Our newest staff member, Dave,  gets grilled by James today as Jon takes a quick break from hosting The Phat Pratt Chat.

Dave has an incredibly fun personality that obviously comes out here even through just the audio : ) 

You will absolutely enjoy this episode!

Today we invited Dr. Justin Rabinowitz on the podcast to get some information on working out with pain, when to seek a professionals help, what the ramifications are of not dealing with your pain and/or injuries etc.  

Justin is a wealth of knowledge and owns a business across the street called "Strive 2 Move." You'll find many great take aways from today's episode that will help you clear up some of the misconceptions around pain and exercise. 

If you want to learn more about Strive2move and the work they do please click the links below!

strive2move.com

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FAQ's about Strive 2 Move

When most people open a gym they focus on branding, marketing, logo's, colors, website, technology, etc.  All good things by the way!! 

PPS, now known as PPT, took a different approach.  

We focused all of our attention on giving the clients the best possible service and training around. If you were here in the early days you would have seen half fallen down random banners that did not have our logo on them (we didn't even have a an official logo when we started) scuffed up and dented walls, used equipment, and so on.  

BUT, we genuinely cared about our members, their results, and their interactions and experience with us.  Our members started to have success and become our biggest fans, willing to spread the word to their friends and family. 

It is truly the success all of our members had that made this place what it is today and we will continue to remember what got us here as we start to explore and invest some more time into the stuff that a business "should" be doing. 

When we look at our memebr's who have had the most success in the gym it become obvious that they have a lot of things in common. Today we simply wanted to highlight 4 things that our most successful members do regularly.

"I don't want to look like a man."  

This is a very common phrase that is said to us all the time when females are meeting with us to consider starting up a weight training routine. To be fair, there have been men that also expressed they would prefer not to get big and bulky.  

We as trainers know lifting weights doesn't automatically make you bulky and that a good program will contain a mix of cardio and weight lifting. So We wanted to touch on this (slightly) sensitive subject in todays episode. 

Now we did want to speak to the people who most often express concern over this subject, which are women. We figured one of our most beloved trainers, Coach Sidney, could be of some help to ease concerns over weight lifting and the chances of getting big huge muscles from it. 

Today we shouted out Jill M.! Here is the link to her testimonial video!! 

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Even if we don't reach our weight loss goals at the gym, most of us know at least our health is better by staying consistent with a workout routine.  But most people who have stayed consistent will agree the gym has done much more for them than just what the scale shows. 

We chat today about what the gym has taught us in our own lives. After the episode try and think about what the gym/working out has taught you and you may then have more reasons to stay consistent when it gets hard to do so. 

Scroll down to access the list of tips to save your fitness progress on the next vacation!

We often see a week or two of vacation sets someone back months in their fat loss journey.  But does it really have to be this way? is it possible to do months worth of damage and fat loss reversal over the course of 1-2 weeks off? 

We are firm believers in having fun on vacation and engaging in some behaviors that may not be great for your weight loss.  There is a balance to be made however, with some good behaviors, that can make a huge positive impact during vacation. If done right these will set you up for quick success in getting back on track the first week back home. 

Here are all the action items that you can do on vacation to offset the damage:

Here are the exercises that you can mix and match to make up a short body weight circuit. Pick 1 from each category (that's 4 items). Do 2min of cardio and 10 reps of the strength exercises. 

Cardio: Run/Jog/Walk/Jumping Jacks/March In Place/Squat Thrust/Swim/Eliptical/Jump Rope

Upper Body: Push Ups (elevated on bench or couch if needed) / Bicep curls/ Band Pull Apart's/Band Rows/Side raises/Bench or couch dips

Lower Body: Lunges / Split Squats / Squats / Glute Bridges / 1 Leg RDL

Abs: Crunches / Straight Leg Sit Ups / Side Plank Hip Taps / Shoulder Taps / Leg Raises

What's Up Squad! 

Today we're discussing the sweet spot of exercise intensity & consistency.  We discuss a 1-10 grading system on each quality so that you can give yourself a total score.  We then break down 3 categories we see people fall into regularly. At the end of todays episode you'll have a clear answer as to if you are in the sweet spot and if not what to do to get there. 

Spoiler Alert! James tracked his weight for 100 days straight!

While trying to lose weight we recommend that people weigh themselves daily. This often leads people to be very excited on "weight loss days" and very disappointed on "weight gain days". It can certainly be an emotional rollercoaster! Especially when some the weight gain days come multiple days in a row... James gives us some insights into his experience with this and I was quite surprised by some of the data. 

Here is the Link to the 60 second survey to make this podcast better!! As mentioned in this episode we would really appreciate your feedback so we have a better idea of what direction to take this podcast in the near future!  

We start off this episode with a much needed shout out to some staff you may not know so well. Our set up crew has been really over delivering the past few months and many of you may not know they are actually paid employees! 

After that James and I talk about 2 simple things that if done for 30 days will guarantee weight loss.  We also talk about why very few people actually do this.