Episode 1 The Welcome Episode

The Unfiltered Trainer is a lifestyle podcast that aims to provide open and honest conversations about mental health, fitness, relationships, and trauma. The host, Gina, is a certified personal trainer who started her own fitness business to address the actual issues clients face. She shares her own experiences and wants to help others heal and grow. The podcast will feature genuine and sometimes difficult conversations, without any judgment. It will also include interviews with guests who will share their own experiences on similar topics. The podcast encourages listeners to be themselves and not worry about judgment from others. In the first episode, Gina encourages listeners to unfollow toxic people in their lives and gives permission to do so. She invites listeners to subscribe to the podcast and announces that the next episode will be her birthday episode, where she will share a personal story. What is up and welcome to the Unfiltered Trainer. Have you ever wanted to share your truth or fear judgment from others? Then this is the podcast for you. The Unfiltered Trainer is a lifestyle podcast set out to provide an open, honest, and real take on mental health, fitness, relationships, trauma, and more without the surface-level nonsense you see in today's culture. It's meant for people who are tired of repeating the same cycles and who seek to not only heal but grow from toxic experiences without having to apologize for who they are or having to sugarcoat what they've been through. I'm Gina, aka Gina Marie Fitt. I'm a NASM certified personal trainer and I started my own health and fitness business years ago when I noticed that there was a gap in the things that people needed. Anyone can give you a workout and macros but it takes a special person to address the actual issues that clients face, which includes a lot of the topics you're gonna hear about in this podcast. I've spent the last two years as the head coach for a global fitness brand and in 2024, I was actually hired to be the senior coach and help to oversee a new franchise coming to Tampa, which is where I currently reside. I'm originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and honestly, you're gonna learn in this podcast what you wanna know about me most is that I'm a resilient badass who's been through some serious stuff and somehow I've come out on the other side and I wanna help others do the same, which is why I created this podcast. Here, you can expect a lot of genuine, honest and sometimes difficult conversations that are meant to help you learn, heal and grow by stepping outside of your comfort zone and sometimes you're gonna hear what you know needs to be said but without the filter. It might feel a little bit harsh but I can promise you if you take everything you learn here and apply it in your daily life, you're gonna see why. Too often, people share their highlight reel on social media and in life, you have to deal with those who are gonna judge you for it. Sometimes, those who come from a vulnerable place like myself are judged for sharing their open, honest conversations and opinions and we're gonna talk about people like that in this podcast but I want you to know here, you can be yourself, you can share your truth, you can share your stories and there will never be any judgment. Also, in this podcast, you can expect interviews from guests who are gonna share their own experiences on similar topics to give you the variety and inclusivity that's missing from those perfectly curated feeds you see on social media. And I'm gonna highlight those who are doing the most, community leaders, thought provokers, business owners and some fun girl chats are coming. We're gonna talk about all the things in life that we wish we didn't have to be judged for with an open and honest perspective. Today, in this first welcome episode, I wanted to keep it short, sweet, to the point and I wanted to give you a quick win because I know in life, we feel compelled to be on social media, that we are somehow required to follow everyone we interact with even if they're not the kind of people you want to like that toxic coworker or that friend who constantly asks you for advice but doesn't listen or that person that's always cutting you down. Recently, I took time to unfollow people who were not following me because they wanted to see me win. They're the kind of people that are always talking about you but never talking to you. No one needs that in their life, let's be honest. So I wanna give you the permission that I wish we didn't need but sometimes sadly we do to unfollow people in your life who are toxic, who aren't trying to see you win and who aren't there to genuinely support you. You know who they are. They're the kind of people that make you cringe when you see them watching your stories because you know they're gonna have something to say because they're petty. I want you to know that this is just the beginning to stripping away the filter and truly embracing all that we have been through to become who we are. Today, I want you to subscribe to this podcast and I'm gonna see you in the next episode which just happens to be my birthday episode and because we're gonna keep it real and honest, it's a birthday that I didn't think I was going to make. I'll see you in the next episode.