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Anxiety spirals, gym land, and becoming a less spiral-y human through lifting. Yes, this is a thing and it’s magical. As I’ve said before and I’ll say again - the gym is the dojo where we can go to practice all manner of things. Not getting sucked into a negative spiral is yet another magical thing we can train at the gym :) Enjoy

Take it or leave it, but I LOVE lifting heavyyyy during that time of the month. Just sayin. Despite what you may have heard, you can still train HARD on your period and you might just surprise yourself with how heavy you can lift 👀

Yes, I know mobility training isn’t as sexy as a heavy deadlift set. It doesn’t give you a pump. And it makes you feel like shit because you realize your hips are tighter than a nun’s you-know-what.

But you know what? Do it anyway. Your 80 year-old self will thank you.

Sharing my favorite metaphor to explain the difference between strength training & hypertrophy training and how they impact our muscular development. Not sure what the hell I’m talking about? Listen to this episode and then you will!

This episode shares THE most sustainable source of motivation to go to the gym and KEEP going week after week, year after year. And it’s got nothing to do with our bodies.

If you’ve been struggling to stay motivated then for the love of all things holy - LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE.

The gym you’re literally obsessed with… and probably haven’t even set foot in yet ❤️‍🔥

That’s all I’m gonna say. Just listen to the episode bc you NEED to know these things. Trust me. K love you bye 💜

You wanna build a phat peach? You go get after it, friend. The beauty of training in the gym is that you can build whatever body feels like a true expression of you.

That might mean updating its shape or it might not. Doesn’t matter. What matters is that we know we have agency. We can make change in our bodies and out in the world. ya ya ya. Go build a body that feels like you and run for office.

Bodies like variety, friends. Don’t worry about looking dumb when you try new things in the gym. Or do, it’s up to you, but still go try them anyway 😂

It’s normal to be worried about looking dumb in the gym. And in the world. We’re social creatures. We worry about looking dumb. That’s fine, but yanno… still go try new things anyway. In gym and life.

K love you bye.

we back b!tch with a new format 🌸

new episodes will be short + sweet. show notes even shorter bc you know what? life is short. ain’t nobody got time to sit around and write novels for show notes. well, some people do. and other people pay people to do it. but I am neither of those types of humans rn.

so I’ll probably write some silly show note like this one that isn’t optimized for seo at all. at least for now - for now we just recording episodes and putting them out into the world. maybe down the road I’ll be one of the people that pays other people to write novels for show notes.

and why failure is such a good good thing in gym land. really it’s about failure in life, not just in the gym. and all those different types of failure are good good things. enjoy!

2:30 - Q1: “Do you think there are direct benefits to bodybuilders in yoga and Pilates type practices?”

6:50 - Mobility training resources

8:19 - Going down the rabbit hole of end range loading, loaded stretching and other mobility training techniques

19:51 - Food for thought on loading joints across all of their “positional possibilities”

23:25 - Q2: “Is it important to switch up your gym routine and how often?”

24:05 - Training variation and its importance in training longevity

26:22 - Wisdom from humans still active in their 50s and beyond

34:00 - Good rule of thumb for balancing routine and variety in the gym

34:50 - Q3: “I’m a cardio athlete and not seeing progress in the gym. How do I build muscle without killing my cardio gains?”

36:46 - Why strength training is beneficial to all athletes

40:43 - Hypertrophy training and endurance athletes

42:22 - If you’re not seeing gym progress, this is likely why

43:47 - Q4: “What’s your favorite form of preworkout? natural or not?” 😂

44:38 - My beef with preworkout & why I’m a bananas and coffee stan

47:40 - Natural or not?

48:59 - Why I don’t take creatine or protein powder for gainz

Overcoming Gravity by Steven Low

Lucas Hardie aka @rangeofstrength on Instagram

The Ultimate Off Season Training Manual by Eric Cressey

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Lots of love,

Caroline