GYM GIRLS LOCKER ROOM - Brittany Lupton talks Reaching Rock Bottom, The Challenges of Friendships in Your 20s and Reading ACOTAR Whilst Running?!

Episode Date: December 17, 2024

S2EP2 - Welcoming BRITTANY LUPTON to the Gym Girls Locker Room! We adored this candid conversation between Syd and one of the most iconic gym girls with the BIGGEST heart. We covered all bases on this one, discussing how to know when it's time to switch up your workouts, training for performance, going to the gym whilst pregnant, the challenges of making friends as an adult, hitting rock bottom and even brittany's reading era - ACOTAR on the treadmill anyone?! We hope you enjoy and remember to tune in every Tuesday for a new episode. 💘 join the GGLR community: INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/gymgirlslockerroom/ FACEBOOK COMMUNITY PAGE - https://bit.ly/3TqhxDG TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@gymgirlslockerroom/ 📲 find Syd on socials: INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/sydgrows/ TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@sydgrows/ Want to work with Gym Girls Locker Room? Email us: [e-mail] GYMSHARK - 10% off code: SYDNEY10 ESN - 10% off code: SYDNEY

Hi guys and welcome back to the Gym Girls Locker Room Podcast hosted by me, Sydney Cassidy. Today we have our first guest episode. We are, well, can I say we're fully into the swing of things when we're two episodes into season two? I don't know. I'm going to say we're fully into the swing of things. So lovely to see your girls reception after the first episode and boy oh boy do we have fabulous conversations and topics and women coming onto the pod actually in fact okay I don't want to get this wrong but I feel that all of our guests this season are female which is kind of silly kind of love that for us anyway um I hope you guys are doing well so close to Christmas I can feel myself winding down and I'm just like I'm ready I'm ready for the break I can't wait I'm usually someone

who's just like I won't stop all year round I just will keep flipping running and going but I feel like life recently has taken the sails out of me and I'm just here for it. Honestly, I'm here to just rot in my parents' spare bedroom. I'm like so down to eat loads of food and be around people I love and yeah, I feel like we all need it, right? We all need a break. Anyway, today we have a gorgeous, gorgeous episode for you. Super candid, candid super honest a little bit silly all the things we love right today we have britney lupton who is a full-time fitness content creator and mom based in america who i feel like most of you guys will already know and love because um what is there not to love about that woman i swear swear to God. Posting to her over 1 million followers on all platforms, Brittany creates content focused on her workouts, recipes,

gym fits, and strongly believes that fitness is not about quick fixes, but a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. Her content and fitness advice has led her to working with brands such as Gymshark and Be Amazing, whilst also creating her own fitness app called Let's Lift, where she brings together a gym community for women, empowering and guiding them to be their strongest selves. I desperately wanted to ask Brittany to come on the podcast. She is just one of those people, you know, like they say,

there's like two kinds of people in life, like radiators or drains, which I love that saying. I literally bring it with me everywhere. Brittany is a radiator. She literally walks into a room and brightens it up makes the whole place just feel completely illuminated right at the start of me sort of working with Gymshark I was super super intimidated to be literally in the same room and hanging out with like people that I completely idolized that in itself is so surreal but Brittany has this like ability and it's

something that I've just like always held on to and just really really valued and appreciated about her she has this like quality and it's a rare one where someone will make you feel so seen and like so kind of comfortable in a space where you maybe feel uncomfortable I don't know if you guys can think of a friend that's like that or a teacher you once had or somebody you work with but just somebody that like no matter how stressful the environment is or how intimidating they will always kind of make sure to speak to everybody in the room and I just genuinely love that about her and she's such an incredible inspiring woman. In this episode we discuss the beauty of a rock bottom, how to turn step backs into positives, the importance of finding a space you can call your happy place, getting over the embarrassment of asking for help when you're suffering, postpartum exercise and the stigmas pregnant women face in the gym environment, how making friends as an adult is hard. and I love this that she calls the sexy day workout why she loves incorporating sprints

into her workout split and how her fitness goals have changed over time from strength to hypertrophy to weight loss postpartum to now performance Brittany opens up about her depression and miscarriage that she sadly suffered from last year and how she worked towards finding the joy and training again and falling back in love with movement we talk about the new wave of people training like athletes she talks about her new obsession with running and reading on the treadmill yes you did hear that right uh don't worry i went fully into detail with that i was like no you need to give me how are you doing two things at once and yeah it was just a really really special episode and i really think you girls are gonna love it before we get into the episode please don't forget

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is something that isn't right for you then please do feel free to skip this episode and listen to an earlier episode that we've done. And we'll be back, I'm sure, for something that's better suited for you next week. I hope you love this episode as much as I did. I think there's nothing else but to get on with the episode. Enjoy. I'm gonna like dive straight in.

At the top of every episode, we like to ask people just a fun little silly question. What is your workout split oh my my workout split right now I'm doing five days a week two upper and two lower so I like to do like a glutes and quads focused so that's always like squats those are my squats day and then I'll do I switched up and I'm doing back and chest together. And then for my other upper body day, it's like, I call it a sexy day. So it's arms, abs, and shoulders. I love it. And then I do my second lower body day is glutes. So that's like when I do ham or yeah, glutes and hamstrings. So deadlifts, hip thrusts. And then the last day is like a full body functional, like strength conditioning and running.

I've been into running recently and I really have been loving it. Have you run before or is this like a new thing for you? It has been like years. I'd say like 10 years since I've ran. So it's definitely new to me and it's been really fun that was like not the split I was expecting no like I feel like I've always been like back and bys chest and tris and then like two leg days and I'm like I'm so over that so I want to just do something a little different so I've been loving back and chest and then the sexy day is

so fun because like who doesn't want a nice arm pump and shoulders? And then abs. Honestly. It's literally the sexy day. Like I love it. So I actually fully could get on board with that. I think like aesthetically as well, like that pump afterwards must be like so good. But like I'm so curious about the chest and the back. Are you just like kind of at this point where you're leading your kind of routines through just like what you enjoy and what you like grouping together or? You know, you're doing a little bit of back, a little bit of chest to even it out. Because sometimes when like this is way, I'd say like three years ago, I had like a tinge in my back and my physical therapist was like, yeah, it'd be cool if you worked like back and chest together to help like even out on that day. And I was like, you know what, I'm just going to do it because I've been training

back and bys for so long. I feel like I've, you know, been in a long hypertrophy phase. I've done a good like muscle building phase. So I'm like, let's just let's change it up and let's do it. We're still hitting all the muscle groups within the week. And, you know, chest is more minimal for sure. I mean, it's really usually like flat bench press, incline bench and flies. Still pretty much a heavy back day with just a little bit to even it out. Yeah, that does make sense. I remember someone telling me before that like for me, I'm someone that loves like training back and I'm definitely more, I just have like back genetics that will always mean I've

got kind of bigger muscles on my back. And it can really like that imbalance can really impact like your posture. And I was like, Oh, damn, maybe I should take note of that. And you can get like rounding of shoulders, just because literally, it's the muscles are so tight on one side of your body versus the other that is actually pulling it. For me, I was definitely feeling that. So I was like, let's let's just let's just mix it up. You know, I've been training for like six years. It's nice to have a different workout split because I'm loving that sexy day. So are you like the kind of girl that's like quite regimented with what days you're working out on and also timings? Obviously you're a mom and you're busy, like

boss woman. Like I definitely feel like I was more regimented and I'm trying to get back into a very good routine, but I don't know about you, but I feel like it's more regimented and I'm trying to get back into a very good routine, but I don't know about you, but I feel like it's been so up and down recently. Like so many trips or so many things have been coming up that I feel like it has been harder for me to have an exact time, but I really do try to have the same time that I go to the gym and I've just changed that to like an afternoon. So for a lunch, which has actually been really great for me because in the morning, a lot of times like the workout is like the build

up and I get it done. And then I come home and then I feel like my productivity plateaus. I don't know. Maybe that's just me. But like after a workout, I come home, I'm hungry. So I cook and then I eat and then I shower and then I get ready. And it's like, it just kind of kills a whole nother hour that I could be working. So I have changed that to like a lunch workout. And I've actually been really loving that because then I can really focus on work in the morning, feel productive, feel good about that day, and then take a little workout break, then come home and you know, I normally pick up Vinny after that from school. So yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. That makes sense. Yeah. Sometimes I find the midday ones hard to like dive back in. But I think it's like, Oh, God, if you can utilize like an empty gym

at that time. Yeah, that would be like the most ideal, you know? Yeah. Can you tell us about like how you got into gym specifically? And like, were you a sporty kid were you super active yeah I definitely was a sporty kid loved doing sports was I ever super super good at any no I was mid at everything but I loved it and I was always there for a good time I grew up an army brat so we moved a lot so I changed sports quite frequently but yeah my family was always active like always wanted to go outside um I'd say fast forward to college. I'd never really stepped foot in a gym until then. My first like apartment had a very small gym and I would go and run and do like old track

workouts. And I remember there were stairs in there. So I do like my single leg hop skips, like up the stairs and then sprint down and then do single leg up on the other one, like just making up. I had no idea what I was doing. I was just trying to make that transition between playing sports, trying to be active and then like relieve stress and try to get some movement in, in college. So that was kind of nice. It started as like just a stress relief. I would do some running, like random things on the cable, like very, had no idea what I was doing. I'd say the second year of college,

one of my roommate's friends would go to the gym with like a group of people. So she was like, hey, come with us. Like we kind of have a group and we go at 430 every single day. And that is really where it started because I was like, oh, it's regimented like 430. We're all going. Everyone's accountable. It was fun. It was social. And the guys taught us about bodybuilding. So they were like, okay, this is what a superset is. Okay, you should work like back and biceps together. So do this back exercise and then do this bicep exercise. So like we would literally do just whatever they told us.

But it was fun and it was social. And I'd say I kind of knew the basics from that, right? So I feel like that's where everything started. And then I would just work out, but I didn't care about my nutrition. I didn't care about what I looked like. I was just having fun. And it wasn't until like two or three years later that I was like, I feel like I've been working out at the gym for a while. I actually want to see some definition. Let me actually dive into this. Had that love for gym, had that kind of routine, but not really. And I was like, I want to get serious about this. 2018, I feel like is when I became a personal trainer, like started researching, figured out nutrition and just got

snatched. So when you were, when you were doing that two years of just kind of diet, like getting into it, like, were you super nervy or were you actually like, no, I've got this. I'm like taking up space, like all that sort of thing. I'd love to know like what those two years were prior to the training. So I there definitely were a lot of embarrassing moments where I genuinely would look around and say there's not a single female in here, I would feel really out of place. And that was definitely nerve wracking. I grew up with brothers, I hung out with a lot of guys. So I feel like I wasn't afraid of the masculine energy. I wasn't afraid to go in and be like, okay, like I can lift, I can lift, I got this. So I think that those two balanced it out. But yeah, I definitely had a lot of embarrassing moments of like the whole Smith machine collapsing on me and me getting crushed under weights. And like, like I've had so many

awkward and embarrassing moments at the gym when I first started out not knowing how to do equipment and everything. But still, I was like, I like feeling strong. I love going in and leaving feeling so empowered. And, you know, Darren and I started dating, and we like ended up getting married a while later, and we would go to the gym together. So I think that also helped that I had someone to go with. Yeah, absolutely. I had like a similar sort of start. I met like these guys as soon as I started going to the gym and they kind of taught me everything I knew. I've often said like, I think it's so nice to have a friend to go with that does know what they're doing and you

can just like relinquish all control and just be like, okay, show me like what do I need to do? And you don't have to like think or worry about it, do you? For sure. I think that's really helpful, especially if you're just getting started, have someone tell you what to do um and you don't have to like think or worry about it do you for sure I think that's really helpful especially if you're just getting started have someone tell you what to do or walk you through it or like have a program or anything wait those guys are those the guys like on your tiktok like I love that I love them I'm so invested Sid I know oh my god that's like those guys like honestly that was like the one thing because I've moved to the kind of other side of the country now. And it's like the one thing I'm just like, oh, it sucks. Like, you know, they, that was the gym I started out in. And every time I go home, I still make such an effort to like message them, guys, I'm coming to the gym,

and I do see them all. But I think it's like, that was definitely a reality check for me like I haven't I found it really hard to like find a new gym that just like hits the same as that first one that you really have like so much of like your own personal journey in what was yours like did you have several gyms you bounced around or just that one that like hit different I think that there definitely are some nostalgic gyms and there are some that like I really felt so comfortable in. We have moved a lot. So yeah, I am constantly thrown for a loop and trying to get comfortable in a new gym and it is so nerve wracking. And even here in Florida, it's been months and I think last month was the first

time I found a gym that I can like openly film in and feel comfortable in. And that was such a weighted relief because it has been years since that has happened. And having this be a job and something where, you know, I do have an app, I do train and we, you know, we do film and post things online. It's like very important for our job and livelihood to have a gym that we can do that in and let alone just feel comfortable working out in, which is, you know, the most important thing. But I've had a lot of gyms. That's why I had to build a gym in Michigan because one of the gyms had a problem and I was like, well, I can't just like stop. What is like your criteria for like a gym? like if you're trying to find a gym you personally

like what do you go for would this be like a personal answer like because of my business it depends on aesthetics for like filming it can be so specific to you okay well I would say I feel like there's two things like one if it's clean and has enough equipment, like I'm a happy girl, right? Like that, that's really all I need. My dream gym, I feel like would have a track because I love doing sprints. So that would be sick. Like if there's a whole track, you can just do sprints like sled pushes. I love mixing in those kinds of, you know, functional conditioning workouts with lifting. So I would love that. And of course, a gym that I could just film and lots of great mirrors, lots of great lighting, that would be like my dream gym. Natural daylighting. Like, yes. Blowing on us. Yes.

I think that's low key why I also love the one that I, was my home gym because they, I don't, they just, they don't even realize that they nailed the gym so they literally have like the squat racks and then they have these these windows at the top so when the daylighting comes in girl you'd be glowing and you're just doing your squats it's just a gorge you know and I'm yet to find I compare everything to it yeah what is like the culture then of is is like filming in american gyms like a bit of a faux pas like is that not really maybe i'm a little more self-conscious but i definitely feel like it's judged a little more and i think um some gyms i'm i'm like a little shy so i like go to the gym that i know i can film in i don't't want to get in trouble. Like I've had people say like, oh, like, you know, the management like, hey, you

can't film in here. I hate that feeling. I feel like I've been sent to the principal's office. Like I am feeling icky. I will avoid that feeling at all costs. So if I'm like going with somebody, I will like have them film me so I don't have to have a tripod which is nice um or I just go to the gym that I know I can set up a tripod and it's fine the lighting in that one isn't as good but that's fine we do have a lot of like indoor outdoor gyms here in Florida which is amazing like the lighting really is good it's just I'm too scared to put a tripod up really it's so good like because guys if you don't know Brittany which I would be surprised if there's any of you that are listening that don't know her she is like the most you just

like literally ooze confidence like you just radiate yeah so like the fact that you're even saying that kind of has me shook I'm like damn it really is in everyone's heads isn't it oh yeah no 100% like I I'm just I just like don't want to get in trouble I'm a grown woman and I don't want to get so bad by an 18 year old everyone knows who I am and like if I go with Darian or a friend like they will film me I just like there's something about the tripod that just like I will you know discreetly prop it up and like do what I need to but I just Sydney what about you are you just like you don't care you're like tripod out like doing it I don't care I actually find it easier having a tripod because um I would definitely say like in the couple of years I've been doing content creation like there's definitely been a transition

in the gym space certainly like in the UK it's very very normal now when I started it was like literally like social suicide I was like oh my god I can't believe I'm doing this now it's so normal um and I mean I find for me I've always trained at like the cheapest most commercial gyms because I tend to, and I'd love to hear your opinion on this, I tend to find that they're like the most like low-key, chill people, the most likely to kind of interact with me, not in a bad way, but in a positive way, because they're just like younger, and like, it's all just good, and I felt like, I don't know, after being in America, I was like, I feel like I want to go for like a little bit more of like a booze gym like I want to go for a nicer feel signed up my first experience like I literally signed up walked into the gym this 74 year old man and I know his age because he said he walked up to me this man

I was not in his way I am so respectful when I'm in the gym he goes I'm a 74 year old man now if I knock that over because I'm unstable on my legs I will not be paying for a new one and I was like damn so I cancelled my membership and I went back to the budget one yeah no okay see that is 100% why I avoid at all costs yeah that's just yeah that like it it hurt I'm like a little sensitive I'm a I exude confidence I'm but no inside my heart it's hard because it's also like we know we're doing good from these videos but I feel like I don't know about you but like sometimes I have this like insecurity of like oh god they're gonna think I'm just being like a typical influencer you know what I mean so so valid so oh yeah no I would literally go out of my way to like make sure I'm like I will

film my last set so the people in the gym know I'm there to work out and I was in filming because like I I yeah I need to not be in my head about it it really doesn't it shouldn't matter like I've been doing this for how long and I'm still a baby about it. I will do better. No, I love it. I will do better. I will do better. You know, you were saying about like your, how you love doing like sprints and stuff like that.

I'd love to kind of know, is that from just kind of like endorphins? You love the like enjoyment of it. I'm on TikTok. I see everyone saying that like, if you want like the biggest glutes, if you want like fat loss, then you should do like sprints and da da da da da. What is like your thoughts, opinions on that as someone who does do a lot of that kind of thing? I love sprints because I feel so cool and fast. I love like, yeah, I, It's like an empowering exercise where I think the endorphins, I love it. I did it in track. I have always loved sprinting. In track, I did short distances. I did not run long at all. I did hurdles and stuff, but I think it just goes back to I really,

really enjoy it. I love the short spurts. I love the chance of Hey, I've got 3060 seconds, I'm giving it my all mentally getting to that place where I'm like, Alright, this is all out, like, get it. I love that just like turning that switch of, you know, I might be in a walk or a jog. And it's like, the song hits, and it's like 60 seconds, let's go. And I'm just cooking as fast as I can. I love that feeling. I know it has great physical benefits too, right? But for me personally, it's the feeling, it's the vibes. It's like a mental thing for me. It's like, can you get to that point to push? After a workout, can I get to a place where I can push through the pain or like prove it to myself?

Like it's one of those times where it's like, let's go, let's go. I feel like the stats would be bloody high for the amount of people that don't actually do that beyond like school age, you know, really go like flat out. I think like even doing exercise, exercise in itself, but to actually just really send it. I would love to know the figures on that because I reckon it's like a very small portion of the population still do that beyond like the age of like 16 or something. Will you actually use a track or will you use, you know, I don't know what they're called.

I call them like a hamster wheel. Yeah, like the South Pole. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So luckily my gym has one of those so i have been loving to use them and i i i just love it i even like to do it without shoes if i had a track i would 100% love to do that maybe i should explore and try to find a track around here because that'd be so fun i always see people go out to tracks and i'm like do you just hop the fence i don't know i want to i want to do that but normally normally the hamster wheel

yeah i love that also that i that is like the kind of thing you feel like a baddie on like just like sending it everyone's just kind of watching you're like yeah i've had some people come up and they're like i didn't know what that did but that was pretty impressive and you know people are like you're putting me to shame over here and i'm like am I didn't know what that did, but that was pretty impressive. And you know, people are like, you're putting me to shame over here. And I'm like, am I looking fast? Tell me I look fast. Yeah. I bet I watch, watch the video and it looks like I'm like walking. I'm just freaking five foot. My legs are like. I see, I see quite a lot of the girls. Cause like, I don't do so much sprinting, but like I see the girls doing it online and I'm like, damn, that is really, really good. And I did it and I feel myself and I was like, yeah, very much humbled.

I think it's like definitely something where you really I imagine you really do need to like work on that kind of like skill driving that power, you know? Yeah. Yeah. I thought I was going a lot faster than it seemed. Is hypertrophy like very much like a focus for you still to this day, like six years later? Or do you kind of like try to come at it from a different approach? Or is that always just like a core kind of driving force for you? I feel like my training has changed so much over the years because I feel like it was hypertrophy for a while. And then, you know,

I was pregnant. So it was like, yeah, just maintaining the habit. Then a big like weight loss phase, you know, trying to lose 40, 50. I don't know how much it was 60 pounds, you know, postpartum that took that took a while. And then trying to regain the muscle after those two years, you know, you're being pregnant, you're trying to lose weight, build some muscle back up, went through a bulk, then wanted to go through a strength training phase, right? Like, oh, I want to be strong. I'm seeing all these amazing people like craning freaking deadlift trucks out here. And I'm like, I want to be like that. So went through a strength training phase. And now I feel like I'm kind of, I've, I had a really tough year last year. So I've been trying to fall back just in love with movement itself again and doing things

that I like. And I have really been liking running. I still love weightlifting. So it's kind of just, my goals are so different. I feel like I've always been so regimented on it. But this past year, I've just been trying to enjoy the movement, run, do some conditioning, do lifting. There's been a lot of life changes going on, some health issues.

So it's been a different year for what it's looked like. But ultimately, it's like finding the joy in training what makes me happy and just doing it, just showing up to exercise yeah I think that that like you kind of hit the nail on the head like I think that ability to kind of just lead and like follow anything that you enjoy is like the most sustainable thing you can do in terms of like making sure that you actually do remain consistent with exercise fitness gym whatever like if you're doing something that just like doesn't fit you anymore uh or it doesn't bring you joy then it's just not gonna it's just gonna be a slog isn't it it's just gonna be a real struggle I've only been training

for a few years and I think you've been training like three times as long as me so I'm sure you've heard even more um of these like little journeys within this wider journey in fitness and in the gym so it's really cool to see I'm I'm really enjoying sounds like you're kind of on the same vibe but I've definitely seen like a kind of trend with people focusing a little bit more on like their performance and like this kind of idea of like training like an athlete do you think think you'd ever like get into like races is that big in America at the moment it's huge over here yeah I feel like it's huge over there and like the whole high hydrox is that what it's high rocks yeah rocks

I feel like that is a huge thing I you know what's funny is college, I used to do like Spartan races. And my mom. Yes, what is this? Yeah, okay. You have to explain. So you like run. It's, there's three different levels. So you can do three to five miles. I think it's like eight to 10 miles and then like 13 to 15 miles.

So there's three different tiers. And then there's like 20 obstacles in each. So it's like, you know, you're running and then you're also doing obstacles. And those were so fun. Like I had so much fun. I literally did one like four months postpartum. Why was I literally it was horrible. It was like 10 miles and I'm like, well, I had to walk. And I was like, what am I? I tried my best. You know, I tried my best out there. I was like, why did I do this so soon? Brittany, give freaking time I was just excited right like I'm like let's go let's go it was it was fun though but yeah the Spartan races are cool so I've done those in the past I

would love to get back in there and I feel like that's kind of where my head almost is at so I also this year have been into reading this is a tangent tangent, but it'll circle back, Sid, I promise. No, no. I'm so here for the reading era. I'm so here for it. Yeah. No, I'm obsessed. I am a new woman. It has helped me in my healing journey. And I was like, man, I just feel guilty sitting down to read for an hour. So I was like, let me bring it to the gym. I brought my book to the gym one day and I was like, all right, I'm going to walk. Let's see if I can run. I could run and read. I ran three miles while reading. I had no idea. I have never run three. I was like, what? Sydney, I don't run long distances. So I was like, oh, I'm onto something.

So I have been running and reading and it has completely like, I, I love it. Like I'm like, oh, I feel like I can do a 5K now. I'm going to try to get my miles up. I'm going to, no, like genuinely, I'm like, this is my thing. Last year was so depressed, so much anxiety. So to have something bring me joy and exercise, enjoying it again is huge. So I'm like, I'm running with it. I'm loving this era.

I'd love to do a race. I'd love to do another Spartan race where you're kind of mixing, you know, full body with running with strength and just feeling confident, cool and strong, healthy. Yeah. Love. I literally love that. I think there's something so like, okay, I just love, you're kind of giving that energy to like, just being a bit feral and just like doing obstacle courses in like a field running. I love it. Like, do you mind like just talking a little bit about your like mental health or like, it's completely fine if you don't want to. Oh yeah. How much time do you have? I know, right? But I think it's something that like a lot of, I'm sure the people listening and a lot of people on kind of like a fitness journey

will really align with. And I'm just interested to know kind of like a little bit more about it. Maybe there's some little pieces of nuggets of information you could give wisdom that could help some girls. Oh yes. Last year, this started, it's all, it's been almost a year and a half now. So like last year, I don't remember exactly when, but like um well first of all darian has been in he he's graduated and worked and we're through this wow it's been four years now anyways he was in school for anesthesia and that school was very very difficult that's when we were living in michigan and he was gone all the time we we knew when we were dating he was going to do this. This was always the plan. People are like, why would he do this? Why are you trying to work?

I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, honey. We support this king. He's been wanting to do this forever. So fully went into it supporting him. Just grateful I could have a job to kind of help support through this, right? And so I'm working full-time, raising Vinny full-time, helping support him through school. So mental health has already been really difficult. There's a lot on my plate. So mentally, I feel like I've been frazzled for three years just trying to survive. I've been in survival mode. Last year around May, June, July, we were like, hey, let's have another kid. We have Vinny. So we started trying to get pregnant, got pregnant, had a miscarriage. So that was tanked. That really tanked both of our mental health really bad,

especially because Darian was, he was gone a lot. So I had to kind of go through that by myself. No fault to his. He was around as much as he could. Like that is not shaming him at all. If anyone knows medical field, like it just can be crazy. And we knew that going into it. So that was really, really difficult. And I had a lot of guilt and I didn't talk about that and open up about that. That was just a really tough time. Then we ended up getting pregnant again, a couple months later, like three, four months later. And we were so excited. We went in for like our routine ultrasound and it was an ectopic pregnancy. So that is where, yeah, it doesn't make it to your uterus. So the baby was growing in my fallopian tube. To make a long story short, it had ruptured. I had no idea.

I was bleeding out. I had over a liter of blood just chilling in my abdomen for who knows how long. It was really bad. It was a really bad scenario. Mentally just going in, hiding being no idea, and then leaving having had surgery. So I had to go through a whole recovery process, right? It was so long, basically since May of 2023 until I would say like March of 2024 of this year. So almost a whole year. I mean, my health has been up and down, right? Because dealing with pregnancy, then dealing with the loss and like all that comes with that and then mental health struggles, physical health struggles of literally having a surgery. I couldn't like do anything for weeks.

It was like four, five, six weeks before I could do anything. Couldn't even pick up my son. Like that was so sad. Couldn't lift a pan to cook for myself. So that was just really difficult. And I was just like depressed. Like genuinely, I needed a lot of help. So I So that was just really difficult. And I was just like depressed. Like genuinely, I needed a lot of help. So I got the help that I needed. And I feel like it's tough

when you try to like live a healthy life and then your body's like not cooperating with you. And physically, that was tough. Mentally, of course, going through a lot of grief and loss. And so I found a lot of things that have been making me happy again, right? Like moving to Florida has completely changed our life. Darian's done with school. Things are like looking a lot better up. But I think one, getting the help I needed was 100% mandatory, like reaching out to my doctor and figuring out

what I needed to do for myself because I was not in a good place. Reading has changed everything. Exercise felt so weird going back to the gym. I was puffy. I was starting from square one. I was trying to build up my squat, build up my numbers for lifting, having fun, and then hiccup after hiccup after hiccup. I just felt like last year was full of so many setbacks. And yeah, I don't know, Sid, do you feel like you just have a lot of setbacks sometimes? Like it's just sucky for no reason. Yeah, it just it just sucks. So this year, yeah, it's been fun trying to figure out that's why I changed the workout split. I'm like, let's do something else. Let's change it up. I've been loving running and just trying to fall back in love with the gym, with myself, with life, with living and grateful for everything, even through, you know, all the sucky things

that happen. Yeah. I mean, well, if there's anything I can say, like, I often often think like because I feel like things when they go bad they start really going bad you know yeah comes in twos and threes and fours and I feel like life is about balance and so you have to just sometimes accept that like the the good comes with the bad the bad comes with the good and I genuinely believe that like we experienced these rock bottoms to be able to feel the highest of highs like you you it's almost like a kind of like meter for measure like you now have experienced like the lowest of lows like you really had a lot

that you were like dealing with on your plate and then it's just kind of like an elastic band and it will spring back up and you know things are looking up and I'm sure things will continue to go in the right direction for you but it's just crap like it's just shit really isn't it it's just yeah it's tough and I think it's like unfortunately I feel like it's just a part of the human experience and it's it's something that I'm sure a lot of people will really resonate with so I really appreciate you sharing that um what are like things that you you did find like in that in those like hardest points what are those little bits and pieces that helped kind of shift that energy into a place where like you were starting to feel better and starting to heal mentally and and I guess physically as well

yeah I feel like recently kind of going off what you said of after you know you've hit such a bad low the spring up is is incredible not to say that I'm grateful for everything that happened, but like I appreciate everything so much more having been through what I have. It's just insane the kind of outlook it can give you and you can really turn it into a positive. And you know, no matter what it is, the tough thing that you're going through, like there will be light at the end of the tunnel. And that is something that I definitely kept telling myself. I'm like, come on, this has got to get better, like trying to find things to look forward to. And for me, one of the huge things was, I know that this probably isn't easy for everybody, but moving somewhere that makes you happy. Darren and I have moved like eight, nine times,

mostly for work. And so finally living a place that we both like actually want to be, you know, because we did not want to be Michigan was great. Detroit was great, but we were only there for school. So to move here to Florida and just be in the sunshine, be at the beach, like this is our happy place. This is our home. This is where, you know, it's just everything we've wanted. So being outside is a huge thing that always, always helps me. And sunshine, I swear I'm solar powered. I recharge even just 10, 20 minutes just sitting on my patio, sitting outside, going for a walk, completely changes my whole day, completely changes my whole mood. The ocean and just like earth in general is so grounding. So I mean, we took like three months off in the summer when

Darian had finally graduated. I mean, we were at the beach every day or the pool, just swimming. And that brought a lot of healing to me of where I was just living. I was really focused on trying to find small things that made me happy, like little things in our house, like seeing rainbows every day. That just brought me joy. Reading, I swear, has saved and changed. changed like it is the best I feel like I need to shut up about reading but genuinely keep going I'm the biggest I am the biggest stan I have not even like really watched tv this whole year because reading is just I love it it's just this era and I'm here for it I'm trying to think what else, like a spiritual side. Like I

really have been trying to, you know, do a lot of prayer and just kind of get close to God. I know that's not for everybody, but for me, that's really helped with my personal healing journey. And for me, that's important. And yeah, just family time has helped. And I mean, honestly, like getting on medication really helped. I don't know if you want to keep that in. I'm a huge, huge, huge advocate for that of getting the freaking help you need because I was too embarrassed to ask for it. And I literally was like past the breaking point and called my doctor and she was like, yep, let's get you feeling better. Here you go.

And I was like, why didn't I ask for this help sooner? Yeah. Nothing is wrong with it. I completely agree because um even in my own little like journey and experience like I recently got diagnosed with ADHD and I reached a point probably like this past year where like I wasn't really functioning like and I can laugh about it now but it was like I really wasn't functioning when I got diagnosed people that diagnosed me said like do you want to go on medication and it's honestly being like the best thing for me and when I had spoken to like you

know family about it I was met with like the reaction of oh you're not going on medication are you but actually it really helps people that are struggling with the here and now and it gives you some sort of relief in whatever it is you're dealing with experiencing to be able to be like okay now I can do like the work I need to do and then now I can like speak to someone and but sometimes for some people you know they just need some relief from what their day-to-day is you know yeah 100% so like tell me what are you reading? What am I not reading? Okay, I have a long... I also like really don't know.

I don't know like if you're going to say like smutty, like novels. Oh, okay. Or you're going to say like, no, I'm reading like all these self-help books. Like it could be anything. And I'm just ready for the answer. Okay, okay. No, it really is a huge huge wide variety I like to be I want to be well read and like my brothers are very into reading like classic literature so

I like to have you know I want to be well versed in all all literature I love like contemporary novels love novels um I'm in the fantasy era though like it sucked me in so I'm okay I'm in the fantasy era though. Like it sucked me in. So I'm, I'm in, I'm reading the Throne of Glass series. It's so good. Have you read? So I am just a mere, like, you know, little, little girly entering her reading era. I'm going to ask you, we're going to get onto this. I'm going to ask you for advice.

But, um, my issue is here. I think I have like book commitment issues and okay I don't know that I believe like all the recommendations like book talk throws out there you know okay I don't know I I'm not experienced enough with reading that I know my taste and I feel like people are so polarizing like even with like the ACOTAR series it's like oh my god I love it oh my god I hate it so I don't know where I sit and I guess I have to just find out okay so I have read Akatar I have read it twice and oh you have not I have you've read it twice I love that for you yeah no so audiobooks are another great way I don't know

I know in America like Hoopla and Libby are free. So you can always just start with, I don't know if you like audio books. If you like podcasts, you would probably really like audio books, which I love. And for me, I feel like that's helped with my anxiety and like thoughts of like, oh, I can just have something playing on. I'm not in my head as much. I'm doing the dishes or, oh, I need to clean. Oh, great. It's an excuse to read my book. I can mop the whole house while I'm reading. It's fantastic. I love it. You know, it gives me excuse to clean all the time because I'm listening to my book, but I'm cleaning. I'm being productive, running, driving, whatever. It's great to have as a companion. So you can definitely check out some audio books.

I really did love ACOTAR. I think some people are like anti because it's so I think it's appropriately hyped. It is talked about a lot. And there are other amazing books too out there. But definitely give it a try. I'll tell you the first book though, I started reading and I put it down. And I was like, this is so dumb. But once you get to the second half, you will not be able to stop. So you got you got to push through. I was like, this is so stupid. But once you get to the second half, you will not be able to stop. So you got you got to push through. I was like, this is so stupid. Why do people like this? And then I'm glad I glad I glad I saw it through. Yeah, I've got a lot of books that I love. So fantasy has been really fun. Some like mysteries to have you just been so inspired by reading that it's actually no

issue for you at all? Like, have you had to kind of build that habit because for me I don't find I I enjoyed it like when I was in America I literally read a book like so quickly loved it and like the whole like I think it was like a 10 hour flight I was on I just read the book and I did nothing else but read the book and I loved it and I loved the feeling of being so absorbed by it however now I've come back to normality and regular life. I just find myself distracted by every like electronic device, you know, was that something you had to build for yourself? Or you actually just was so inspired that you just... I feel like it takes the right book to get you going. I really do believe that because I would like listen to an audio book every once

in a while and like, Oh, that was okay. Yeah, you know, this is nice. But until I started finding books that I just absolutely could not put down, I feel like it is, it's a no brainer to choose reading than to choose a show. Like I will choose reading 12 out of 10 every single time than watching a movie or show because I found the books that I enjoy it's it this is new like I'm a year it's been the beginning of the year when I first started so like I've I'm only you know 10 months into this but because I would always watch a show that's what I liked and the running with the yes book so like okay, do you get dizzy or no? Literally one of my books is right here. No, I do not. So I prop it up. It like opens up and it props right in the treadmill.

Yeah. So I don't have to like have a hand on it. It just stays open. And then I just read. And you're able to follow whilst you're running. I think, I mean, obviously it probably takes me like a little bit longer to read because I am I mean I'm not like sprinting I'm at like you know between a five and a six but yeah it's actually not it's difficult at least you're like occupied I find that that's one thing that I really found with the running yes I did I didn't feel physically I didn't necessarily ever feel like oh god this is such a hard effort but it was like mentally I was like oh gosh like an hour of running is is actually quite long you

know it's so boring yeah me too like my mind I can't do it you just ran did you run a half marathon yeah go see I know I also, like, was so surprised. I found it, dare I say, easy. I think I was so scared. I think I was, like, I think I was so scared because everyone kept telling me, like, you have to do it slower than you think. So I think I was, like, overly cautious. So I was just running around the whole course, like, la, la, la, la, la, loving life. And I felt so much energy from

the crowd I mean I like used to do competitive sports as a like when I was younger and haven't felt that in so long and I loved like the energy of like performing like yes I know that's why when you were talking I was like I know exactly what she's talking about yeah and that's why I asked you like whether you thought you're gonna do like a race because honestly it was so fun like people had told me like the half marathon is fun the marathon is like horrible but I and I was like there's no way that it's gonna be fun running was a real challenge for me you know like at the start of this year I like couldn't even really do a 5k but um yeah it was like so so fun do you think you'll do one yeah I think so for sure and like we live right we don't live right by Disney but

Disney's like an hour away and they do like races there I'm like that would actually be so fun oh and imagine if Vinny got to watch you as well I think they even have like a kids run too and he loves it like oh that oh okay okay i'm signing up that's so special yeah you should it's so fun and like yeah i felt like really really good after and now i'm like okay what do i do now i'm so proud of you oh thank you i wonder like going back going back to gym oh yeah gym girls locker room yeah basically I wonder if as well like the struggles you like had you know last year is why you're just like okay let me try something new like you're just wanting to keep it fresh you know just like switch it up 100%

I'm really just which is so different because I'm so used to like so regimented oh I'm trying to grow my shoulder trying to grow my delts trying to get quad definition trying to lift this amount of weight I'm so used to those being my goals that having had it switched to okay kind of more performance based kind of more what's making me happy trying new things is very different and like almost makes me a little like unsure of myself because I feel like everyone in the gym's like oh no this is exactly what to do and I'm just kind of like I'm just kind of having fun at the moment but I think that's so lovely like the transition to be like and that's what I was saying earlier about like really enjoying and I certainly felt inspired by watching everyone kind of trying to perform do all these like performance-based sports because I think it's like to have the emphasis slightly pushed away obviously we still want big glutes obviously we want like you know

to look like shredded but like to kind of have a little bit more focus on like how capable you are I think it's like really special you know even as we get older it's nice to just kind of continue to learn those new things about yourself and when people Oh my God, I can do like hard things. I can do hard things, things that I didn't think I could do. And that's incredibly empowering. I mean, you're not only building a great habit and taking care of your physical health, but like mentally you're building yourself up and realizing how strong and tough you are. And I mean, that's, that's no easy feat running 13 plus miles. Like that's, that is so awesome. I just want to encourage everyone to, you know, they can do hard things too. Absolutely. I would love if you don't mind just like sharing a little bit about

like your postpartum journey with exercise and kind of getting back to yourself or maybe you don't feel like you ever got back to yourself but I know that there's a lot of women that listen that do have children or maybe worry about that so I always love to like encourage these conversations because I feel like you know it offers a unique perspective I don't feel like I certainly hear enough of online yeah I definitely I agree with you on that. I don't feel like it is talked about as much, but I think it might be soon enough as like, you know, social media, people are getting a little older who've had social. So, you know, it might start coming to pass. And there are more ladies who are, you know, in the fitness space and becoming moms. But for my journey, for pregnancy, I bumped my workout

split to three days. So I did push, pull, and legs. And I did the same thing postpartum. The goal was to try to be active, to try to keep the habit, right? Because before I was pregnant, it was like shredded, building muscle. We wanted that. Pregnancy, postpartum, purely trying to maintain a habit. Postpartum, I was so tired. I was so tired. I was lagging every single day, not really getting sleep. You can't even start working out. I don't know what it is in the UK, but here it's like six to eight weeks before you're cleared to go to exercise. And, you know, before that you that, you're tired. You don't really want to do anything either. You're trying to figure out how to keep a new baby alive.

So I was very slow with getting back into it. And I honestly, it wasn't until I'd say a year, Vinny was a little over a year, that I felt any kind of ready to fully start pushing myself. I would go with a friend and she helped keep me accountable. I credit a lot of my gym sessions to her being like, okay, let's meet up at this time. So I knew I had to be there. That is pretty much the only way I would get to the gym because it was, you're just tired. Like I would be in the middle of a workout, Sid,

and be so hungry. I'd be like, I could eat a whole bowl of oatmeal. Like your body's just so messed up. And yeah. Have you, have you seen the Harry Potter movies? Of course. Okay. So, you know, the second movie when I, this is always the analogy I give, but when Harry doesn't, Harry doesn't have the bone and he just flips his arm straight back. Like there's, I literally just knocked my mic over. How there's no bone and it's like, literally it's jello. Like nothing is in there. That is a hundred percent how my whole core

and stomach felt. A hundred percent like jello. Like I could not even hold a plank. I could not like everything. There's just no strength. Like you're just, your muscles obviously have been growing and yeah. So just ultimate weakness, slowly's just no strength. Like you're just, your muscles obviously have been growing. And yeah, so just ultimate weakness, slowly getting back into it.

My focus was, hey, it took me, you know, nine, 10 months to grow a baby. I'm not stressing about how I look until nine to 10 months later, giving myself that huge, huge grace period. And again, my workouts were not the best, but I was like, if I can just try to keep this habit, when I feel better, I can give a little bit more effort. Or maybe one day this week, I can give, you know, 90%. Whereas the other weeks, I'm giving 20% or under other days of the week. So it really was for me still trying to show up the best way I could, even though it wasn't

very good. But yeah, it took a whole year for me to be able to feel semi okay again. Also, that was actually during COVID. So gyms were closed. So I would do lots of walks, runs, things at home. But yeah, when gyms finally opened back up. Was your pregnancy in COVID then as well? I had Vinny in November 2019 and COVID was March of 2020. Oh, yeah. So like as soon as I was able to go back to the gym, COVID hit. So were you like during your pregnancy, were you very active or did you not really want to choose to be legal? Yeah, I tried to be as active as I could.

And that was something I talked to my doctor about because I thought like when you're pregnant, you had to be on bed rest because I never saw like pregnant people working out. Like I just, I don't know. I just never saw it. And she was like, if your body is used to this, of course, it's case per case, right? Everyone has different, some are high risk, whatever it is. But she said, if your body is used to this, there's no reason you should stop. She said, getting on bed rest could be one of the worst things. Your body is used to moving. Keep it up. If something hurts, please stop doing it. Don't try to push for a new PR. So I was still in the gym lifting those three days a week, push, pull, and legs. And that was awesome. Some days, Vinny was really active. So I would just walk because I could feel him moving around and it was a little weird and uncomfortable feeling. So I would just walk and my gym actually had a movie cinema, which was sick. So you could walk or run and they would play

a huge movie. And I remember they had like Hunger Games. So like I was in there pregnant Britney with my big tummy, you know, just getting hyped off Hunger Games. It was so fun. Like I talk about a gym that just makes you feel like home that's the gym I feel like that is home to me I love that gym so much so that was a that was fun that's pretty much what my workout looked like while I was pregnant and then post yeah I've certainly heard that before about like how yeah just don't do anything that you're not used to because I don't know if you know do you know Tia Claire Toomey she's like the number one crossfitter absolute like living legend well she got like a lot of like critique and hate I think she must

have like about a one-year-old now but she got a lot of criticism for doing like very intense intense workouts while she was pregnant right up I think she literally did it right up until she gave birth but I think her response or what people were trying to respond and saying is this is what this woman lives and breathes she's probably actually like scaling it back massively compared to what she's used to but did you find because I've also heard that like exercising being healthy during your pregnancy can really help your delivery. Was that your experience or no? I did have a great and easy delivery. I got very lucky. Yeah. So maybe that did have some part in it. But yeah, there's definitely a lot of criticism being in the gym

and being pregnant. Like old men did not like it. And they constantly said things about it to me in person no and they yeah it was very uncomfortable they'd be like why are you here you need to go home and some guy was like i mean multiple times like just bad disgusting looks and one guy was like you're literally gonna give birth on the floor and i'm like do you know how hard it is to actually give birth like women are in labor for hours i'm sorry i'm just gonna randomly pop out a baby on the gym floor like good night yeah people have a lot of things to say so i understand that that lady was probably getting hate because people just don't understand that you can work out while you're pregnant the audacity of someone to actually walk up yeah and say that not just one

person but multiple people that is so multiple i'd say I'd have to come I'd have to have something already to like just fire back every time someone says yeah that's what I said I said do you know how hard it is to actually have a baby this thing's not just gonna slip out like you do know some women labor for like 16 to 24 hours yeah no no no that's that's too much do you feel um like your body even like how old is vinny now oh my gosh he turns five in a few weeks you got a five-year-old out here yeah after about i feel like i know where you're going with this question sorry go ahead yeah no i was just gonna say like do you feel do you feel you've oh my, I hate this term and I'm not even a mom, but like bounce back. Do you feel like you have got back to like you before? Or do you think once you, you're a mom, you've delivered, your body's just different and you kind of need to like adapt

to that? I feel like myself, it took a long time. I would say it kind of comes in waves as a mom. I feel like when I stopped breastfeeding, that was the first wave of, oh, I feel like myself again, right? Because my body's mine. I'm no longer sharing it. I had been sharing it for almost two years. My body's mine. So that was the first wave of like, oh, I feel like myself again. And then I feel like once Vinny turned two, he was able to kind of like communicate a bit better. He was a little bit more independent. I felt like I had a little bit more freedom. I could trust him with things. You know, we can talk things out. So that was like the huge point where I really felt like I

could be me totally was me again, the three year mark even better. I'm like, wow, I fully feel like myself again, like totally Brittany back to, you know, just feeling like me. I mean, for you, and it just has gotten better. Like I, I don't even remember being pregnant. Vinny is so much freaking fun. Like it's so, so much fun being his mom. And I, I love it so much. And yeah, I totally feel like myself again. It's taken a long time. And I think, you know, obviously I had some setbacks last year that have taken me a while to feel like me again. But, you know, since we've moved here, everything's changed. Like it's just been the best.

I totally feel like myself again. But that's a good question. Like a lot of first time moms, that's one of the scary things. Oh, what's going to happen to my body? And will I ever be able to like feel like me again? Those are two big questions I had. And know it all works out yeah I feel like for me certainly like as I do I'm like 27 now and I'm like you know I think I see that in my future but I definitely feel I overanalyze and overthink everything so I think I'm just like deepening it too much but I'm like you know it is a worry for me and I'm sure for people listening like some people are they're like but will I

like lose myself will I be able to still do the things that are such a part of like who I am but I guess by this point you're ready for a baby you're ready to kind of step into the unknown you know I'll definitely say the first year is definitely like a sacrifice but after that it really does get a lot easier and you're you're able to do all the things you love and and feel like yourself again but it's it can be scary because it's an unknown right you've never done it before so not not like you even need to be thinking or contemplating this at all no no no at this point yeah no you literally were good chilling um you know how like you were saying that you've like moved around lots

of times obviously you've gone through like these points in your life as well where you've like you know really I guess needed like a support system and stuff and going to different gyms and you've got a baby and now a child like how have you kind of like found bouncing around places all the time and like in terms of like friendship and like support systems and not only on like the bad days but just kind of in regular life like do you kind of feel like you've got your family unit and you're good I just wondered what your experience was with that oh oh this is a this is a tough one because I feel like making friends as an adult is very difficult um yeah yes let alone moving so much so I I have tried to make some friends I feel like in Michigan in Arizona I had I had nobody I I really

did not have any friends I had the one girl I would work out with at the gym and that was great but Michigan I feel like I started realizing I really need to try to make some friends I really need to try to help and having playdates with other like moms helped out a little bit. Here in Florida, I feel like for whatever reason, it might be because we're like in a neighborhood now, I feel like I have a ton of friends in like a whole village. And even with like the hurricane, like everybody was checking on everybody. I feel like I have a huge community in a village here in Florida. And I've actually never felt that before in my entire life, because even as an army brat, I have moved constantly. So yeah,

that's a tough question. Because I would have my mom fly out a bunch to help when I'd have Gymshark events or have to shoot for the app or something with the amazing like supplement collab my mom would come out and help a lot and like with surgery she helped with that but yeah I I struggle with before moving here to Florida I have struggled with trying to make friends and trying to have some kind of support I had a couple in Michigan that you know helped out in general but I don't know. What about you? You've moved. You've now moved. Is it hard? Yeah. Which is why I asked rather selfishly. Sorry, everyone listening. Yeah, no, it's so hard. Yeah. I it's like, yeah, I find I do find it really hard. And I think I also feel and I don't know if you feel this way but I also feel that with our

job there's an added layer of like complication because I I like I'm doubtful of everyone that I meet because if they know me I don't know yes I get like in my head about it and I find it really hard to like authentically meet people that are my kind of people. Okay, maybe this is my opinion, but I don't think it's actually that common to move like out of where you've grown up, really. I know in like America, you guys, it's very common for you to just like move here, move there, like, oh, see ya, I'm going to like college, like, you know, whatever. But I don't feel like it's so common. I mean, certainly like the majority of my friends from home that I'm still friends with all still live in London, pretty much in the same area

still. And so I don't know, I just like think about it. And sometimes I'm like, it's hard to like put myself out there as well. You know, we're lucky in Manchester, certainly there's really, really good community sort of networks out there to like go on like a hot girl walk and there's a group of girls but I don't know I just wondered I think it's a shared experience it is and it's one of those things where you know I see all on like social media like the fun friend groups and I'm like I what I would do to have that right like what I would do to have people who I just vibe with who just get me who we have the same silly energy and like I I would love that and I think if you are somebody listening and you have that group of friends like cherish them honestly envious and like the most

polite like humble way but like you have such a beautiful thing yeah keep them we are we're over here we'd love some besties yeah I think it's because also like you hit you kind of hit it there with like that kind of dynamic like yeah I've made friends to have the kind of friendships that you have with like your home friends that have like yes been through things with you and like seeing you just like I don't know I mean I am so fortunate and I really am not like whining or anything, but it will be days like, okay, so random. I needed my tooth out and like, I need to have sedation for it. And I realized like, I don't actually have anyone that can go with me to like, I know. That literally makes me want to cry.

I want to cry. But like they said like oh my god Sid like there's a cancellation like you can have it if you want I saw I saw them for I don't have anyone I can call you know but I I'm sharing it because I know that we all experience it I know it'll help some girls feel seen because don't worry I'm out here struggling oh that makes me want to cry it's tough yeah oh guys also disclaimer I do have friends no but it is like you know you like do you have anyone that you could call up, like, if you needed anything and, you know, you should rely on them? You know, it's tough. Yeah, no, definitely.

I just, yeah, I often, like, I feel like we see these people online where we're like, wow, oh, my God, you're jet-setting around the world. Like, that's crazy. Or, like, for you, like, oh, my God, you're moving literally all the time. That's so sick. Like, experiencing all these different things but I think that's like a very real side to it that also um comes with it there's part of the experience oh yeah yes I don't want to end it on a sour nut I feel like I just like killed the vibe no you have not killed I feel like I've really just killed the vibe maybe why don't we end on a cute little like question or something what is like something that you would just love to share with the audience

that you think like they just, someone listening might really, really need to hear? I would love to say that one, each day is a fresh start. So if you've had a tough go every single day, you get a new chance to try again. So don't forget that. And I feel like if anyone is having a hard go, right, whatever it is, you don't have friends, you don't have someone to call, your mental health is

struggling, your physical health is struggling, you're just going through it right now. There is light at the end of the tunnel, I promise better days are ahead and you will appreciate the better days having gone through what you're going through. Absolutely. Well, thank you so much for coming on. I'm sure. Thank you for having me. I'm sure the girls will love this episode.

I found it myself very, very inspiring and insightful. And I think you're incredible. Literally from like the moment I met you, I was like, oh my God, this woman is like so lovely. Like you really have an ability to just like make everyone in the room feel seen you know thank you so much for coming on keep doing what you're doing can't wait to see everything you did yeah I loved meeting you the first time I was like this girl is so cool and then I was like they better sign you as an athlete and they didn't it's the best no you're you helped so many just feel welcome and this community you've built is so incredible you are doing so

amazing so thank you for having me on it's been an honor especially since I haven't done a podcast in a while so thank you yeah exactly and um if anyone wants to give you a follow where can they find you oh yes what you got going on i'm at underscore britney lepton on instagram and then just britney lepton on youtube and tiktok wonderful right thank you so much thank you thanks so much for listening to the episode i hope you guys loved the episode I I still like I'm listening to that podcast episode back and I'm like I really hope I didn't kill the vibe with me talking about loneliness but I don't know anytime I like feel any negative emotions I just try to lean into sharing it because I know that you know we all that's like a very real experience that a lot of

us go through making friends feeling lonely not really knowing your place and all those sorts of things so I think like yeah I just try to help you guys see that you're definitely more alone if you do feel any of those things that we discussed remember you guys can find us at gym girls locker room on all platforms if you want to make sure you don't ever miss another episode you can hit follow on whatever platform you're listening on I hope you have the most incredible wonderful week and I will see you in the next one