Transcript: Why I Record This From My Car: The Story Behind the Mess

So let me get this straight. You talk to us from

your car? What's up, my movers and shakers? Famous

Ashley Grant here. Welcome to More Movement,

Please, the podcast where I hope to inspire you

to move your body more. So today I kind of want

to talk about the story behind the mess and the

mess being me and this podcast. Why is it not

a more professional show? Why is it not more?

produced and highly curated and all that jazz.

And I kind of want to tell you guys exactly what's

going on. Reader's Digest version. The reason

that I record this podcast from my car most of

the time is because it's the way I get it done.

It's kind of like with the working out. I have

to do things a certain way to make sure they

get done. I keep all of the the working out in

my calendar because if it's not in the calendar,

it will not happen. I know this about myself.

This is something I have learned that if I don't

have an appointment with myself, I will talk

myself out of it. I will tell or I'll forget

about it completely. I mean, that's the ADHD

brain in me, but it's just the facts that I have

to have these things in my calendar or they do

not exist. With the recording in my car, it is

the lowest barrier to entry to make sure that

I get my story out there. I chose to record from

my car simply because I knew that that would

actually make me do it. And so every single time

I'm on my way to the gym or on my way home, I

always have my podcast microphones in my car

with me so that I can easily plug them into my

phone and just riff on the mic. Just get going.

And I can stop anywhere. And if I need to interview

someone, I can do it because the microphones

that I have. I can clip onto myself and another

person and they both connect to my phone easily.

It's a very simple way to just get it going.

And so the big thing that I want you to take

away from this is not so much that I'm recording

it from my car. It's that I am taking away every

excuse I could possibly have to keep me from

doing it. And so it's the same with fitness.

I have to take away all excuses and make myself

do the work. And the best way to do that is to

set myself up for success. So if you are listening

to this and you're considering getting started

with your fitness journey, add it to your calendar,

make an appointment with yourself, start getting

your clothes out the night before, start making

the plan the day before, or even a week ahead

if you need to. Whatever you've got to do to

make it so that you actually do the work, start

doing it. If you have a fitness goal, You just

got to plan for it. Because what is it that saying

is? A dream without a plan is just a wish. Make

it happen. Make a plan. Get to work. Same thing

with any dream you may have for your career or

your home life. Whatever it may be, if you start

removing those barriers, it's that much easier

to get stuff done. And that's the whole reason

that this podcast is recorded from my car. The

other reason, I'll be honest with you guys, is

because... I don't want to forget what I'm thinking

whenever I'm thinking it. I want to actually

be able to quickly say what's in my mind so that

you get the raw and the real and the mess, honestly.

You get the, while I'm in the thick of things,

while I'm thinking about things, you hear them

as they are in real time so that you don't get

a polished, curated lie. And unfortunately, I

have to just put it that way because the truth

is... Some of the fitness content that I consume,

it is so highly polished that it feels like nobody

can live up to that level of standard. And so

this podcast will never be a perfectly polished,

beautiful thing. It's always going to be a mess.

And that's because it's real. It's raw and it's

real. And I never want to lose that because I

can't help but feel like if I start making this

a perfect polished thing, that it will start

becoming a lie. it will start feeling unachievable.

And I want you guys to know I'm in the mess with

you. This is raw and real because it's what I'm

actually going through. This isn't something

where I'm putting together a perfect highlight

reel that you're gonna see on social media and

feel like crap about yourself. This is what's

actually happening. That's why I share the failures.

It's why I share the wins. And it's why I don't

ever intend to stop doing it the way that I'm

doing it. And honestly, if it starts feeling

too polished, I kind of want to be called out

on it because I don't want this to feel unachievable.

I don't want this to feel like something you

can't do because you can do it. And I believe

in you and I want you to get started right now.

I don't care if you don't have the perfect gym

clothes. I don't care if you don't have the perfect

water bottle and the most adorable thing that

you saw on the TikTok shop or the Instagram shop

or whatever it may be. You don't have to be.

Fitness Barbie. I mean, that's kind of been a

joke that I've been having with my husband lately

because I was looking at some different workout

gear and I was like, oh my goodness, if I wore

this, I would look like Fitness Barbie. There's

nothing wrong with looking like Fitness Barbie

if you want to, but don't let that impression,

that idea that you have in your head of what

you're supposed to look like stop you from working

out. I want you to just go and do it. Like, I

don't care what you're wearing. Obviously, please

wear clothes. But I want you to actually just

put in the work. So don't make it polished. It

doesn't have to be. I don't care if your hair

is not done. I don't care if you're not wearing

nail polish. I don't care, you know, if you have

the perfect shoes or the cutest matching outfit.

The whole point is start putting in the work.

The only person holding you back is you. And

I don't want that for you. I want you to start

putting in the work. Show up for yourself. Do

it messy. Do it raw. Do it real. Just do it.