Women Behind The Weights

On this episode of The Coffee with MP Show we talk with MP Member Chelsea Noelle Garcia about how to use faith and fitness to live your best life! She will talk about her some of the struggles she's faced personally, as a mom and in her own fitness journey and how having faith has helped her transform her life!

Tune in for another episode of The Coffee with MP Show where we sit down with MP Member Michelle Shaw Walitschek! Michelle is going to take us through her journey from box gym to personal trainer to Jazzercize and now to MP! She will talk about how she's always been the person to cheer everyone else on but it wasn't until MP that she learned to cheer herself on too! Michelle will share h...

In this episode of the Coffee with MP Show we sit down and talk with Coach Jami Abshire! Jami will share her own personal journey with her fitness and health. She will talk about her struggles, her triumphs and how she went from having all the fear....to being FIERCE!

In this episode we sit down with one half of the Midwest Performance founders, Brittany Welk and get the dirt on ALL things Midwest Performance! From how MP got it's start to learning more about Brittany and Maricea and their lives outside of the studio. This episode is jam back with fun facts, stories and advice that you won't want to miss!

Today on The Coffee with MP Show we will talk to Sabrina Jones, one of our coaches here at Midwest Performance! Sabrina has been a member of Midwest Performance since December of 2016 and is now one of our top coaches here at the studio! She shares in her episode how she has struggled with many things in her life including drug addiction and how she has been able to overcome her feeling of "I...

Tune in Wednesday for another episode of The Coffee with MP Show! Where we talk with REAL women who've gotten REAL results! This week we talk with MP Member Rowena Abasolo about how she went from a gym NOBODY to a gym SOMEBODY! She will share how being a nurse teaching patients how to care for themselves gave her motivation to start caring for herself and how she went from never working out t...

Tune in for a very special episode of The Coffee with MP Show with Co-Founder Brittany Welk! Brittany is going to share her personal fitness and healthy journey which includes being overweight, having low self-esteem and even a short bout with an eating disorder. She's going to share how she made the decision to show up and show out in her life to make a change and how you can too!

This week on The Coffee with MP Show we talk with MP Member Erin Lowing! Erin shares her journey with us as she talks about how she came to find Midwest Performance, how as a mother she's struggled putting herself first and she overcame that and so much more! Erin will share how she's learned to take any negative thoughts and throw them right out of her head and that has helped her becom...

Tune in for the next episode of The Coffee with MP Show with Former MP Member and MP Coach Lauren Swanson Bentz as she takes you through her year long journey from starting out as a 6 Week Challenger and now being part of the MP Green Squad! Lauren will talk about how she suffered with low self-esteem, struggling to find her groove in fitness and how she is now known as one of the most positive pe...

Stacy will talk about how she is the mother of a son with special needs and how even with the responsibilities that it comes with she never lets it stop her from attending her workouts daily! She talks about how she's been able to make fitness and health living a big part of her daily routine and how it has positively affected her ability to care for her son and her family!

Sara will talk about how her skepticism led her to be the 100 question queen when she first came in to MP and how her hatred for working out quickly became a true passion. She shares her journey of major set backs from not one but two surgeries and how during her time off instead of feeling unmotivated, she felt MORE motivated to return to her workouts!

Maureen will talk about her journey through obesity as a child to her now 60lb weight loss! She will talk about how she has found her own internal motivation through this journey of hers and how you don’t always need someone cheering you on, you just need to learn to cheer yourself on! She will also break down how she remains consistent and determined on her road to a 100+lb weight loss goal! Lear...

Shawna will talk to you about how she has overcome several injuries and set backs in her fitness journey and how she has learned to celebrate the non-scale victories. She will share with you her best practices to give yourself grace, have patience with the process and learn to show yourself some love even when the scale doesn't!

Michele is going to talk to you about how she's been a procrastinator her WHOLE life, she could always talk herself out of anything! She's going to share with you how she gave up her Starbucks and talked herself right into a healthier lifestyle and how you can too! Stop the procrastination and JUST DO IT!

Donna will talk about how even though she’s at the beginning of her fitness journey, she is staying steadfast in her quest! She talks about how she has been the queen of excuses her whole life and how she always believes your best days are ahead no matter your age! She will give you the tips and tricks on how to get fit after 50!

A Special Mother’s Day Edition of The Coffee with MP Show! This week we interview MP Member and Rookie of the Year Rossy P. Rossy will talk about her journey as an entrepreneur, becoming a mom to 3 beautiful children, how some where along the way she lost sight of her health and how MP has helped her find it again! She also talks about the topic that is popular amongst our moms! “Mom Guilt”!

Former MP member turned MP Head Coach Tiffany R. discusses how she went from High School track athlete to overweight and out of shape to now fitness professional and head coach at the top women's fitness studio in the Chicago Suburbs! She will discuss how she teaches her fierce females how to not judge their beginning by someone else's middle and how you can too!

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and MP Member Caitlin will share her passion for talking about esteem as she has struggled with the issue on and off in her life! She truly loves helping people put in to practice behaviors and thought patterns that encourage their lives specifically instead of what society says should work!

Special guest Elizabeth M. who did not let her families history with being over weight dictate her future. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong from having thyroid issues to being diagnosed as a diabetic and having extremely high blood pressure after giving birth. Find out how Elizabeth overcame all those issues on top of a busy work schedule and traveling. She still manages to workout cons...

“I wanted to lay in bed with my son one night and he told me no mommy your too fat and will break my bed, I knew right then and there I needed to do something”, says MP member Devi P. Since, joining MP almost 2 years ago Devi has lost a total 25 POUNDS, 25 Inches and 6% Body Fat. Going from a size 18W to a size 10. Devi will share with you how not to suck at fitness and how to overcome most barrie...

After spending the last 2 years growing and evolving Midwest Performance, Marciea Allen aka BlackWidow has officially begun her road back to the octagon! Training 3-4x's per day 6-7 days per week during her Fight Camp Marciea manages to stay calm, focused, empowered, healthy and ready for any challenge...this doesn’t come naturally like you may think...it’s all about her mindset. Marciea will...

After two hospitalizations and what felt like a lifetime of conflict and self-inflicted battles, Ashley was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. At 24 years old, it was a simultaneously devastating and comforting diagnosis. To finally have a name for her experience was a relief, but the diagnosis itself was heartbreaking and overwhelming. It’s one of those things you can accept and move on or deny and...

While these ladies have a great story, they've also done one of many things you might be striving toward.... Both of these ladies combined have tried numerous weight loss strategies that is being discussed now that never seemed to work. Today, they've lost a combined total of 40 POUNDS, 20 Inches and 8% Body Fat. They have advice on how to help you achieve your goals and it's probab...

Lauren will be sharing her fair struggles of health issues battling a neurological seizure disorder that she takes medication for on a daily basis. Alongside, some helpful tips that she'll recommend that helps her cope with stress in a work environment and how to overcome them.

Aleksa will share with us her challenges early in her weight loss journey with yo-yo diets, binge eating and the battles with self-doubting voices in her head that kept holding her back from reaching her goals! Now, after 5 months at MP, Aleksa is 50lbs lighter and has a new mission to help inspire other women just like her to stop talking themselves out of reaching their goals and start talking t...