Olivia Rodrigo’s Trainer: Why Your Workouts Are Failing! (and how to fix it with Kirsty Godso)

Kirsty Godso is the trainer behind Olivia Rodrigo, Hailey Bieber and Kaia Gerber. After 13.5 years inside Nike, she became the face of Vuori through a multi-million-dollar brand partnership. She reveals what celebrities actually do to build their bodies, why most high-intensity workouts fail, how she sets goals for clients, the truth about protein products, common keto mistakes, and the red flags hiding in “healthy” foods - plus her take on Alo, Lululemon and why the athleisure industry keeps rapidly growing.

(00:00:00) Intro
(00:02:23) Celebrity Trainer: What Wellness Really Means
(00:03:08) Why Women Say Wellness & Men Say Fitness
(00:03:50) I Never Planned To Train Hailey Bieber & Kaia Gerber
(00:04:55) How Nike Discovered Me
(00:07:24) Inside The Billion-Dollar Athleisure Wars (Nike vs Alo vs Vuori)
(00:08:41) Why Alo Looks Tacky
(00:10:16) What's Wrong With Lululemon
(00:11:17) How Vuori Grew 44% While Other Brands Stalled
(00:13:32) Do Celebrity Deals Really Build Athleisure Brands?
(00:17:03) Why 2016 HIIT Culture Broke Women’s Bodies
(00:18:29) How Many HIIT Workouts You Should Actually Do
(00:20:31) How I Set Goals For Kaia Gerber & Olivia Rodrigo
(00:22:22) The Two Workout Mistakes Everyone Makes
(00:23:44) Why I Never Set Weight-Loss Goals
(00:26:49) The Goal-Setting Lesson That Changed Everything
(00:28:46) beehiiv Ad
(00:30:07) How Stress & Hyperfixation Ruin Results
(00:32:42) Why Exercise Is Back As The #1 Resolution
(00:34:35) Kirsty’s Take On The New Body Era
(00:35:55) Celebrity Protein Brands — What’s Really Going On?
(00:38:06) Protein Label Red Flags (Don’t Buy This)
(00:40:18) What I Throw Out Of Clients’ Kitchens
(00:43:15) Why Most People Quit Before Results Show
(00:45:23) “You’re A 6/10” - The Mindset Shift That Works
(00:47:11) Tough Love vs Self-Trust In Motivation
(00:50:51) Cozy Earth Ad
(00:51:57) Hoffman, Trauma & My Need For Control
(00:58:26) Leaving Nike: Realising My Success Was Always Me
(01:00:19) The Signs It’s Time To Leave Your Job
(01:02:31) The Truth Behind My $2M Vuori Deal
(01:04:14) When The Internet Finds Out Your Worth
(01:05:49) Why I’m Betting On My Own Businesses Now
(01:08:23) Femininity, Fashion & Body Confidence
(01:10:56) Dating In LA & “Hot Smart Foreign”
(01:14:10) Rapid Fire: Range Rover, Coffee & Cold Plunges
(01:16:03) “Burn 2.0” - Naming This Season Of Life
(01:16:43) Where To Find Kirsty Godso
(01:16:49) What HSR Should Help Her With Next

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