Strong by Ash B, Alma, MO (2025)

12/04/2025

Nobody claps for consistency.

Nobody cheers for discipline.

Nobody celebrates sustainable habits.

But they notice it.

They notice that you carry yourself differently.

They notice that you feel good about yourself.

They notice that you look healthier.

And when they notice these things, it will seem like it happened overnight.

They'll want to know your "secret"...

But you know the work you've put in...

And the mental shifts you've made...

And the habit you've created.

This is why it is important to acknowledge and celebrate yourself.

Because you are the person you will be with your whole life.

Make yourself proud.

11/30/2025

I don't know who needs to hear this...

But if seeing a higher number on the scale makes you spiral, then don't weigh yourself for a while.

You're going to weigh more after celebrating.

It's okay.

We all do.

It's more than likely your body holding onto water from the holiday treats.

So, don't make yourself feel like s**t about it.

That's not worth your time...

But you know what is worth your time?

Getting back to your normal routine.

Move your body.

Drink water.

Eat a big ass salad.

Get good sleep

Nothing is ruined.

As long as you're trying, you can't mess this up 🫶

11/27/2025

I'm thankful for all of it..

The highs.

The lows.

The blessings.

The lessons.

The setbacks.

The comebacks.

The love.

The hate.

All of it.

Because it takes both the sun and the rain to grow.

Happy thanksgiving, friends 🫶

11/25/2025

It's the week of Thanksgiving and I know celebrations are coming up for many of us...

And usually this is about the time that I remind you all that you don't have to earn your food, and that you don't have to "make up" for anything you eat, and that you can't ruin anything in a few meals...

That is all still true and I'll do that later this week...

But I want to talk to you all about something else today...

Get in the picture.

When your family or friends want to take a group picture, get in it.

Don't hide in the bathroom.

Don't insist on taking it yourself.

I know you may not look exactly how you hoped you might by now.

I know you might have said last year that this year would be different but you're finding yourself in the same situation.

I know you might want to "hide" your arms, or legs, or whatever you're self conscious about...

But get in the picture.

You can't change anything by hiding yourself.

You won't feel better by robbing your family and friends of memories of you.

You'll just look back on your life and realize you try to erase yourself.

And what a shame that would be 🫶

11/23/2025

Happy happy birthday to the one who keeps everything rolling!

Hope you are having a fantastic day, Cassie!!

11/21/2025

As a trainer, I might be in the minority when I say that November and December are some of my favorite months to train...

Not because a bunch of people sign up...

Not because the business necessarily thrives...

Not because we step back and take it easy...

Nope...

In fact, the reason I love this time of year, is because I love to watch commitment in action.

I love watching our members understand that strength is not only built in January- May.

I love watching our new friends dig their heels in and say "Not this year. This year I'm doing this differently."

I love watching member after member figure out how to enjoy the holidays while making progress and tell us that they now think about food, exercise, and their bodies differently.

I love the mental shift, the grit, the acceptance that this change is going to be be hard...

But 100% worth it.

Because when Spring rolls around, and their friends are asking for their secret to their seemingly overnight success...

They'll let them know that their is no secret.

They'll let them know that they finally found what they've been looking for...

And what they found could not be found in crash diets, bikini body challenges, or supplements...

They found mental peace.

They found self confidence.

They found their STRONG...

And they did it in November and December.

11/20/2025

This is an important lesson, so stick with me till the end...

Imagine one of the people you love the most in the world.

It can be your mother, sister, cousin, daughter, friend, niece, etc.

Just pick one person and think about them.

Now imagine that person came to you right now and said, "I'm going to give you my body to look after for a year. At the end of that year, I'll be back to get it."

So now you have the body of one of the people you love the most...

How would you treat that body?

How would you nourish it?

How would you exercise it?

How would you talk to it?

And in what condition would you return it to that person?

Really think about it...

Probably pretty well right?

At least to the best of your abilities, I imagine.

Now, why don't you treat your own body that way?

If you love that person enough to put in the effort and the care they deserve...

Do you not also deserve that same level of commitment?

Of course you do.

You are, more than likely one of that person's most favorite people as well.

And I'm sure they'd take care of you in a way that reflects that if they had the opportunity.

But that's the thing.

No one else can do it for you.

You have to do it for yourself.

Not just because it's expected of you.

Or because you need to weigh a certain amount.

Or because you should look a certain way.

But because YOU should also be someone you love and want to take care of.

And a year from now you should be able to return to yourself and think, "I took care of this body well." 🫶

11/18/2025

As I'm just restarting the 52 Hike Challenge (this was Hike #2) I got to thinking about why this activity is such a positive role in my life.

There's the obvious, of course.

The movement...

The Vitamin D...

The accomplishment of finishing a trail or hitting a milage goal for the day...

These all come into play.

But what I think is one of the biggest factors in how doing this impacts my life is the fact that it pushes me to look for the good when I could easily see the negative.

On Sundays I pull up the weather and look for the best weather for the week...

The best weather could be 20°, and under normal circumstances I would not enjoy it, but given that it's the best for the week, I'm grateful for it.

It pushes me to look for the best trail for that weather...

That trail might only be 1 mile one that's rocky or it might be 7 miles of hills, but if that's the best one for the weather that day, then I'm grateful for it.

It pushes me to look for the best options for food around that trail. I might have to drive a little ways or take some time to pack the foods I need to support the work I do that day...

Either way, I'm grateful for it.

It pushes me to listen to books, or podcasts, or music that inspires me...

And if I have a long drive on top of the already lengthy hike, I know I have the time to dig into something I normally tell myself I don't have time for, and I'm grateful for it.

I know we hear about gratitude all the time and how we should prioritize it in our lives...

And that's true, we should.

All the big and small blessings.

But if you have the chance to do something that's uncomfortable, inconvenient, or takes time and it pushes you into that gratitude...

You should do that.

Taking something hard and seeing it as a blessing can change everything 🫶

11/18/2025

🎉Shouting HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the queen of intentional movement! 🎉

Thanks for keeping us grounded and flexible! 🧘‍♀️

Hope your day is as awesome as you are, Angel! 🫶

11/17/2025

"It's never too late..."

This was the topic that our "Ash Talk" was based on during today's workout.

The talk was centered around beginning something, even when you feel like it may be "too late."

And for our check-in, I asked the member's to let me know when they began this program...

And here are some of the ages they began at...

30, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 44, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 63, 67, 68...

While reading through these answers I felt this overwhelming gratitude that these women not only picked this program, but also, that many of them have stuck with it for years.

I wondered what made them want to join and give it a real shot at a more mature age...

And here's what I think happened.

I think they are over the bulls**t.

I think they're tired of the fads and diets, and being told how they should look.

I think they're ready to let go of the low self-worth and self-confidence that has been placed on them after years/decades of being told that they aren't good enough.

I think they're ready to have the strength they need to tackle any goal they have.

And I think they are ready to put in the work.

So if you've been watching, and you want to start working on yourself too...

Mind and body...

But you have this idea that you are too old (or overweight, or too far gone, or too ___________(fill in the blank)), I need you to hear this...

You are not too much of anything to begin here.

I've had people join that have never picked up a weight in their life, and be successful.

I've had women who have tried so many things without success, join. They then learned to love the woman they are and the body they are in right now, while still working towards their goals.

I've had women join after kicking cancer's ass and build their strength back up.

Divorce, injuries, disordered eating habits, alcohol, self-doubt.

I have seen it all...

But one thing that remains true is that none of it matters... your past, your age, your weight.

As long as you are ready to work for the woman you want to be.

The only thing you have to do is begin...

Begin in November.
Begin on Thursday.
Begin in the evening.
Begin at 40.
Just begin. 🫶

AshBFit.com

11/14/2025

"You're so positive!"

I used to hear this a lot.

And it felt good to be complimented like that.

But here was the part many people didn't know...

I used positivity as a way to remove myself from any feeling that wasn't happiness.

Sad? I can't! Be positive! I need to be happy!

Angry? I don't like the way that feels. Be positive! I like being happy!

Anxious? No time for that. Be positive! I should be happy!

I was taking on the "fake it til you make it" mindset.

And you know what happened?

Those feelings didn't really go away.

They would rear their ugly head the moment I had some drinks or took off the mask that I thought everyone wanted me to wear.

I felt like my nervous system was constantly on edge from trying to hold everything in all the time.

And I would wonder why I was never, at my core, legitimately happy.

Why I was stuck in endless cycles of using alcohol and food to cope.

And heres the truth...

Expecting reality to be something other than what it was was the source of my unhappiness.

I learned that I had to stop trying to just feel better and get better at feeling.

The point, I found out, was to experience everything.

And to be grateful for the good that comes from it all...

And THAT is when I started to feel actual genuine peace with food and alcohol.

That's when I started to feel true happiness.

So if you too want to start living and not just existing "positively"

You have to let yourself FEEL, friend.

All. Of. It.

And it might change everything for you, too 🫶

11/11/2025

I've been at this for 6 1/2 years...

And when you do something for that long, you end up trying a lot of s**t.

Different challenges. Different formats. Different ways to stay accountable. Different tactics.

Some things stick and some things don't.

And sometimes you get to a point where you get far enough away from where you started, you don't know where to go next.

Yes, after several years things should look different...

But they should feel *right*

And I haven't felt that way in quite a long time.

So lately I've been thinking about the program and the last time I felt like I was TRULY helping people.

Before I started chasing this or that...

Before I started getting drug around by all the different ways I thought I had to be better, do more, or be competitive.

And it's back at the beginning.

It's AshBFit.

It's the program for the beginners, the people who feel like there's no space for them in the fitness world, the overtired moms, the women who feel like it might be "too late" for them, and the ones who want to show up and live life WELL 🫶

That's what feels right to me.

That's what feels like home.

Now, not everything will go back to the way it was before.

It can't.

There are some aspects of myself and the program that has changed for good...

(I'm not going back out to that shed 😅)

But I asked our members what they would bring back if they could, and let's just say the hit the nail on the head 👏

2026 is going so good, friends.

Let's go back to the beginning...

But better 💪

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