Making It WORK: Money, Motherhood, and the Reality Behind the Highlight Reel

Making It WORK: Money, Motherhood, and the Reality Behind the Highlight Reel

What does it really take to build a life and make a living in fitness—especially when you're doing it as a single mom?

In this episode of Confessions of a GroupX Instructor, I sit down with April Bodiford for a candid conversation about the side of the fitness industry we don't always see on social media.

April wears a LOT of hats: instructor, trainer, manager, mom—and everything in between. We talk about what her life actually looks like behind the highlight reel, the financial realities of working in fitness, and the constant balancing act of building a career while raising a family.

We get into:

• Who April is and the many roles she currently juggles
• What it takes to financially support a family while working in fitness
• What a REAL week looks like when you're teaching, training, managing, and parenting
• The things she's had to say no to in order to make room for what matters most
• What keeps her going when she's completely exhausted
• The boundaries she's learned to protect
• What she's most proud of—not just in her career, but in the life she's built
• Her advice for other single moms trying to create a sustainable career in fitness

This isn't a conversation about having perfect balance. It's about making it work—making hard choices, working hard, protecting what matters, and creating a life you're proud of even when it doesn't look perfect from the outside.

Because behind every class, every smiling photo, and every social media highlight reel is a whole lot of LIFE.

April's website: https://www.findyourstrongobx.com/

April's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DmkibSZeM/?mibextid=wwXIfr

April's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajruns4fun?stkn=am05dDR1cnY5NjJx&utm_source=qr