256 | Tired but Toned: A Podcast Reborn

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Five years after launching during the pandemic lockdowns, my podcast is shedding its old identity and embracing a name that perfectly captures both my audience and my philosophy: Tired but Toned. This transformation mirrors my own journey from corporate gym trainer to fully independent fitness professional, and brings with it a clearer vision for how I can best serve you.

Let's be honest – the women I connect with most aren't training for bodybuilding competitions or ultramarathons. You're juggling careers, families, homes, and a million other responsibilities. You're tired, but you still care about your health. You want fitness that actually fits into your life. That's exactly what Tired but Toned represents: showing up for your health even when life is chaotic, but doing it in a sustainable way that works for YOUR unique circumstances.

Having navigated my own fitness journey as "the chubby kid" without an athletic background, and managing Hashimoto's disease, I bring a perspective that's often missing from fitness spaces. I combine science-backed information from my nine years of professional experience with a conversational, nuanced approach that acknowledges a fundamental truth: what works for one person may not work for another. The podcast will deliver this balance through a mix of quick, actionable episodes and deeper explorations of important topics – all recorded simply on my phone because, like you, I'm prioritizing progress over perfection. If you're seeking fitness guidance that meets you where you are – tired but still showing up – this refreshed podcast is made for you.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello everyone and for once, since this show has
started in June of 2020, so thatwas almost five years ago,
which is crazy this podcast isgoing to be introduced as
Welcome to Tired, but Toned,instead of the Tea with Tina.

(00:21):
It feels really good and thisis something that I've been
sitting on for a while.
So I just wanted to give yousome insight into the name
change, why I changed it andwhat to expect from me moving
forward.
So let's get started.
It's interesting to see howpodcasts have evolved over time.

(00:42):
For one, I think, like intromusic and show music can be cool
and pretty and fun, but, to behonest, I don't think it fits me
or my demo.
Like, if you've heard thepodcast once, you know I know me
.
If I'm listening to a podcastand they have the intro music, I
just fast forward to the meetand I skip the intro.

(01:02):
And you know my people are busyand you know the last thing I
want to do is, you know, throw a20 second intro at you.
You know where you're like ohmy god, I've heard this 100
times already.
So that's the first thing.
We're just gonna have coldopens.
Nothing wrong with that.
We're gonna get right into thenitty gritty.
We may be a little bit chatty,but we're gonna get into the

(01:22):
nitty gritty.
The second thing is when Istarted the podcast, it was at
the beginning of the pandemic,the panty, whatever you want to
call it and I didn't really knowwhat I wanted to do.
You know, you were trapped inyour house and I had the idea to
do a podcast and it was goingto be more of like a sit down

(01:49):
chatty podcast and at the time,my inspiration to a couple of
the podcasts that I listened tobe more of like a sit down
chatty podcast and at the time,my inspiration to a couple of
the podcasts that I listened towere more like talk show style
and they chatted about modernevents, cultural things, but
they did have like a fitness andnutrition base and that's kind
of what I was going for, hencethe tea with Tina.
But as things have evolvedsince then, I have went

(02:11):
independent for myself, tinaWeil, and fitness is officially
all me.
I do not work for anybodyanymore.
So that has been a huge jumpand I'm just full-time myself
and with that I wanted mypodcast to be more about fitness
and nutrition.
However, I want to find thatbalance of you know, educational
, but I don't want it to be moreabout fitness and nutrition.

(02:32):
However, I want to find thatbalance of you know educational
but I don't want it to be likestraight up, boring.
You know I'm not a doctor.
I am certified in many thingsand I have, you know, nine years
of professional trainingexperience at this point.
So you will get you knowscience-backed educational
content from me.
But for me, as a person and mypersonality, if you know me, I'm

(02:55):
someone that has a creativeside, a critical thinking side,
a kind of nuanced side where weget chatty and we explore other
possibilities.
So there's that science, butalso the fun, chatty, exploring
other possibilities.
I know I just said that twice,but I love that and I love that

(03:17):
combination and I feel like it'sreally me and it's been kind of
fun to see the evolution andwhat I stepped into.
And, to be honest, you know myclients most of my clients now,
especially since I've decided towork for myself.
When you work for a gym I thinkI mentioned this in my previous
podcast episode but when youwork for a gym you kind of get

(03:38):
everybody and anyone.
You can't really turn peopleaway.
You technically can, but it isfrowned upon.
Right, you're going to workwith the general population and
I still do, but I tend toattract a certain demo and I
attract women.
I attract women that tend to bein their 30s to 50s.

(03:58):
A lot of them are moms or maybeempty nesters, and they're busy
, whether they have kids or not,they might have fur babies,
they might just be people thatlike to keep themselves busy
with hobbies, or they run abusiness or they're working two
jobs or whatever it is, andthey're trying to think about
how fitness can work for them.

(04:21):
And I'm so passionate about thatbecause, as somebody who has
entered the fitness world andfelt like they did not fit, you
know my whole life.
I was never athletic growing up, so I came into this like, not
having an athletic background, Ipretty much had to find
something that worked for me.
You know getting Hashimoto'sand you know being the chubby

(04:42):
kid growing up and trying tolearn that fitness isn't all
about just being super athleticand doing crazy things.
You can still live a healthylife and be fit and challenge
yourself in a unique way to you,and the same thing goes for
eating oh my goodness.
So there's a lot of differentviewpoints that I feel like I
bring to the table and I feellike that's just so important to

(05:04):
teach the women and possiblymen hello, if you're listening
who listen to this podcast,because I just feel like it's
not represented enough.
It's definitely getting betteras time goes on.
I think there's a lot moreunique perspectives now that
more people are getting into thefitness game and we have social
media and people can have avoice and a platform and things.

(05:25):
But it also comes with, again,that nuance.
You have to be smart about whatyou listen to and who you take
information from.
Even my information this is,you know, take it with a grain
of salt.
Just because something isscientifically proven to work
does not mean it works foreverybody.
You know the demo that I justdescribed to you, those 30 to 50

(05:46):
something women.
Most of this stuff will applyto you.
But again, ask yourselfeverybody's different.
If you have an injury or yourstress is super high, maybe this
won't work for you or whatever.
But speaking of stress, let's goback to the tired but toned
name Tired but toned, or is ittoned but tired?

(06:08):
It's but toned.
Oh my gosh, it's still new inmy brain.
Uh, you know, because I'm tiredbut tired but toned, stemmed
from the idea that the women Ido train like we are tired,
right, because we're busy and westill want to show up.
And I don't want to have thatfear around like while I promote

(06:28):
, obviously, rest and stressmanagement, you can't avoid it.
The goal isn't to go in theopposite direction, be like,
well, I guess I have to sit onthe couch and do absolutely
nothing.
I'm afraid to push myself.
Um, I'm never gonna push myselfout of my comfort zone because
if I do, bad stuff is gonnahappen and I feel like that can
happen in our brains.
That's that very black andwhite all or nothing thinking.
But you know, and I haveHashimoto's, I get it, I get

(06:50):
flare-ups.
I have to watch how much I pushmyself in certain things or I
will get burnout.
I will uh feel run down.
So that's always a fine balancewith myself.
But it is important to learn todo the work um, show up, messy
action, um, and and do it tired.

(07:10):
But I want us to not channelthe like picture the shredded, I
don't know, like military bootcamp guy who's running like 20
miles a day, waking up at 3 am,throwing his face in a bowl of
ice and telling you to just doit tired.
Um, I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about I'm talkingabout a routine that works for

(07:31):
you as far as, like, gettingyour workouts in regularly, you
know, eating the healthy mealsto lose the weight, saying no to
, you know, maybe going out onthe weekends two or three times.
You know you get one treat meala week as opposed to, like I
said, three, and you know youdon't drink the whole bottle of
wine.
We drink a glass.
It's little things like that,but for you and your goals can

(07:56):
be a challenge.
But it's all, again, relative,and that again is what Tired but
Toned is all about.
And as far as what to expectfrom these podcasts, you're
going to get a mix.
Sometimes you're going to getbite-sized episodes, things that
that might be five, ten minuteslong.
Um, little tidbits from me alot of times, if an idea comes

(08:17):
to me, I'm just gonna say it andand I'm gonna get it out,
because if I try to plan aheadof time, it just like never
works for me, um, in my brain.
But then sometimes if there isa topic I really want to take a
deep dive into, uh, we will havethat too.
You, you know you might have alittle bit of a longer episode
because it requires that more indepth.
So again, you're gonna get thatbalance of the science based

(08:40):
information as well as more kindof off the cuff.
My personal takes things likethat Okay.
So kind of.
I just wanted wanted tointroduce the podcast.
Explain my reasoning behindchanging the name.
I'm really excited about it.
It makes me feel like I havemore of a clear direction.
I felt a little lost there, Idefinitely this past year.

(09:03):
I feel like I've been in areally big transition phase and
it feels like things havefinally been clicking.
I feel in my groove in the bestway.
It was definitely not easygetting here.
We have been through somethings and, side note, I
apologize if you hear obnoxiouscars going through in the
background.
Where I live, I live on a streetthat has like four stop signs

(09:26):
and people just floor it to thestop sign and I'm just literally
recording in my living roomwith my phone, um, using the
voice memo app.
I do not have a fancy podcastset up.
I wish I did have a prettylittle office that's another
thing about me which had apretty office with a nice
background and a fancy podcastmic.

(09:46):
But from a time perspectiveagain, we busy and simplicity
perspective, just whipping outmy phone and recording and
chatting with you guys.
I think the audio quality isjust fine.
Most people that I know don'tactually physically watch
podcasts.
You're usually driving,cleaning, doing dishes, whatever
.
So, yeah, that's where we're at.

(10:09):
But, with that being said, Ithink I'm going to wrap the
episode up here and I will seeyou in the next one.
Thanks for tuning in, guys.
Bye for now.