S13 EP24: Bethany Robinson on how to keep going. No matter how long it takes.
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Get ready to meet Bethany Robinson! She's incredibly relatable and refreshingly honest. In this episode, Beth joins us for a raw conversation about body image, eating disorders, internet trolls, and defining what it truly means to be healthy. From the moment she went viral for doing pull-ups in a larger body to navigating pregnancy, relapse, and her lifelong, non-linear relationship with food, we appreciate her willingness to share a conversation that most people shy away from.
Beth is a top-tier athlete, fitness coach, and fervent champion for women's sports. She's also authentic about her struggles, actively working through personal challenges to avoid defaulting to controlling behaviors like restricting food. Beth uses her platform to amplify underrepresented athletes, challenge injustices, and push boundaries, all with the goal of increasing the visibility and value of strong women in sport.
Join us for a discussion that tackles the harmful myth that "skinny equals healthy" and explores why true wellness isn't always reflected by weight loss. We'll delve into how genuine strength and resilience often deviate dramatically from the images and narratives presented on social media.
In this episode, she shares what it really looked like to:
Lose 100 pounds in an unhealthy way
Struggle with eating disorders and relapse
Rebuild her relationship with food (again and again)
Look after herself and keep moving forward
Stop chasing thinness.
Please join us for this inspirational conversation on how to just keep going, even if the path isn’t linear.
Beth’s Links: Sportybeth
IG: https://www.instagram.com/sportybethcf/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sportybeth
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sportybeth
(00:01:40) Welcome Bethany Robinson to the Podcast
(00:03:40) What’s it’s like going viral and being in the spotlight
(00:05:57) Feeling the love and why she puts herself out there
(00:09:41) Body image struggles, eating disorders, and growing up in “heroin chic” era
(00:13:00) Her Bipolar diagnosis, finding power lifting and CrossFit
(00:17:43) Healing her relationship with food
(00:21:45) Why eating disorders are about control
(00:24:25) How she got the courage to try something new
(00:29:22) Beth’s thoughts on bravery and delayed gratification
(00:36:04) Weight loss is not always a reason for celebration
(00:42:10) Bone density and banking health
(00:44:28) Beth’s advice for people struggling with body image
(00:50:33) Where to find Beth
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| 0:00.0 | All these people trying to get skinnier, sometimes they think it is about health because they think skinny is healthy and that's just not how it works. |
| 0:09.0 | The reason eating disorders exist for a lot of people is because food is one of the easiest things to control when you feel like your life is out of control. |
| 0:17.0 | Validating those feelings like yeah, I feel anxious about this. Like it's okay for me to feel anxious about this. It's brand new. I'm only human. I can do hard things. And I think that's the other thing is not having a time frame, just being like, I am just going to keep going until I'm better. And I don't care how long that takes me. The framework of what looking after ourselves is, especially in other people of other generations, is just being skinny. |
| 0:38.2 | People with a... |
| 0:38.9 | Especially in later life, but also when we get ill, survive longer. |
| 0:44.4 | What does it look like to pursue fitness as an athlete in a larger body and to do it on your own terms? |
| 0:49.2 | Today we're joined by a guest different than many other guests that we've had on the podcast. |
| 0:53.1 | Bethany Robinson is an athlete |
| 0:54.6 | in a powerful voice reshaping what strength looks like both physically and culturally. She's known for her |
| 0:59.2 | relentless work ethic and raw honest content. She's built a community by showing the real side of |
| 1:03.6 | training, competition, and life as a female athlete. What stands out to me about this conversation |
| 1:08.1 | is she's still figuring it out. She hasn't claimed to be an expert. expert this is a raw honest conversation about her experience that i feel so many of you guys can |
| 1:15.4 | relate to this conversation we talk about building strength and confidence without trying to shrink |
| 1:19.1 | yourself learning how to train in a way that actually supports your body and navigating a toxic |
| 1:23.4 | relationship with food you'll walk away with real ways to build trust with yourself re-gained |
| 1:27.1 | confidence and keep moving forward even when it's messy. |
| 1:30.3 | This is a raw, honest conversation with a woman who's still figuring it out. |
| 1:33.5 | But aren't we all? |
| 1:39.1 | Hey guys and welcome back to the Thigh, Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:43.1 | I have a great guest for you guys today, |
| 1:46.0 | which I am personally excited to have an amazing conversation with you, Bethany. Bethany Robinson. |
| 1:51.3 | We are so excited to hear about your journey, hear where you are, where you were, where you're going, |
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