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Not Just Gym Girls
Welcome to Not Just Gym Girls. Not Just Gym Girls was created to empower and educate others in their health and fitness journeys. We hope to inspire you inside and outside the gym bringing you all things; training, nutrition, mindset, personal development, and so much more.
Episodes
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Eating Disorders vs. Disordered Eating with Kelly Igo
Marisa and Vanessa interview Kelly Igo! Kelly is Head Coach at Together More Fitness, a soon to be Registered Dietitian, holds her Master’s in Nutrition and…
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Be Your Own Valentine
Happy Valentine’s Day! There’s no greater love than the one for yourself. Here are some ways to practice self love if you struggle with loving yourself in the…
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Fitness For The Busiest Individuals (And How To Be Successful)
Marisa and Vanessa break down tips and tricks for YOU. If you’re a busy person juggling so many aspects of life that fitness feels impossible; we give some…
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5 Hard Truths Of Your Fitness Journey
Marisa and Vanessa break down 5 hard truths of your fitness journey and what they wish they would have known years ago to improve over the past few years…
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Why Your Goal Weight Sucks
Marisa and Vanessa dive into all the issues with having a goal weight and why that metric may not be the best to determine your overall progress. They discuss…
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Structuring YOUR Training Plan
Marisa and Vanessa dive into all the elements of creating a training split. They deep dive into what a typical workout may look like, give breakdown of…
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New Year, New Me?
Marisa and Vanessa dive into New Years Resolutions and how to make them work long term. They speak on realistic goal setting, habits to keep, and their own…
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A Year In Reflection: 2023
Marisa and Vanessa reflect on the year of 2023 together. They discuss where they’ve grown, where they’ve struggled, and reflect on their past year while…
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How To Approach The Holiday Season
Marisa and Vanessa discuss all things holiday season. They discuss navigating social events, approach to before, during, and after to enjoy time with friends…
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Imposter Syndrome
Marisa and Vanessa discuss all things imposter syndrome, how they’ve struggled and worked through it and the different aspects of their lives that they’ve…
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How To Overcome Nutrition Roadblocks
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa discuss nutritional roadblocks that we've seen come up in coaching and how to overcome them strategically. MARISA IG…
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The Realities Behind The Fitness Industry
Marisa and Vanessa dive into their least favorite parts about working in the fitness industry. They touch on the prevalence of disordered habits, malpractice…
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Navigating Comparison
Marisa and Vanessa discuss comparison and how it can impact every part of your life. They discuss comparison within social media, personal life and your…
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5 Pieces of Advice For Your Fitness Journey
Marisa and Vanessa give five pieces of advice they wish they had at the beginning of their journey. These tips can apply to any point in your journey! They…
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Navigating Fitness When You're Sick
Marisa and Vanessa dive into approaching all things fitness when you're feeling under the weather. They discuss training, nutrition, hydration, and easing back…
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Book Talk With The Girls
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa discuss their favorite books they've read this year and why they love them.
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Advice To Our Younger Selves
Marisa and Vanessa give advice to their previous selves in regards to personal life, careers, relationships, and health and fitness advice.
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Burnout: What It Is and How To Navigate It
Marisa and Vanessa discuss burnout. They dive into what it is, their personal experiences with navigating periods of burnout, and what to do when you're…
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Navigating Those Who Don't Support You
Marisa and Vanessa discuss how to navigate people in your life that don’t support your fitness journey and how to navigate these tough conversations and…
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Why You're Not Seeing Results
Marisa and Vanessa dive into some of the reasons you may not be seeing results! They go over some common mistakes they’ve made and they’ve seen in clients…
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Habits That Changed Our Life
Marisa and Vanessa discuss the habits they’ve picked up along the way that have changed their lives. They discuss the importance of the habits they’re picked…
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Coaching Green Flags
Marisa and Vanessa discuss some common green flags and red flags when it comes to the coaching industry, and what to look for when you're seeking a coach…
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Time Management
Marisa and Vanessa discuss time management strategies and tips in regards to managing your fitness goals, career, school, friendships, and relationships…
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Calorie Cycling Strategies
Marisa and Vanessa dive into different calorie cycling strategies including refeeds, diet breaks, free meals, carb cycling, and more! We go over applications…
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Embracing Change
Marisa and Vanessa dive into embracing changes within your personal life, fitness goals, and relationships. Love Languages Quiz…
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Pre/Post Workout Nutrition
Marisa and Vanessa dive into pre and post workout macro breakdown, nutrition tips, meal timing, and their favorite go to’s! MARISA IG…
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Part Two of Two: In Depth Look Inside Vanessa's Health Journey with HA
Marisa and Vanessa dive into part two of their health journeys and discuss amenorrhea and Vanessa's journey within recovering her cycle. They dive into…
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Part One of Two: In Depth Look Inside Marisa's Health Journey
Marisa and Vanessa dive into this two part series; in this first interview style episode Marisa opens up about her recent diagnosis and journey with…
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How Our Coaching Styles Has Evolved
Marisa and Vanessa dive into their journeys within pursuing coaching and reflect on the past few years working as online coaches. They dive into how they have…
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Balancing Social Events and Your Fitness Goals
Marisa and Vanessa discuss how to balance socializing with various fitness goals. They dive into how to balance different social events, how to approach…
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Fitness Myths Debunked
Marisa and Vanessa dive into and debunk common fitness myths! They go over frequent misconceptions within the industry and speak on the science behind why they…
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You Are Not Your Past
Marisa and Vanessa dive into one the biggest limiting factors we see within mindset both within ourselves and clients- your past. We dive into what it means to…
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Intuitive Eating
Marisa and Vanessa dive into all things intuitive eating in this episode! They dive into what it is, what intuitive eating looks like for them and their…
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How To Navigate Vacations
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa speak on how to handle vacations in different phases of your fitness journey. They provide tips and tricks on navigating…
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How To Create Sustainable Change
Marisa and Vanessa dive into what it means to create sustainable change within fitness and your lifestyle. We chat about habit building, the all or nothing…
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Listeners Q&A Part Two
Marisa and Vanessa dive into part two of the listener Q&A! They talk about a variety of topics including how to date and track macros, macro fatigue, the all…
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Listeners Q&A Part One
Marisa and Vanessa dive into their first listener Q&A! They answer the hardest part of coaching, balancing fitness and life, if tracking macros is problematic…
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Are you ready for a fat loss phase?
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa dive into the prerequisites of fat loss and what to look for to know if you're ready to go into a deficit. MARISA IG…
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Overcoming Gym Intimidation
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa talk about their experiences with gym intimidation and tips to overcome it. MARISA IG…
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How Our Training Has Evolved
Marisa and Vanessa talk about how their training styles have evolved over the years and discuss the changes they made to see results. MARISA IG…
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Listen to This if You're Feeling Lost in Your 20's
Are you feeling lost in your 20's? In this episode Marisa and Vanessa dive into the pressures of being in your 20's and creating your own timeline. We hope you…
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IIFYM vs. Flexible Dieting
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa chat about the differences between IIFYM and flexible dieting. We go into detail about the pros/cons, biofeedback responses…
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How To Get Out of a Funk
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa chat about breaking out of a funk and different ways to reignite your passion and stay inspired. We discuss how to…
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Get To Know Us
In this episode Marisa and Vanessa do a rapid fire round of questions in order for our listeners to get a better idea of who we are and some of our favorite…
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Body Image and Navigating Bad Body Image Days
In this highly requested episode Marisa and Vanessa dive into all things body image and navigating bad body image days. They chat about body image in different…
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What Does It Mean To Be Coachable?
Marisa and Vanessa discuss the qualities they look for in their athletes. They discuss the biggest contributing factors to a successful coach/client…
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Reverse Dieting 101
Marisa and Vanessa chat all things reverse dieting. They dive into what a reverse diet is, who needs one, the benefits and managing expectations in this phase…
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The Best Advice We've Ever Received
Marisa and Vanessa bring you this quick hitter episode to share the best advice they have ever received and how they apply it to their daily life. MARISA IG…
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Establishing Balance and How We Found Ours
Marisa and Vanessa talk about balance and what it means to them. Balance is a massive buzz word in the fitness industry and we want to unpack what this word…
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Things We Wish We Knew Earlier in Our Fitness Journey
Marisa and Vanessa describe all the aspects they wish they knew at the start of their fitness journeys to help you avoid making the same mistakes they did. The…
Not Just Gym GirlsIntroduction: Welcome to Not Just Gym Girls
Welcome to episode one of Not Just Gym Girls. Marisa and Vanessa start off with introducing themselves and how they started on their fitness journeys and what…