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Speaker 2: Hello, Hello, Emily Abodi. Here you are listening to episode

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Speaker 2: two hundred and ninety five of Hurdle, a wellness focused

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Speaker 2: podcast where I talk to inspirational people about everything from

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Speaker 2: their highest ties and toughest moments to essential tips on

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Speaker 2: how to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life. We

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Speaker 2: all go through our fair share of hurdles. My goal

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Speaker 2: through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate

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Speaker 2: towards your own big potential and of course have some

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Speaker 2: fun along the way. For episode two ninety five and

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Speaker 2: bring you my lovely discussion with Camila Ramon. She is

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Speaker 3: I love it for so many.

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Speaker 2: Reasons, but mostly because we have such a beautiful dialogue

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Speaker 2: about embracing the body that we have and appreciating it

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Speaker 2: for all that it can do, regardless of what it

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Speaker 2: looks like. If your thighs touched, if there's jiggle, if

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Speaker 2: there's wiggle, if you feel strong, if you don't feel strong,

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Speaker 2: all of these things, there can still be so much

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Speaker 2: appreciation for the body that we have. Kamila gets so

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Speaker 2: the winding road that brought her to Peloton. She speaks

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Speaker 2: if you're not yet doing so, you're following along with

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Speaker 2: Hurdle over on social It's.

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Speaker 3: Over at Hurdle Podcast.

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Speaker 2: I am over at Emily a Body and if you

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Speaker 2: are here because you are a fan of all things Peloton,

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Speaker 2: We've got a slew of other instructor episodes in the feed.

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Speaker 2: I'll make sure to link a bunch of them in

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Speaker 2: the show notes. With that, let's get to it. Let's

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Speaker 1: Today.

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Speaker 2: I am sitting down with Camilla Ramon. She is a

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Speaker 1: I'm fabulous. It's been a beautiful day already. So I'm

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Speaker 2: I'm excited to have you here, and I'm excited that

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Speaker 1: It is fifty five degrees and I feel like it's

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Speaker 2: So I was doing some research before our chat today.

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Speaker 2: I know that's always like a scary thing, but really

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Speaker 2: the research was just into our messaging history. And you

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Speaker 1: Honestly, I feel like I'm living a dream. All the

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Speaker 2: Okay, one of the og hurdlers, which is why I

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Speaker 1: I just feel like you have such genuine conversation with people,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so I made the decision too. I thought I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, it really does. It really does.

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Speaker 2: thing that some people are like, Wow, I would love

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Speaker 2: to set a boundary, but I don't want to hurt

439
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 2: this person's feelings or I don't want to be the

440
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Speaker 2: only person that doesn't do X. How does that work

441
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Speaker 2: in practice? So that you can be taking care of

442
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Speaker 2: your mental health.

443
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Speaker 1: It depends on how close your loved ones are and

444
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Speaker 1: what your relationship with that person might be. For me,

445
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Speaker 1: I think it was very easy for the people that

446
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Speaker 1: I have close by that love me to understand what

447
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,400
Speaker 1: my boundaries were because they would say something and I'd

448
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,479
Speaker 1: be like, hey, you know when you say this, it

449
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:35,640
Speaker 1: makes me feel this, And then a lot of times,

450
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Speaker 1: particularly in the Latin space, women and people, but particularly women,

451
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:48,680
Speaker 1: have had this narrative ingrained in their culture and in

452
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Speaker 1: their families for so long that it's very hard to

453
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,879
Speaker 1: get rid of something that is just it's like in

454
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Speaker 1: your body, like it's just like a regurgitated thing that

455
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Speaker 1: you've listened to your entire life. So for me, it

456
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,640
Speaker 1: was very healing to be able to remove the judgment

457
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Speaker 1: of other people that maybe I hold in a high

458
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,639
Speaker 1: regard or I held in a high regard and they

459
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: would say things that were damaging to me, but being

460
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Speaker 1: able to forgive them because I realized that it's not

461
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Speaker 1: just their fault, but it's also like a cultural, a

462
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: generational thing that's been happening for so long. It made

463
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Speaker 1: it much easier for me to grasp, you know, everything

464
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Speaker 1: that was happening and deal with my thoughts and my

465
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Speaker 1: emotions internally. In terms of other people, I think also

466
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Speaker 1: silence goes a long way if somebody tells me something

467
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Speaker 1: that I don't agree with today and they expect for

468
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Speaker 1: me to know agree with them back or say something

469
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Speaker 1: and I disagree with them, particularly if it's something that

470
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Speaker 1: relates to me and I don't know them well enough

471
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Speaker 1: to be able to be like, hey, like, I do

472
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Speaker 1: not like that you said that, even though I will

473
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Speaker 1: still do that if I feel like I need to,

474
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Speaker 1: I'll just take wuiet hmmm hm and they get it.

475
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Speaker 2: Then you think it's so true, especially with people that

476
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Speaker 2: you don't know. If we're going to like reference this

477
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Speaker 2: to social media, you know, it's like, why am I

478
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 2: going to give this person this negative energy if that's

479
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,200
Speaker 2: not what I want to receive in return? Right, Energy attracts,

480
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,159
Speaker 2: Like energy boundaries in real life are basically just the

481
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Speaker 2: opportunity to unfollow people, so to speak.

482
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Speaker 3: So you have the opportunity to.

483
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Speaker 2: Decide who you want to quote unquote unfollow in real

484
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Speaker 2: life and then move forward as.

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Speaker 1: You please exactly. And I think also if your loved

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Speaker 1: ones are understanding or like, let's say, for example, like

487
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Speaker 1: if I have a cousin and my cousin knows that

488
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Speaker 1: this is how I feel about my life and this

489
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Speaker 1: is my journey and this is the space that I'm

490
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Speaker 1: going into when I go to my cousin's family member's home,

491
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Speaker 1: for example, or like my thea or whatever, and they

492
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Speaker 1: hear something like that, like they're more likely to also

493
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Speaker 1: step in in a position where like they maybe feel

494
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Speaker 1: more comfortab or or my husband or you know, anybody

495
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Speaker 1: a friend. I think it's also like having your your

496
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497
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Speaker 1: for you in places that they might feel comfortable with

498
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Speaker 1: but would be uncomfortable for you is also a great

499
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Speaker 1: strategy to you know, implement for sure.

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Speaker 2: You said that you then knew you wanted to go

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Speaker 2: full time into teaching fitness, coaching fitness, specifically being a

527
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Speaker 2: guiding light for other Latin women. What happens in practice?

528
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Speaker 2: Where do you begin with that?

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Speaker 1: In Miami, there was another studio that taught cycling classes

530
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Speaker 1: and bar classes, and coming from dance, I immediately said like, hey,

531
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Speaker 1: I want to try bar and it was BAR is

532
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: so hard, so hard, It's so hard.

533
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Speaker 2: I'm like, die, my abs are quivering just thinking of BAR.

534
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Speaker 1: I know, I'm shaking right now. I started training for

535
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Speaker 1: BAR and it was like such a long process. It

536
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Speaker 1: was like four months that I was training for BAR,

537
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Speaker 1: and I didn't have the means to quit my job

538
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 1: and just start a full time fitness career with absolutely

539
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Speaker 1: no income while I was just training, so I was

540
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Speaker 1: training on the side. Took definitely longer. I was working,

541
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Speaker 1: you know, a part time as a contractor at the

542
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Speaker 1: communications firm that I was working at, and I was

543
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Speaker 1: about to like launch or like graduate from my BAR

544
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Speaker 1: train and my husband, who was in the military at

545
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Speaker 1: the time, he's like, we're getting stationed in LA and

546
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: I was like yay, but oh my god, no, I

547
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Speaker 1: have to start again. So then I moved to LA

548
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Speaker 1: and the same like gym they also had BAR classes,

549
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Speaker 1: and I was like, Hey, I want to be a

550
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Speaker 1: barn structor. I want to be a barnstruct I want

551
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Speaker 1: to be a barn strector. Though like, we have no availability,

552
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Speaker 1: we're not looking for anybody. They were like, are you

553
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Speaker 1: interested in auditioning for a cycling and structure position, and

554
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Speaker 1: I was like, I've never taught cycling before, but I

555
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Speaker 1: do like running, and I like how I feel when

556
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Speaker 1: I do cardiovascular exercise, so I feel like this would

557
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: be great. Plus the beats. And I always took like

558
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Speaker 1: spin classes at the local gym because I really loved it.

559
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Speaker 1: So I was like, okay, let me audition. They're like, great,

560
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Speaker 1: can you come tomorrow? I said, I don't know how

561
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Speaker 1: to clip into a bike yet, ma'am, how am I

562
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Speaker 1: supposed to teach? I was like, I have to first

563
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Speaker 1: go take a class. So I went and I took

564
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Speaker 1: a class. I sat in the back row. They came

565
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Speaker 1: they like set up my bike for me because it

566
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Speaker 1: was all wrong, and I was like, oh my god,

567
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Speaker 1: keeping how embarrassing. And then I went back and I auditioned.

568
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Speaker 1: I auditioned to mister Bombastic and this is like in

569
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Speaker 1: Larchemont in LA, and they hired me somehow, and I

570
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Speaker 1: started teaching cycling classes in LA, which was really incredible

571
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Speaker 1: and really great.

572
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Speaker 2: How long was it from when you got hired to

573
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Speaker 2: when you taught your first in studio class?

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Speaker 1: Oh, I have no idea.

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Speaker 2: Girl, You went through like their training program after you

576
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Speaker 2: got hired. Yeah, okay, Okay.

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Speaker 1: I don't even remember how long it is, though.

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Speaker 2: I think it's important to like make sure that we

579
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Speaker 2: established that as the record and that it wasn't like.

580
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Speaker 1: Because I was like, I don't know how to clip

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Speaker 1: into a bike. I taught mister Bombastic. I was like

582
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Speaker 1: doing isolations to mister Lovalova and then they're like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're got You're on tomorrow. I was like, damn, must

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Speaker 1: be good. No. I trained for a couple of months.

585
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Speaker 1: I learned quickly. I do learn quickly, though.

586
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Speaker 2: And in the learning did you start to enjoy the

587
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Speaker 2: cycling process more?

588
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Speaker 1: Oh? I loved it immediately from when I took my

589
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Speaker 1: first class at the studio, I was like, I love

590
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Speaker 1: this and I knew I was going to love it.

591
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Speaker 1: So I started teaching there and I started teaching more,

592
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Speaker 1: and I started teaching more and I loved it. But

593
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Speaker 1: one thing about me is that I love reggaeton, and

594
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 1: where I was teaching in the communities that were going

595
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Speaker 1: to this gym, I was not receiving the same feedback

596
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Speaker 1: that I was expecting to receive for the music. So

597
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Speaker 1: I changed a lot of my music tastes and I

598
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Speaker 1: would play different music to accommodate for the community that

599
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: I felt like I had to accommodate for there. And

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Speaker 1: on the side, I was like, now that I'm establishing

601
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: myself as a fitness figure here, let me see what

602
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Speaker 1: I can do to build my community of Latinas and

603
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: start having conversations in Spanish with these lovely ladies. So

604
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Speaker 1: I started creating like, you know, PDF programs of like

605
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: strength workouts because I also was like, nas, I'm certified.

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Speaker 1: By that point, I started doing personal training, and I

607
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: started creating these PDF workouts, and I started growing my

608
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Speaker 1: Spanish speaking community, even though I had a lot of

609
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 1: friends in la who did not speak Spanish who would

610
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: do my programs anyway. And then when the gym closed,

611
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: when the cycling studio closed, I started teaching you know, barbell, kettlebell,

612
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 1: all that functional training. I got a lot of experience

613
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: in that, which I also did growing up since high school.

614
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: I lifted weights. And then I started developing my own app.

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Speaker 1: So I worked really hard for about a year with

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Speaker 1: a partner to develop an app in Spanish with like

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Speaker 1: five twelve week training programs with you know, community with

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Speaker 1: self love components. It was something really special, and then

619
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Speaker 1: we were about to launch that program or that project,

620
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Speaker 1: and the person that I was working with at the

621
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Speaker 1: time said that they no longer wanted to do it

622
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Speaker 1: as a team, that they want to do it alone.

623
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Speaker 1: And I was like, are you kidding me? And then

624
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,479
Speaker 1: I later found out that they kept a lot of

625
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: you know, they kept all the code because I was

626
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: also naive and thinking because this is a person that

627
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Speaker 1: I knew. I was very naive and thinking that this

628
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 1: person could I could trust this person. So I didn't

629
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Speaker 1: have anything in writing, which now you know, learn, you

630
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: live and you learn, and that's the lesson. And that's

631
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Speaker 1: the lesson. Now people are like, you want to do something,

632
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: I'm like, yes, sign this, thank you so much. I

633
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: would love to work together, but sign this, thank you

634
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 1: so much.

635
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Speaker 2: You ahead of the curve here answered my question because

636
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Speaker 2: that's such a big undertaking, right, going through the process

637
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: of developing and then creating the content for an app.

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Speaker 2: Aside from the fact that you now know to get

639
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 2: someone to sign on the dotted line, what else would

640
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 2: you say was one of the biggest takeaways from that process?

641
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Speaker 1: Well, the biggest takeaway is that keep going no matter what,

642
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: Keep going no matter what, because at that point I

643
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: was at a crossroads because I lost all the code.

644
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: The people were trying going to steal you know, my

645
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: like videos and kind of like anime over them, which

646
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: is even more messed up. They had all my programming,

647
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 1: But I was like, what makes me special is not

648
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: my programming, it's me and the community. So I was

649
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,359
Speaker 1: at a place where I was like, I'm alone. There

650
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 1: were some other like really difficult things that were happening

651
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: during that time with some family members. Right before the

652
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: pandemic hit. I was like, should I continue to do this?

653
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: Like is am I really going to devote an entire

654
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:34,440
Speaker 1: year of my life to not doing anything, to having

655
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Speaker 1: all my friendships be sacrificed because I'm just looking down

656
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: at code all day and like programming programs and linking

657
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,760
Speaker 1: videos to the exact movement and sitting on my couch

658
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: and timing how long it takes to do ten bicep

659
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,280
Speaker 1: curls or bicep curl to an overhead press for five

660
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 1: twelve to twenty four week programs. And the answer was yes,

661
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: because my mission is to help as many women as

662
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: possible feel strong, feel powerful, and understand that there's so

663
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: much more to movement than what we've been sold our

664
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: whole lives. So I kept going, and obviously during the pandemic,

665
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: we all went digital, so I always started to do

666
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: a lot more like digital training, Instagram, lives, all that

667
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: good stuff, and the community began to grow, and then

668
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 1: finally October fifth of twenty twenty, I launched my app

669
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 1: both for iOS and Android, which was like native code,

670
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 1: and it was huge undertaking. And if you're not into

671
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: app building then you don't know what that means.

672
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 3: But such a massive undertaking, and how did that feel

673
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 3: for you?

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00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: Oh, it was amazing. It was like it was so

675
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,880
Speaker 1: beautiful and it was something that, like, you know, I

676
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,240
Speaker 1: created with so much love, and I saw the community

677
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 1: begin to grow and my husband was so supportive the

678
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: entire time. But during the pandemic, we realized we were like, hey, like,

679
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: you know, we're really far from our family. We've been

680
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: here for a while. We don't know like where you're

681
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: going to get stationed next. And we realized like we

682
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: wanted to be closer to family, and also we wanted

683
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 1: to be geographically flexible. So we made the decision to

684
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: get out of the military and we moved back to

685
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: Miami in February of twenty twenty one, and I have

686
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 1: always loved Peloton period. I got a Pelton during the

687
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: pandemic before I even became an instructor, but before then

688
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: I had I always knew what Palton was doing. I

689
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 1: was well aware of what was happening, and I was like,

690
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 1: I wish my husband wasn't in the military so I

691
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,760
Speaker 1: could move to New York and become a Pelaton instructor,

692
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: as if it were that easy. And I was like,

693
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 1: I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish.

694
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,839
Speaker 1: And then the more that I started like thinking about it,

695
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: I was like, listen, I'm doing something so amazing, but

696
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: it's people aren't seeing it and the girls like I

697
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 1: need to reach the girls. The girls need to know

698
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 1: about this. They don't know laf mommies, No, said, they

699
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: need to know. We need to get the my Mommy's

700
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: on here. So February the February twenty fifth, we moved

701
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 1: back to Mimmy and then like two weeks later, on

702
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: a Friday, at five in the morning, I wrote an

703
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: email to Peloton and I said, Hey, I'm here. I

704
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: have something really amazing that I'm doing, but you guys

705
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: are absolutely incredible too, and like I would die to

706
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: be an instructor and scream from the rooftops to the

707
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: Latino community about you know, the importance of what it

708
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: is that I'm doing. And I got an email the

709
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: same day at like nine am, and I was like

710
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: so confused. I ran to my living room and I

711
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: screamed at the top of my lungs. And my husband

712
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: because like, what is happening. He's like Peloton wrote back

713
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: to me, and the rest is history.

714
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,240
Speaker 3: I guess the rest is history. What was the email?

715
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 3: What was in the email back?

716
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: The email back was, well, actually wrote an email to

717
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,360
Speaker 1: the CEO, and it was the CEO forwarded my email

718
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,879
Speaker 1: to like the casting director, and the casting director was like, hey,

719
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: you know, our CEO got your email. We would love

720
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: to connect with you. Are you available?

721
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 3: You're like, I guess so right, Like I have to

722
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 3: check my schedule.

723
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 2: Yes, And you had just made this major move back

724
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 2: to Miami. So what a crazy inspirational moment for you

725
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 2: to be like, well, I'm just going to go for it.

726
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 2: For people that have an idea like this, or or

727
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 2: have a thought or an aspiration and they're on the

728
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 2: cusp of sending the email, so to speak, what is

729
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 2: your advice to get that done?

730
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,320
Speaker 1: Send the email? Honestly, you just do it, like, because

731
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 1: there were so many doors that were closed in my

732
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: face and so many ideas that I had before I

733
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: got to the place where I'm at where somebody finally

734
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: saw value and what I was doing and said yes.

735
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,320
Speaker 1: But the most important thing is that I saw value

736
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: in myself, and I saw value in what I was doing,

737
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 1: and I never quit and I never gave up, even

738
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: though people that I knew from like high school, would

739
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: unfollow me because I would post in Spanish and it

740
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: would make me like sad to see that people weren't

741
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: following you anymore, or even though like people that I

742
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: was training with at the time, you know, wanted to

743
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: pay me pennies to teach individual classes and also asked

744
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 1: me to organize events for free, and I was like, no,

745
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: that's not what I'm valued at, and then they would

746
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: close the door in my face and I was like okay.

747
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: Or so many pitches that went like that people did

748
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: not respond to before I finally got one that somebody

749
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: responded to. And it's just about that. It's about you know,

750
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 1: like brick by brick, building the wall like climbing the

751
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,720
Speaker 1: ladder step by step and taking you know, the little

752
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: stepping stones, even when I think about it today. When

753
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 1: I got my first job out of college, it was

754
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 1: in international public relations, and I was like, this is

755
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: very interesting, and I know that I'm going to use

756
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: it in the future, but I know that this is

757
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 1: not where I want to be. And taking things that

758
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 1: you learn from different places and applying it towards your

759
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,280
Speaker 1: greater goal or your mission is what I personally feel

760
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: like progress is all about.

761
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, and having that growth mindset right, because it would

762
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,280
Speaker 2: have been super easy to get into that public relations

763
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 2: situation and be like, this isn't what I want to

764
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 2: do and have some sort of frustration every day when

765
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 2: you showed up and looked at it through a negative lens.

766
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 2: But you chose to look at the positives and use

767
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 2: those positives then to move forward again. This concept you

768
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 2: talk about it all the time on Hurdle, but energy

769
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 2: attracts like energy, and you were very cognizant of how

770
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 2: you wanted to frame your experiences to work for you

771
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 2: rather than against you.

772
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think also something that I tend to

773
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: do and I think that this has a lot to

774
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: do with my parents, you know, like my parents. I'm

775
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: an immag and my parents. I came here with my parents,

776
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 1: and my parents have done nothing but work. But the

777
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 1: one thing that they taught me is that when you

778
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: want to do something, you just go little by little

779
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: and you start. And that's something that I've always been

780
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: able to, you know, take with me, like, no matter

781
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: what little idea that I have, Like I don't know,

782
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: this is completely unrelated, but you want to be a

783
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: pop star, Like have you taken singing lessons? You know?

784
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 3: It's entirely true.

785
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 2: Right, you can think big, but you oftentimes to get

786
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 2: to that big goal, you've got to start small.

787
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: Right, Like you want to be like a Polston instructor?

788
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: Have you have you taught fitness classes in public? Have you?

789
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: Do you have on camera experience? Like things like that

790
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: like that people we forget and and for me, like

791
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: I didn't even realize that I had on camera experience

792
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,320
Speaker 1: until I was like, hey, you know, I was a dancer,

793
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: Like I do have on camera experience. It translates, you know,

794
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 1: and I was like, yeah, like I can do this

795
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: and with whatever, you know, goal we have in life,

796
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 1: like you know, like start the podcast, because the only

797
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 1: thing that you can do is start interviewing people. Start

798
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 1: the podcast starts putting yourselves in situations where you feel

799
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable until one day you don't my

800
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: Palton audition, I thought I was going to pass out.

801
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: I was going so hard. I was so nervous when

802
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: I stepped foot into the room for the first time,

803
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: like my first like rehearsal, I was like shaking. I

804
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: was so unwell. And now I go and I teach class,

805
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I live there like it's my house,

806
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: and I feel amazing and I love welcoming people into

807
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: that space. But like everybody is scared to do things,

808
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 1: Like everybody's scared to do things, especially if you feel

809
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: like you could look a fool, like and social media

810
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 1: is crazy in that way. But for me, like I

811
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 1: have publicly embarrassed myself on the platform so many times,

812
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,359
Speaker 1: but I've learned to laugh at myself. Like the only

813
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: thing that you can do is have fun in your life,

814
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: Like when am I going to be worried about Juan

815
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: one two? Three things about me online and not live

816
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 1: my life?

817
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,800
Speaker 2: How do you get to a place where you feel

818
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 2: more accepting or capable of rolling with the punches.

819
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: For me, it was it's all about like levity, I realize,

820
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:24,840
Speaker 1: like living in a place of lightness and not taking

821
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: things so seriously. Obviously there are things that we need

822
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: to take seriously, Like I my job is extremely important,

823
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 1: my family's extremely important, Like I do not take that lightly.

824
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: But the things within that space that I can take lightly,

825
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: like I do take lightly, Like I say something, I

826
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 1: mess up, I look a fool, my hair gets stuck

827
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:47,320
Speaker 1: in my eye, whatever it might be, I fall, I slip,

828
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,880
Speaker 1: or I do something like that I thought was gonna

829
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 1: come out cute on camera and I look crazy? Like

830
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: what else am I going to do? Live my entire

831
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: life thinking about that moment? No, Like just move on.

832
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,319
Speaker 1: It's kind of like the same concept, like how long

833
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,880
Speaker 1: are you going to wait to feel good in the

834
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: body that you have, in the space that you have? Like?

835
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: Why am I going to live my entire life being

836
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,879
Speaker 1: self conscious of everything that I do? When I could

837
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: just live my life period?

838
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 3: Yeah? Why not me? Why not? Now? For you?

839
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 2: Over the last three years since joining the Peloton family,

840
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 2: what would you say has been one of your greatest

841
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,359
Speaker 2: proudest moments thus far.

842
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: It's kind of hard for me to think about that

843
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: because my greatest proudest moment was like bringing Spanish language

844
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: to the bike and like that first class was so

845
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: impactful for me. Maybe I think one of the first

846
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: or like second most impactful moment rather than like my

847
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: like being welcome to the platform in this way and

848
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 1: being so well received by the community was like having

849
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 1: people in the studio for the first time in Spanish

850
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: and teaching Spanish language class on camera with Spanish speakers

851
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:04,919
Speaker 1: in the studio. That energy is insane in the best way.

852
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 1: Like it's just such a party, such a vibe and

853
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:12,719
Speaker 1: such a beautiful space. And when I get messages from

854
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: people that are telling me like, hey, you know, I've

855
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: been taking your classes and I live, you know, in Germany,

856
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: and I and am a Latina and I feel so

857
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 1: connected to my roots. When I take your class to me,

858
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 1: that's like so special because also I'm an immigrant, so

859
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,080
Speaker 1: I know what it feels like to miss your country

860
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 1: and to miss your tierra and to miss your land. Also, like,

861
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 1: let's not forget that one of my favorite artists came

862
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 1: to the studio. His name is Fade and I got

863
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: to do a class with him, which is insane. Tea

864
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 1: Pain also came to the studio. If you haven't done

865
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 1: my Tea Paint and Fade rides, Like, what are you

866
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 1: waiting for? As a Miami girl? Having Tea Pain be

867
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: in the studio and me performed with him was like

868
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 1: highlight of my career. And then also just just bringing

869
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 1: Latin music to like like reggaeton and berreo to the forefront,

870
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,240
Speaker 1: and teaching classes in English and like throwing in Regaton

871
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,480
Speaker 1: songs in there and connecting with Latin artists and just

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00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 1: educating people on Latin music or introducing them to new

873
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,280
Speaker 1: artists is something that brings me so much joy.

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Speaker 2: I love how you are seamlessly letting your community know

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00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 2: that you see them. But it doesn't need to be

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00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 2: strictly Spanish speaking or Spanish influenced ride, right, Like you

877
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 2: can bring in your Latin heritage to everything that you

878
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 2: do because it's quintessentially and ingrained in who you are.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I'm thinking in Miami too, Yeah, of course.

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Speaker 2: And so it's so fun to like see how radiant

881
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 2: and excited you get about this opportunity one that you're

882
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 2: clearly grateful for every day. When you think about what

883
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 2: excites you right now, what is it.

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00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see more members in person like I

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00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: want when I meet people outside. It makes me so

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00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,719
Speaker 1: happy to like hug people and be like, hey, oh

887
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:14,439
Speaker 1: my god, we can do my classes. Oh my god,

888
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 1: you're a will that does my classes too, That's crazy.

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00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:19,560
Speaker 1: Tell ya all, will, I say hi? Like. I love

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00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: when like people tell me their parents do my classes.

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00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 1: I think also just like the Latin Latin music is

892
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: having a huge moment right now, and it has frequently,

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00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 1: you know, but I feel like it has like a

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00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 1: rise and then maybe sometimes it's a little bit more

895
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: harsh or a rise. But I feel like this last

896
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: bit of time where Latin music has really gotten a

897
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 1: lot of recognition at a global scale is very exciting.

898
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: And I have listened to Latin music my entire life,

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Speaker 1: so seeing so many artists being recognized and then also

900
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 1: playing their music and seeing people enjoy it so much genuinely,

901
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 1: like even if they don't know the words, brings me

902
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: so much joy And also something that has been like

903
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: exciting me recently. So I lived in la for a

904
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: couple of years as we talked about. But I used

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Speaker 1: to do a lot of like hiking, or like a

906
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:17,160
Speaker 1: couple times I did some trail running, and I feel

907
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 1: like the mountains are calling me. So my cousin and

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00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,799
Speaker 1: I have been like committing to taking trips and like

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00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: every time we go somewhere in Argentina. Now I'm like

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00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:29,919
Speaker 1: exploring my country a little bit more. So I take

911
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 1: her on these like extreme hikes where she almost dies,

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00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:37,359
Speaker 1: but I I make sure she doesn't. And that has

913
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: been really exciting for me because I love like nature

914
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Speaker 1: and training in that way too, and getting out.

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Speaker 3: There, getting back out there.

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Speaker 2: I love to hear you talked so beautifully before about

917
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 2: the journey that you've had to feel comfortable in your

918
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 2: own body and appreciate your own body. Right now, if

919
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:54,799
Speaker 2: you were to look in the mirror, what is it

920
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 2: that you see looking back at you.

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00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:01,319
Speaker 1: I see a really strong woman who who is out

922
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: here in the world trying to make a change and

923
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:07,759
Speaker 1: stands for something that's really important. And I see an

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00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:11,320
Speaker 1: entire community that stands behind her. And I feel extremely

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00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:15,840
Speaker 1: blessed to be where I am and with who I

926
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Speaker 1: am today.

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Speaker 2: For someone that hears all of this, and you're giving

928
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 2: them so much hope to feel better in their body.

929
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Speaker 2: What advice do you have to offer them if they

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00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,440
Speaker 2: are in a place of struggle or in a place

931
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,279
Speaker 2: where they feel like they're never going to get here.

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00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:38,919
Speaker 1: It has to be your choice. You have to make

933
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 1: the choice to start loving yourself or to start to

934
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: make small efforts every day to feel better. The only

935
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,840
Speaker 1: way that you're going to feel better is if you

936
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 1: try to make yourself feel better. I want to challenge

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00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: you to commit to choosing you and to choosing happiness

938
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Speaker 1: for yourself, because we all deserve happiness.

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Speaker 2: We do, We totally do, Camilla, You have an opportunity

940
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,719
Speaker 2: to offer yourself a piece of advice. Looking back on

941
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 2: that Hurtle moment, down and keep this gain, finishing that run,

942
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 2: thinking to myself, I am so tired of feeling this way.

943
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Speaker 3: Knowing what you know, Now, what do you tell yourself?

944
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Speaker 1: I would say your struggles and how you react to

945
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 1: your struggles are what defines you and your individuality or

946
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 1: the things that make you different are going to help

947
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: so many in the future. Love yourself, care for yourself,

948
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Speaker 1: and continue to celebrate your culture because you are your superpower.

949
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Speaker 2: You are your superpower. I'm so happy that we're finally

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Speaker 2: able to do this. For those that don't follow along

951
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:55,759
Speaker 2: with you just yet, how do they keep up with you?

952
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:56,920
Speaker 3: Give us the deats.

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Speaker 1: I'm Camilla Ramon with three ends at the end. All

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Speaker 1: the other ones were taken on Instagram and TikTok. That's

955
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,479
Speaker 1: the best place to find me. Or you can hop

956
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: on the leaderboard. I teach in English and in Spanish,

957
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:14,240
Speaker 1: on the bike and on the tread.

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Speaker 2: Wherever you want to go, she's there. She's ready to

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00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 2: welcome you with open arms. I'm over at emily a

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00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:25,719
Speaker 2: bodi at Hurdle podcast. Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys

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Speaker 2: next time.