Olivia Rodrigo’s Trainer: Why Your Workouts Are Failing! (and how to fix it with Kirsty Godso)
Olivia Rodrigo’s Trainer: Why Your Workouts Are Failing! (and how to fix it with Kirsty Godso)  
Podcast: Hot Smart Rich with Maggie Sellers Reum
Published On: Wed Jan 28 2026
Description: Kirsty Godso is the trainer behind Olivia Rodrigo, Hailey Bieber and Kaia Gerber. After 13.5 years inside Nike, she became the face of Vuori through a multi-million-dollar brand partnership. She reveals what celebrities actually do to build their bodies, why most high-intensity workouts fail, how she sets goals for clients, the truth about protein products, common keto mistakes, and the red flags hiding in “healthy” foods - plus her take on Alo, Lululemon and why the athleisure industry keeps rapidly growing. (00:00:00) Intro(00:02:23) Celebrity Trainer: What Wellness Really Means(00:03:08) Why Women Say Wellness & Men Say Fitness(00:03:50) I Never Planned To Train Hailey Bieber & Kaia Gerber(00:04:55) How Nike Discovered Me(00:07:24) Inside The Billion-Dollar Athleisure Wars (Nike vs Alo vs Vuori)(00:08:41) Why Alo Looks Tacky(00:10:16) What's Wrong With Lululemon(00:11:17) How Vuori Grew 44% While Other Brands Stalled(00:13:32) Do Celebrity Deals Really Build Athleisure Brands?(00:17:03) Why 2016 HIIT Culture Broke Women’s Bodies(00:18:29) How Many HIIT Workouts You Should Actually Do(00:20:31) How I Set Goals For Kaia Gerber & Olivia Rodrigo(00:22:22) The Two Workout Mistakes Everyone Makes(00:23:44) Why I Never Set Weight-Loss Goals(00:26:49) The Goal-Setting Lesson That Changed Everything(00:28:46) beehiiv Ad(00:30:07) How Stress & Hyperfixation Ruin Results(00:32:42) Why Exercise Is Back As The #1 Resolution(00:34:35) Kirsty’s Take On The New Body Era(00:35:55) Celebrity Protein Brands — What’s Really Going On?(00:38:06) Protein Label Red Flags (Don’t Buy This)(00:40:18) What I Throw Out Of Clients’ Kitchens(00:43:15) Why Most People Quit Before Results Show(00:45:23) “You’re A 6/10” - The Mindset Shift That Works(00:47:11) Tough Love vs Self-Trust In Motivation(00:50:51) Cozy Earth Ad(00:51:57) Hoffman, Trauma & My Need For Control(00:58:26) Leaving Nike: Realising My Success Was Always Me(01:00:19) The Signs It’s Time To Leave Your Job(01:02:31) The Truth Behind My $2M Vuori Deal(01:04:14) When The Internet Finds Out Your Worth(01:05:49) Why I’m Betting On My Own Businesses Now(01:08:23) Femininity, Fashion & Body Confidence(01:10:56) Dating In LA & “Hot Smart Foreign”(01:14:10) Rapid Fire: Range Rover, Coffee & Cold Plunges(01:16:03) “Burn 2.0” - Naming This Season Of Life(01:16:43) Where To Find Kirsty Godso(01:16:49) What HSR Should Help Her With Next ⸻ Episode Sponsors: beehiiv - Use code HSR30 at http://www.beehiiv.com/hsr?utm_campaign=hsr-2026-Partnership&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=hsr&utm_term=2026-01-28 Cozy Earth - http://cozyearth.com with code HSR, or until February 8th you can Buy One Get One Free on pajamas with code: HSRBOGO ⸻ . 50% off your first month of Pyro when signing up for a monthly membership using code HOT50. Users can use this link and it will automatically apply at checkout for them:https://pyro.kirstygodso.com/register?promocode=HOT50&plan=6705c9272ca6753176671a442 . 15% off an order of Made Of Protein with code HSR used at checkout on:https://madeof.life ⸻ Follow Kirsty Godso:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirstygodsoWebsite: https://www.kirstygodso.com/ ⸻ Hot Smart Rich: Join 250,000+ angels and subscribe to the Hot Smart Rich newsletter: https://hotsmartrich.com/subscribe Hot Smart Rich Money Mindset: https://shorturl.at/pJWLc Merch: https://hotsmartrich.shop/ YouTube: https://shorturl.at/IXXFZ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotsmartrich/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hotsmartrich Maggie Sellers Reum:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggiesellersreum/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maggiesellersreum LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sellersmaggie/ Locker: https://www.wantlocker.com/users/maggiesellers ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/maggiesellers Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/maggiesellers  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices