The Weekly Riff with Louise Green
The Weekly Riff cuts through fitness culture’s noise with real talk from Louise Green — award-winning coach, author, and size-inclusive fitness trailblazer redefining what strength looks like. In a world where most fitness spaces still exclude, this podcast offers something rare: a space that honours all bodies and holds the belief that your body is fully capable of strength, power, and performance — through every season of life, including midlife and menopause.
Each 20-minute episode dives into strength training, body image, mindset, and the deeper layers of showing up for yourself — without the toxic pressure to shrink, conform, or apologize. Louise blends expert insight, lived experience, and raw honesty to explore how we can all train for strength and self-respect, not validation.
Expect conversations that challenge stereotypes, dismantle diet culture, and invite you to rise — as you are, right now.
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The Weekly Riff with Louise Green
Episode 12 - My Take on Joyful Movement…It’s Not What You Think
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In this episode, Louise Green takes a closer look at the idea of joyful movement and why it might not be the full picture when it comes to building a sustainable relationship with exercise.
She breaks down the idea that movement isn’t just “joyful or not”… it’s a spectrum. Sometimes you love it, sometimes you feel neutral, and sometimes the win is simply feeling better after. And all of that counts.
Louise also talks about how motivation isn’t one-size-fits-all. What works for one person doesn’t always land for another, which is where her idea of fitness archetypes comes in.
She brings in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to highlight something important that often gets missed. A lot of people are being told to find joy in movement before they even feel comfortable, safe, or like they belong in fitness spaces. That’s a big disconnect.
This episode is about expanding the way we think about movement. It doesn’t have to feel joyful every time to be meaningful. It just needs to work for you.
Key Topics
- Why “joyful movement” is an incomplete framework
- The spectrum of movement: from joy to effort to resistance
- Fitness archetypes and why motivation is not one-size-fits-all
- Intrinsic motivation beyond enjoyment: identity, purpose, capability
- Applying Maslow’s hierarchy to fitness participation
- The gap between fitness messaging and lived experience
- Redefining sustainability in movement
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Joyful Movement
01:30 Understanding the Joyful Mover Archetype
05:05 The Complexity of Joyful Movement
09:01 The Spectrum of Joy and Satisfaction
13:36 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Fitness
20:08 Redefining Joyful Movement for Sustainability
You may also enjoy my Riff on my Fitness Archetype Framework that covers all the archetypes: Listen Here.
Louise Green is an award-winning coach with 20 years invested in working with women of all body sizes. She has coached thousands of women from all over the world, if you're ready take the next step in your strength, check out her coaching program: https://www.louisegreeninc.com/size-strong