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Two Sisters, Two Goals: Half Marathon vs Bodybuilding Prep

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Kristen says, "Whatever you make a priority is what you're going to be successful at."

1. Fit, Fueled, and Busy centers this episode on Janine’s twin sister Kristen and two different fitness goals: a half marathon and bodybuilding prep. 2. Janine from Contour Fitness Coaching hosts, and Kristen matters because she is Janine’s twin sister and first-time Fit Model competitor. 3. The episode asks what changes when a goal stops being an idea and becomes a deadline. 4. Janine says she is training for a half marathon at the end of April, eating more calories, and still lifting to maintain muscle mass. 5. Kristen explains that she danced her entire life, did not play sports, and found weightlifting after college. 6. Kristen says bodybuilding lets her "build and sculpt" her physique and that it is "a constant work in progress." 7. She says she had wanted to step on stage for years and kept finding an excuse. 8. Kristen says the bodybuilding world launched a new Fit Model division last year, which made the goal feel concrete. 9. She says Janine texted her, "stop talking about it and just do it," and that pushed her to act. 10. Kristen researched coaches for about one to two weeks and chose a local coach in Ashland named Shanna Wiltrop. 11. She says her first bodybuilding show is May 2 at Union Station in St. Louis. 12. Janine says having people who "call you out on your bluff" can be useful when someone keeps saying they want a goal. 13. Kristen says Shanna Wiltrop helps with posing and encouragement, and she notes that they live in the same town. 14. Kristen says her husband Nate supports every "crazy idea" she has, including running for Board of Aldermen and real estate. 15. She says Amanda, her best friend, is excited for her even though bodybuilding is outside her world. 16. Kristen says coworkers at Taco Bell bring her salt and hot sauce packets because that is her condiment of choice. 17. Kristen says prep started the week after Christmas and she has not had any alcohol since then. 18. She says she has been in prep for 10 weeks, has 6 weeks left, and will total 16 weeks of prep. 19. Janine and Kristen talk about how discipline in prep and running flows into motherhood, work, and family life. 20. People focused on practical fitness habits and goal-setting will get the most from this conversation, while listeners wanting a short, purely entertainment-driven episode may skip it.

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Two sisters, two training goals, and a plainspoken look at fitting fitness into a busy life.

Two twin sisters frame fitness as something that has to fit inside the rest of life, not sit apart from it. One is logging extra cardio and fueling for a half marathon; the other is in bodybuilding prep.

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