Confessions of a Female Coach: Recent Episodes
Confessions of a Female Coach
Welcome to the Confessions of a Female Coach podcast. We're your hosts: Vanessa Summers @paiigefitness Dominika Luckova @thecurvecoach Eryn Barber @erynbarber
With a combined 17 years working in the fitness industry, we wanted to come together to discuss some key topics in regards to health, fitness, mental wellbeing and all of the other things we chat about with our clients.
We've split the podcast up into series, with each episode being released every other Monday.
Joined by Vanessa & Dom this week, they discuss the unrealistic expectations clients can have when first starting their journey.
They discuss the reality of what your journey will most likely look like & dive into the difficulties that come with trying to work with people who ultimately don't want to change.
Vanessa - @paiigefitness
Dom - @thecurvecoach
You've got the 3 girls together in the episode today, aswell as an overall catch up. We are discussing cold water dipping , Vanessa's new journey into running , and we discuss our clients struggles with unhealthy working culture and how it interferes with them achieving their goals.
Vanessa - @paiigefitness
Eryn - @erynbarber
Dom - @thecurvecoach
In this week's episode, you're joined by Vanessa & Eryn to catch up on what they've been up to since their break. They discuss how they keep their client's in check during the colder months and Vanessa discuss' her engagement!
Vanessa -
@paiigefitness www.paiigefitness.co.uk
Eryn -
@erynbarber www.threeflo.co.uk
In this week's episode we discuss what it's like to be a Personal Trainer. As we all have different schedules/methods of coaching (be in 1-1, group and online) no day is ever the same.
In this episode we are discussing why not eating enough of food might slow down your progress. We talk about how we help our clients with 'scare city' when it comes to eating more calories and importance of eating enough.
We're back and ready to go after a short break from the podcast!
In this week's episode we're discussing how to lose weight. We share some useful tips on how to lose weight in a healthy and sustainable way. We also breakdown some case studies of clients we've worked with in the past and how they lost weight.
In this week's episode we discuss HIIT training and whether it's an effective way to reach your training goals. We also look at red flags when it comes to choosing a Personal Trainer.
In this week's episode we're talking about everything and nothing. We've done a round up of our year, looking at our achievements and failures in both our work and personal lives. As well as this, we look to the future and what we want to achieve in 2023.
In this week's episode it's time to give out some hard truths. As Coaches we've worked with hundreds of clients over the years and we've heard every excuse in the book. But, if you want to make progress sometimes you've got to knuckle down and get the work done.
In this week's episode we're giving advice on how to stay on track with your health and fitness during winter. Whether that's in terms of your nutrition or training. Then we move onto one of our biggest pet peeves, victim mentality on social media.
In this week's episode we take a bit more of a personal turn. Instead of solely discussing health and fitness, we wanted to talk about our relationships, how our jobs affect our relationships and any red flags we've spotted over the years.
In this week's episode we're discussing crash diets and why they don't work. We'll be tapping into our own dieting experience and highlighting some crazy diets you probably didn't even know existed. However, it's not all doom and gloom, we'll share our top tips on how to can eat well effectively to hit your goals.
In this week's episode we discuss the benefits of exercise during pregnancy, contraindications and key tips for training during and after birth. We also discuss our own experience working with pre and post natal clients and how each has been a unique case. Finally, we chat about our experience of plastic surgery and the pressure we feel from the fitness industry and society as a whole to look a certain way. References https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/exercise/ https://paulogentil.com/pdf/Resistance%20Training%20During%20Pregnancy%20-%20Safe%20and%20Effective%20Program%20Design.pdf Mummy MOT - https://www.instagram.com/kbphysioandpilates/?hl=en
In this week's episode we will be discussing body image; how social media impacts our own body image and the pressure we feel to look a certain way working in the fitness Industry. In the second half of the podcast we look into the body positivity movement and the different perspectives people have, including our own.
Socials:
@paiigefitness
@thecurvecoach
@erynbarber
References:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/obesity/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferpalumbo/2022/05/12/how-the-body-positive-movement-doesnt-encourage-obesity-but-inclusion/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190311-how-social-media-affects-body-image
In this week's episode we'll be discussing the menstrual cycle and how it impacts training. We'll start by doing a quick deep dive into what exactly the menstrual cycle is, before talking about whether we take the menstrual cycle into account for our client's and our own training. If you want to read more on the menstrual cycle and exercise, you can find references here:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32661839/
For the second part of the podcast, we'll be getting into the nitty gritty around why there has been so much focus on 'booty gain' for women recently and should we really be focusing all of our attention on one part of the body.
Hello and Welcome to the Confessions of a Female Coach Podcast. This is our very first episode so we just wanted to introduce ourselves and give you a bit of an overview.
In this episode we'll be giving you a brief background of our coaching experience, along with some of the core reasons that we decided to step into the Personal Training industry. Finally, we finish with a discussion on our least favourite things about the industry that we work in.
Going forward, if we reference any papers, books or external sources, we will add links in the show notes here so that you can access any information that we have discussed in the episode.
We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!