How to Keep Going When You’re Over It: Taking the Hill with Marcel Dinkins
Balanced Black Girl
She's So Lucky
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
#299: If you had to choose between running up a hill, or taking a flat road, which would you take? If you automatically said flat road, this episode may inspire you to take the hill.
Today we’re sitting down with Marcel Dinkins — Peloton instructor, podcast host and athlete — for a fun, lively conversation on what it means to move through discomfort. Marcel inspires us to take the best route, which isn’t always the easy one, and find new ways to reinvent ourselves along the way. If you’re looking for motivation to push through plateaus, this episode is it.
We Also Talk About…
- Marcel’s career transition from the Army, to fashion, to fitness
- How Marcel moved to New York on a whim in her early 20s and hasn’t looked back
- Marcel’s funny run-in with Tracee Ellis Ross during the Girlfriends era
- How Marcel manifested her dream job as a Peloton instructor
- What it means to take the hill, and why you should
Resources:
- Follow Marcel on Instagram @officialmarcelfit
- Listen to Marcel’s podcast, Take the Hill
- Subscribe to Marcel’s YouTube Channel
- Download my free Best Case Scenario Journal Template
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:12.2 | Welcome back to She's So Lucky, the podcast where we are creating our own luck. |
| 0:17.9 | I cannot tell you how often I'm doing things that I frankly don't want to do, |
| 0:23.4 | whether it is in the gym, whether it is in my business or just life admin. There is so much |
| 0:31.3 | pushing through sometimes that is required to get to where you want to be that is annoying. |
| 0:36.7 | And the meme or TikTok sound that I am |
| 0:39.3 | often repeating to myself is the, I'm tired of this grandpa, but then I also have to be grandpa |
| 0:44.9 | and say to myself, that's too damn bad. Because sometimes we just got to push through. And I don't |
| 0:51.4 | necessarily mean that in a, you know, harming way where it's like |
| 0:55.3 | we don't deserve rest and softness. Of course. And sometimes to reach new levels requires |
| 1:01.3 | being able to sit with and move through discomfort. And so if that's something that you need |
| 1:07.0 | help with the same way I need help with it at times. Today's episode is for you, and it's |
| 1:11.7 | also equal parts fun and inspiring. I am joined today by Marcel Dinkins. Marcell is a creative force. |
| 1:20.0 | You may know her as a Peloton instructor, inspiring you to push your limits on the tread. |
| 1:25.2 | Sometimes when you have big goals or aspirations, it requires a deeper |
| 1:29.2 | level of grit. And Marcel knows exactly what to say to inspire us to keep going and to actually |
| 1:36.1 | feel good about it. So let's get lucky with Marcel. Marcel, welcome to the show. |
| 1:46.0 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:47.5 | I'm super excited to have you. |
| 1:49.1 | I'm excited. |
| 1:50.1 | We met last year at a panel at Peloton that you moderated. |
| 1:54.3 | Yes. |
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