Sweat Out; Happiness In!

What's up, Achievers?! Jason and Lauren here and today we're discussing our thoughts on Peloton, the pros and the cons, and what our final verdict is! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What’s up, Achievers?! Jason and Lauren here and in today's we episode we kick things off with a special announcement plus we go over THE number one movement-based skill we think people need while at the gym. Here are some video demonstrations of the 4-part progression we outline in this episode! 1) [Crocodile Breathing](https://youtu.be/prG9AN53PH4) 2) [Supine Marching](https://youtu.be/mmuQGuMUL3U) 3) [Deadbug](https://youtu.be/VJxdCFbnOg0) 4) [Stability Ball Deadbug](https://youtu.be/5jDEulwWs04) Also, here is the link to register for Sarah's "How to Be a Better Coach for Clients with Anxiety and Depression" workshop on Thursday, March 25th from 7-930pm EST: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-be-a-better-coach-for-clients-with-anxiety-and-depression-tickets-140688385749 We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What’s up, Achievers?! We got a ton of great feedback from our "Get Your First Pull-Up" episode that we decided to create one for the push-up as well! You'll find a ton of underlying common themes from training for your first pull-up to training for your first push-up; however, we do deep dive on specific technique you'll want to adopt for push-ups. A sample program might looking something like this if you were training push-ups 3 times per week: * Week 1: 3 sets of 8 * Week 2: 3 sets of 9 * Week 3: 3 sets of 10 * Week 4: option to drop down the incline by a couple inches and do 3 sets of 8, or stay at the same height and do 4 sets of 8! You can follow that progression until the incline you're using is around knee height. From there you'll want to practice: 1) Push Up to an Elevated Surface 2) Kneeling Push-Ups Just alternate between those two movements and get 3-4 sets of Grease the Groove (leave 2 reps in the tank). Each week, try to add a rep or even a set. For even faster results, we think it would be a great idea to follow a total body strength training program like [RISE](https://shop.achievefitnessonline.com/products/rise-program) that also incorporates compound movements as well as chest pressing and core work! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What’s up, Achievers?! Jason and Lauren here and today we're discussing how you would organize a week of workouts for those of you who like to partake in activities like yoga/mobility work/running/walking/hiking/etc! The key variables we're looking at are: 1) Figuring out what your availability is 2) Understanding which buckets your activities fall into: high strain or low strain 3) Trying not do exceed high strain activities for more than 4 days per week unless your hydration, sleep, nutrition, stress management are extremely on point and trying to not do 3 high strain days in a row. But, of course, this is all general advice that should be taken with a grain of salt, but we hope it gives you something to work off of! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! Jason and Lauren here and we just wanted to provide an in-depth breakdown of why we decided to close the doors of the physical location of our gym. We also talk about our next steps moving forward! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! It's that time of year again - New Year's Resolutions are top of mind! In this episode, we explain our approach with NYR. They *can* be helpful as long as you approach it in the right way. We talk to you about a process vs outcome based approach, about habits rather than goals, why we still like the idea of NYR, how to dig deeper into your NYR, and a ton of alternatives to just solely focusing on weight loss. We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! So a couple of things about this episode - first it's actually episode 156 not 155, aaaand Lauren's audio cuts out a bit for the last 2 minutes. Sorry in advance! However, the rest turned out gravy and the topic is so, so important for long term fitness success. EVERYONE has their ego wrapped up in their workouts in some capacity. Lauren and I have been trying to get out of this mindset and sometimes we can't help it either. And when our ego takes a hit, we find that we get frustrated really easily, we irrationally do things like push through pain and not listen to our bodies, and ultimately resent the process instead of enjoying it. Only by taking ego out of the equation, can one truly enjoy the process again, adopt a beginner/explorer's mindset, and get better at their craft for the long term. We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! We received a question from one of our RISERs asking how we go about modifying our workouts and our program during busier times. If you've been struggling at all with getting your workouts in during this time and have been discouraged about it, you should definitely check out this episode for some helpful mindset tips and workout strategies! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! We've got a two-parter for you all today! Part one is in regards to a series of follow-up questions we received on how to actually implement the pull-up program for our most recent episode: [How to Get Your First Pull-Up](https://achievingfitness.podiant.co/e/how-to-get-your-first-pull-up-39156ffd58566a/). That segued into Part two (16:01), which was about how to combat negative self-talk that can so easily happen at the gym. This one is applicable for **everyone** (Lauren and myself share stories as well) so we know this will help a lot of you listening! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! This episode was prompted by one of our IG followers who asked us how they should train for pull-ups. From form to mindset to programming to technique, we've got you covered! As for the program, here it is written down: 1) Use a band you can perform 8 reps with. We like [Perform Better superbands](https://www.performbetter.com/First-Place-Superbands). We recommend getting a 1 3/4in, 1 1/8in, 3/4in, 1/2in if possible! Add in a 1in and 1/4in if you really want the full set! 2) Use the band you can get 8 reps with, but start at 5 reps. * Week 1: 3 sets of 5 * Week 2: 4 sets of 5 * Week 3: 5 sets of 5 * Week 4: 3 sets of 6 (deload) * Week 5: 4 sets of 6 * Week 6: 5 sets of 6 * Week 7: 3 sets of 7 (deload) * Week 8: 4 sets of 7 * Week 9: 5 sets of 7 * Week 10: 3 sets of 8 (deload0 * Week 11: 4 sets of 8 * Week 12: 5 sets of 8 3) Go down a band size (from 1 3/4in to 1 1/8in for example) * Week 13: 3 sets of 5 with the new band 4) Rinse and repeat! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! We know that a lot of you gyms may be closing down for a second time - many of you have reached out about how to modify your strength workouts to work at home, which is why we created this podcast for you all! In this episode, we go over some tips and strategies to start working out at home , what equipment to consider buying, where to get that equipment, and how to structure your workouts if you don't have any equipment at all and still get a challenging effect! Key Links: Wrist Mobility (the first half of this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grl61Eym9go Our Equipment Recommendations: [Perform Better](http://www.performbetter.com/), [Rogue Fitness](http://www.roguefitness.com/), [Kettlebell Kings](https://www.kettlebellkings.com/), [TRX](https://store.trxtraining.com/products/trx-home-gym/), [PowerBlocks](https://powerblock.com/product/pro-series-expandable/), [Bowflex](https://www.bowflex.com/selecttech/552/100131.html?cgidmaster=accessories#start=7) Our RISE and RISE Lite Program: https://shop.achievefitnessonline.com/products/rise-program Our RISE At-Home Program: https://www.achievefitnessonline.com/programs/rise-at-home We hope this episode provides some tangible information and advice for you all! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! This episode is all about those pesky overuse injuries and aches/pains that pop up and how to modify your program to work around them. Of course, consulting with a physical therapist is the first place to start - we can't understate how amazing it is to have a good medical professional in your corner who "gets it" and understands that functioning at a high level is important to you! We hope this episode provides some tangible information and advice for you all! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! In this episode, we discuss moving away from a weight loss mindset and shifting to more of a building strength/building muscle mindset. Lauren opens the show up with some of her personal story and struggles with body dysmorphia and then we transition to talking about the potential "cons" of having a weight loss mindset while discussing the "pros" of adopting more of a building strength mindset. This episode is quite free-flowing with a lot of different thoughts and tangents, but we wanted to make sure we touched on a wide variety of different adjacent topics. Lastly, we finish the show with some tangible action steps [20:57] you can take if you're more of a "structure" person! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! This episode is from a topic brought up by @shuqiiiella who wanted us to touch on understanding RPE and progressive overload as it pertains to a strength training program. Lauren and I dive deep on the merits of an RPE based system, why we recommend it for our members, and how it helps in the grand scheme of an overall program. We also touch on progressive overload and we believe in all the cliche's like "taking one step back to take two steps forward" and "trusting the process". If you strength train at all, this podcast will definitely be helpful in terms of how to set your ego aside and how to take a longer, more sustainable approach to your training! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. Podcast listeners can still take $10 off of our new kettlebell video intensive, Power and Flow, by using the code "podcast10"! You can use this link to sign up: https://shop.achievefitnessonline.com/products/power

What's up, Achievers?! If you'd like a refreshing discussion regarding health and fitness, then this episode is for you! We talk about how fitness doesn't have a "look", the difference between health and fitness, why the content you consume via social media really matters, and why fitness is so much more than aesthetics and transformation pictures! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren P.S. For a list of free resources as well as more information about our in-person and virtual training services, check out this link: https://www.achievefitnessboston.com/links!

What's up, Achievers?! New look, who dis?! We're back at it again, but with new artwork, a new intro, a new song, new everything! Well, of course, the same positive and encouraging vibes! We polled all of you on IG recently asking whether you would prefer a Q+A format or Deep Dives where we hone in on a singular topic, and the overwhelming majority of you chose the Deep Dive format so we're going to be prioritizing that! For this episode, we dive deep on kettlebells, their benefits, and a step-by-step breakdown of the swing! You can download the free PDF guide we reference here: http://www.achievefitnessonline.com/power If you'd like to jump ahead to the "meat" of the episode, you can goto [5:19]. If you'd like to jump ahead to the breakdown of the KB Swing, you can head here [12:16]. We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, sweat out; happiness in! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! We hope you've had a wonderful week thus far! We kick this episode off with our thoughts on the new Peloton ad and all of the outrage associated with it (0:40). We then go into a really big topic about weight loss. Where do you start? Does it make you bulky? Should you count macros? There's just so much more to weight loss than a single blanket answer which is why we rarely even address it on the show even though so many of the questions we receive revolve around it. We did our best to really give complete and thoughtful answers here but that also led to a lot of drawn out dialogue to make sure we really thoroughly covered our bases. The last thing we want to do is say anything that could potentially be damaging and we want to be as mindful of that as possible! We hope you'll stick with us here! (7:35). For more tangible weight loss tips you can check out episode 75! We don't have a Stories That'll Make Your Heart Sing Segment because we totally forgot! We do talk a little bit about our renovations and our rebrand though at the end! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving week last week! For the first topic, we cover how to train around a groin injury that incurred while sumo deadlifting (3:27). Next, we covered two questions in regards to strength training programming (10:12). Also, here's the link to the previous podcast we mentioned: https://achievingfitness.podiant.co/e/askachieve-101-how-to-put-together-a-strength-training-program-36fa7b2194738e/ Finally, our Stories That Will Make Your Heart Sing Segment starts on (22:32). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope you all are having a wonderful day! In our first question, we discuss what the "best" rep range for fat loss is (3:41). Then, we covered the best uses for isolation machines besides hypertrophy (16:43). Finally, we discussed the percentage of isolation vs compound movements we use when working with either a fat loss or hypertrophy goal oriented client. Our Stories that Will Make Your Heart Sing segment begins on (22:18) and the website we reference is https://www.uspsoperationsanta.com/letters. We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! In today's episode, we discuss the importance of inclusivity and not being exclusive or elitist in the fitness space (1:29). We then discuss strategies to stave off knee pain (9:15) especially when training for something performance related. We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! We received a question from a student named Melissa from William Patterson University, who was writing a paper for one of her classes entitled "How to Lose Weight Slowly" hence the title of our podcast. Lauren and I decided to not chat in advance before this episode and decided to see what naturally came out through conversation. We thought it came out pretty well - we hope you enjoy it! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! In the first question, we discuss squats and deadlifts and which one each one of us would "choose" and why (4:37). Next, Lauren talks about one thing she's changed her mind on in health and fitness as we've gained more and more experience over the years (7:31). Finally, I talk about how to incorporate progressive overload into your program without necesaarily increasing weight (12:28). In our "Stories That Will Make Your Heart Sing Segment", Lauren goes over a feel good, Good Samaritan moement (18:22)! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! We kick things off in the episode by talking about the powerlifting meet we hosted organized by our Fitness Director, Sarah Polacco, and the Womens' Strength Coalition. Our first topic was bodyweight exercises and how to progress them like push ups and pull ups (10:55). Then, we discussed back pain during deadlifts and why it might be happening (23:04). Finally, we talked about how to approach warm up sets for your barbell lfits (26:02). Our Stories That Will Make Your Heart Sing segment starts at (30:00). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! In this episode, Lauren kicks things off by talking about the powerlifting meet we're hosting at Achieve Fitness this Sunday put on by the Womens' Strength Coalition. Our first topic is figuring out whether or not a program is appropriate for you or not (5:41). Next, we talked about what "core" actually means and what muscles trainers are referring to when they about the "core" (12:08). Then, we talked about what we think the best triceps exercises are (18:20). Our Stories That Will Make Your Heart Sing segment starts at (22:03). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope you all had a wonderful couple weeks! In the first topic, we go over one of the more common mistakes that we see at the gym (3:27). Next, we went over why we choose not to talk about exercises that will help someone get "ripped" or "lean" (7:45). From there, we talked about why all coaches regardless of whether or not they do olympic lifting or powerlifting or gymnastics or calisthenics or kettlebells or sandbags or sports performance etc should all strive to respect and learn from one another (10:48). Lastly, we talk about why exercises that "burn" the most calories might be misleading you (15:20). Our Stories That Will Make Your Heart Sing segment involved a young boy and the University of Tennessee (22:27)! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. High fives and positive vibes! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! One of our favorite episodes to date thus far and we address a wide variety of topics in this one :) We first address why we, unlike a lot of fitness professionals, don't choose to meal prep. (2:12) Then, we talk about an Instagram post we posted last week about how some days during your training feel great and why some might not feel quite as great and how to trust the process throughout those ups and downs (7:29). Afterwards, we discussed the concept of "neutral" and how we think there might a bit of an "obsession" around it in the age of social media (12:53). Finally we talked about why all diets "work" to a certain degree, which is why one isn't better than another, and why you need to find the one that works for you! (17:12) Our new "Stories That Will Make Your Heart Sing" segment starts at: (23:54) We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! We've got a good episode for you all today filled with some mythbusting! Our first topic was addressing what might be happening if your hamstrings are "always tight" (2:50). After that, we covered why you might find that a lot of fitness professionals really, aggressively tuck the hips under at the top of their squat (6:20). Next, we went over "knees over toes" - where it came from and if it has any validity (9:12). Lastly, we went over whether or not we recommend 2-a-days (12:40). Our Stories That'll Make Your Heart Sing Segment starts on 18:58! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Slightly different format for you all today along with a special segment at the end! In our first topic, we go over whether or not you should push through your heels or your whole foot (4:09). Next, we went over how specialty tools like maces, clubs, sandbags, and kettlebells should be incorporated into your program (7:03) Then, we go over why we like to start with heavier, compound movements earlier on in our workouts and more isolated movements later on in our workouts (10:57) Finally, we talk about the concept of constantly in some sort of cutting/massing diet (14:12). Our last special segment starts on 18:26. We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! We're back with another podcast! In the first question, we talk about the three exercises that we each would choose if we could only do 3 exercises for the rest of our lives (2:21). Next, we talk about the difference between having "visible abs" and a "strong core" (10:21). Lastly, we talk about how to build a strength program and how we choose between body parts or movement patterns (14:12). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! It's been a minute! In this episode, we explain why we took a brief hiatus as well as why we decided to lease a dedicated podcast/video studio. We apologize in advance for some of our audio issues - it'll get better! We just need to get used to the acoustics of the space and possibly pick up some new equipment. In the first question, we go over how to train your core if you have diastasis recti (4:21) Next, we go over some tips on how to improve your pull-up game (19:32). Finally, we went over how we do meal prep in a quick and easy way (26:05)! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope you all are doing well! In the first question of this episode we went over how many times you should squat per week if you want to get stronger (2:22). We also went over what to do if you feel as though your wrists want to bend backwards while squatting (7:35). Next, we went over whether or not we think people should try out intermittent fasting (11:24). Lastly, we talked about how to make training more flexible and fun while still managing to be structured (21:41). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Lauren, as well as two of our other coaches: Ted and Michaela, gave a presentation concerning different facets of nutrition to our members at Achieve. In this episode, you'll gain some insight on why you should always take nutrition advice with a grain of salt as well as some personal insight from Lauren on how she healed her relationship with food. I apologize for the sound quality in this one - we're working on getting some sound treatment for our new podcast room in the near future! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend! In the first question, we talked about how to address excessive quad dominance while squatting (4:22). Next, we discussed our thoughts on protein powder and which brands we recommend (9:59). Lastly, we talked about how to set up for a hip hinge/deadlift and what to do if your lower back wants to round while you get in position (ie. "butt wink") (16:34). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What’s up, Achievers?! In this episode, we spend the first few minutes discussing the launch of [AchieveOnline](http://www.achievefitnessonline.com)! If you’d like to skip ahead to the questions, head to 7:44! In the first question, we talk about how to push past a training plateau (7:44). Then, we talked about the best ways to mentally and physically prepare for the extended downtime after surgery (11:31). Finally, we go over our thoughts on if it’s a dealbreaker if your signficant other doesn’t work out (16:18). The discount code we discussed in the episode is achieverpodcast10! Sign up by Wednesday, April 24th at 11:59pm to claim 10% off any program! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Sorry for the hiatus - we're back! First we went over how often a person should for a personal best/PR/1 rep max (5:58). Next, we talked about lifting weights with a slipped disc/bulging disc/etc. and how we'd approach training with that sort of diagnosis (11:49). Finally, we talked about how to approach strength training as well as what type of lower body training you should emphasize as a runner (18:14). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope you all are having a wonderful week! In the first question, we talk about a really common question - "how can I feel less intimidated at the gym?" (3:07). Next, we talk about how to engage your glutes at the top of a bridge, squat, and deadlift (13:06). Finally, we talk about if Anterior Pelvic Tilt is something you should be worried about and how to address it if you want to work on it (16:30). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! First off, thanks to all of you who reviewed the podcast last week - we really appreciate it! Please keep em' coming, everyone! In the first question, we delve into knee position during squats and what to do if "nothing" is working to improve your form (1:55). Next, we talked about the Landmine set-up and what we think about it. We referenced @benbrunotraining - definitely go check him out (8:10). Lastly, we answered a question about how to approach the mind-muscle connection during the bench press and the overhead press (11:43). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope you all are having a wonderful day! In the first question, we go over whether or not it's a good idea to incorporate HIIT training before or in the middle of your strength workouts (2:25). Next, we go over if you should write your own workouts or hire someone to create them for you (5:15). Lastly, we over the best way to deal with exercise pains - in other words, how to improve your ability to recover from soreness (11:15). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Super quick episode for you all today! In the first question, we go over what sets/reps we generally recommend (2:08). Next, we discussed whether calories from "junk" food is the same as calories from "healthy" food. (5:10) Lastly, we talked about general recommendations on *what* you should eat before a workout as well as *how long* before a workout you should actually eat (10:20). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Great little discussion to kick off today's episode on how to determine where or not an exercise/modality (spin, Zumba, strength training, etc) is right for you (2:48). Next, we went over how to adjust single leg glute bridges so that it won't cause pain in your lower back (11:38). Lastly, we went over whether or not a trap bar deadlift would increase a person's conventional deadlift (18:03). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What’s up, Achievers?! We're back with another AchieveMentors podcast - just a reminder that this is our show for fitness coaches and aspiring personal trainers. In today's episode, we expand on AchieveMentors episode 4, and we talk about how how we hire and onboard our coaching staff! We think you gym owners out there will benefit a lot from this one! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Quick but action-packed episode for you all today! In the first question, we talk about how to optimize your form during back extensions in order to better engage the glutes (2:00). Next, we went over how to improve full range of motion push ups (4:38). Then, we delved into preventing shin splints. You can access the video on ankle mobility [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2RDnkq_thU&t=0s) (7:55). Finally, we cover the difference between using a hook and mixed grip for deadlifts and which one we recommend (11:33). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Our introduction has some references to our last podcast episode where we talk about what to do when someone offers you unsolicited advice at the gym - we couldn't think of a great answer, so we sought out your opinion, and Lauren's mom happened to write in with the perfect answer! In our first question, we cover what we think about squatting with a natural arch in your lower back (2:23). Next, we talk about how to get back into Olympic lifting after preganancy (5:04). Finally, we delved into how to improve your upper back mobility for cat/cows (9:57). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope you're all staying safe and warm if you're in the Northeast with this snowstorm! In the first question, we talk about how to politely shut down unsolicited advice from a stranger at the gym (2:40). We didn't have a definitive answer here and bring the topic back up again later (20:57). Then, we discussed how to avoid back pain during bent over rows (9:28). Next, we covered how to begin plyometrics training if you're a complete beginner to it (12:10). Finally, we covered how to eat healthy 100 PERCENT of the time (16:03). If you've followed us for some time now, you'll probably be not too surpised about our answer! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! This one is a rapid-fire answer show with a ton of practical advice. In the first question, we talk about whether or not you should arch during bench pressing (2:17). Then, we covered some very general strategies on how to address adductor pain. We're posting the IG post tonight (2/25/19) and I'll link it in the show notes when it's up! (7:17). Afterwards, we talked about the main differences between the leg press machine and squats (11:55). Finally, we had a little discussion about internet coaches as well as how high your hips should be during a deadlift (17:11). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Super fun episode for you all today! In the first question, we discuss how to go about loading a barbell with multiple plates without looking silly in the process (2:55) Next, we go over exercises that we like to use on the BOSU ball and whether or not we think that the BOSU ball is an effective tool overall (8:10) Then, we cover whether or not you should be including power exercises to your workout regimen (12:20) Finally, we talk about where you should place kettlebell exercises in your program - the beginning as a power exercise? The middle as a strength/hypertrohpy exercise? The end as a finisher? We go over it all here! (15:28) We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! We go through a lot of information in a short amount of time for this one! In the first question, we talk about why a person's hamstrings might "feel" chronically tight (2:14). Then, we discuss the second part of the question, which is how to go about activating the glutes better (6:28). After that, we discuss some ideas to strength and mobilize your wrists. [Here's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grl61Eym9go) the YouTube video we reference on wrist warm ups. (10:20) Finally, we talk about foot supination - or rolling to the sides of your feet while squatting. [Here's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2RDnkq_thU&t=0s) the YouTube video we reference about ankle mobility (15:05). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! AchieveMentors is our podcast for fitness coaches and aspiring personal trainers. In today's episode, we go over exactly how we onboard our members from the inquiry to the retention process. Now, we currently have a team of about 10 coaches and managers so our process is a much bigger operation. If you're a personal trainer or gym owner operating alone, we hope this doesn't overwhelm you, but rather give you some ideas on how you can optimize your onboarding process! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Really good episode for you all today that was completely uninterrupted by our little guy! In the first topic, we delve into some recent research about the best frequency to maximize muscle growth as well as our thoughts on research in general (5:06) Next, we talk about some concepts like grease the groove, training to failure, and total volume for how to increase the number of push ups and pull ups you can do (11:54). Finally, we discuss whether or not we think doing deadlifts is safe for your back (17:05). We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers?! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! In the first question, we talk about a couple ways to improve stability when you lunge. The key concepts are to reduce range of motion, make the exercise less dynamic, and utilize various forms of assistance (4:59). Next, we delved into how to transition from traditional strength exercises like lunges and dumbbell work, and move to more advanced exercises like barbell work like the powerlifts and olympic lifts (10:28). Lastly, we covered how to progressively overload "the right way". There is no "right way" - just the right way for a specific person at that specific moment in time so we discussed some broad principles here that hopefully you can glean some information from (18:14)! We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, we’d love you forever if you left a rating and review on iTunes - it seriously helps us out a lot! Please DM us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram if you have any questions you’d like us to answer. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren