Prepare to be inspired by the extraordinary journey of fitness entrepreneur Kelsey Lensman. In this episode, Lesley Logan chats with Kelsey about pushing boundaries, embracing challenges, and empowering women to discover their true potential through diverse fitness experiences. From completing 48 fitness competitions in 48 states in 48 days, to her mission of expanding women's limits, Kelsey's story will motivate you to step out of your comfort zone and take on new challenges.

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In this episode you will learn about:

How Kelsey moved from collegiate athletics to discovering a new purpose.
The inspiration behind completing 48 competitions in 48 states in 48 days.
Strategies to inspire women to challenge themselves physically and mentally.
Insights into Kelsey's upcoming 100-mile run and the growth of her company.
Practical advice on signing up for challenges that scare you.

Episode References/Links:

Kelsey Lensman Website - https://kelseylensman.com
Kelsey Lensman Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kelseylensman
Iron Cowboy Documentary - https://www.ironcowboy.com
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks - https://a.co/d/1hQIy0G
Episode with Gay Hendricks - https://beitpod.com/ep400
Episode with Lisa Schlosberg - https://beitpod.com/436
Nuvio Cold Plunge Setup - https://beitpod.com/coldplunge

Guest Bio:

Kelsey Lensman is a fitness entrepreneur and founder of Xpand Your Limits, dedicated to empowering women to challenge themselves physically and mentally. An Ohio native, Kelsey was an athlete from a young age—playing basketball, volleyball, and rowing for Ohio State. After leaving collegiate sports to pursue sports medicine, she faced an identity crisis that reignited her passion for fitness. She launched Mission 48, completing 48 fitness competitions in 48 states over 48 days—from powerlifting to Spartan races—to inspire women and girls to build self-confidence and step out of their comfort zones. Currently training for a 100-mile run, Kelsey is expanding her company into four divisions: Strength, Endurance, Outdoors, and Resilience, offering women challenges like lifting competitions, endurance races, and resilience training. With a book set to release next year, she remains committed to helping women discover their potential by breaking personal limits.

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Episode Transcript:

Kelsey Lensman 0:00

I have to continually remind myself, Kels, you just did something epic. You pursued. You had the courage. And I don't say this for me, but I say this for also people listening. You have the courage that not many people would have ever even had to pursue that, let alone to finish, let alone to start.

Lesley Logan 0:18

Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.

Lesley Logan 0:57

Be It babe, get ready. Get ready to be inspired. Get ready to feel like you're having coffee with two of your girlfriends. Get ready to feel empowered and also to be challenged in the best way. Today, our guest is Kelsey Lensman, and I, I think I want to be her best friend now. I do. I do. I have, like, already followed her. I've hit the notifications bell. Whatever she is doing, I want in I don't know that she'll get me to do a couple of the things that she does, but there's a couple things I think I might be inclined to do because I'm inspired by her and her energy and her enthusiasm to support women and help women challenge themselves in a way, to see like what they're fully capable of. And so get ready. I mean, really, you're going to be inspired and empowered by Kelsey Lensman. Here she is.

Lesley Logan 1:44

All right, Be It babe. I am really excited, because when I talked to today's guest, I was so impressed, so wowed, so in awe. I was like, how did you do what you did? We have to talk about this. I need to know more, and I wanted to share that with you. So Kelsey Lensman, thank you so much for being here today. Can you tell them who you are and what you rock at?

Kelsey Lensman 2:00

Oh, man, that's a load of question. No, first, I just want to say thank you for having me, and everybody that's listening, thank you for continuing to listen in. I know that she just has so much gold here. So I'm excited to share just a little part of my journey to hopefully inspire you to keep thinking forward. But to give you guys a little bit of background, I won't go into the whole story, but I own a company, we actually just rebranded, it's called Xpand Your Limits, and we do all women's different strength events, endurance events, and just events that challenge women outside of their comfort zone to really show themselves what they're capable of. And that aligns with my own mission, personally, too. And this is where Lesley and I connected is last year I did a crazy thing. It's either crazy or amazing, whoever you talk to, but it was called Mission 48 and I did the 48 different fitness competitions in 48 states, and the kicker was in 48 days. And it was all about really inspiring women and young girls to really build true self confidence, not just what people see on Instagram, but like actually building that within themselves, to really just step out of their comfort zone, do hard things and show yourself what you're capable of. Then we raise money for charity and all of that. So as you can tell, I'm just really passionate about just breaking beliefs of what people are capable of, and just seeing what's already within you and pulling it out, in my opinion.

Lesley L...

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