How To Break Out Of The Societal Box w/ Allison Tenney
Fuel Your Strength
Steph Gaudreau
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The conversation around representation and inclusivity in the wellness space is multilayered and is incredibly important when understanding how to support women in the fitness industry. My guest today, Allison Tenney, is cutting through the BS and diving in deep on addressing everything from body autonomy to social justice issues.
About Allison Tenney
A passionate soccer player, coach, RKC Certified kettlebell trainer and all around great girl, Allison is here to share her story and news on her truly transformative summit. Allison believes in lifting women up, breaking out of the standard societal box, and acknowledging systematic oppression for a better world. She is an advocate for removing barriers surrounding health, strength, and finding your own voice.
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On Today's Episode
- Owning your inner power and your autonomy over your body
- Why kettlebells are one of the most approachable strength training tools
- Recognizing the messaging that you do not need to choose for yourself
- Learning from your past mistakes and the importance of multiple lenses
- Learn about fitness, nutrition and how you can apply it to your life
Quotes
"Yes athletes are disciplined, and they are hard workers and they know how to work in a team and they have grit, and they have all these skills that are team sport oriented. But it's hard to then know what to do with that identity." (8:03)
"The more I saw those benefits of like, wow if I can swing a kettlebell I can build strength, build stability, get my cardio in, all these massive benefits for myself, and I could teach it to my athletes or my clients. Like this is great, let's check all of these boxes." (16:50)
"Everything we are sold from diet culture to fitness culture, everything is geared around shoving us into this small box. And I'm kind of like enough. Enough with your small box. I want to take up space, I want to use my voice, I want to be able to define what is important to me and how that shows up in my life, just like every other person should be able to do for them." (20:06)
"You can't just get the feedback and then feel bad about yourself and then decide to do nothing or just let it go. To me, it's about how you are going to take that feedback and take action with it." (31:30)
"You don't have to compromise pieces of who you are to show up as your full self." (40:26)
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| 0:00.0 | This is Harder to Kill Radio, a weekly podcast where we explore what it takes to build |
| 0:06.0 | unbreakable humans through fitness, nutrition, and mindset. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm your host, Steph Godro. My mission in life is to help women build stronger bodies and resilient |
| 0:18.8 | minds so that they begin to embrace and really own their inner power. |
| 0:24.6 | The vision I have is that one day, |
| 0:26.9 | girls will grow up into strong women who appreciate their bodies, |
| 0:31.1 | know their worth, take up space, and live bigger, without the pressure of impossible to fulfill |
| 0:38.1 | bullshit societal standards. |
| 0:40.7 | That is what it means to be harder to kill. |
| 0:43.0 | This podcast is one way to explore these issues, |
| 0:47.0 | and you may not always agree with the viewpoints presented here, |
| 0:50.0 | but I can guarantee one thing. It will make you think. I'm here to lead a community of women and then we need you two who are ready to define what it is they truly want from their lives on their terms. |
| 1:05.0 | If a particular guest or episode resonates with you, let us know. |
| 1:10.0 | Leave us a review on iTunes Apple Podcasts and hit subscribe on your podcast app. |
| 1:17.0 | And also be sure to tune in to my weekly companion show, Fierce Love Friday, every Friday. |
| 1:23.6 | On that note, let's do this. Hey there and welcome to episode 157 of Harder to Kill Radio. I'm Steph |
| 1:46.7 | Godro super pleased and just grateful that you're here with me today for this awesome Tuesday expert interview with a good friend of mine who I say good friend we've never met in person yet but she's somebody whose work I've been following online for some time now. |
| 2:05.8 | And I have to tell you when we had this show, I just felt such a kindred connection with her immediately, even though it was actually the first time we've talked |
| 2:15.4 | person to person. So very excited about this show. We're going to be delving into all sorts of topics |
| 2:22.4 | related to women's strength, the fitness industry, and in a lot of ways |
| 2:27.7 | carrying the thread through that a lot of the other shows in recent memory have started to draw these threads out. |
| 2:36.0 | She's with Chrissy King and Dr. T Williams and some of my other guests who have touched on representation inclusivity really broadening the discussion of how to truly address health wellness fitness taking on this multi-layered approach. |
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