From All-or-Nothing to Just Showing Up with Sarah Filandrianos

Big Day Fitness member Sarah Filandrianos joins Bobby and Maria to talk about what changed when she stopped chasing perfect and started just showing up. A lifelong all-or-nothing person, Sarah used to need a Monday, a first-of-the-month, and a big goal before she'd start anything. Now she's booked three days a week whether her eating is on point or not — and the results have followed her onto the Appalachian Trail, into a six-person hot tub, and through a year with almost no injuries.We cover why small-group training makes you braver than one-on-one, how letting go of the perfect plan finally got Sarah through a marathon, hiking alongside her daughter's 146-day Appalachian Trail thru-hike, the "add before you subtract" nutrition frame, and why taking a week and a half off made her knee hurt more, not less. CHAPTERS(0:00) Intro(0:28) Driving from Duxbury to Norwell(2:00) No Big Day nearby? Not moving(2:52) Why small-group beats one-on-one(4:56) Community in her own town(7:06) From all-or-nothing to showing up(8:58) Letting go of perfect: the marathon(10:40) Walking challenge, golf, and Maine(11:16) Her daughter's Appalachian Trail hike(14:14) Setting an example for grown kids(15:03) Hot tub buckets = med ball warm-up(17:03) Advice for all-or-nothing people(18:51) Add before you subtract(20:09) Helping her parents eat better(22:25) Dairy Queen and being starving(24:11) Why a week off hurt her knee more(25:56) Five alternatives for every exercise(27:02) A year with almost no injuries(29:09) Blue Hills hike and how to reach us Big Day Fitness is small-group personal training for adults 40-70 in Norwell and Duxbury, MA. Learn more at bigdayfit.com, follow @bigday_fit on Instagram, or email hello@bigdayfit.com.