Zak Gabor is one of the awesome PTs we have in our network over at Achieve Fitness. We love working together with PTs to find the right quality of care to help our mutual clients! I thought he would be a really great person to come on and talk about the misconceptions people have about why they are in pain. Zak believes in educating his clients without making them feel undermined and especially without making them feel broken!

To follow Zak you can check out his Instagram Page at simplestrengthphysio or check his out at Boston PT and wellness.http://bostonptwellness.com

Elias is the membership director over at Results Fitness in Santa Clarita California. Spending years studying people in varias areas of focus, he is extremely skilled at reading people's personalities, personas, or vibes if you will. In this podcast we talk about how he has created a system in which to break down what many people do intuitively when first meeting a prospective new member or client. He goes over the way in which he breaks down people's characteristics into four archetypes and then uses those archetype qualities to connect on a personal level so that everyone feels listened to and understood. Elias has an insane amount of passion; my favorite quote from this podcast is "Thats what we are doing in the fitness industry. Were not helping people lose weight you’re helping people save their marriages, you’re saving them from heart attacks you’re making them confident in the board room you’re making them confident in PTA meetings you’re making them dominate their field. If you understand this is what you’re doing for people it becomes so much easier to find the value in what you’re giving."

My friend Kevin Larrabee is the produced of the Fittest, (although you probably already knew that) and has recently opened up a gym called Allied Strength in Gloucester MA. I wanted to have Kevin on for the 1 year anniversary of the show to thank him for all that he has done for me in creating this podcast and talk to him about whats going on with him! In being in the business for over 13 years, Kevin has learned a lot and is always very open and honest about whats going on for him. In this episode, he talks about the excitement and the struggle of opening up a new gym, how he has learned the importance of personal growth and development alongside professional development and what he see's as a need change for the fitness industry moving forward. Thank you Kevin for being on the show and talking so openly with us here! If you don't already subscribe to the Fitcast, you absolutely should! You can check it out here! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitcast-fitness-and-nutrition-podcast/id151651969?mt=2

In this episode I discuss some of the tips snd tricks I have learned to help deal with my anxiety. Everyone has experienced some form of anxiety in their lives whether from specific events or a generalized overall feeling. I hope that by sharing my experience other can learn something as well. A lot of these tactics that I have implemented for myself are from a therapy program I went through in College, and books I have read throughout the years. If you are interested in learning more about this program you can learn more from this website. https://stresscenter.com

Harold Gibbons is a Ninja Trainer over at Mark Fisher Fitness in New York. Last week, Harold hopped on a call with my coworker Ted and myself to give us some insight about Ninja Trainer is residence program over at MFF. He wanted to help us out with the Internship we are building over at Achieve and it was so great and informative that I decided to ask him to record an episode of the podcast with me! We talked all about what their program offers, how different types of internships can serve people differently, and of course, we couldn't not talk about the lessons Harry Potter has to offer us as well!

Emily Bearden is a World Champion Professional Muy Thai fighter, Strong First instructor, and coach at Five Points Academy in NYC. Emily first got into Muy Thai after she moved to NYC and was randomly attacked on the street. She decided she wanted to learn some methods of self defense; little did she know that within a few years she would be a world champion of the sport! In this episode Emily discusses all about her training, her mental state when she is in the ring, the community of people in this sport, and how empowering fighting has been for her and for other women she coaches.

Danny Camargo is back for part 2! You may remember Danny from episode 3, (If you don't, you should definitely go check it out!) where we talked about how he first entered the sport of weightlifting. Now 50 episodes later, we are talking all about the coaching eye and his train of thoughts when he coaches his athletes. Danny is also back training as an athlete himself, competing at the masters level! We talk discuss how his training is going and how it has changed since competing as a younger individual.

It is such a pleasure to coach dozens of women and see them grow and change throughout this journey that I thought it was really important to have on some of these strong mamas! Maureen Fisher, Laurel Mathiesen, Lisa Philpotts, and Grace Ferris are all moms and moms to be here at Achieve Fitness and I knew they would have no problem opening up and telling me allllllll the details! We talk about how their concept of what "being fit" meant to them before, during and after pregnancy, how this experience has played into their idea of their identity, how strength training has helped them not only physically through the process but mentally, the challenges they have faced adjusting to this new chapter in their lives and how they have built a community that has brought them so much support!

In this episode I get to chat with Molly Galbraith the cofounder and owner of Girls Gone Strong, an international organization that is determined to bring quality health and fitness to women everywhere! Molly and I discuss the humble beginnings GGS and how the community of woman has grown since its creation. We discuss the topic of thinking big and how she counties to press on, working to make the world a better place, bringing better and more quality information to as many people as possible! To learn more about GGS and molly, visit www.GGS.com or join one of the private Facebook group communities:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomenlifteachotherup/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/GGSCoachingandTrainingWomen/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/StrongMomsSisterhood/

In this episode Angel and I have an open conversation about his struggles with depression and how he has come to place of dealing with it. We discuss the difficulty involved in admitting that there is something going on with ourselves and how getting help from the right people can make all the difference!

Angel is the own of Boston Underground Strength Training in Waltham Mass. If you want to learn more about Angel or the Underground, head to his website and check it out! http://bostonstrengthtraining.com