Every once in a while, the same conversations we’ve always had seem to click in a brand new way. And I’m excited to share my new findings with you.

You have the option to never exercise another day of your life. Quality of life will deteriorate quickly, you’ll have to start being reliant on others for everything, and you can forget about being happy with what you see in the mirror, but you could do it.

I hope that…

I get so pissed when people are on their phones between sets at the gym.

And yes, I do it too. I’m mad at myself, not just everyone else.

Multitasking is baked into my life. I know it’s “bad,” but if I didn’t listen to a podcast while walking my dog Meryl, or watch a show while cooking dinner, I may not get to do those things at all.

The problem with multitasking isn’t just doing two things at once—it’s the constant switching. It wrecks focus and slows us down. Getting into a flow state is much more productive than juggling emails, podcasts, writing, and laundry all at once.

Physical strength used to signify that you were a protector. You were ready to fight off threats and stand up for individuals who weren’t as strong.

Today, we can generally break down the desire for physical strength into two categories:

1️⃣. Aesthetics

2️⃣. Increased Health Span

Most likely, if you’re lifting weights and doing cardio, it’s because of some combination of the two.

But there’s another factor that I want us to consider…

As "New Year Shreds" and "Holiday Transformation Promises" start flooding your fyp, it's time for my annual reminder:

Progress pictures used for marketing are just marketing.

 Glorifying progress pictures means that we’re automatically establishing aesthetics as our main goal at the gym. We’re saying that how you look is much more important than how you feel and how you move, but there’s no way to see these factors in a picture.

I just had the longest weekend:

Working during the days, birthday party, live workout, seeing a show, chores, cast party for Jared where we didn’t get home until 1am.

Needless to say, when Monday morning came around and I logged on to read all of the scheduled emails that people needed urgent replies to, I really wanted to cancel on my workout partner, Ixchel.

But I decided not to…

I want you to enjoy the show. Meaning—I want you to enjoy building healthy habits! And that’s just not going to happen if your gym is disgusting, or you always keep the freezer stocked with ice cream, or you watch four episodes of Grey’s Anatomy before only getting five hours of sleep.

Set up the environment and you may be surprised how...

Don’t Wait for New Year’s! The slower we ease into building habits, the more likely they are to stick. That means a January “binge” workout routine isn’t going to get you long-term results.

I was talking about this in my onboarding last week. The new members and I had a great conversation about habits, and I wanted to share a bit of it here. I really believe New Year’s is the worst time to start a fitness routine or new habits. There’s too much noise, too many people at the gym, and way too much pressure.

We launched Pridefit app as a way to bring world-class programming to members who wanted directed independence. We knew that this would be great for individuals who already had solid fitness habits under their belt—who didn’t need to rely on a coach every day for motivation getting to the gym.

In 2026, we’re releasing brand new gym programs and we’ve got huge plans to launch new features to keep getting results for our gym-goers.

And we’re also going back to where my fitness journey began: with live classes (hosted on Zoom).

You know how we take mental health days from school and work?

We need those from fitness too. 

If you were a professional athlete like Simone Biles or Coco Gauff, your body would need a few days a week to physically recover. They are training so incredibly hard to be the best athletes in the world, and with that kind of intensity comes immense need for recovery that can take days. 

For us...

You’re taking a class and it’s deadlift day. Your coach gives you a new cue to try because you’ve been feeling some pain your lower back.

You drop your butt and make the lift, but it feels like you added 100 more pounds to the bar.

Your coach says, “great job. I’ve never seen your back position stay so neutral. Keep doing that.”

But it felt much harder. How can that possibly be right?

I despise pain.

 I hate cold water, cry getting my eyebrows tweezed, and as much as others enjoy it, find absolutely zero joy in any kind of pain in the bedroom.

Maybe that’s a bit TMI, but I tell people how pain averse I am, and inevitably they say to me, “that can’t be true! I’ve seen you almost pass out in a workout! You love pain!”

Which brings up an important conversation:

What is the difference between discomfort and pain?

We are BACK with another big update to the Pridefit app, so let me walk you through the changes!

Firstly—no more separate login for the community! This has been a huge complaint that we’ve finally been able to address and I’m so excited it’s finally here. From now on, you’ll be logged into the community automatically if you’re logged into the app, or if you’re logging in browser, you can use your pridefit credentials.

Secondly, and maybe more fun, you’ll see that we’ve got new design and new tabs along the bottom of the app.

This was for two reasons...

...By no means am I telling you to stop listening to music on your run, but on occasion? That’s exactly what I’m telling you to do. So many of our members can’t bare the thought of doing a workout without something to listen to. Whether it’s music, a podcast, or an audiobook, most people at the gym need some kind of distraction to get through their workout. But is it hurting our long term goals?

Our actions and how we treat people is much more important than whether our selflessness was completely legitimate.

Expecting altruism from humans who have evolved to inherently focus on their own survival seems like the wrong objective. Some selfishness will always be part of the equation and trying to change that will drive us crazy. I’m also by no means saying that we shouldn’t continue to try to prioritize that angel on our shoulder more, mostly because I believe that angel provides higher life-satisfaction.

Yet maybe the most important example in my life comes from fitness.

I can’t emphasize enough the importance of just getting started.

Yes, this can be applied to just about every area of your life, but I’m talking specifically about fitness.

When we push off the fitness program or eating better, the barrier to entry gets higher and higher. Our brain perceives these challenges as harder and harder, and the likelihood of getting started gets lower and lower.

This kind of procrastination is incredibly common. When we think about a task as being a heavy lift, it’s easy for us to want to start tomorrow, next week, or even next year because you think you’re going to have to give up your whole life to accomplish it.

This is the problem though.

We are so unbelievably excited to share with you our biggest app update yet! We’ve been working incredibly hard with our development team to make the app the best that it can possibly be, and we know that this update will improve your workouts dramatically!

You’re taking a class and the coach yells out from the other side of the room, “let’s try to get another inch lower on our squats!”

You, being the great athlete that you are, assume that you are getting low enough in your squats and that the note was for the person next to you who isn’t getting even close to parallel.

When, in fact, the note was for you. Because you’ve been going to this gym for 8 years now and are still trying to skate by with the bare minimum requirement—never pushing yourself to move better or lift heavier than suggested.

Here’s a little trick that I want you to consider

Maybe this is just me dealing with my own personal brand of anxiety, but do you ever have those days where the spiral just wont go away?

You can’t stop fixating on your body or the tone that your husband used with you this morning when he just woke up. You’re overwhelmed with work or worried about having to pay the bills this month.

I tend to lean more into being a worrier. In the moment I can tell myself that worrying isn’t going to make the problem go away, but sometimes our brains are just too powerful to override.

And on those days where you feel like you have no control over your thoughts and emotions, I want you to remember one thing:

Life is hard. Regardless whether you do everything right.

It’s the hardest thing we’ll ever do.

The good news is that ‘hard’ is relative.

What is hard to you may seem easy to your neighbor.

What is hard to someone living in a third world country may seem impossible to us.

The privilege that we have, and it is a privilege you shouldn’t waste, is...

Imagine you’re the only person left on earth.

Are you worried about looking a certain way in the mirror?

Do you measure your health by the weight on the scale?

Are you nervous about fitting into your bathing suit?

or

Are you proud of yourself for being able to carry two buckets of water on your back today instead of your usual one?