Oh, hey besties—welcome to a productive fitness vlog where I basically use you as my accountability buddy (because it works). This week was mayhem: it was my first week at my new job, and I’m officially onboarded as Ladder’s newest strength coach. Team Thrive is live on the Ladder app, and while it’s been incredible, I’ve been feeling super overwhelmed with deadlines, meetings, and trying to balance my own business on top of it… which meant my workouts were not it. So today I’m getting ready, picking a fire leg day fit, doing a quick “what’s in my gym bag,” and then we’re heading in for a glute day to get back on my glute gains grind after half marathon training (runner’s bum is real, okay?). I also talk about a couple things I feel strongly about: yes, I put on a little makeup for the gym because it’s basically my outing and it makes me feel more alive—let people live. And if I’m bloated (hi ovulation), I bring a zip-up as a safety blanket so the gym stays my happy place. Workout-wise, I take you through a miked-up glute session: hip thrusts into CAS glute bridges for that shortened position burn, dumbbell RDLs for the lengthened position (with form cues so you don’t smoke your low back), reverse deficit lunges for the stretch + glute focus, and an accessory move to light up the glute med. Plus: a little pep talk on why longer rest periods matter when you’re actually training for strength and muscle.