{"podcast":{"title":"Broads: The Bold & Badass Fitness Podcast for Women","slug":"broads-the-bold-badass-fitness-podcast-for-women-6639720","podcast_index_feed_id":6639720,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/YAP7353365496","website_url":"https://broads.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b2bdadc8-38e8-11f1-bd87-0385c058453b/image/d169aba28f2759587ecf9e2505dc3bb0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Tara LaFerrara","episode_count":144,"summary":"Welcome to BROADS: The Bold & Badass Fitness Podcast for Women. I’m Tara and I’m here to empower you to feel strong in your body, be confident to take up space, and cultivate that badassery you’ve been holding back (yes, I did just make up the word badassery). You’re here because you know there is more to life and you’re ready to go after it … you just need some support and guidance along the way. So tune in, stay a while, and I promise to be right here alongside you as we figure this out, together.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:17:32.801538+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-the-bold-badass-fitness-podcast-for-women-6639720"},"episode":{"title":"132. Broads Coaches: Why Women Were Never Meant to Stay Small","slug":"132-broads-coaches-why-women-were-never-meant-to-stay-small","published_at":"2026-03-17T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-the-bold-badass-fitness-podcast-for-women-6639720/132-broads-coaches-why-women-were-never-meant-to-stay-small","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-the-bold-badass-fitness-podcast-for-women-6639720","url":"https://broads.simplecast.com/episodes/132-broads-coaches-why-women-were-never-meant-to-stay-small-npDWtYia","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP3671323699.mp3","summary":"According to Journal of Clinical Medicine, roughly 62.3% of women report experiencing pain around the back or neck and limb areas. Most of us have accepted the pain as a normal part of life that just happens in our thirties, what comes with having kids and part of aging. Broads coaches have observed that that happens when women have been conditioned to stay small, move less, and treat their bodies as something to shrink rather than something to build. The women who start strength training do not just get stronger. They get their energy back, their pain starts to ease, and have more confidence to move their bodies. The goal is no longer to tone the muscles but to chase how to finally feel good with their bodies. We dive deeper into this in the latest episode of Broads with Taylor McGee and T-Ferg, two coaches in the Broads Coach Program who have spent years helping women unlearn the myths of the fitness industry and build something real instead. We also discuss why imperfect action breeds motivation and what actually gets women to show up consistently, why the perfect time to start does not exist and why messy is better than waiting. Taylor McGee is a Philadelphia-based certified coach with seven years in the fitness industry. T-Ferg is a Denver-based coach with over ten years in and around movement and strength. Together they bring a clear-eyed, no-nonsense perspective on what women actually need, not just in the gym, but in how they show up for themselves and for their clients every single day. What's Discussed: (03:20) Why pull-ups are one of the most powerful things a woman can build (08:45) How celebrating your wins without a \"but\" changes everything (12:10) Why confidence and ego are not the same thing & how women were conditioned to confuse them (18:30) The tonin…","meta_description":"According to Journal of Clinical Medicine, roughly 62.3% of women report experiencing pain around the back or neck and limb areas. Most of us have accepte…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3170,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/broads-the-bold-badass-fitness-podcast-for-women-6639720/episodes/132-broads-coaches-why-women-were-never-meant-to-stay-small/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-the-bold-badass-fitness-podcast-for-women-6639720/132-broads-coaches-why-women-were-never-meant-to-stay-small.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}