28: Boost Confidence Through Movement: Tips That Work!

In this inspiring episode, Kimberly and Terry uncover how fitness is more than just physical—it's a powerful tool for building confidence and self-worth.

They share personal stories from their group fitness classes, revealing how movement can spark transformation from the inside out. Plus, they break down practical tips to help you feel stronger and more confident every day:
✅ Celebrate small wins to build momentum
✅ Reframe failures as learning opportunities
✅ Use power poses to shift your energy instantly
✅ Surround yourself with positivity and support

Discover how a simple mindset shift and the right fitness routine can help you feel more empowered, capable, and connected. If you're ready to level up your confidence and thrive, this episode is for you!

🎧 Tune in now and start building confidence from the inside out!

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Transcript

Hello, welcome to Group X Appeal. This is Kimberly Spreen Glick here. I'm Terry Shorter. We're glad you're here because today we are talking about the confidence that fitness can bring to our lives. A lot. I thought a great way to start this, we thought a great way to start this would be to share stories from our own experience. So of course we are both, Terry and I, group fitness instructors. And when we were talking about this earlier, one of the things that came to mind for me was specific to a class that I currently teach called F.I.T.

fit is an acronym. stands for functional integrated training. And it is a combination of strength training, traditional strength training, but also stability training. And we use the BOSU balance trainer. And I remember when we first added the class, the number of people that came in really intimidated thinking they're not going to be able to stand on the BOSU. I've had some come in and knee braces and, and challenges. And if you don't know this about the BOSU, it actually wasn't originally created as a fitness tool. It was a rehabilitation.

tool to help rehab things like ankles and knees and such to build stability. And so it's been such a cool thing to see people, to convince them that you can do this. And we start with a contact point and get comfortable on the BOSU. And, and like we always talk about creating progression. So the body has the opportunity to respond, but seeing people not only get stronger in their body, like they're definitely getting stronger. They're

they're doing deeper and more squats. They are lifting more weight. So that's awesome to see. But it's how they hold their head up higher. It's how they are just happier in their body and in the space. And they'll come out to me after class sharing feedback around the working on the BOSU saying, you know, I've never felt stronger. I feel so much more confident in being able to do things in my life without risk for injury because they're more stable. It's really, really cool. How about you? Have you had a experience like that?

Yeah, absolutely. I would have to say in another class that that I teach called fight conditioning and class. Yeah, it's a fun class. We in fight conditioning. We're training like fighters like mixed martial arts fighters, not only hitting bags, heavy bags, heavy standing bags, throwing punches and elbows and knees. Right. We're also working on takedown work.

Kimberly/terry (02:22.818)
you know, close quarter work, throwing elbows and knees to lifting equipment like kettlebells and dumbbells and medicine balls. Again, just like a fighter would train and very much very similar to what you just shared participants when they initially walk in, many of them have never not just have never hit a bag before, but have never thrown a punch. Right. Or thrown a kick or any sort of strike for that matter. And so, you know,

They come in a little bit timid, they're a little bit concerned. But once they get the technique down, once they get the patterning of the combinations down in their body and they start, you can see them start taking ownership of it. You can see the excitement build. And like you said, you could see the confidence as they're starting to take ownership of the movement and every class by class, their combinations become more crisp.

They're keeping their guards up. And mind you, fight conditioning or any sort of fight style, it's not necessarily considered functional training. You're like doing your squats or doing bicep curls. I mean, it's a very specialized kind of movement patterning that we do. And so when people get these combinations, your basic four punch combinations, when they add kicks and when they're able to string these different movements together,

they are just so proud of themselves. And it makes me proud too, seeing where they came from and then where they're at. But also I know exactly where they're going when they can stick with the program because the improvement happens fairly fast when they just show up. But the confidence for sure is off the charts when they get those combos down. So it good. love that. That's so cool. You see, these are not just fitness wins.

This is what confidence looks like when you invest the time and energy in yourself. And so you can build confidence through the movement of your body. It's really, really powerful. And it's all about believing in yourself. know, as Henry Ford said, whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. I love that quote. It is the best for sure. So, you know, confidence, it's not something that you're born with at all. It's something that you build.

Kimberly/terry (04:39.91)
and it's not gonna build overnight either, it's a process, right? And fitness, it's truly one of the most powerful tools to do just that. And so we're gonna dive in with some easy tips, right? Or are they easy implementable tips? my goodness. my goodness. I have a hard time with the word implementable.

So they're just going to be four easy tips dog on it. So am I going to talk about the first one or are you going to talk about it? think I'll jump in on the first one. That's all right. Cause the first one is to celebrate what your body can do or what it can still do. instead of focusing on what you feel you can't do or maybe what you feel like you used to be able to do and can no longer do, it's really about focusing on what you can do or what you still can do.

Because throughout our lives, our fitness journey, evolves. Our body evolves. And we have to honor that. It's really important. So instead of focusing on what you feel like you can't do, think about tracking wins. Because as you've heard from us over and over again, this is about progress. This is about continuing to feel better and better in your body and in your life every single day. So when it comes to feeling more strength in your body, more stability,

more flexibility, more mobility, all the abilities, improvement in your cardiovascular capacity. mean, progress equals confidence. And I think that we are most confident, most at ease and feeling the most joy in our lives when both on a physical level, but then also on a personal level, we are becoming who we're capable of being. So stay the course, keep your eyes on

what you can do and do that. Yeah. And, something we shared in the last episode or episode 25 about mindset, right? If you ever catch yourself saying, I can't do that. There's a word that you add right to the end of that three letter word, really simple to say, I can't do that yet. Right. I love that. That's, that's a mindset like paradigm shift right out of the gate. So add yet for now. There we go.

Kimberly/terry (06:57.838)
So, know, reframing failures as growth would be tip number two. And this is really episode 25. We talk about mindset. So for whatever reason, if you haven't hit your goal yet, it's nothing to be upset about. You know, if you missed a workout, that's okay. Instead of judgment, ask yourself, okay, what did I learn? Right?

growth is going to happen through setbacks, through failures, expect the failures to happen. You know, in weightlifting and strength training, right, we have a saying that says you lift until failure, you do the reps until failure, until you can't do it anymore, because what happens in that case, what happens is growth occurs, you're basically breaking down your muscle tissue on a microscopic level, and during your recovery time, that's when the growth happens again with proper nutrition and proper sleep habits, of course.

But failure is a good thing. I heard a quote one time that failure is not the opposite of success. It's part of success. Yeah.

That's really, really true. That's the road to success, right? So yeah. Absolutely. So yeah, make sure to listen to episode 25 because that one is packed with all kinds of goodness. Thanks to Carol Dweck's work on growth mindset. Yes. And thank you for recommending that book. Yeah. He finished it already. it. I I dug deep into that book and really, really enjoyed it. So we encourage you to listen to episode 25. Yeah. And one other thing I'd like to share on that is

You know, sometimes when we do have a fall of what we might see as a failure, we tend to judge ourselves. We tend to beat ourselves up. But the end goal is to get stronger, to feel better in our bodies, to feel better in our mind and our heart and our soul. You can't judge yourself to get a better body. You can't judge your way to, to growth and evolution. You can't hate yourself to the life you want to be living. Okay. So you have to give yourself grace.

Kimberly/terry (09:03.596)
So another tip we have for you is you may have heard this before, but power poses. That's a big one. Power pose like the Superman pose or wonder woman. course, wonder woman. And then positive self-talk. You know, what's the conversation going on in your own head? Because, you know, back to the previous point, the previous tip, often if we fall, we determine that that fall, that failure tells a story about who we are and what we're capable of. And we start this

this real of negative self-talk that does nothing to help you accomplish what it is you want to accomplish. So when it comes to the power poses, this is about standing tall, taking up space because you deserve to take up space and then bring in the positive self-talk. I am strong, I am capable. Doing this, the power pose and the positive self-talk, it actually creates a shift. It alters your brain chemistry in a really positive way. It increases confidence.

And I actually just learned from Terry today that holding a power pose with this positive self talk for five minutes, it actually increases testosterone levels, which is, yeah, which can give you, even more kind of energy and, fuel for the journey, which is good. Absolutely. Absolutely. And if you wanted to take that even a step further, do, I do, I would like to, well, there's two, two things you can do while you're holding that power pose.

Play your favorite music, the music that just gets you excited, gets you fired And the second piece would be, yes, the affirmations I think are really key. It may seem really hokey, it may seem silly, but this is your personal time. This is you time for this positive self-talk, for this power pose. Look in a mirror while you're doing it, while you're taking up space, and immediately you will feel the shift in your energy or your chi.

you will walk out with a very, very high vibration into the world and you will attract so many good things in your life. I promise you like immediately. Yeah. Just by shifting with that power pose and some of that self talk. It's all about what we focus on, how we choose to see it. Right. Yeah. And, Terry's right. You might feel, it might feel a little hokey at first and you might even giggle at yourself at first, but that's okay. But if you do it consistently, the subconscious mind responds to two things, emotion and repetition.

Kimberly/terry (11:30.51)
The key is when it comes to repetition things like affirmations like get in a good place first That's that power post can help get you in a place where you're feeling Better about yourself increasing the confidence a bit and then bring in the affirmations. It's really really powerful Yeah, and you don't have to have a long list of affirmations either. No, maybe some just a few key phrases or words One exercise that I love is going through the alphabet like for example, I am a

Abundant I am beautiful. I am charismatic. I am determined. am energetic. I am devoted I am faithful right so just The alphabet with different descriptive positive powerful affirming words that feel good to you that you know that That you can really embrace and if you can't embrace it yet Right, just add the consistency and it'll start you'll take ownership of it. Oh, I think I'm gonna try that Yeah, it's fun to What am I? What's my ex I am?

Xylophone. I'm a xylophone. exuberant with an X. That's right. we go. So that's your third tip. Here's your fourth tip. Surround yourself with positivity. yes. Amen to that. Right? It's not difficult to do at all. You just have to look for it. Confidence, it really does grow in the right environment. Like anything. It grows in the most healthy way in the right environment. And so...

we encourage you to engage in some uplifting content, whatever that may be. Like this. Yeah, like this. We hope this is positive. Please be uplifted. Yeah, that's our hope. But yeah, turn off the news, because that's not going to uplift you or feel positive at all, ever. Perhaps join a supportive community. Yes, definitely.

people that are rooting for you that are in your corner, cheering you on every single step of the way. And, and, this is probably the most difficult one. We talked about this in one of the previous episodes, about comparing yourself, like stop the toxic comparisons on social media. We all have social media accounts on one platform, another, but we all have a tendency to go there to that place where we're looking at other people's posts and comparing ourselves to them.

Kimberly/terry (13:55.462)
And sometimes perhaps it doesn't feel good. It doesn't feel the best. But if we can celebrate those people that we're watching and, and, and be inspired by them, you know, that is going to feel a lot more positive and more productive. Most definitely good tip. Like that one. So we'd love to hear from you. How has fitness becoming stronger? How has it helped you become more confident? How has it boosted your confidence?

So you could message us, tell us your story, tag us if you want to post separately on your own or just comment either on YouTube or on social media. We would love to be able to celebrate you and be able to share the confidence boost that you're experiencing. Yeah. Someone could definitely need a reminder of their own strength, including us. Absolutely. Kimberly had just mentioned that,

I didn't even know this. There were reviews for this podcast. I had no idea. Like, have you seen our reviews? He's like, what? We got reviews. People are actually listening. They really like me. They do. They like you a lot. And they like you too. But yeah, so there's some really cool reviews. And that was just a reminder of our own strength. And that's a huge confidence boost. And we appreciate you.

tuning in and listening to our antics. Our shenanigans and tomfoolery and whatnot. By all means, if you enjoyed and got some value from this episode, please do share it. Send it to someone who needs to be reminded of their own strength. Yeah, for sure. So that's the episode for today. Episode 28. It's a wrap. Yeah. Hopefully you're feeling more confident and we appreciate you. We thank you. We love you. And until next time, we encourage you as always to make it a

great day and why? Because it's a great day to have.