S9 EP27: Struggle Running Through Life with Guest Erin Azar
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Today's guest is Erin Azar, or you may adoringly know her as Mrs. Space Cadet. She calls herself a "Pro Struggle Runner...running through life, one struggle at a time."
We love her, you love her, because she is just so darn relatable. Erin is a literal trailblazer who now has close to a million followers on TikTok.
Want to know what goes through Erin's mind when she's tired and doesn't want to run? Her authentic humor is refreshing. But be warned...laughing is contagious!
Kelsea, Rachael and Erin talk candidly about getting out of their own brains when their thoughts are racing and feeling overwhelmed, but also about giving themselves grace and being ready for life. Tune in to hear about Erin’s "unreal" journey to where she is today and why she feels like the luckiest person on earth.
- (0:00:00) Introduction
- (0:02:42) Erin Azar’s introduction
- (0:04:14) The difficulty of finding relatable running content
- (0:07:48) What inspired Erin’s large following and how she feels about putting herself out there
- (0:11:09) The incentive of providing value
- (0:16:33) How playing the tape forward can help with motivation
- (0:21:56) The role running plays in mental health
- (0:25:00) Whether the same mental benefit that comes from running also comes from other types of workouts
- (0:28:36) The benefits of rucking and why Erin doesn’t feel ready to speak on them yet
- (0:34:01) Working on posture and other health benefits
- (0:38:07) How Erin’s feeling about her previous self-doubt
- (0:40:39) The many obligations and expectations people face today
- (0:44:48) What Erin attributes both her marathon success and social media success to
- (0:51:52) The importance of properly fueling
- (0:54:11) The importance of getting the right information
- (0:58:39) Erin’s podcast and where to find her online
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So my question to you both then is, since I get that feeling from running, will I get that from doing these other workouts like strength? |
| 0:10.1 | Do you get that same mental benefit from it or do you have to concentrate too hard on what you're doing? |
| 0:21.9 | The big question is this. |
| 0:25.8 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, |
| 0:30.2 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:34.4 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:41.6 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 0:50.8 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 0:54.7 | Welcome to the Thigh Thighs Save Lives podcast. |
| 0:59.9 | Oh, it's a guest day. |
| 1:01.7 | We've got Aaron Azar, guys. |
| 1:03.7 | She is our professional struggle runner. |
| 1:06.8 | If you've ever made yourself a struggle runner, oh my God. |
| 1:11.7 | Rachel, this was made for you, though. |
| 1:13.9 | I just want to say, like, if you remember back to like start of the podcast, |
| 1:17.8 | Rachel once described herself as a runner trudging through a field of, |
| 1:22.3 | wait, what was it, a turtle trudging through a field of peanut butter. |
| 1:26.0 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:27.3 | I'm struggle runner and then some. |
| 1:30.1 | But the thing is, you're not alone, first of all, because a million people on TikTok |
| 1:37.4 | are completely relating to Aaron's struggle running. |
| 1:41.5 | She is a 39-year-old mom of three from Pennsylvania, and she has been featured on |
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