INTRODUCTION TO THE PODCAST

Perfectly Unfinished Conversations | It's Good Enough, Let's Go!

Welcome to Perfectly Unfinished Conversations, an Iron Lab podcast, with hosts Coach Jo Churchill and Coach Kim Berube. This inaugural episode is all about getting to know the hosts, what Iron Lab is about, and why the Perfectly Unfinished Conversations podcast exists. Coach Jo and Coach Kim take us into their world, showing us how they built Iron Lab and inviting us into their minds and daily lives so we can know them better, and through them, learn about ourselves.

Coach Kim and Coach Jo come from wildly different backgrounds in terms of athleticism and sports but share a similar passion for fitness, movement, and living life. When they came together in 2022 to found Iron Lab, their combined philosophies melded together so well that the business seemed as though it was always destined to be. What they share in this episode is their vision of Eat, Sleep, Train, Live which emphasizes not just whole body wellness, but whole being balance. Iron Lab is inclusive of age, gender, size, and ability, and when Kim and Jo conceived of Perfectly Unfinished Conversations, it was a way to continue getting to know their clients and supporters on the east, sleep, train, live journey, and to demonstrate that they too are on that same journey. So join Kim and Jo to learn what drives them, what conversations they’ll be sharing, and why a “B Minus” mentality is how they maintain momentum in a world that demands unattainable perfection.

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Contact Joely Churchill and Kim Berube | Iron Lab:

• Website: IronLabLacombe.com
• Instagram: Iron.Lab.Lacombe
• Facebook: IronLabLacombe
• Coach Jo Instagram: @CoachJoChurch
• Coach Kim Instagram: @CoachKimBerube
• Course: Metabolic Blueprint

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Transcript

Coach Jo: [00:00:08] Welcome to Perfectly Unfinished Conversations, the Iron Lab podcast with Coach Jo.

Coach Kim: [00:00:13] And Coach Kim.

Coach Jo: [00:00:15] Where you ride shotgun with us as we have raw, real, unfiltered and unfinished conversations about trying to eat, sleep, train, and live with some integrity in a messy, imperfect life.

Coach Kim: [00:00:27] We're all about creating a strong support system, taking radical personal responsibility, having fun, and being authentic. And one of the most common themes you're going to find in this podcast is the idea that we create positive momentum in our life by doing what we call B minus work.

Coach Jo: [00:00:45] We are making gains and getting ahead and loving life without self-sabotaging our goals by striving for perfection. We get it done by moving ahead.

Coach Kim: [00:00:55] Before we're ready, when we

Coach Jo: [00:00:57] aren't feeling like it

Coach Kim: [00:00:58] and without hesitation.

Coach Jo: [00:01:00] Be sure to subscribe now on Apple or Spotify so you don't miss a single episode. [both] It's good enough. Let's go.

Coach Kim: [00:01:11] Hi. All right. Welcome to the very first episode of Perfectly Unfinished Conversations, the Iron Lab podcast. Yeah, I'm Coach Kim,

Coach Jo: [00:01:22] I'm Coach Jo.

Coach Kim: [00:01:23] And we're super excited to have you here. We're really thrilled that finally we've got this thing up and running.

Coach Jo: [00:01:31] It has been a little seed in our brains for probably a year and a half. And it's nice to just finally get it out here and get it going. Yeah. At least. So I guess we'll just briefly introduce ourselves. And this is our very, very first episode. It's just all about introducing you to the Iron Lab podcast, which is Perfectly Unfinished Conversations. I'm Coach Jo.

Coach Kim: [00:01:52] We said that already.

Coach Jo: [00:01:54] Yes. So I guess I could say, you know, like personal stories so you guys can get to know us a little bit further. I've been an athlete most of my life. I played volleyball for university up to five years. I assistant coached university and high school levels, and then just kind of went into what I love to do, which was moving my body through a brief hiatus of working oil field, quick cash, quick traveling in order to, you know, just live my life after schooling was over. But then I came back to what I love the most and that was moving my body. So that's basically a quick history about me.

Coach Kim: [00:02:28] Yeah. I'm gonna ask you a question about that, because for most people that don't know you, you know, let's dial it back just a little bit. We opened Iron Lab in January 2022 right after Covid. 2022.

Coach Jo: [00:02:44] Yep.

Coach Kim: [00:02:44] Right after Covid. It seems like--

Coach Jo: [00:02:47] -- literally one month later, masks were abolished.

Coach Kim: [00:02:49] That's right. Yeah. Like literally yes, there were still some cleaning protocols etc. that we needed to do in the gym. We have been coaches, I've been a coach since 2016, fitness and strength coach, added nutrition, added life coaching. You have been a coach, as you were saying, since you were a younger woman, always coaching athletes. Group, team sports.

Coach Jo: [00:03:15] Yeah.

Coach Kim: [00:03:15] But what have you got going on? What's the offer? Why? What's the hook? The catch that has you, you love to move your body, but why do you want to serve other people? What draws you to this?

Coach Jo: [00:03:28] I would say easiest answer is when I see somebody do something they never have done before, and I see that initial reaction off their face that they just, they got it, they did it. And I was a part of that process to help them get through that barrier? And I find fitness, there are so many of these moments where people have to push through the comfort zone levels. So naturally I love to move my body. It's always been one of my favorite things to do. So in order to incorporate helping people, seeing them excel and then moving their bodies at the exact same time was like, all in.

Coach Kim: [00:04:04] Okay, perfect. So this is where Jo and I are different. One of the things that I think makes us a really strong team is we share a lot of things. We're both very direct communicators. We both love working hard. Our skill sets are slightly different. Jo, I always say she loves to do the spreadsheets, I prefer to do kind of promotion, marketing, social media, that kind of stuff, but we make a really good team. However, we're very different because I was not an athlete. I was a farm kid. I've always been strong. I've always loved nature. And being outside, I knew I was strong, but I didn't enjoy rea...