Filter Free Friday
Filter Free Friday is a podcast by global fitness trainer Britany Williams, where she serves up unfiltered relatable advice and laughter to help you realize the distance between the life you want to live and the life you're currently living isn't nearly as big as you think. Join her every Friday as she dishes out tough love, funny banter and the go-getter motivation you didn't even know you needed.
Episodes
122 episodes
What No One Tells You About High-Intensity Workouts, Hormones, and Burnout
If you're worried about high intensity training impacting hormones and spiking cortisol, then this episode is a must listen.Britany breaks down the truth about systemic fatigue, stress from overtraining and the myth that your workouts ha...
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Get Back In Shape In Your Late 30s: How Jess Gunn Went From Burnt Out Mom to Stronger Than Ever
Are you feeling out of shape, overwhelmed or stuck in survival mode? Learn how one mom lost 30 pounds, built her strength and completely changed her life... and she didn't start until she was 37.In today's podcast, Jess Gunn shares her i...
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Why Your Core Workouts Aren’t Working (And How to Fix Them)
Are you doing ab workouts but left wondering why your core isn’t stronger and can't see even a hint of a six pack? In this episode, Britany discusses why most core workouts miss the mark and what you actually need to do to build a s...
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Why Fat Loss Feels Harder in Your 30s & 40s (And How to Get Unstuck)
Feel like you're doing everything right - eating healthy and working out more - but your boyd just won't budge? You're not alone.In this episode, Britany breaks down why fat loss feels harder in your 30s and 40s and how to create the rig...
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How to Get Your Energy Back Without Overhauling Your Life
Feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and constantly running on empty (even when you're doing everything right)?! Burnout is real and you're not alone! In this episode, Britany shares how to get your energy back without overhauling you...
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I’m Done Playing Small— And You’re Coming With Me
Today is my 37th birthday, and I’m officially done playing small.In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what’s changing—not just with this podcast, but across everything I’m building: my business, this community of women, and h...
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Tired of Carrying the Mental Load? How to Get Your Partner to Step Up with Guest Zach Watson
If you’ve ever thought, “Why am I the only one who remembers everything for this family?” — this episode is for you. From doctor appointments to daycare snacks, if the mental load is draining you and you wish your partner would just
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Are 20-Minute Workouts Actually Effective for Building Muscle and Improving Endurance?
Can 20-minute workouts really build muscle and improve endurance, or are they just a way to make us feel productive without real progress?In this episode, Britany tackles one of the biggest fitness debates—are short workouts actually eff...
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How to Combine Running & Strength Training Without Losing Muscle
Can you run AND lift without losing muscle or burning out? Absolutely— but only if you do it right! In this episode, Britany break downs the biggest mistakes people make when trying to combine running and strength training, and how to structure...
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Fitness and Chronic Illness: How I’ve Stayed Relentlessly Active for 23 Years with Rheumatoid Arthritis
How does someone stay super fit and active while battling a chronic pain for 23 years? In today's episode, Britany discusses navigating her rheumatoid arthritis, chronic joint pain and staying active throughout it all. This episode...
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Why Walking is the Missing Piece to Reaching Your Health and Fitness Goals
What if you've been going about it all wrong?? In today's episode Britany breaks down why walking is the most underrated tool for body transformation (and frankly your mental health too). She addresses the myths around 10,000 daily steps, how c...
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Why You Can’t Afford to Skip Investing In Your Foundation
New year, same chaos? Sounds about right. In today's episode, Britany's here to keep it real with tales of daycare mishaps, womanly woes (do elephants go through menopause?), and the ultimate reminder: invest in your foundation before life star...
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Balancing Work and Life: The Secrets to Dropping the ‘Do It All’ Mindset
We are getting real about balancing career and life on the podcast today. Britany reads a letter she wrote to herself from the lens of a working mom trying to go into 2025 with a healthier mindset. She discusses how to drop the "do it all" mind...
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Paying It Forward: Realistic Advice from Toddler Moms with Danielle Pascente
Fitness extraordinaire and mom, Danielle Pascente, joins Britany on today's episode to talk all things motherhood - from balancing WFH life with a baby, to that dreadful first postpartum poop, to lying to your toddler to minimize the threenager...
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Vision Boards and Goal Setting In Your Mid 30s and Beyond
Vision Boards. New Year's Resolutions. Monthly Goals. There's a lot of different ways to manifest the life you want to live, but in today's episode Britany offers up an alternative way to set goals for those of us in our mid to late 30s and bey...
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You're Not Alone: Talking Fertility & Pregnancy Loss with Jami Crist
Britany sits down with author and brand marketer, Jami Crist, to discuss the multitude of challenges women can face in the trying to conceive and pregnancy journey. Jami's new book, "The Losses We Keep" explores the stories of 9 women w...
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Hot Takes and Hot Drinks
Pull up a chair and pop some popcorn because Britany is on a soap box today, venting over a few hot takes she has let fester and needs to release. Like why hot drinks are superior to ice drinks (even in the summer), why Christmas music shouldn'...
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Empowering The Female Voice Through Self Defense & Self Confidence with Valerie Sizemore
In today's episode, Britany is joined by guest Valerie Sizemore to talk female empowerment and the role that fitness and self defense can play in building confidence at any age.1 in 3 women in the United States will experience assault. ...
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A Realistic Approach to Better Health, Diet and Fitness
In today' s episode Britany shares 3 tips to better health, diet and fitness and they're all things no one seems to talk about but everyone can implement easily. Today. Right now.Whether your goal is fat loss, muscle gain or just feelin...
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Fitness and Weight Loss Milestones You Need To Stop Ignoring
We're talking non-scale victories, workout milestones and all things PROGRESS today. Britany deep dives into 5 signs you're progressing in your fitness and health routine (that you're probably ignoring). Today's episode is for anyo...
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How Dieting and Fat Loss Really Work
In today's episode, Britany debunks myths around dieting - Keto, Low Carb, Intermittent Fasting and more. She discusses the pros and cons of calorie counting and macro counting and gives insight into how fat loss REALLY works and why it's so ha...
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Navigating the Anxiety & Loneliness of the First Trimester
If you've ever pondered "is it normal to feel this way in the first trimester?" then this is the episode for you. Pulll up a chair and a mocktail because Britany is going through all the things she wish she knew about the first trimester. Brita...
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Progressing Your Workout Routine To Fit Your Goals
Struggling to know what workout is right for you or how to fit it all into your schedule? Or even how to stay motivated to work out consistently? In today's episode, Britany brings her expertise as a fitness trainer to the table to highlight ho...
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Having a Toddler Is Like Running A Marathon At Sprint Pace
Fresh off her trip from Italy, Britany debriefs on her Tuscan vacation, life lessons and more than one story about cleaning up toddler poop, but what else do you expect at this point? Today's episode is about raging cleaning, survi...
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Let Yourself Procrastinate Because You Aint Got Your Sh*t Together
In today's episode Britany is tackling procrastination and to-do lists... not ACTUALLY tackling the list but talking about what it's like when you're a serial procrastinator. If you find yourself doing your best work rightttt before your deadli...
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