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How does alcohol effect performance? How does alcohol effect your progress? Listen to find out.

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How does alcohol effect performance? How does alcohol effect your progress? Listen to find out.

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Checkout our Blog Post on Alcohol and Exercise

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Seth Oberst is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who uses somatic sensory techniques to help people overcome trauma. He has a practice located in Atlanta Georgia, as well as works remotely with a lot of people, including myself. He's worked with a wide array of athletes, individuals with auto-immune disorders and people who've experienced physical trauma. We begin by discussing stress and the gut-brain connection. Then we discuss how trauma can affect the nervous system and how being wired for survival can lead us into chronic pain.  Lastly we talk about possible solutions and some of the therapies he has introduced in our work together to help me with my Ulcerative Colitis.

To learn more about Seth and his practice visit https://sethoberst.com/

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Kevin R. Stone, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at The Stone Clinic and Chairman of the Stone Research Foundation. Trained at Harvard University in both internal medicine and orthopedic surgery and at Stanford University in general surgery, he is a world-renowned expert in biological joint replacement. Dr. Stone has most notably served the US Ski Team, the US Pro Ski Tour, the US Olympic Festival, and the US Olympic Training Center. His innovative work in the orthopedic arena has led to multiple awards, publications, and grants and has resulted in approximately fifty issued US patents. He has a new book being released this month; Play Forever all about how you can keep your body healthy so you can do what you love for all your days.

Topics covered;

- Re-growing techniques for meniscus

- Using Stem Cells, PRP & Birth tissue to repair cells

- Good and bad Pain

- Pain as an opportunity for growth before damage

- Training pre and post surgery

To learn more about Dr. Stone and his new book Play Forever visit his website found here.

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Putting all your effort into the WORK of a training session becomes most effective when your body is primed and ready. You should never go into a training session "cold," for many reasons. Your body can be overly active in certain areas, it can be inactive in other areas, your circulation is slower, your core temperature is lowered and your blood vessels aren't dilated enough to keep up with demand. Not only are you not getting the most out of your time, but you could risk serious injury that could keep you from exercises even longer.

We break down and discuss the 3 factors to a successful warm-up.

1. Mobility

2. Activation

3. Core Temperature and circulation.

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It's a common problem we as coaches face as well. Often times with clients go out on their own this question comes up. So we compiled a blog post and a podcast to help address this sticking point.

A good program will have a structure to allow you to adapt and see progress. But the program is only as good as it is used. There are some basic tenants we can look for in our program if we're struggling with pushing ourselves enough.

• Workout design
• % based lifting
• Test-in to your program and determine working %
• Double progression method
• Identifying Trauma from previous injuries holding you back mentally

You can read the blog here!

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A lot of people spin their wheels by experiencing the same roadblocks that shut down performance and continued effort. The first step is owning your own triggers, discovering your passions and what drives you. Then it's about being on the right path to unlock your potential. See anyone can google the best program for a specific goal. What matters is how the program is administered; progression/regression. In order for a coach to deliver the best results on a program they need to understand their client or athlete.  

In this episode we discuss the importance of mindset to keep consistent effort to yield consistent results. If you're a client or athlete, then it's important you have a coach who will listen to you, who will be your advocate, who will know how to push you past your limiting beliefs and behaviors. What sets apart people who are successful and not, is being the master of their mind to perform at their best when it matters most. This is done by knowing yourself and conveying it to your coach so you can both be on the same page for appropriate training.

Understanding strengths, weaknesses, goals and ambitions are a start. But to continue to be effective you need to know what drives you in the toughest moments, what triggers wreck you to your core. What is going to make you dig in and push harder towards that goal, and what is going to completely set you back and let that boulder roll back down the hill that you worked so hard to push up. 

If you're ready to be on the path to performing your best or just want feedback about your current program, book a call with one of our Coaches today.

www.calendly.com/thinkfitnesslife

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A lot of people spin their wheels by experiencing the same roadblocks that shut down performance and continued effort. The first step is owning your own triggers, discovering your passions and what drives you. Then it's about being on the right path to unlock your potential. See anyone can google the best program for a specific goal. What matters is how the program is administered; progression/regression. In order for a coach to deliver the best results on a program they need to understand their client or athlete.  

In this episode we discuss the importance of mindset to keep consistent effort to yield consistent results. If you're a client or athlete, then it's important you have a coach who will listen to you, who will be your advocate, who will know how to push you past your limiting beliefs and behaviors. What sets apart people who are successful and not, is being the master of their mind to perform at their best when it matters most. This is done by knowing yourself and conveying it to your coach so you can both be on the same page for appropriate training.

Understanding strengths, weaknesses, goals and ambitions are a start. But to continue to be effective you need to know what drives you in the toughest moments, what triggers wreck you to your core. What is going to make you dig in and push harder towards that goal, and what is going to completely set you back and let that boulder roll back down the hill that you worked so hard to push up. 

If you're ready to be on the path to performing your best or just want feedback about your current program, book a call with one of our Coaches today.

www.calendly.com/thinkfitnesslife

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In short, yes, they are a waste of time but they are easy to comprehend and thus people resort to them. (We're talking about those big exercise machines that look like they could be in a scrap yard, you load weight onto or use a pin to select a number from a weight stack. - Cable machines and cardio equipment are a different story.) But easy doesn't always mean helpful. You're in the gym for one reason or another and I am assuming you're trying to invest your time in a way that it delivers returns in the future for you.

Machines are an easy way to get resistance training on a muscle without risking damage, for the most part. If you're rehabilitating from an injury or surgery they will carefully allow targeting of a muscle or joint for strengthening without straining. However you are also missing out on crucial strengthening of secondary muscles involved as well as associated ligaments and tendons through a more "functional" exercise.

The reason you want to be using dumbbells and barbells over machines is to get all systems on-board working together. Other reasons include:

• Machines have a very limited purpose
• Functional movements promote adaptations
• Barbells and dumbbells improve cognitive function
• There is a lack of translating over from machine to real-life movements, ex. leg press vs squat
• Machines don't stimulate vestibular or use all planes of motion

To read more checkout our blog on Driving Adaptations in the Human Body

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People run into problems every day that keep them from properly taking care of their health. Stress and time are the most consistently found across the board from CEO's to executives to working parents. Cortisol is going to store more fats and burn more muscle. Stress is going to lead to bad decisions nutritionally, or lead you to have a drink at 5 o'clock and then lead to poor nutrition. Lack of consistency will prevent the compound effect. Albert Einstein said it was the 8th wonder of the world; “those who understand it earn it, those who don't, pay it. Simple solutions include scheduling, planning ahead, having back-up plans prepared. Read more about the serious dangers to stress and failing to make time for your health of at the link below. https://www.businessinsider.com/bankers-20s-and-30s-heart-attacks-2018-7 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app