The Plus Performance podcast connects you to game changers who are empowering plus size women to unleash their inner athlete. Produced by Born to Reign Athletics.
Jill Angie, host of the Not Your Average Runner podcast show discusses her evolution of coaching and connecting with plus size runners offline and online, to now include her podcast show.
Erin Bogle of Big Girl YYC shares why she created the health & wellness group and the importance of creating authentic connections offline.
Richelle Olsen is the Founder of "Escaping Your Comfort Zone", a plus size women's adventure group that is on a mission to start a revolution. In this podcast, Richelle shares her personal stories and experiences of being a plus size global adventurist and why she turned her passion of adventure into helping other women achieve their adventure dreams.
Mirna Valerio talks about why she needed to write her memoir book, A Beautiful Work in Progress, that focuses on her running career, the importance of family and her best advice for showing up for yourself.
Dr. Kate Browne discusses the power and pitfalls of using fitness inspiration to support your athletic journey and provides alternative suggestions to the traditional quotes and meme artwork found on the internet.
Courtenay Verret shares how taking a swim vacation in Europe re-energized her passion and desire to return to swimming.
Life Coach Sophia Apostol shares how we can identify our lack of body confidence which prevents us from fully participating in life and trying new things and the steps to stop negative self talk and manage judgement from others.
Alex McGillivray shares how she conquered an EPIC 220 km cycling, charity event in support of cancer research for the the Prince Margaret Cancer Centre.
This episode includes some announcements on future guests, an upcoming giveaway and an invitation to provide some feedback on our podcast show as well as website at http://ca.surveygizmo.com/s3/50002773/Born-to-Reign-Athletics-Survey-2017
Nancy Calderone discusses ways in which we can make sports more inclusive from the language we use, to meeting people where they are at both physically and mentally to inviting people join you and make it an experience done together rather than as individuals.
Leah Gilbert discusses the benefits of working with a fitness psychology expert, from resetting your foundation and relationship with joyful movement, to healing from body image traumas and optimizing your mental preparation to align with your fitness and athletic goals.
Blogger of Adventureish.com and plus size athlete Shannyn Dowsett, shares her story of how turning to an adventure-ish lifestyle helped give her life a greater purpose after a heartbreaking experience, her strategies for conquering her multiple fears and her plans for paying it forward in building a community to help other woman unleash their inner athlete.
C.J. Riggins, the Founder & CEO, of Rsport, shares why now was the right time to leave the comforts of a steady job and launch a new athletic wear company exclusively for the plus size athlete, how she ensured she captured and designed to the needs of the consumer, and the technical details that went into creating the best, high performance athletic wear for Athenas across all skill levels.
Jennifer Curtis shares her transformational athletic story that is deeply routed in her fundraising efforts for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, an organization that helped her aunt. Through their Team in Training program., Jennifer is paying it forward while unleashing new levels of her inner athlete with each race.
In this episode, we talk with Louise Green, author of the new book, Big Fit Girl. She tells us why she needed to write the book, her transformational story and the advice she has for others, when we dive deeper into key chapters of her book: Chapter 5: Goals that Stick, Chapter 6: Peace, Love & Food and Chapter 7: Peaks, Valleys & Plateaus
In this show, we speak with Summer & Lesley, the women behind the popular group, Fat Girls Hiking (fatgirlshiking.com). We discuss the rising popularity of hiking and it's many benefits, how to get started, what you need and how to start up your own community.