Betsy

Professional personal trainer, amateur most everything else. Only the hottest takes.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

Me sticking around waiting for this Justin Timberlake concert to start.

[🤕(sick pants) @SureThing_Buddy]

i think athletes should be able to gamble on us average people at OUR jobs. Let’s see how Anthony Davis likes it when I rack up 4 hours screen time in a 6 hour shift when he had under 3.5

[The Ravens Realm @RealmRavens]

What the media wants Lamar Jackson to do

[Zach Bollinger @zachbollinger18]

How it feels being a Baltimore Sports fan at this moment.

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

RT if your team has clinched a playoff spot so far 🙌

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

@Super_Carter 😂😂😂

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

I engage or disengage as feels good.

Sometimes I’m up for a discussion about diet culture and how it permeates so much of what we do or how it’s ok to make choices that support your fitness goals. And sometimes I want a break so I walk away because I’m not on the clock.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

At big gatherings with food, you’ll likely notice people commenting on quantity or “being bad” or saying something about sugars or oils that simply isn’t based in fact.

Here are some things I do in these situations…

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

I model the way I approach food

Especially for my children I’m intentional with my words about foods I like, foods that taste good, foods that make me feel good, not ascribing morality to foods, AND acknowledging how wonderful it is that we have an abundance of food.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

I don’t comment on other people’s food choices.

Besides “not yucking people’s yum”, I genuinely DON’T CARE what people are eating. It’s not my job or anyone else’s job to monitor how much or what kinds of food people eat.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

Just a reminder that you can eat what you want today (and any day) without justifying it or explaining it.

No one is “good” for eating one thing and “bad” for eating another.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

Your “summer body” is the one you have now.

It’s the one you’ll use to run in the ocean and travel and eat delicious food and take a ton of pictures and lay around in the sun (with an adequate amount of sunscreen).

Don’t hide all summer because of a made up marketing concept.

[T-Pain @TPAIN]

Where were you when I rhymed Mansion with Wiscansin?

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

Most people aren’t skipping the gym because they’re “lazy”.

They’re skipping the gym because the fitness industry has played on their vulnerabilities and insecurities so much they don’t feel welcome.

How many more people would show up if we took a more encouraging approach?

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

@cfosttalksalot We deserved a video

[Harry Hill @veryharryhill]

Here are some of my fave non-appearance compliments to give

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

Before and after pictures?

I’m more interested in here-and-now pics because as a coach I’m interested in your efforts, your feelings, and your strength today.

If we can cultivate appreciation and joy in all the todays, we don’t need a finish line to feel accomplished.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

By learning to appreciate the process, my clients can see each individual workout as a piece of the whole puzzle.

Each time they show up and make an effort is an investment in feeling good and strong and capable and living to the fullest.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

I’m not satisfied with getting clients “results”.

I’m obsessed with getting my clients to APPRECIATE the process.

Fitness progress takes longer than we want it to. I don’t want anyone to be miserable on the path to the goal.

[Betsy @Foster_Strength]

Note, I didn’t say love the process.

Workouts aren’t always going to be pleasant or fun.

Sometimes they are going to be boring.

[Baltimore Ravens @Ravens]

Done. Deal.