Hello welcome back curious elves! 

On today's episode, Sophie and Lauren delve into the myths behind posture in the fitness industry as well as revealing some novel ways to progressively overload your training if you don't have access to equipment or if you don't fancy rushing back to a gym in this weird Covid limbo that we find ourselves in.

As always, if you have any further questions on any of the topics discussed or have a suggestion for future episodes please hit us up on the podcast instagram @witnessthefitmess

Sophie can be found @sofitee and Lauren is on @laurenslatercoaching.

The courses mentioned that Soph and Lauren have been diving into are by Faster Global and more information can be found here https://www.fasterfunction.com/

HELLO.

In Episode 2 of WTF Sophie and Lauren kick off the episode by have a good old natter about break ups before delving into the research on 'stretching'.

Does everyone need to stretch?

Does weight lifting or playing sport make you inflexible?

Does stretching reduce injury?

Does stretching improve your performance?

Does stretching reduce soreness after exercise?

If you feel guilty about not including enough 'stretching' into your exercise regime, this may just be the episode for you. 

For our "Fitshit of the Week" segment this week Lauren gets really annoyed about how a certain company are claiming high waisted leggings are ruining your core. 

Some juicy stuff!

Make sure you're following us on @witnessthefitmess for more memes and information. And if you have a question pipe up, we're very friendly and don't bite that often. :-)

For our first podcast we are kicking things off by discussing the Biopsycosocial Model of health (BPS). It sounds complex and it IS but I promise we break it down in a way that makes sense. We chose this topic first as the BPS model is going to come up time and time again when looking at other elements of exercise and movement so it seemed a good place to start by explaining what the flip it actually is. 

Each week we also have a ‘fitshit of the week’ which is an excuse for us to get a bit mad about something happening within our industry. Our first topic is the concept of ‘toxic positivity’ on social media which has really been grinding Sophie’s gears. 

To ask us a question or leave a suggestion of any topics you'd like us to cover next follow us on @witnessthefitmess on instagram and slide confidently into our DMs.

Thank you so much for listening!