Muscle Spasms

Mara and Elysia get their fitness nerd hats on to talk ACCESSORY WORK. What is that? Well, all those muscles you use for your power lifts, your jumps, your running, your cycling, they need a little extra love, they need to be activated and checked in on to ensure they’re firing correctly in higher intensity movements. The girls break down how they program their own accessory days with examples for themselves, for clients, and any fitness level. Find out what your fitness might be missing— and learn how to set yourself up for success with a few bad impressions, raunchy jokes, and charming sh*t-talk. 

CALLING ALL COCKTAIL LOVERS!! Email us at [email protected] or DM us on Facebook or Instagram @muscle.spasms with your favorite cocktail recipe for our Boozy Summer Healthier Cocktails series starting in June created by our food PhD Elysia. You won’t want to miss it!

Mara and Elysia review the Netflix documentary “The Game Changers” which follows 11 athletes from the strongest man in the world, to the oldest (female!) cyclist to even go to the Olympics man or woman, to pro UFC fighters, to community firefighters and beyond— what’s special about them? They’re all PLANT-BASED. The girls discuss the science about erectile dysfunction, heart attacks, cancer, and how all of these diagnoses could be completely prevented through food. Take a listen and email us at [email protected] with your favorite cocktail for our Boozy Summer Healthier Cocktails program that Elysia will spice up so you feel GOOD about your indulgences no matter what they are!

Yoga Dan, owner and creator of SPROGA joins Elysia and Mara to talk enjoyment of the craft of movement, posture, and espresso (spro!). Through ADD, anxiety, and a surplus of health issues that come with being a 6’10” basketball player he found healing in alignment and folding the body which he spread from Detroit to NYC and now upstate NY. Check out his available classes at www.sproga.com or instagram @hellosproga or @yogadan

NCAA Contoversy, Caffiene, Pre-Workouts — Elysia and Mara discuss the level of respect for womens sports in a male-dominated industry in response to the lack of equipment provided to the female college athletes in the NCAA tournaments. What preworkout do I use? ONE thing has been consistently tried and true, caffiene (when used correctly). There’s a lot of nonsense being sold as sport supplements but your body needs REAL food, REAL water, REAL energy, REAL connection. All this and more in this hilariously unfiltered episode with your favorite NYC trainers!

Oh heyyy, Mara and Elysia, the niftiest diftiest Elite Trainers in NYC are back and are getting into how to add strength and weight to your squat IMMEDIATELY. They talk proper core warm up, trunk stabilization, Post Activation Potentiation, and then pushing metal! Get leaner, Get Stronger, and GET MORE POWERFUL! 

WATER WILL MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT AND YOUR SKIN WILL GLOW!! Now that I have your attention, that’s true. Everyone knows that they’re supposed to drink water, this isn’t news, but what not everyone knows is how much? ... when? Does juice count? Elysia and Mara take a deep dive (pun!) into the science of the benefits of hydration and more importantly, the serious effects of dehydration. Anti-anxiety medications, ADHD stimulants, anti-psychotics, compounds that affect the way your brain reacts to stimuli are all heavily reliant on nutrition and water consumption. Do you need to up your dose? Hungry? Sexually frustrated? Having a panic attack? All of these internal needs can be translated incorrectly and the girls explain how staying on hydration not only helps your mind, but might reduce the need for higher dosages and even if you’re not on anything like this, how you can ensure your brain and muscles don’t experience symptoms that make you think you *need* medical help. Masks— are they dehydrating? Or is it just less convenient to drink? All this and more with tips on how to take care of that beautiful vessel of yours.

Mara and Elysia HAD A PLAN TO TALK ABOUT PRENATAL TRAINING, but were derailed by a much needed chat about body issues which affect EVERYONE! In this very, image forward society, we need to have honest conversations about our body image and giving compliments...because WE ARE MORE THAN JUST OUR BODIES! Give it a listen, and maybe next week we will talk about how to receive a compliment! 

Sarrah, creator of DAMN GOOD YOGA and former Broadway triple threat joins Elysia and Mara after ringing the bell signifying her final round of chemo. Cancer is a scary subject, but Sarrah is a ray of raw sunshine: warm, positive, fiery,  unpredictable. She shares the nitty gritty of life beyond the C-word treatments that glare into the soul, testing it to lose faith, and feels that fear, feels the pain, opens her heart, finds love, creates magic, inspires women everywhere with her story, talks strip clubs that she’s never been to but she’s been to, and describes in glorious detail the hilarious joys of robotitties.  

Links:

@damngoodyoga

www.damngoodyoga.com

Alex Baze from Late Night With Seth Meyers, and this weekend's Golden Globes joins Mara and Elysia to talk about, training to alleviate back pain, how to vet a trainer and being paralyzed from upper cross syndrome. What he is doing now for his workouts and how he just happens to be writing for the Golden Globes! Kizmet for this episode to come out this weekend!!!  You shouldn't have to live with back, neck, or personal trainer pain. And reach out to @bazecraze on twitter if you also suffer from "tall"

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Pete Holman, inventor of the TRX Rip Trainer and the Nautilus Glute Drive joins Mara and Elysia for this week's episode. They discuss training deconditioned and conditioned athletes and anyone that needs to rotate or work on their glutes (spoiler, its everyone).  

Make sure to follow @peteholman1 on instagram to stay tuned for updates on his new equipment you can use at home! 

Also make sure to check out this week's swoll and nutrition tip available on @muscle.spasms social media!