Deadlifts and Pizza

In this episode, we dive into 

How Jaime is elite and her boxing classes

A thought experiment on gaining weight  vs money. If you had one opportunity to eat magical donuts that made you gain 10lbs, but you’d also earn $100,000 from each, how many donuts would you eat?

Fitness statistics: What percentage of women can do one pull-up, the amount of muscle people lose on average as they age, bone mineral density & what percentage of people break bones as they get older, up to 91% of women are unhappy with their bodies, and muscle mass vs BMI for longevity

Eating cookies is ok in moderation

Laura’s crazy eating habits as a child

Why coaches are so important even with the rise of AI coaching Apps

Workout enjoyment and consistency

More trash talking about bulgarian split squat jumps

Being barefoot more

Chapters

00:00 Jaime is Elite

12:00 How Many Donuts Would You Eat?

16:20 Fitness Statistics: Percentage of Women Who Can Do Pull-ups

20:15 After Age 30 People Lose 3-8% of Their Muscle Mass Per Decade

21:10 Bone Mineral Density Statistics

24:30 Up to 91% of Women Are Unhappy with Their Bodies

27:30 Crazy Eating Habits

34:00 Muscle Mass More Predictive For Longevity Than BMI

35:35 Study on AI Coaching VS AI and Human Coaching

40:05 Enjoying Your Workouts & Consistency

45:45 Not Wearing Shoes

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In this episode, we dive into 

How Laura needs to be truthful when she speaks, and making corrections. Plus, people who can BS and sound confident doing it

Our current diets

Our current training plans

Bulgarian Split Squat Jumps and training for power

Muscle confusion and why it’s not a thing

Why Trainers are important and what roles they play

Why we like training clients in person

Overrated/Underrated: Organic Food

Chapters

00:00 Corrections

05:15 Diet Talk

15:15 Workout Talk

17:30 High Jump Test

20:00 Muscle Confusion vs Progressive Overload

24:00 Why Trainers Are Important

28:00 Training Clients in Person

40:00 Overrated/Underrated: Organic Food

Links:

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In this episode, we dive into 

ChatGBT and unique uses, but it’s not always correct

Our favorite people in the fitness industry: Jordan Syatt, Mind Pump, Layne Norton, Alan Aragon, Meg Squats, doclyssfitness, Joe Defranco, thesoberbodybuilder, Dietician.Gabrielle

Catecholomines

Learning to be happy with your body what it can do, and paying less attention to leaness

Why making your own training program might not be a great idea

Overrated/Underrated: Adjustable dumbbells, bike riding, running, tacos, watermelon, cortisol’s impact on weightloss, struggles & stress

Chapters

00:00 More ChatGBT Talk

04:40 Our Favorite Follows in The Fitness Space: Jordan Syatt

10:00 Mind Pump

11:25 Layne Norton & Alan Aragon

12:30 Meg Gallagher AKS Meg Squats + Alyssa Olenick 

14:30 Joe Defranco

15:40 Brad Jensen AKA thesoberbodybuilder

18:10 Dietician.Gabrielle

19:00 Catecholamines

23:35 Laura’s Done Cutting Her Calories

27:15 Making Your Own Program

31:15 O/U Adjustable Dumbbells

34:35 O/U Bike Riding

40:50 O/U Running

42:30 O/U Tacos

44:30 O/U Watermelon

46:00 O/U Cortisol’s Impact on Weightloss

49:30 O/U Going Through Struggles & Stress

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In this episode, we dive into 

Jaime’s move and her new puppies!

What is our most popular episode?

How much we appreciate all of you

Why we wouldn’t like having 1 million listeners

Stacy Sims, and how she’s getting a lot of push back from the fitness industry

More pull-up debating

The difference between absolute strength and relative strength

Chapters

00:00 Intro + Puppy Talk

12:40 Our Most Popular Episode

14:15 We Appreciate All of You

21:20 Stacy Sims is Getting Some Heat

23:45 Absolute Strength vs Relative Strength

Links:

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In this episode, Laura discusses the importance of not making excuses for personal challenges and how to overcome them. She emphasizes the power of resilience and perseverance, sharing personal anecdotes about her son and her own struggles with food noise. Laura provides practical strategies for navigating challenges and achieving fitness goals, encouraging listeners to acknowledge their limitations without letting them hinder their progress. The episode concludes with a motivational call to action for listeners to define their own paths and embrace their unique journeys.

Chapters

00:00 Don’t Make Excuses

03:00 The Power of Resilience and Perseverance

05:10 Strategies for Navigating Personal Challenges

10:12 Work With Your Limitations

Free Guides:

Free Program

Fat Loss Guide

Power Training Template

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In this episode, Jaime and Laura dive into 

A funny misunderstanding

Jaime’s had the most successful fat loss phase she’s had in a long time, and she explains why

Can you build muscle in a calorie deficit?

Laura’s fat loss progress

Laura’s crazy workouts

A pull-up debate. Should Jaime get extra credit because she weighs more?

Chapters

00:00 Our Last Podcast With Jaime in Korea

03:15 A Funny Story

09:00 Jaime’s Fat Loss Update

13:45 Building Muscle in a Calorie Deficit?

19:45 Laura’s Progress Update

24:00 When Did This Fat Loss Phase Start?

34:00 These Workouts are Hard!

35:30 Pull-up Debate

40:00 Crazy Workout

Links:

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In this episode, Jaime and Laura dive into 

Our one year podcasting anniversary!

Why we love each other?

What motivated us to start podcasting?

Showing up even when you don’t feel like it, and the power of being consistent

Embracing the process and finding joy in it can drive better results than fixating solely on achieving specific goals.

What can you expect to happen after a year of being consistent? What positive changes will result?

What we would tell our younger selves when it comes to health and fitness

How much freedom and happiness comes when you learn to do things the “right” way. You mean I can eat more food and get results?

Chapters

00:00 Celebrating One Year of Podcasting

01:40 Lovefest

03:00 What Motivated Us to Start This Podcast

06:30 Overcoming Challenges in Podcasting

10:45 Showing Up Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

14:15 Just Get Started

17:00 What Could You Achieve if You Were Consistent for a Full Year

27:45 What Would We Tell Our Younger Selfs

36:30 The Happiness & Freedom That Comes From Learning the Right Way

Links:

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Laura’s Free Training Program

Laura’s Free Power Training Program

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In this episode, Jaime and Laura dive into 

Our one year podcasting anniversary!

Why we love each other?

What motivated us to start podcasting?

Showing up even when you don’t feel like it, and the power of being consistent

Embracing the process and finding joy in it can drive better results than fixating solely on achieving specific goals.

What can you expect to happen after a year of being consistent? What positive changes will result?

What we would tell our younger selves when it comes to health and fitness

How much freedom and happiness comes when you learn to do things the “right” way. You mean I can eat more food and get results?

Chapters

00:00 Celebrating One Year of Podcasting

01:40 Lovefest

03:00 What Motivated Us to Start This Podcast

06:30 Overcoming Challenges in Podcasting

10:45 Showing Up Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

14:15 Just Get Started

17:00 What Could You Achieve if You Were Consistent for a Full Year

27:45 What Would We Tell Our Younger Selfs

36:30 The Happiness & Freedom That Comes From Learning the Right Way

Links:

Jaime’s Free Training Program

Laura’s Free Training Program

Laura’s Free Power Training Program

Join the Squad

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www.laselitetraining.com

Instagram:

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In this episode, Jaime and Laura dive into 

Jaime’s new face

Our anniversary! It’s been a full year of podcasting. To celebrate we talk about how we met, and a little bit about our story.

Overrated/Underrated: 

• Tomatoes

• Sunshine

• Sleep

• Walking

• Standing Desks

Chapters

00:00 Jaime Got Botox & Filler

10:15 A Full Year of Podcasting!

10:55 Our Story of How We Met

25:15 O/U Tomatoes

28:15 O/U Sunshine

33:15 O/U Sleep

35:00 O/U Walking

38:00 O/U Standing Desks

Links:

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Laura’s Free Training Program

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In this episode, Jaime and Laura dive into 

An underrated snack food

Jaime’s black belt test

Improving your work capacity

Laura’s new program that’s going to kick her butt with escalated density training, and the 6-12-25 training method.

Jaime’s ideas for the Squad (her small group training program)

Protein recommendations, and how the medical field still may be behind

New study on intermittent fasting. Does eating in a time restricted window lower the amount of fat gained compared to eating at normal intervals?

Chapters

00:00 Jaime’s Hot Take on This Underrated Snack Food

02:25 Jaime’s Black Belt Test

09:45 Improving Work Capacity

13:45 Escalated Density Training

16:05 The 6-12-25 Training Method

17:00 The Squad Deets

22:15 Protein Gram Recommendations

29:15 New Study on Intermittent Fasting

Links:

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Laura’s Free Training Program

Laura’s Free Power Training Program

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Instagram:

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