This week Mego and Caitlin dive into the topic of stress. We know, we know, this is a fitness podcast! But have you ever been so stressed out that you skip your workouts, or your meals, or overeat, or you just find yourself sick? Or have you ever channeled your stress into extreme fitness routines or dieting?
We get real about how productivity and stress culture make us sick and disrupt our relationships with food and exercise, and how we have personally struggled with stress in the past and recently (ummmm ongoing global pandemic anyone?)

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This week's episode is all about eggs, eggs, and more eggs. Or actually... less eggs? Mego made the decision to freeze some of her eggs and wants to share everything she learned about the experience with any woman who has ever had anxiety about when, if, or how they were going to make babies. Which probably means every woman ever. They talk about everything they didn't know about their own bodies, the weird pressures women face around fertility, and how this pandemic is driving a huge uptick in egg freezing in general.

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Megan Meadows and Caitlin Steitzer are back to help you work out whatever the eff you need to be working out right now! It's been a long time and a wild year and a lot has changed for Mego and Caitlin. They talk about how the pandemic has really complicated and messed up their relationship to their bodies, and what they have been doing to manage. They talk about seeing a nutritionist, tease a Peloton hack, discuss how to navigate loving gluten when your body hates it, and ask you, the listeners, what types of episodes you'd like to see in the future.

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Hey guys! We have a deeper dive into this phrase we love to throw around a lot- 'body positive' And while we have been hearing it a lot more recently, we've also been getting a lot of mixed messages- can you be body positive and pro-weight loss? How do other issues of privilege and oppression play into this? Mego and Caitlin explore all these questions and MORE.

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We have a real treat for y'all! Marie Cecile Anderson (Difficult Women Podcast, Reformed Whores) is here to tell us about her favorite church- The Church of Carl! We talk about the terrible self-esteem trap that is working in entertainment, how Marie was way sporty growing up, and how she found her fitness "church" that she is still a dedicated member of. Learn more about this delightful human at https://www.mariececileanderson.com/

It was a real joy for us, and we hope it is for you too!

Sound Editing by Diego Martinez

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Hey listeners welcome back!

Are you (like us) finding a real need to punch some things right about now? They say there are five stages of grief, and we are figuring out that we are in the ANGER stage right now. Your girls gotta go off on everything that's setting us off....

What makes YOU angry right now? (I mean, besides.... everything?)

Episode produced by Megan Meadows and Caitlin Steitzer, Edited by Diego Martinez


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What do you do with a cancer diagnosis amidst the end of a marriage? This week's guest, Chemda from Keith and The Girl, not only kept going, she discovered an entire mindfulness regimen to help others. Research and self-healing led her to develop her OMAT program (One Minute At a Time) to help break through negative habits and feelings. We tried it for a week and loved it.

Learn how to hack your brain, the power of letting go, and how to embrace the 'corny' part of getting better.

For more info on Chemda and Keith and The Girl: http://www.keithandthegirl.com/

To sign up for the OMAT Club: https://store.keithandthegirl.com/products/omat-club

Episode edited by Diego Martinez


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Well, it's week 3,426 of this global and Mego and Caitlin are still surviving it. We talk about what we're trying to stay alive right now, how messed up health insurance is in this country, and a COOL CONTEST YOU CAN STILL ENTER!

Go to our Instagram and 1. Follow us at @workitoutpodcast 2. tag a friend and you are entered to win a $25 gift card to GIRLFRIEND COLLECTIVE.

We'll be announcing the winner soon!


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We have the lovely comedian, story-teller, and stop-motion animator (!!!) Angel Yau with us today. Angel is a self-described shy person who great up in Queens, NY. We talk about her fitness journey (which includes a lot of us just being really excited that she took up fencing because of a crush), and how depression gets in the way of so many things - in this case, maybe getting on that dang Peloton Bike?

Check out some of her animation videos and other work here:
www.angelyau.com
on You Tube at Angeleristic




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Hey Workies! We have the lovely Alexandra Pinel coming at ya' in this week's episode! Ali has been hosting her 'Class For A Cause' in quarantine for over 10 weeks and Mego and Caitlin got to sit in. The format is from AKT, but the spirit of the class is all about building community and supporting progressive causes- you donate money to a black-supporting organization as your 'class fee.' We get into how to be true to yourself and your beliefs in this wild world, and what it's ACTUALLY like growing up in France.

If you wanna learn more about Ali check out her website: https://www.alexandrapinel.com/ or hit her up on Instagram (you can DM her to sign up for her class too!) @alexandrapinel

Show produced by Megan Meadows and Caitlin Steitzer; Sound editing by Diego Martinez.

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We are so pumped to have the wonderful Katy Frame of musical comedy act Reformed Whores (www.katyframe.com, @katyframe on insta) as this week's guest talking about her fav workout- skate dancing! We learn all about Katy's super fit parents, how lying to your kids is GREAT parenting technique (psych!), and how important cute outfits are to skate culture. Katy also educates us on the history of skating in the US and how this sport has been alive in well in Black communities across the country, despite the systematic racism and prejudice that has tried to kill this sport. Now that white people are starting to take notice and drive a 'resurgence' of interest in skate culture, we gotta make sure we're not white-washing history and giving credit where it's due.

Check out these links to learn more about what we talk about on this week's episode:
* Where Katy takes classes and got started: https://www.skaterobics.com/

*HBO Documentary United Skates of America: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/united-skates

*Inclusive and anti-racist/anti-hate skate FB community Together We Skate: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/united-skates

Awesome skater girl on Insta: @fat_girl_has_moxie

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We have a real treat this week as we are joined by Joy Cox and Bunmi Alo, co-creators of the soon-to-be-released app Jabbie. Jabbie is committed to changing the fitness game and helping all people find community and connection wherever and however they work out. Treat yourself and give it a listen!

You can support their efforts here: https://jabbieapp.com/

Welcome back to another week of Pandemic Safe Workouts! We have a real treat of a guest this week- Rebecca Vigil (Your Love, Our Musical) talks all things TABATA, growing up with a kung fu dad, how she was able to stop over-exercising and find a better relationship with movement for herself, and how being quarantined led to the start of her starting to instruct kick-ass Tabata classes with friends over Zoom.

Learn more about Rebecca's work here: http://www.rebeccavigil.com/
Buy tix for her LIVE improvised show here: http://www.yourloveourmusical.com/

This episode tackles something we have all been through at one time or another- starting up a fitness routine after a long break! Megan and Caitlin talk about the physical AND mental struggle that comes from trying to get back on it after a break, how to set a discipline that is NOT self-punishing, and more!

We have a treat for all you workies! We got a double episode week and they both rule. Mego was out recovering from her battle with the coronavirus (more on that in our NEXT episode to be released this week) so Caitlin is joined by guest co-host/permanent husband Diego Martinez (Sports Lordz podcast) to interview the one and only Holden McNeely (Wizard and the Bruiser, Page 7) on his love of Ring Fit Adventure.

This one gets nice and nerdy and answers all the questions you have about this wild new video game-based work out, how it feels to work out while people watch you on Twitch, and how to keep a positive mindset during this freaking pandemic.

Give it a listen, and tell a friend!

While Mego is resting up, Diego and Caitlin talk about the working out they've been doing- TOGETHER. This is a shock Workies, because we all know Diego doesn't like working out in general, but especially not so with other people. Both have been using dad-joke-loving Tony Horton's Power90 program, to get moving in quarantine. We talk about what we like and don't like about the routine. It's a quickie but a goodie!

Stay inside, stay safe, and keep workin' it out!

We're back baby! In the middle of a crisis unlike anything we've ever seen, Mego and Caitlin are back with our ever important hot takes on all your favorite fitness fads and workout routines. For the time being, we'll be focusing on Pandemic Safe workouts- so we can be stay-at-home-peoples and make things better for everyone!

This episode we review Aaptiv- one of Caitlin's all time favs! Mego shares her thoughts as she begins her Aaptiv journey....

What at-home workout are you curious to try but want to hear us go through it first? Leave suggestions in the review and we'll prioritize those workouts in this upcoming season!

Working out in winter is hard, dude. Caitlin and Mego will be back for season 3 in March!

HELLO WORKIES HAPPY NEW YEAR! We're back with a wonderful new guest, LA based writer/performer/ and moving meditation teacher Bridgid Ryan (UCB, The Core)! We get deep in this one- talking about childhood trauma, purposeful cases of childhood mistaken identity, poop, how capitalism makes everything worse, diet culture and fat phobia, and why Bridgid no longer uses the word yoga to describe her movement work.

Mego and Caitlin are back with this special holiday episode sharing their favorite tips for setting those holiday boundaries and doing that good active self-care (hint: a lot of it involves being kind to yourself and not feeling responsible for everything and everyone around you).

We also want to hear from YOU- who do you want us to feature? What’s that new workout you’ve been wanting to/have been too scared to try? Let us know- DM us on Instagram @workitoutpodcast or write it in a review!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Years Workies!