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From Alcoholic to Trainer: What Sobriety Taught Me About Fitness Consistency
I got sober at 28 years old. Relapsed at 35. Got sober again at 35. And then built a fitness program from my Venice Beach studio apartment 2 years later. Now, at 43 years old, I’m sober and I run an online women’s fitness program. I help women stay consistent with fitness. I want to be clear about something. I’m not comparing your relationship with the gym to my relationship with alcohol. They’re not the same. Addiction is its own animal. But the mechanics of “I keep starting

Stasia Patwell
Jun 196 min read


I’m a Personal Trainer Who Hates Working Out. Here’s What I Actually Do.
I’m a certified personal trainer. I’m sober. I run a fitness program for women, and I teach four live classes a week. And I still don’t like working out. If you’ve been hunting for a fitness program with someone who also doesn’t enjoy this, you have found one! Here’s the method I use to do it anyway. TL;DR You don’t have to like working out. You just have to show up. You do that by lowering the bar to embarrassingly low, building an identity that does it whether or not you fe

Stasia Patwell
Jun 125 min read
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