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#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWelcome to Season 9 of #WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWe kicked off season 9 of the podcast a bit later than expected. We learned of the untimely and unexpected passing of Ryan Deffet this fall - aSweatLife's friend and the longtime editor of this podcast. We waited to come back until we could mourn Ryan and find a way to properly memorialize him.His friends and band mates from The Space Gators allowed us to use a song that featured Ryan on vocals called "Somewhere To Be" at the upfront of the episode. We hope you'll take the time to listen to that beautiful...
2023-11-2244 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhat We're Thinking About - Aliens, Astrology, and What We Save on TikTokIt has admittedly been a weird week or so on the Internet. We went from learning that aliens might be super real (told you, Gideon) to moving on. Maybe it was the full moon, who knows.So, we decompressed and talked it over on our monthly tête-à-tête - our podcast episode that we call "Let's Talk About It." Sure, we spent a little bit of time talking about aliens and whether or not they're just tourist, but we also covered which astrology apps we like and what we're saving on Instagram and...
2023-08-0249 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeAdvice on Adulting To Our Summer Intern, JuliaThis week, in passing we mentioned that at the end of the aSweatLife summer intern’s time with us we would sit down and tell her everything we had to learn the hard way after college graduation. Then we realized that we should probably record it as it’s hot on our minds and is really the only thing we can think about this week.Ever since we had the conversation as a team, I thought about the things that I learned through whisper networks or by falling on my face. They were innumerable. So...
2023-07-0559 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhere did aSweatLife Come From with Kelly Matkovich and Jeana Anderson CohenDuring aSweatLife’s annual event, Sweatworking Week, we met a lot of new people. We love that about Sweatworking Week. And they had questions about where aSweatLife came from and why. We figured we might as well share the story since you’re asking.So this week, we turned the tables and Kelly Matkovich, who leads aSweatLife's ambassador program interviewed Jeana Anderson Cohen, founder/CEO of aSweatLife.We talk over the beginning of aSweatLife, where the ambassadorship came from, our first revenue stream and what keeps us going today.
2023-06-2859 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhat we're thinking about this June: running shorts, Co-working, and Skin CareTo start off the month, we like to touch base as a team and bring whatever we're thinking about to the table. This week, we talked through three big questions:Kelly had a very specific ask for shorts for running. She has a very specific need for shorts that are High waisted, have a brief liner, have a 4 inch inseam, have Storage and come in a neutral color. We didn't have a ton to offer her on that front, so we'd love your help.Dana talked through her co-working...
2023-06-0755 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhat We’re Thinking About This May - Trader Joe’s Snacks, Pickleball and Jury DutyEvery month, we hit the record button as a team to talk about what we're loving, eating, watching, and how we're moving. This week, Head of Community at aSweatLife, Kelly Matkovich; aSweatLife's partner Dana Farber, who runs Moonstone Marketing; and I all brought three things to discuss.Here's what came up:Sleep: Kelly wanted to know how we're sleeping, what we use to go to sleep, and she makes a great pitch for the Hatch alarm clockPickleball: Kelly's getting really into it pickleball and she tells us why A Trader Joe's snack that d...
2023-05-0352 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeRunning with Community featuring Nimbe JuarezAs aSweatLife's #GoalForIt running program kicks off, we're bringing together aSweatLife Ambassadors from across the nation to train and run for a 5k. For some of us, it's just for the fun of it, for some it's to get faster, and for others it's simply to do the thing.We always say that everything is better with friends here at aSweatLife. And that especially applies to running. So today on the podcast, we’re talking about community and running. We've brought one of our resident community builders, Nimbe Juarez onto the podcast to talk abo...
2023-04-1937 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhat We're Thinking About to Kick of AprilIt’s the first podcast of the month. We're coming at you to share some things we’re thinking about. We’ll shoot the breeze, share things we love and try to crack each other up.This week, we're catching up on the podcast on food, friendship, fitness and fun. Each of us (Dana, Kelly and I) are bringing two topics we want to chat through to the episode.Here's what we cover:Cottage CheeseTraveling with friendsThe Barbie Movie, marketing, and trailerPassover foodJeana's #30Daysoffriends challengeLove is Blind Season 4And we all talk a...
2023-04-1251 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeYour Predictions for the Future of FitnessIt's our favorite time of the breakdown of the State of Fitness - your predictions. We love to hear what you think is coming in the world of wellness and what you're over. First and foremost, this is a fun time for all of us to guess, joke around, and have a great time making wild predictions.This week, we dig into a few things you think are coming for the State of Fitness and we also share what WE think we'll see in the future of fitness.Here's...
2023-03-2944 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhat's the State of Your Mental Health?So, on the podcast all month, we've been talking about the State of Fitness and this week is no different, but we're delving into the mental health of it all.One thing we're been touching on all month is how venture capital flowed into fitness - which in its purest form is community. And while cash gives things like groeth, cash taketh away when it demands insane metrics.We saw that with connected fitness and talked about it on last week's podcast.This week, I said aloud, "I hope there's...
2023-03-2249 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhat’s Happening With Digital and Connected FitnessWe recorded this podcast while I sat next to my Peloton, a machine that got me through the pandemic - Jess Simms, Tunde, Cody, Alex, Robin, all came at me live into my home while I - like everyone else in the world, looked for some normalcy.But cut to a more normal fitness world and there my Peloton sits, unused by me since July of 2022. And don’t get me wrong - I loved that thing while I loved it, but I am a person who uses fitness as a form of social co...
2023-03-1546 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhat You're Doing For Fitness and Why Walking is So Hot Right NowThis month on the podcast, we're breaking down the intricacies of the State of Fitness Report we published in February. There is a lot to unpack in all of the historical data we're comparing and in all of the incredible insights you share with us.Last week, we talked a lot about your fitness spending habits and this week we’re digging into what you’re doing with your precious time dedicated to movement.Because we want to evaluate how far we’ve swung back on the pendulum, we’ll be do...
2023-03-0853 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeYou're Spending How Much on Fitness Right Now?We've been collecting consumer data on fitness habits and spending since 2017, so we have numbers that show just how quickly things really did change over the Pandemic.We’re breaking down our State of Fitness survey and its results on our podcast all month, This week, we're starting with spending. We talk about how much we - the hosts - are spending, what you told us you're spending and what percent of you are getting your fitness for free. We also dig into a metric that is purely post pandemic: return-to-gym....
2023-03-0148 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWhy the Business of Pickleball Is Booming With Chris Clark From Toss and SpinIf you’ve ever watched Shark Tank or pitched your own business, you’re familiar with the concept of addressable market, or total addressable market (TAM). It’s an ever important metric to determine whether the thing you’re talking about has room for growth or - to put it simply - a way to quantify how many people care or could care about the thing you’re selling.I told you that to tell you this: Pickleball is booming.A couple of facts point us in that direction, but most i...
2023-02-2240 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeTalking Sex with aSweatLife's Resident Sexual Health Writer Ashley MartensContent warning: we talk about sex on this episode.So recently, we started to notice Ashley Martens - a health and wellness writer who lends her pen to aSweatLife as well as Women’s Health, Red Book and Delish - covering more of what we'd call "saucy content."It started after some jerk ghosted her. By the way, human adults, don't ghost each other. Have a tough convo and move on. K? And as she pitched article after article that touched on sexual health, we were loving the angles sh...
2023-02-1548 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeDigging into The Workouts the Fit Your Sun Moon And Rising Signs with Twyla AtkinsYou know that person who reminds you that Mercury is in retrograde and they ask new friends to share their astrological signs? It’s me.And we love leaning into the woo-woo in a fun and approachable way around aSweatLife. Each week, aSweatLife ambassadors get an email with everything fun that’s happening AND one of the Ambassadors, Mary Kessinger, writes a horoscope.So when Twyla Adkins raised her hand to write a piece for aSweatLife about the right workout for your sun, moon and rising sign, we were all...
2023-02-0829 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeRevisiting the Article Diversify Your Friend Group with Kensli DiggsOn the pages of aSweatLife in 2020, Kensli Diggs penned a piece that called on readers to use friendship to see the perspectives of others from different walks of life. It was titled Why it’s so Important to Diversify Your Friend Group.She said, “It’s important to diversify your friend group because it’s important to develop a familiarization and understanding of other people’s backgrounds.”Since, we’ve seen that piece get more traffic than any other on aSweatLife, which means that people around the world have read the piece...
2023-02-0131 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeHow to Vet Your TikTok Trends with David RobertsonChances are that if you're reading this, social media was introduced in your lifetime. Whether or not that means you have vivid memories of retrieving the AOL CD ROM from the mailbox and begging your parents to set it up on your Gateway PC (which came in a cowprint box) is another thing.If all of that resonated with you, email me at Jeana@asweatlife.com to commiserate about the series finale of Full House or your lower back pain.A considerable amount of time has passed since connection...
2023-01-2530 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifePodcast: Digging in on Exercise, Pregnancy and Loss with Amanda LaurenTrigger warning: on this episode, we discuss pregnancy and loss. If you're not in a place to hear that, skip it and come back next week. Take care of yourself.Amanda Lauren, a contributor at aSweatLife and a lot of other publications, has covered a tried and true beat for about five years around here: Wellness and lifestyle. We love reading her take on the way movement bumps up against fashion, self care, and trends.But over the last year, she's been sharing a look inside something really personal...
2023-01-1843 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeHow to Build a Better Body Image with Amy PotterWelcome to Season 8 of #WeGotGoals, the podcast by aSweatLife.com. We’re doing things a little differently this season, featuring topics from our crew of expert writers, responding to moments in pop culture, or whatever the hell we feel like talking about.This week, we’re talking about body image … and since our team is practically all female and a lot of our readers and ambassadors are female, we’re going to be referencing body image for women - although we know men deal with their own complicated set of body image stuff too.
2023-01-1130 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeWelcome to Season 8 of #WeGotGoals- new cohost, new format, new year!My mantra going into 2023 in general is "this should be fun." It's meant to be a not-so-gentle reminder that I started aSweatLife for joy - I wanted to fill my own life with joy and hopefully help others do the same too.For me there are too sides to this idea: the first is actively seeking out ways to add fun to my life and the other is eliminating the stuff that is depleting my joy. Don't deplete my joy, you guys.When it comes to aSweatLife's podcast...
2023-01-0435 min
The RecogNATION: An Employee Engagement PodcastSaying Thank YouAt National SHRM in New Orleans, we asked attendees to recognize someone, give a shoutout, or just say thank you to someone who has personally or professionally made a difference in their life. Here's what we captured! From left to right, you'll find the person doing the recognizing, those being recognized, and the time stamp you can find their snippet at:Alhaji Kargbo | Mohamed | (8:07)Andre Heath | Romika Wells | (5:33)Andrew Bishop | Everyone | (15:13)Angela Stangler Scanlon | Her Fellow HR Peeps, Mom & Dad, and Team | (12:36)Annette Fowler | Tina Mealer | (7:10)Anthony Pineda | Rami Hanna a...
2022-11-2217 min
The RecogNATION: An Employee Engagement PodcastThank You from SHRM22At National SHRM in New Orleans, we asked attendees to recognize someone, give a shoutout, or just say thank you to someone who has personally or professionally made a difference in their life. Here's what we captured! From left to right, you'll find the person doing the recognizing, those being recognized, and the time stamp you can find their snippet at:Alhaji Kargbo | Mohamed | (8:07)Andre Heath | Romika Wells | (5:33)Andrew Bishop | Everyone | (15:13)Angela Stangler Scanlon | Her Fellow HR Peeps, Mom & Dad, and Team | (12:36)Annette Fowler | Tina Mealer | (7:10)Anthony Pineda | Rami Hanna a...
2022-06-2115 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeaSweatLife Ambassadors Share Their Big Goals And How They've ShiftedIf you follow us on Instagram (you really should follow us on Instagram), we've been sharing the stories of ambassadors from all over as they set and achieve their goals. And as we close the ambassador application today (at the time of publication), we wanted to celebrate some of the stories of our ambassadors. The program focuses on goals because we believe that seeing other humans say the things they want to achieve and celebrating each other along the way is incredibly powerful for your own belief that you can do big things. It also makes for a really...
2021-09-0131 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeDaily Distance #17: Add This Soothing Ritual to Your Nighttime RoutineWelcome to the Daily Distance a new daily series from the creators of #WeGotGoals. In these short episodes, we’re bringing you one daily goal you can set for yourself during this chaotic time- one actionable thing you can do to move your body, connect with a friend, prioritize your mental health, get some work done, and practice a little bit of self-care.
Today, Kristen laughs it up with fellow aSweatLife employee Kelly Matkovich, our Director of Communities. Kelly is taking full advantage of having a (nice, clean) bathtub for the first time in her adult life, an...
2020-04-0609 min