Overrated/Underrated: Uber Drivers? Mid Section Measurements?

Why don’t we do certain exercises like Olympic lifts, Kettlebells Swings, and Barbell Push Press. There are many reasons that go into why we don't program certain exercises anymore but the main reasons are time investment and injury risk. We want to maximize your guys' time in the gym and keep you pain and injury free! Enjoy the episode!

Overrated/Underrated: Netflix

SOLO EPISODE - This episode is all about James 365 consecutive days of weighing himself. This could be a simple habit that each one of you add to your morning routine to help you achieve your fitness goals. It's hard to not attach emotions to the number on the scale but it's undeniable the amount of value it can bring to your life. Knowing how much you weigh in at each day can help you make adjustments to your nutrition regimen to help you stay on course!

Overrated/Underrated: Protein Cereal? Intermittent Fasting?

During this episode we talk about how much nutrition, strength, and cardio matter towards you achieving your body composition goals. While there are many misconceptions out there about what truly matters the most and what doesn't matter all that much we try to give you guys a clear understanding of what really plays the biggest role... NUTRITION!

Overrated/Underrated: Ramen? 2023 Stomach Virus?

This week we give you guys our ultimate guide for going on vacation, a lot of the time people talk about falling off the fitness bandwagon due to vacation. In this episode we make it our mission to steer you guys in the right direction to avoid making some of these common mistakes. We talk about being active in the mornings when everyone else is sleeping in as well as drinking water in between alcoholic beverages. Even if you guys add just these two habits to your vacation routine we believe you'll see massive benefits!

Overrated/Underrated: Power Steering? Women's College Basketball?

This episode we talk about how a lot of our members when they first come to us feel broken and believe they are unable to do things that now come to them as second nature. We discuss functional movement, getting flexible without flexibility training, and what's important when it comes to recovery.

Let us know what you think!

Overrated/Underrated: Eat Clean Bro? Mike's Workout Performance?

This week we talk about the workout and nutrition roller coaster that a lot of people tend to go on in their fitness journey. A lot of people when they start something or think about starting something take the all or nothing approach, so they either go all out or don't even start. While we understand this style of thinking it is definitely not the best option for most people as it is not sustainable where as if you committed to going to the gym two times per week rather than six you'd be able to go much more consistently and feel better about sticking to the goals you set for yourself.

This theme can be applied to many things in life so we try to offer some perspective on how to go about starting something that you want to stick to for the long term!

Underrated/Overrated: 8 Sleep Mattress? Snow?

This week we talk about cardio and strength training as well as the roles they play in different goals that we have in the gym. A lot of people tend have a preference of training style, however a combination of these two types of training when done correctly can vastly improve your results. Finally, we dive into the two class types we have here at Pratt Personal Training. Burn which is our cardio based class and Pratt which is our resistance training focused class.

Overrated/Underrated: February Weather?

Today we go over the feedback we get from you guys and why it is so important to us, in fact we almost value the critical feedback more because it let's us know what we can improve on to be our best. We dive in to a little bit of the meaning behind our questions we ask to give you guys some more insight on why we ask them. It's a short listen today but we think you guys will enjoy. Let us know what you think about this solo episode!

Overrated/Underrated: Rihanna? Super Bowl LVII?

People often think they are who they are forever, that their identity is unchangeable, and that they are stuck in this current body/mindset for the rest of their lives. However, people forget that everybody who is somebody was once a nobody. Meaning that people grow and evolve everyday so it's up to you to do so. 

We talk a lot about self limiting beliefs and how crucial it is to have positive self talk in all aspects of life including fitness. In the end it's all about commitment to action and putting good steps/habits in place to set yourself up for success. We believe in you guys but it's up to you to believe in yourselves! Hope you enjoy this one, let us know what you think! 

Overrated/Underrated: Vanilla Greek Yogurt? Double Meat at Chipotle?

This episode we give you guys 4 tips on how to overcome the gains slayer that is the weekend. We mention a few weekend hacks that have worked for us such as not eating until 1pm or 2pm, getting a workout in, and drinking water between alcoholic beverages. There are many other things we can do to make sure the weekend doesn't ruin our consistency during the week but these tips are a good place to start.

We all know how tough it can be to treat the weekend just like we treat our weekdays, however that is the right mindset to have when striving towards your fitness goals. See, the more consistency we have the better, whether it is working out regularly or eating healthy all the time the more consistent we are tends to have a direct translation to the results we see!