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Kristen “KP” Simmons

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NPC Bikini Athlete | Entrepreneur
Building the life and body I promised myself.
Aka @kpsimmons_

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Still on our way. 🤍

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At the mercy of technology.

If I’m not in front of the camera, I’m probably behind it. Laptop open, phone in hand. Pretty much me in my natural habitat.

Funny because I used to be the girl who wasn’t tech savvy. Didn’t know how to use half these things, wasn’t “good at Instagram” and definitely never imagined how much of my life and work would revolve around them.

But here’s the thing. They’re skills. You learn them. You get better. You figure it out as you go. How you do one thing is how you do everything.

Kind of crazy what you can do with these little devices. Build a business, share your journey, coach someone through theirs, connect with people you’d otherwise never meet.

We talk a lot about the downside of being so connected, but there’s another side to it.

Are you consuming more than you’re creating? Comparing more than you’re connecting?

Nobody is better equipped to tell your story than you are. And the same device you’re using to watch someone else build their life could be the very thing you use to build yours.

The opportunity is literally in your hands.

I think you should go for it xx

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If you’ve ever wondered what silence can do to a person, let me reintroduce myself.

Silence can fill someone with shame that was never theirs to carry.

It can make them question their own voice. Their instincts. Their worth. It can follow them into every room long after everyone else has moved on.

Silence can nearly destroy a person.

But what someone does in that silence can rebuild them.

It’s where the work nobody sees happens. Where a body is built. Where resilience is earned. Where a person begins creating an entirely new life from the inside out.

That’s why I keep rebuilding. Why I try again and again and again—even after I’ve been burned, even when I overshoot, even when I have limitations that would justify quitting.

I’m 32 now, and I’m still affected by something that happened when I was 19. Healing never meant it stopped mattering. It meant I stopped allowing the shame to make my decisions for me.

Bodybuilding became a physical expression of that choice: keep showing up, keep doing the work, keep rebuilding what no one else can see yet.

We all have a story. Some have never been spoken. Some were spoken and never truly heard. But if you’ve ever wondered why someone moves through life with so much intensity, strength, or determination, remember: you may be witnessing everything they had to build in the silence.

So the next time you look at me and wonder why—

Don’t.

Think: no FUCKING wonder.

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It’s been a minute. This episode is a full catch-up on everything that’s happened over the last 12 weeks post show — training, gut health, coaching changes, food, mindset, and honestly a pretty major identity shift.

This improvement season has looked nothing like I expected. I’ve had to change my inner dialogue, rethink what “doing what’s required” actually means, rebuild trust with myself, and learn how to be an active participant in my own process again.

Right now I’m taking a break from formal coaching, waiting on GI testing, rebuilding my food tolerance, refining my training, and figuring out what this next phase looks like in real time.

There’s a lot more I want to unpack in future episodes, but this is the high-level update on where I’ve been, what’s changed, and where I’m headed next.

I’m back. 🤍

New episode is live. Link in bio 🤍

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This one is really close to my heart.

Some of you may recognize @lindseymudge as my former assistant. And yes, she has experienced an incredible physical transformation—losing more than 100 pounds.

But when we caught up recently and heard her explain where that transformation began I honestly had no idea I had that much of an impact on her.

I never formally coached Lindsey. There was no program, plan, or weekly check-in. We simply spent a lot of time together—and she says I became the first example in her life of what health could look like.

That means more to me than I know how to explain.

This began before I had reached so many of the goals people associate with me today. Before I fully understood that coaching would become such a meaningful part of my life.

Lindsey did the work. Every decision, every difficult day, and every step forward belongs to her.

But knowing that the way I was living may have helped her see something different for herself reminded me just how far our influence can reach, even when we don’t realize anyone is watching.

I am so incredibly proud of you, my girl. Not only for how much your life has changed, but for the woman you chose to become. 🫶🏼🩷😩

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It’s not too late to join. Link in bio!!

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Remember when our Facebook statuses were Mayday Parade lyrics? am I old?

📸 @glimpsesbybrooke

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Occupation: full-time bodybuilder.
Job description: helping people look and feel their best in every capacity.

Welcome to a DIML. 🤎

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Someone recently asked how Ryan and I got started “selling peptides” without medical licenses.

The truth is we didn’t.

We opened @4everyoung_frankfort because our own experiences showed us how difficult it can be to find comprehensive wellness support. We chose a franchise model with established systems, trusted pharmacy relationships, brought in a medical director who shares the same outlook on health, and licensed providers the same who evaluate, prescribe, and monitor treatment.

And it was never just about peptides. Peptides can be a helpful tool, but they cannot replace the foundation: nutrition, movement, sleep, recovery, stress management, and understanding what is happening inside your body.

This is a competitive industry right now, but we plan our lives—and our business—in decades. We believe in doing things the right way for ourselves and for the people we serve, then allowing consistency to compound.

It’s the same way we approach fitness: there are no shortcuts to something you want to sustain.

Yes, we are a small business—but we aren’t doing this alone. We have an entire medical, operational, and franchise team behind us helping us provide the supportive, trustworthy wellness experience we once wished we had access to.

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Link in my bio to join or comment ROOTED and I’ll send it to you xx

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Sorry wrong person.

Sadly I’ll probably get more likes on this than content I care about but here you go 🤍 enjoy xx

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Maybe one of the ways we learn to live with grief is to let the love we’ve lost teach us how to love the people who are still here.

Grief is weird.

@monsterlyn01 love you 🫶🏼🫂

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