Becoming an Iron Maiden, Self Defense for Women, Overcoming Grief, Finding Your Faith, and More…

About this episode

Jordan Syatt interviews Paloma Pilar about her experiences with fitness, grief, and faith.

In today’s podcast I speak with the incredible Paloma Pilar and we discuss: - How she trained to do a weighted pull-up (with 53 extra pounds) - ⁠Dealing with the grief of losing a friend who took her own life - ⁠Starting jiu jitsu as a woman - ⁠How she found her faith - ⁠And more… Get 10% off at Marek Health ► https://marekhealth.com/syatt How to Be a Personal Trainer Podcast ► https://bit.ly/48kp3GU Paloma's IG ► https://www.instagram.com/palomastrength/

People in this episode

Host: Jordan Syatt

Guest: Paloma Pilar

Topics covered

• self defense
• grief
• faith
• fitness
• jiu jitsu
• pull-up training

Keywords

• iron maiden
• weighted pull-up
• self defense for women
• overcoming grief
• finding faith
• jiu jitsu

Sponsors

Marek Health

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Organizations: How to Be a Personal Trainer Podcast

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