Excelerate Your Life

About Excelerate Your Life

Just your average, no six-pack, non-influencer chick here to make health and fitness simple again! Heck… let's just make LIFE simple again! My name is Mallory Marks and I am the founder of Excelerate Athletics, an online fitness coaching team that helps women unlearn diet culture crap and re-learn the truth about sustainable health and fitness. With this podcast, I want to help you do that too plus EXCELERate your life, in all areas. Through solo and guest episodes, we'll break down the basics of health, fitness, and nutrition, chat about all the sh*t we as women go through in life that no one wants to talk about, and have lots of laughs in between. My goal is for you to walk away every week feeling like everything in life is just a little less complicated, and we're all just out here doing our best. New episodes drop every Thursday, see ya there!!

Publisher

Mallory Marks

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Sept 2023

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

155 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Postpartum Weight Loss: How Kaetlin Lost 40+ Lbs While Breastfeeding | Ep. 154

   What does sustainable postpartum weight loss actually look like while breastfeeding, working, traveling, navigating sleepless nights, and raising a baby? In this episode, I'm joined by EA client Kaetlin AND her coach, Coach Megan, to break down both sides of Katelin's incredible journey from 197 to 157 lbs. Kaetlin started with us five months postpartum and still breastfeeding. Over the next several months, she lost 40+ lbs and 3–4 pant sizes, got stronger, ran 2 miles for the first time, gained confidence she hadn't felt in years — and completely changed her relationship with food and fitness. But this wasn't months of perfect conditions. We're talking work travel, weddings, birthdays, a baby ER visit, teething, rough sleep, breastfeeding, weaning, hormone shifts…and plenty of weeks where doing everything "perfectly" simply wasn't realistic. Kaetlin shares what the process actually felt like, while Megan takes us behind the scenes of the coaching side — how we approached fat loss while breastfeeding, how the plan adapted to different seasons of postpartum life, and how Katelin learned to stay consistent even when life was anything but consistent. We also talk about the shift that happened along the way: from focusing solely on losing weight to getting stronger, feeling confident in her body, and realizing this was finally becoming a lifestyle instead of another cycle of dieting and starting over. If you're postpartum and wondering whether you can lose fat without extreme dieting, putting your entire life on hold, or waiting for life to finally "calm down," this episode is for you. 🎙️ We cover: • Postpartum weight loss while breastfeeding • How Kaetlin lost 40+ lbs without an all-or-nothing approach • How coaching changes during postpartum life • Navigating travel, weekends, poor sleep & motherhood • Staying consistent when life isn't consistent • Building strength and confidence alongside fat loss • Moving away from the "start over Monday" mentality • Breastfeeding, weaning & changing seasons of postpartum life • The mindset shift that made this a lifestyle instead of another cycle Apply for 1-1 coaching: https://www.excelerateathletics.com/coaching Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malssfitnfoods/

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   If You Want to Look Different Next Summer, Start Now | Ep. 153

   If you want your body to look different next summer, the work might need to start now — and it probably isn't another fat loss phase. In this episode, we're talking about why fall and winter can be the perfect time to focus on building muscle, especially if you've been lifting weights, eating healthy, and still feel "skinny fat" or like your physique never really changes. We'll break down the difference between lifting weights and actually spending time in a muscle-building phase, why constantly trying to lose the same 5–10 pounds can keep you stuck, and why building muscle is often the missing piece if your goal is to look lean, toned, strong, and athletic. I'm also talking about the fear of gaining weight during a build, why the holiday season can actually be an amazing time to stop dieting, and how spending the next several months building could set you up for a completely different fat loss phase next spring. If you've been waiting until January to "lock in," this episode might change the way you think about the next six months. Ready for personalized coaching? Apply for one-on-one coaching here: https://go.excelerateathletics.com/fitness-coaching-application Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malssfitnfoods/

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Fast Fit Facts: Can You Build Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time? | Ep. 152

   Can you actually build muscle and lose fat at the same time? In this Fast Fit Facts episode, we're breaking down the truth about body recomposition—and why just because you CAN build muscle while losing body fat doesn't mean it's always the most effective approach. We'll cover why muscle growth is most optimal when your body has enough energy available, why beginners are more likely to build muscle and lose fat simultaneously, and why recomposition becomes slower and more difficult as you become a more experienced lifter. Plus, we'll talk about the most effective way to approach your long-term physique goals using intentional build, maintenance, and fat-loss phases—so you can stop spinning your wheels trying to lose fat and build muscle at the exact same time and actually create the lean, strong physique you're working toward. Apply for 1-1 coaching: https://www.excelerateathletics.com/coaching Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malssfitnfoods/

Who has been a guest on Excelerate Your Life

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ashley
• Claire Hurwitt
• Megan Shelley

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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Quality

84

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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