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For Today! First up, how do you end up with a certain trainer on a certain day? While the selection may ultimately end up being "random" The session of members coming into an hour has already been split up by a trainer in the best order possible so that all members are able to be coached to our maximum ability.  Just how much goes into deciding this? You may be surprised.

Next we talk about how many people get stuck at a decently high level of training and can't seem to break through to that next higher level.  What do you do if this is where you're at? What's the first step? What could lead to this happening? These are all questions covered on this subject.

Finally breathing.  Is there an appropriate time to breath during exercise? Yes. But it's not always the same for every person in every scenario.  For the vast majority there is a very simple way to be conscious about this. 

As you head into a "Big Event" day..like the Super Bowl, or holiday, family gathering, even vacation, It's important to have the right mindset and some type of strategy so as not to get completely off track with you fitness/diet/health etc. We talk briefly about some strategies heading into a day where there will likely be a large amount calories consumed. 

Next we discuss briefly staying motivated to workout and how our custom programs help this to happen. 

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Ever Wondered why your muscles are often sore after working out?  Why some days you're more sore than others? Or have you thought maybe you shouldn't be sore since you have been training consistently?  We dive into the topic of DOMS or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.  *Hint* Is it weird that James and I both like being sore after our workouts???

We then try to best answer the question of "how many days should I work out?" As with most questions when it come to health and fitness, there is no one answer so we give a few scenarios to offer perspective.

First up though, James gets all life advicey on you and talks about the phrase "do what you love" after one of our members commented that it appears we love what we do here at PPS. For James and I it's true.....but for Kyle?...........kidding, Or are we?

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One of the common misconceptions about strength training is that lifting weights will automatically make you big and bulky....maybe so big that you won't fit through doorways... While their may be a period of rapid muscle growth when someone first starts lifting (Newbie Gainzzz) have ANY of our members ever stopped training with us bc they were getting too big and bulky? 

Next we talk about training with pain.  Most people who are consistent with training will have done this, possibly many times, but is it ok? Should you change exercises, modify intensity, sit home on the couch instead??? We'll give you some real life examples of what we do with our members when pain is present.

Finally James gives a story from his childhood about how he was tricked into trying something he thought he would hate but then ended up loving it.  We follow up with how "tricking" people into trying us out may be the best thing for them.

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 Todays member questions are:

1. Are split body routines (upper one day and lower another day) better for you? Does a total body routine work better for some people? 

2. How do I learn what to do in the gym?

After these James and I talk about the idea of other types of business' not creating a custom experience for you and how horrible/comical that might be. Yet in the fitness industry a "one size fits all" approach to working out seems to be prevalent. 

Finally we introduce our athlete program and the main difference/s between what goes on in an athlete session vs and adult session here at Pratt Performance, 

Have you ever looked in the mirror and really wanted to lose some size/fat on one specific area of your body?  Did you ever think if you were to use the muscles around that area more that you may see the decrease in size you wanted?? If so you'll really enjoy our first question on todays episode.

Next we talk about how some people are not concerned with a number on the scale but do still want to increase muscle and decrease body fat.  We give a few pointers of how to go about this as well as what generally happens when someone prioritizes too much cardio based activities in order to lose weight or change their body composition 

Finally, our topic of the day.  Women's Figure Competition and more specifically the 5 women we have training with us now to compete on stage.  What their program look like, how much cardio they do and how they are dialing in their nutrition so that they can achieve results that they have never seen before!

We took two common questions from our members and answered them at the beginning of today's episode. We'll start doing this regularly now and you should find the topics very relatable. If you have any questions please drop them in the comments of our instagram posts related to the Phat Pratt Chat.

Questions today: 

After these we chat about retention. We discuss what we do to keep you all as happy as possible and progressing towards your goals.  James and I also talk a little about our experiences at other gyms in which client retention was typically very poor. 

Being January we tend to reflect on the past year.  We thought it appropriate to do a 2 year review bringing us back to the start of everyone's favorite year. 2020. 

We talk about what we did as a business during the shut down/s and how we eventually got back to "normal." We also highlight the many staffing changes that took place over the last two years. Some that we parted ways with mutually and some who have come on and brought incredible value to Pratt Performance Systems.

Many people have never truly followed an exercise program. Even following your favorite YouTuber or phone app may fall short of delivering maximal results for the time you spend training. We take a deep-ish (trust me it can get deeper) dive into our programs here at Pratt Performance Systems and why we decided to figure out a way to create a custom exercise program for all of our members. 

Also in this episode: 

Our First Episode!!!  

Who is/was Phat Pratt? 

The beginning of Pratt Performance Systems

Frustrations of going to a gym without knowing what to do.

This podcast is intended to be informative for our PPS members.  We hope you enjoy some of the insights into our business and how we run our training system here!