correct? Inthat?
Lindsay Brin (11:14):
You are Yeah, tell us like it was so long ago. As I
was growing up and teachingfitness and doing fitness with
my mom, I was also a dancer anda gymnast. So it was kind of
just, for me, just another thingI just wanted to try. And it was
great. It was great. Yeah.
Katie Doughty (11:33):
So I found your DVD at Target, I think, around
2014 after my daughter was born,and I was looking for things.
And I remember I still rememberthe picture that you had on the
front, and it was you. And Ithink your kids are climbing all
over you in the in the photo andI thought, that's the lady I
need. I need her in my lifebecause she gets it. And so I
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remember doing that and lovingit. When did you switch to
online only a subscription modellike when did that jump happen?
Lindsay Brin (12:06):
Well, I've got a funny story about the DVD, I had
to fight to keep myself on thecover because they wanted to use
a cover model. And then theydidn't care what was on the
inside. They just wanted thepackage to sell. And so it
became a very defeatingenvironment. Because we had our
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DVDs at like Target and Best Buyand Walgreens. And every single
one of them said the same thing.
We don't care about the inside,we only care about what's on the
cover. And I so I care aboutboth, and then ended up being
one of the longest shelf. Iremember the term longest shelf
life of a pregnancy andpostnatal, I'm DVD because if
that I think that matters. It'snot just about selling DVDs,
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it's about serving others, youknow, because that's what we're
here to do, right? So anyway,that kind of at that time I
started looking into apps werekind of coming about. And we had
a custom app for a really longtime. And I didn't like anything
about it, because then I waswearing too many hats. You know,
technology was breaking andeverything was new at the time.
(13:12):
But that was probably I want tosay, Gosh, seven or eight years
ago. And then we've learned alot of things the hard way. And
then within the last year, we'veactually settled with a
wonderful, wonderful company whoruns everything for us, so that
I can just concentrate on on thefitness side.
Katie Doughty (13:34):
Yes, we do it. We love your rebrand. It's been
looking beautiful and sostreamlined and easy to find.
And can you tell us that alittle bit about your program
like if a mom is new and lookingfor these easy, simple workouts
to do, what is she going to findinside your membership.
Lindsay Brin (13:53):
So if you are pregnant, or postnatal, or you
have an abdominal separation,which is kind of common. We have
programs like specific to thoseand those you will find meet
your time budgets, they cater toyour body in that specific time
period. And then we also haveour weekly schedule, which is my
(14:14):
favorite. Because you can choosethree times a week, four times a
week or five times a week,again, so that we feel confident
and that the workout workoutsare serving us. Not that oh my
gosh, I can't do five days aweek. So the weekly schedule
really meets you where you are.
The workouts range anywhere from20 to 30 minutes. And my goal is
to really balance everythingout. So you've got your like
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your really popular workout.
It's like a hit workout, a highintensity interval training
workout. But you really shouldonly do those twice a week
because otherwise you're reallytaxing your nervous system, your
hormones get out of whack. Sothat's what we really try to do
every week is balanced thoseworkouts out so that again you
leave feeling refreshed and goodand you sweat it out the stress
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and that's my goal. Is that youfeel that way? So
Linds Asmus (15:04):
I've noticed since we've been with you for like
seven years, I've noticed a bigshift probably in the last like,
one to two years of you reallyfocusing on more of like
listening to your body beingkind your body not pushing it to
the metal, every single workout.
Has that been a transition foryou personally? Can you tell us
(15:24):
about that?
Lindsay Brin (15:27):
I'm so glad you asked. So yes, it has been a
personal journey for me. But Ialso love reading the research.
And I know not everybody lovesreading the research. So I like
to read the research and thenapply it to everything that
we're doing. And there has beena huge uptick in research about
stress and cortisol and thenervous system and things like
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that. So not only was it apersonal journey, but it was
also professional and findingall of the research. And I mean,
why does it take us so long tofigure out, listen to your body?
If it's telling you workout is ano go today, that's fine. Go for
a 20 minute walk when you findthat time, just simple movement.
I think we overcomplicated itfor so long. And I don't think
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we served everybody well. Sohopefully as things evolve in
the research comes, comes outthat we all learn that it's just
about simply moving everyday andfeeling good. I think
Katie Doughty (16:22):
that's what I love about your program is that
however I'm feeling that day, Ican find a workout that will
match it. And I tend to thriveon sticker charts. So you have
different programs where you cando like a six week program, or
an eight week program or fourweeks in there. You know, it's
kind of themed to whatever it isyou're working on. And I love
sticker charts. I love to putthem down. But I'm not always
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the best of following throughand then I feel defeated, right?
Like, oh, I didn't get mysticker for the day. I'm out. I
gotta start over. And it remindsme of like, I don't know if
you've ever read Jon Acuff Iknow Lindsey has, because I made
her read his book finish. But healways said, he has this phrase
(17:06):
called The Day After perfect.
And it's how do you handle thefirst time you fail at your
goal? What are you going to dothe next day? And I was like,
Oh, my gosh, I always just quit.
I always pick a new goal,because I didn't finish this
goal. So why should I evencontinue. But that little shift
and thinking really helped memove through it? So I guess my
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question is like, whatmotivation do you have for moms
who are ridiculously busy, supertired all the time? Why should
they make this a priority? Andwhy should they keep going, even
if they miss their sticker forthe
Lindsay Brin (17:42):
day, you're not alone and loving the sticker
charts, like for a minute, for avery short minute, we got rid of
like the layout calendars. Andeveryone's like, I love the
calendars, because I can checkit off. I just say you are not
alone. But and I think that'swhy we've also seen a shift
within mom's into fitness isthat never ever, ever, is it
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going to be perfect? Never isyour week going to look the
same. So it really is to justshow up and move. Of course
results can be very motivating,which is how we've kind of
balanced the workouts per eachweek, their bounce to provide
results. So results can alwaysbe motivating. But I always just
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I love how I feel after moving.
And again, moving doesn't haveto we don't need to
overcomplicate it doesn't haveto be an intense workout every
time but you always feel betterafter moving. So one of my
favorite rules is called thefive minute rule where you move
for five minutes, usually fiveminutes into like, okay, I can
hang out here for about 15 moreminutes. And then and then you
and then you feel good. Becauseyou know again, going back to
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the research, we all know thatexercise releases all those feel
good hormones, and you alwaysfeel better on the other side.
But it is it is such a challengeto make it a priority. And
especially when you have youngerkids, I know when my kids were,
I mean gosh, they grow sostinking fast, my eldest is 15
now but when they were youngerif it if I had to get up at 4am
If I wanted to get anything donebecause I would get up at five
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and all of a sudden somebody wasup with me. So I every season of
life, give yourself a goal andgive yourself grace when you
don't match it. But it's gonnabe different in every season.
That's what I've come to find.
Katie Doughty (19:29):
I love that.
That's absolutely true. I guessthen my next question is how do
you model for your kids? Becauseyou are in the fitness industry
and you you have to work out allthe time because this is your
job. So how do you model balancefor them specifically in in
taking care of your body butalso taking rest breaks in
handling that?
Lindsay Brin (19:50):
I love that question and I have to say I
have not figured it out. But Iam doing my best and you know my
kids all all three of them areAthletes so we have
conversations a lot of times,obviously in the car, about, you
know what you have, you'veplayed soccer five days this
week, you need a break. And Imean, they know I do exercise
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they love sometimes exercisingwith me, My son loves to go
running with me. But I, for me,I try to keep it that space just
for me. And then talk aboutfitness and health in regards to
what what their fitness andhealth journey looks like. I
like I said, I don't, I don'tthink I haven't quite figured
(20:32):
out but but I do. We all wantour kids to learn good healthy
habits, right. And so a lot oftimes, even over the summer,
like I won't post on Instagramstories, because I don't want my
kids seeing me always in frontof a phone talking about health
and fitness. You know, sothey're all in school. So I
really try to use that time keepthat space as my own
Linds Asmus (20:55):
way, talking a little bit just about like that
mental health piece and stufflike that. I know, the fitness
industry, social media, like allof that can be really hard on
your mental health. And likebody image, especially in the
fitness industry, like all ofthat, how do you balance all of
that coming in all the time init's not necessarily positive
(21:15):
most of the time.
Lindsay Brin (21:18):
You're so right, and that I have to create
boundaries for myself when itcomes to that. I really try to
stay off of social media,because for me, I know it gives
me stress every time I open itup because I see somebody doing
something and I'm like, whycan't I do it that way? Why
doesn't my kitchen look thatclean? You know, things like
(21:38):
that. So I've created a lot ofboundaries. And I've also been,
Oh, I've been so lucky and soblessed to have my friend Jess,
she's been working with me for12 years. And so she is often my
eyes and my ears and things thatwould really settle into my
heart, she can really, you know,not let it settle into hers. And
(21:59):
then let me know if there issomething that I need to
approach or talk about. So I'vereally got a wonderful group of
moms that work with me, and theyreally helped me with those
boundaries. If that answers yourquestion.
Linds Asmus (22:13):
Yeah, yeah, it does. That's really good. I'm
sure you get all kinds ofcomments from your mom
community, some of them probablynot. So kind. So yeah, I was
just curious, like how you keepyourself positive and be kind
yourself, when you've got allthat stuff coming in. And
boundaries is huge in that?
Lindsay Brin (22:31):
It is it is and it took me a long time to get
there. Like it wasn't, it wasn'teasy. I mean, for every negative
thing that was said, I forgotthe other 99 positive things.
And I think as a mom, I'm tryingto teach my kids that same
thing. You know, remember the 99positive things instead of the
one negative. But gosh, it's sohard, isn't it? It's really
hard. I spent a lot of time MyMy prayers are open all day
(22:55):
talking to God about everything.
And that, you know, he settlesmy heart and a lot of things and
puts things into perspective.
Katie Doughty (23:02):
Oh, yeah, absolutely. And I think you hit
it on the head when you said,you have a supportive group of
moms working with you. And Ithink that's true for all of us
whether we own a business or wedon't having a friend or two
that can be there to remind youof all those 99 positive things,
and let you know that it's okayto let go of that one comment. I
(23:25):
was in the car coming home aftera celebration of life and I had
messaged my lens, and I said, Iam literally eating candy and
straight out of a bag of chipsright now. And she goes, you eat
those chips, right? Like I'mgonna validate for you, that
you, you just went throughsomething really hard. And it's
okay to feel the way you'refeeling. You do what you need to
(23:48):
do to take care of yourself. Andthat's so, so meaningful to me
to have a supportive group ofmoms. And I feel like you've
created that in this world ofmoms into fitness. You're not
necessarily on social media, butyou also just started a
community. And so I feel like Ihave what I was looking for,
because now I get to hear morefrom you and your community. So
(24:12):
do you want to speak to your newcommunity that's kind of getting
started and what's offered inthere?
Lindsay Brin (24:18):
Absolutely. I think you nailed it though. We
all need like a validation thatsays it's okay. It's okay. It's
okay. And I am the first one tonever say eat perfect. You know,
I mean it. Nobody can, nobodycan. But yes, inside this
community. We've also brought inanother one of my great friends.
She's a registered dietician,and she just loves and cares for
(24:41):
others. And kind of helping thempinpoint. Maybe just some
different habits to changethings that will make you feel
better. So she's in thatcommunity and then I'm just
there to answer questions and tocome alongside because I
everybody's in a differentseason of life. For For some,
they might be coming off of asurgery and haven't worked out
(25:04):
in a couple of years and justreally trying to come alongside
with encouragement. And it's notjust me in there that's doing
the encouragement. All of themoms are it. I love reading the
comments, because everybody isso encouraging towards each
other.
Katie Doughty (25:20):
Yeah, it's a beautiful space that I think is
so powerful for moms and goingback to what you said about
supporting each other. In, inwhat's happening at the time,
Lindsay and I have a fewhashtags that we send each
other. One of them is hashtagsometimes miss a Monday, instead
(25:40):
of never. Sometimes it sayshashtag sometimes miss Monday,
but not today. Like I did it. Idid my Monday workout.
Linds Asmus (25:51):
I love it. Okay, so my favorite hashtag that we have
is give me all the brand buns
Katie Doughty (25:59):
wasn't it that the password for the Zoom call
to what? My Okay, I'm gonnashare a story. And maybe this is
a little too TMI, but it wasafter it started working out
with you. And I had put on thispair of pants and I was feeling
pretty good. And my husbandcomplimented my butt. Okay. And
(26:22):
he does, he's not about that.
Like, that's not a thing for himto really do. And I was like,
yeah, and he said somethingabout my brain buttons. Because
when I go to work, I'm like, weuse Brynn as a verb. Bryn is a
verb in our house. I'm gonna gobring did you bring today? And
so my husband was like, Are yougoing to work on those bread
buns? It's just become thisthing. That is so lovely.
Lindsay Brin (26:48):
How it came about.
Yeah, one thing that can mean somuch, you know, right.
Linds Asmus (26:53):
Now, when we do like a hard workout, we'll be
texting each other like, Oh,give me all those Bryn buns
because you can hardly walk.
Katie Doughty (27:02):
I say your story.
Oh, my God. So much informationfor the world to hear. But one
Valentine's Day, we don't tendto do gifts. But I came home to
some roses and a pair of thesegorgeous sparkly workout
leggings. In the card it was nowyou can have your own pair of
(27:27):
Brynn hot pants. He got for somereason he calls workout
leggings, hot pants, like Idon't know where that term came
from. But he was like, now youhave your own pair
Linds Asmus (27:41):
of hot pants.
Katie Doughty (27:43):
Actually thoughtful. He asked me he's
like, are you gonna wear yourhot pants on your interview
today?
Lindsay Brin (27:50):
And they're sparkling.
Katie Doughty (27:52):
They're smart.
They're like silver sparkly.
Yes. They're really cute. I wasactually really impressed with
the sentiment behind it to like,it really meant a lot to me
because he's supporting me onthis journey in this kind of
weird way. Right? Yeah.
Lindsay Brin (28:08):
That's, that's a lovely story. I love stories
like that. Yeah,
Katie Doughty (28:11):
you are definitely part of our home. My
kids know and love you. They'relike, Oh, are you bringing and
then they'll come and join me.
Which it really is a verb areyou bringing Are you bringing
you need to you need to makethis a thing because this is how
it is in our house. Like AlisonBennett, they'll grab my weights
and and usually they'll steal myweights from me while I'm trying
(28:32):
to do my workout. And I'm thetype of car like I'm in it, I
gotta get it done. And then Ihave to take a step back and let
them be a part of it. It'sreally hard for me because I
want to just like get it done.
And Mama doesn't talk and workout. But they are following
along. And and I think if youcould take a second to talk
about the concept of modelingfor your kids. What this healthy
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lifestyle looks like, I wouldlove to hear your opinion on
that.
Lindsay Brin (29:00):
Well, I think you nailed it. Like so many times we
get into a workout and we'relike, Okay, I have 20 minutes.
And then I literally have tobolt go somewhere else do other
things. So I think we all havethat mentality that we just have
to have to go. I know severaltimes when I've been filming.
Specifically my youngestdaughter loves to jump in and I
(29:21):
used to frustrate me which issuch an awful thing to say
because, you know, I've got thisamount of time and I've got to
film this and and then nowwhenever she walks in she's just
part of it. I mean, there wasone I filmed this summer and
she's asking me when she canhave hot dogs for lunch. You
might
Katie Doughty (29:38):
love for that.
Let me show you and it couldn't
Lindsay Brin (29:42):
be more loud, like hot dogs, my hot dogs
Katie Doughty (29:46):
and I love how you you turn back to the camera
and you're like, yes, it'ssummer like this is just how
life works. But that thatvalidates me to to like let
things go. Things are gonnahappen. Include your kids. It
doesn't matter. I remember beingso impressed that you left that
and you didn't stop. You didn'trerecord or whatever. There was
(30:07):
another one too. I think someonewanted to play with a friend
like a friend was there. Oh,yeah. And you're like, I
literally have seven minutesI'll be up in seven minutes and
then you can go play with yourfriend or whoever it was. She
was
Lindsay Brin (30:18):
stood at the stairs that entire until the
end.
Katie Doughty (30:24):
But I love it. It just makes me feel so seen
because I always have eyes on mewhen I'm doing my workout too.
And I'm trying to like know,okay, know your lunchboxes
upstairs, know, your toys, orwhatever it is, and trying to
have those conversations. And soare you. And so that
relatability is just what Iabsolutely love about you.
Lindsay Brin (30:42):
Yeah, I mean, we don't ever check out of being a
mom, even for those 20 minutes.
It's we're always on, which Ithink is also why it's important
to exercise, especially as weget older, and we want to stay
strong, because we're alwaysmentally and physically on for
our kids.
Katie Doughty (30:58):
Yeah, yeah.
Linds. Did you have anotherquestion? That you wanted to
ask?
Linds Asmus (31:05):
I don't actually remember you. Oh, that's okay.
No, that's one thing about kids,but I can't remember what it was
Katie Doughty (31:13):
about kids. Yeah.
Um, I think just fitting in thetime was one of our biggest
questions like, what's yourbiggest advice for mom, a busy
mom? That's like, how do I getthis done? How do I fit this in?
And I think, yeah, go for it.
Lindsay Brin (31:30):
I think unfortunately, back in like
infomercials. And now socialmedia, everything in our face
says you have to do this manytimes a week, to see results to
feel good to A, B, and C. And Ithink we all need to go in the
mentality with every week isgoing to be different. So maybe
(31:50):
one week that means three, I'mgoing to work out Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, and maybethe next week, you've got a
bigger time budget, and you canadd some more. So I would say
just set up a weekly goal orwhatever that might be. And if
you aren't feeling it, and youdon't want to press play, and
you don't want to pick up aweight or you don't want to do a
crunch, go for a walk. I alwayssay you know, walk 10 minutes
(32:13):
from your house and then walkedhim and it's back. I mean, just
that movement is so importantfor our bodies. I love that
resembles and everything else.
Katie Doughty (32:22):
Yeah, which can you speak a little more to the
science of exercise. And I'venoticed too, lately, you've
added a lot more like deepbreathing and breath work into
your kind of closing. And so canyou speak to that of why that's
important, why we should befocusing on that and why you
decided to put it in.
Lindsay Brin (32:41):
So a lot of that is the nervous system, we have,
you know, our fight or flightsystem. And what I really want
the workouts to be is a placewhere you feel good, and you
leave the workout feeling good,not showing up stressed, and
then leaving the workout feelingstressed. So what research has
shown is that high intensity orvigorous exercise should be done
(33:02):
one to three times a week. Andthen on the other days, you
should incorporate a lowerintensity still challenging
because you still want tochallenge your muscles
incorporate lower intensity topair with those. So with that
said within, so we balance thatout. And then within each
workout, we're really trying tosettle the nervous system and
(33:24):
get your body out of that stateof stress. Because exercise is a
stress a stressor. It's a goodstressor. But you don't want to
stay in that state of stress allday long. You know, we're I
mean, we could feel it, I thinkour bodies can feel it when
we're in that state of stress.
So I really startedincorporating big diaphragmatic
breathing at the beginning andat the end of every workout just
(33:48):
to help our bodies staybalanced.
Linds Asmus (33:54):
I think that I've been learning a lot just
personally about the effect oflike nervous system
dysregulation and all kinds ofsymptoms that are correlating
with that. And so adding thatinto them when I'm doing the
workouts has just been so good.
And a lot of times you'll saylike, Okay, I'm done, but, you
know, you can keep breathing.
And so if nobody's interruptedme yet, like that's what I'll
(34:15):
do, like you'll stop and I'lljust keep doing my breathing.
Lindsay Brin (34:19):
I love that. I love that. Yeah, we actually we
used to have in our app, it wasan automatic autoplay to the
next video, and we justprogrammed it or coded it or
whatever it's called. So thatdoesn't happen anymore. So the
app once the workout isfinished, it'll be nice and
quiet. So it'll stay quiet
Katie Doughty (34:40):
yet I actually noticed that because it would be
this a little bit panic of likeno not ready to see the next one
and I'm done. I need to finishwhatever this is or strip
continue stretching like youalways encourage more
stretching. Um, okay, what was Igonna say? One thing I love
about your workout. Oh, thatStrike. I love two things. One,
(35:02):
you're so encouraging. I feellike you're talking directly to
me. And I'm talking to you justknow that I'm talking back to
you. Because there are timeswhere I don't know how you do
this, you'll have this magicability to know what I need to
hear at the moment that I needto hear it because I will be
doing something. And I'll belike, Oh, my gosh, I can't do
this. And you're like, yes, youcan. Yes, you can. I was like,
(35:23):
No. Like, yes, I can. Yes, theycan. So you're super
encouraging, which I absolutelylove. And then I love how all
inclusive it is, it is literallypress play. And by the time it
stops, I don't have to go doanything else. For the day, my
day is done. I have joined andquit gyms several times. And I
(35:46):
always come back to mom's intofitness, because I think I'm
gonna get out of the house, andI'm going to run on the
treadmill, and I'm gonna try allthese weights. And then I get to
the gym alone. What am Isupposed to do here, it took me
an hour to get here because Ihad to feed my kids change my
kids, get them close, like geteverybody in the car, then I get
here and I don't know what todo. I don't fill my time,
(36:07):
efficiently. But then with yourworkouts like 20 minutes, I'm
good to go. It takes all of thestress work out of that. So
thank you, I guess what I'mtrying to say is, thank you for
that, because it's the biggestgift I could ask for in my
fitness journey.
Lindsay Brin (36:23):
Well, thank you for trusting me. And as we were
talking like right when we goton got on the phone is that I
take it so seriously that you'respending your workout time with
me that you spent seven yearswith me. So when you show up, I
want to make sure that those2025 or 30 minutes that they are
used absolutely efficiently andthey will serve your body well.
Katie Doughty (36:45):
So thank you for saying that. Right? Yeah,
Linds Asmus (36:47):
I love it, too. I'm actually almost through your
half marathon training plan. SoI've got like two more weeks
until my race and it has justbeen so perfect. The workout
days where I'm working out athome are just like exactly what
I need right then. And then youknow, the runs and yeah, it's
been it's been really good. Ilove that
Lindsay Brin (37:09):
you've got a couple of weeks to go. Good luck
with your half marathon.
Linds Asmus (37:13):
Thank you. Quite a feat. Yeah. And that's a time
sucker
Lindsay Brin (37:17):
that will suddenly you know, those longer runs that
will?
Linds Asmus (37:21):
I know, I know. And I definitely, and probably a
question too, I can tell adifference. So I did my first
marathon like 15 years ago,before I had kids, my body was
so different. And now I'm post35. And I've had three kids, and
wow, like, I can feel such adifference in my body. My
(37:42):
recovery time is like two orthree times what it used to be.
Sometimes I don't get my stickeron my sticker chart, because I
can just feel that I need morerecovery time, then the workout
says that I do you know, so I'vebeen trying to listen to my body
and give myself grace. But Ihear you talk about that often
(38:03):
in your workout like, Okay,ladies, you know, some of us are
post 35. And like, how has thatbeen for you like a learning
curve in your own personalfitness journey and just as
you've gotten older. So
Lindsay Brin (38:18):
sarcopenia is muscle loss after the age of 35.
This is going to sound reallyharsh, but then we're going to
follow it up with somethingreally positive, we lose three
to 8% of our muscle mass everydecade. So after the age of 35,
it is probably the mostimportant time to incorporate
strength training in yourroutine. And I think too, as we
(38:43):
get older, you know, ourhormones are changing our
metabolism with that sarcopeniayour metabolism also goes down
because of the loss of musclemass. So you offset that by
strength training at least twicea week. So that is that is what
the research shows.
Katie Doughty (39:02):
But I would say
Lindsay Brin (39:03):
for me, the journey, it's just always been a
journey, you know, all alwayslearning more and realizing just
how important strength isbecause, you know, 10 years ago,
it was all like, how long andhow far can you run and kickbox
and do the cardio and theresearch and then our bodies are
just telling us that strengthcomponent is just so extremely
(39:24):
important. And I I enjoy doingthe strength training. Sometimes
I love to run too, but I enjoydoing the strength training
sometimes even more than thecardio element.
Linds Asmus (39:35):
Yeah, it's been a transition for me because I used
to I also have a background inthe fitness industry and cardio
used to be my jam and I waslike, bring it out. I don't need
a strength train like whatever.
And now I do I thoroughlyenjoyed the strength training
and I can tell the difference inmy body and just how much
stronger I mean strengthtraining but stronger it makes
me feel and I think it's goodfor those days to that I just
(39:58):
don't feel like I can hit a hardworkout and I need some
recovery, where your strengthtraining workouts, they're not
leaving me like, oh my gosh,totally depleted, I feel like
okay, I got some good strengthin there, but I still feel
rejuvenated to tackle the restof the day. Even though I'm kind
of walking like a draft,sometimes, you know,
Lindsay Brin (40:18):
that time you explained it best that is like
the perfect spot to be you don'twant to be depleted or drained
or completely fatigued for therest of it, because that means
you pushed your limits a littletoo far. So that's exactly what
the workout should do. And then,as you mentioned, recovery,
recovery, so important too. Soagain, listening to your body.
And sometimes they call it Dloading or Recovery Week, where
(40:39):
you you're not necessarilytaking the week off, but you're
just doing a little bit less.
And that really helps your bodyand your mind reset itself. So
that you show up a week later,ready to do more.
Linds Asmus (40:50):
Yeah, I noticed every time I'm stressing myself
out, because I didn't get mysticker on all the days that I
needed. I hit that long run, andI nail it. And I'm like, okay,
really, it's okay, like I justtraining ourselves to be able to
listen to our bodies and giveourselves grace is so hard.
Lindsay Brin (41:09):
Isn't it wild? And we'll tell our kids that all day
long. Give yourself grace. Andthen here we are the hardest
hardest on ourselves.
Katie Doughty (41:18):
Yeah, absolutely.
I think too. I think exerciseand fitness and kindness go hand
in hand. Because I truly feellike a better mom when I get my
workouts in. Because I won. It'skind of a competence boost of
showing up for myself feelingbetter. And then to just
(41:39):
modeling for my kids what itlooks like. And now that I'm
fueled up, I can help you. It'skind of like put your own mask
on before you put on someoneelse's.
Lindsay Brin (41:53):
Well, your own cup, and then you got more to
pour. Yeah,
Katie Doughty (41:56):
no, you said that perfectly. Yeah. So that yes,
showing up for myself isactually a benefit. It's not
selfish. It's not something thatI need to be worried about
putting that time in, becauseit's actually helping my kids in
the long run. So do you haveanything to add to that as far
as how you can show up in thisworld differently, having taking
(42:18):
care of your body?
Lindsay Brin (42:19):
I think you nailed it. I mean, it we are giving
ourselves strength andconfidence and calmness in
Oregon or aid, you know,organized thoughts and less
anxiety and less stress. Goingback to the research, it was
75,000 individuals working outtwo times a week reduced
depression, anxiety and stressby over 50%. And that was just
(42:42):
to that was to 20 minute walkseach week. That's all it was. I
don't say all because you know,it's still workout two times a
week, but just that movement canreally, it can help you show up
and serve your kids and yourhusband better it can help you
just feel better. And I knowit's contagious. You know, when
(43:03):
we feel good. And we're smilingand we're kind it's contagious
to everybody around us. So if wecan do that with a simple
workout. You know, I, I alwayssay I always think it's
something as simple as a workoutcan change the tune of your day.
And I really think it can.
Linds Asmus (43:18):
Oh, true. Yeah. All right. There's one workout of
yours that I like, and I don'tremember which one it is, but
I've done it tons of times. Andin it. You're talking about how
exercise is a mood booster forus and how sometimes your
husband be like, Honey, I thinkmaybe you should go for a run.
Here's your shoes. Yeah. And itjust cracks me up so much.
Because like when he gets you hegets how good that is for you.
(43:42):
But yeah, like, I can totallytell when I haven't had that
workout. And how just much moregrumpy I am.
Lindsay Brin (43:50):
Oh, my husband, he dangles my shoes a lot.
Katie Doughty (43:55):
Goodness, I am curious your thought to on? How
do you approach the subject offitness and exercise with
children in helping them youknow, appreciate their body but
not be obsessed with how theirbody looks. That one's really
tricky. And I know for me andLinds, we've talked about this
(44:16):
before about how when I say I'mgonna go do a workout I usually
try to add on I feel so muchbetter after my workout. I feel
like I can, you know, tackle theday or I think more clearly or
I'm more energized instead offocusing on like, Oh, I'm trying
to get my stomach back to normalor my arms are flabby or
(44:37):
whatever that is. Do you havetips for moms in how they talk
to their kids?
Lindsay Brin (44:43):
I wish I did. And I have to say it is like what
you do where you're correlatingit with how it makes you feel or
what it does for you. I neverever and I as you guys know
throughout the videos I nevertalked about esthetics, I might
say, you know, this sculptureshoulders. But we're not talking
(45:04):
about losing belly fat andweight loss. Because we don't
want our little ears or littlekids hearing things like that
they don't. I mean, society isgoing to, unfortunately, say all
those things on social media andeverything. So we definitely
want to stay in a place ofpositivity. I know with my own
children, it's always just aboutgood health and fitness habits.
(45:27):
It's not about it's never aboutweight loss. It's never about
aesthetically looking this wayit is. For my kids. As I
mentioned earlier, I alwaysbring it back to like their
sport. So I've got my youngestis a horseback rider. Just
yesterday, my husband went andthe day before he actually went
and got them all ice cream atnight, and she had some
leftover. And they said, you'rewelcome to have ice cream before
(45:50):
horseback riding. But you mightwant to make a better choice
before you go do your sport. Sojust kind of coordinating. You
know, you don't want to be on asugar rush before your ride
horse type thing. But I never Idon't know, I'm not even sure if
I'm giving good advice. But Inever correlated with losing
(46:11):
weight or not gaining weight oranything like that. It's more
how's it going to make you feelwhen you go to your sport. This
is how it makes me feel. Justreally teaching good nutrition
habits if we can, you know,really always trying to reach
for fruit and fresh vegetables,which is my kid that loves hot
dogs. She does not likevegetables. So we're you know,
(46:33):
we all have we all have one ortwo in the house that they eat
that way that where they justrefuse all the fresh offerings
that you have. But I yeah, Idon't have a good answer. And I
wish I did. But I think you saidit best just correlating it with
how it makes you feel and whatit does for you and not.
Katie Doughty (46:52):
Yeah. And I think including them in the process,
like you say about eating freshfruits and vegetables, like
including them in the process ofpreparing a meal, including them
in the process of doing yourworkout, you know, just so that
they know that they're along forthe ride with you that you
value. having them do thingswith you. Going back to the
(47:12):
vegetables I had, my son was Ithink he was like five at the
time, refused to eat thevegetable soup that we made like
just didn't even want to talkabout whole thing. The next time
I had him make it with me, hewas in charge of we have a
chopper, and he loves to push itdown. And so I had him helped me
make the entire meal. And he wasso excited to eat it. And I
(47:33):
thought oh, what a simple shiftin helping them realize, like
being feeling like he'sconnected to the process, he had
an important role to play. Andnow he wants to eat it because
he made it. And so I think thesame thing is true with
exercise, you know, not sayingokay, if you have to get a
workout and you need to moveyour body, do it with them go
(47:54):
for a walk, it's meaningful forthem. And they they want to be
doing what you're doing. So Ithink those two things go hand
in hand.
Lindsay Brin (48:03):
They do and just like it like that one on one
time that your children cravewith you if you can do it, when
you're cooking, or when you'redoing it. what's already going
to be part of your day. I thinkthat's wonderful thing. Yeah.
And I know our RegisteredDietician has always said, Have
your kids help you cook and theyare more likely to try more
things?
Linds Asmus (48:22):
Oh, true. Yeah, we both homeschool. And a lot of
times in our morning, I we bothhave boys, but I have two little
boys. And they have got to getthat energy out first thing in
the morning. And so like goingfor a walk and just helping them
to connect like, Okay, we wentfor a walk Doesn't your brain
like doesn't it feel like itturned on? And when we got that
movement in like, I think likeyou said, helping to connect how
(48:44):
they feel with the choices thatthey're making? And like same
thing with soccer. Okay, well,how did that snack make you feel
versus this one with protein init? And my kids will now ask,
Oh, Mom, is this good for me?
Which I just appreciate thatthey're starting to be aware of
what they're putting in theirbodies? And is that a good
choice or not? Do they make itall the time? No, but at least
they're asking.
Katie Doughty (49:09):
I think so too.
Alice does the same thing. She'sjust been granted privileges to
ride her bike around the loop.
So the first time she did it,she goes by herself and she
comes back and she goes, Mom, Ihave got to do this every day.
It's such a great way to clearyour head. And I thought that's
Lindsay Brin (49:28):
smart cookie.
Recognize that?
Katie Doughty (49:32):
Yes. And now she will ask can I go? Can I go for
a loop? I'm gonna go for a loop.
And she she's making theconnections. And it's those
moments where I'm like, oh, it'spaying off like, I never know.
Are you listening? Is itworking? Is it going in your
brain? Do you understand whatI'm trying to help you with? And
then those moments are the bigpayoffs that I think, Okay, this
is working and I need to keepkeep the course stay the course.
Lindsay Brin (49:56):
Absolutely. I'm noticing that with my oldest
who's 15 And she has a friendthat drives because they're at
that age, which is a whole newseason of life for me and I'm
not I will never be ready forit. But they will go OUT out to
eat and you know, go get thingswithout me there. And I do. I'll
(50:16):
just ask her that not out ofcuriosity, just making
conversation. Oh, where'd youguys go? What do you eat? And
she is making good sound? Notall the time. Good sound, you
know, decisions? It who doesn'tlove Chick fil A? You know, but
but I do. I do think that weeventually see. See it come full
circle. Yeah. Yeah. And I hopeit never comes in with my own
(50:42):
children. I hope it never comesin a negative way. And I think
with what I do, I've always Ipray about that constantly, that
it never comes back in anegative space or some sort of
eating disorder or any, youknow, things that can be so
common among teens. Yeah, whichis a whole nother category with
social media and things likethat. But yeah, it does just
(51:05):
back to the eat healthy sort ofyour body? Well, I don't think
we need to make it toocomplicated for the kids.
Katie Doughty (51:12):
Yes, an open conversation. Talk about what
you're doing and why you'redoing it. So that it makes more
sense to them. And then I knowto for Lindsay and I we've made
the conscious decision, likewe've talked about never to make
comments about our own bodies infront of our children, because
they're going to get that fromthe outside world. And so just
(51:32):
making that conscious effort of,you know, Oh, I feel I feel
really energized today. Likethat's the way I'm going to
compliment my body not like, Oh,I feel flabby today. You know,
and so, I think it's a goodreminder for families about just
the way you speak to yourselfcarries over into the way your
kids will speak to themselvesand so something to can 100%
(51:57):
Yeah. Any other questions? Youhave Linds before we kind of
close out here.
Linds Asmus (52:03):
I think that was all the ones that I had. Yeah,
we've
Katie Doughty (52:05):
hit we've hit our list. I'm gonna make sure. Oh, I
have one more hashtag. Oh, no, Ihave a couple more things that
you say. However gracefully youcan get there. Literally. It's
literally our life motto. Likehowever graceful you can get
there in all aspects of my life.
Lindsay Brin (52:23):
Isn't that the truth? Yeah, as long as we get
there, I'll ever
Linds Asmus (52:27):
said that. Do it.
Right. She made me a mug. Oh, itsays however gracefully you can
get there on it. I should havebrought it for our interview.
Unknown (52:38):
They so great.
Katie Doughty (52:41):
That's right. And then I also made her a t shirt.
What did your T shirt say?
Linds Asmus (52:45):
Oh, I should grab it. It says fueled by coffee and
hashtag and my F
Katie Doughty (52:50):
bombs. And that's how we survived. So honored. Oh,
goodness. Okay.
Lindsay Brin (52:58):
I'm just talking because I'm you know, at that
point in the workout alsostruggling like just how
gracefully we get there. If youget a guy that works for
Katie Doughty (53:07):
you and guy that we feel seen, although I do have
a hashtag that I will sendsometimes and it's hashtag moms
against burpees I do not lovethose.
Lindsay Brin (53:19):
I I am with you. i And sometimes they just get
thrown in just to elevate theheart rate.
Katie Doughty (53:27):
Oh, they're affected over here. Yeah. Oh,
yeah. I do them alongside you.
But grumpily I do.
Lindsay Brin (53:36):
There will never be more than 10 or 12 of
Katie Doughty (53:38):
those. Okay, that's good to know. There's
there's an end in sight.
Perfect. Okay, I think those areall our sayings that we've done.
If we think of any more, we'llbe sure to let you know. Oh,
lovely. But why don't you take aminute tell us and the audience?
Where can we find all yourthings? If we want to? If
someone wants to sign up foryour programs? Where do they go?
Lindsay Brin (54:02):
Well, we have a website, mom's into fitness.com.
And on there, you will find allsorts of different education
pieces workouts, you'll also seea little button where you can
start a seven day free trial.
And what that seven day freetrial is access to all of the
workouts which I think there'slike 750 At this point, all the
programs, and then you canaccess that you'll use the same
(54:24):
email or login to access eitheron a Roku or an iPhone or
Android or fire TV or, you know,everywhere you get apps or on
your computer. You get access toall that with one login. You can
take brand wherever
Katie Doughty (54:44):
you go. You sure can. You're always there
Lindsay Brin (54:47):
and then you've got the community in there. As
long as you're in one of themobile apps, that's where you
can find the community piece.
Perfect.
Katie Doughty (54:54):
Well, this has been absolutely amazing and much
anticipated. I love that we gotto sit with you and actually
have a response back because Italk to you all the time. So
having you come back with actualanswers to my question. This has
been fantastic. So thank you forbeing here. I really appreciate
it. Oh, this has beendelightful. Thank you for having
(55:16):
me.
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