FOF Gym Chat cover art

All Episodes

FOF Gym Chat — 223 episodes

#
Title
1

New Training Cycle Starts 6/22...Here are the details!

2

What Fitness Really Teaches You | FOF Gym Chat Q&A Part 2

3

Training Cycle 4...Get ready for some changes :)

4

Q&A: Training Environment + Thoughts on the "Skinny" Trend

5

Your labs are "normal" but you still feel like junk...

6

Fat Loss "Hacks", Hormones, We Don't Do Skinny

7

Training Cycle 3 2026

8

Shoes, Straps, Belts, and Braces...What Gym Gear Do You Really Need?

9

Cycle 2 2026

10

Mindset: The Beliefs That Are Quietly Holding You Back (and How to Change Them)

11

Protein Made Simple

12

Trimester 1: Building Your Foundation for 2026

13

Training Cycle 1 2026

14

Holiday Pitfalls: How to Finish Strong and Start 2026 Without Starting Over

15

A Different Approach to the Holidays...Focusing on GAINS

16

Cycle 9 2025...Let's Finish the Year STRONG!

17

Are you confused...or just waiting for the answer you want to hear?

18

GLP-1s, Peptides, and HRT — Real Talk, Not Medical Advice

19

Dieting Harder...Is It Really The Answer?

20

What They’re Doing That You’re Not — and Why It Works

21

Fueling your Workouts: A Practical Guide to Pre and Post Workout Nutrition

22

Training Cycle 8...Here's the Breakdown

23

Protein + Produce...Why Simple Still Works

24

Strong After 40

25

Choosing Change: Why Comfort is Costing You Growth

26

What to Do When You’re Feeling a Little Beat Up or Banged Up

27

Training Cycle 7 2025...Let's GO!

28

When Goals Become a Cage: Another Way to Move Forward

29

Why Your Hard Work Is Working (Even If You Can’t See It Yet)

30

Mastering the Mundane: Why the Boring Stuff Builds Results

31

2025 Training Cycle SIX

32

Muscle is Earned: Why the Long Game Beats Every Shortcut

33

Strong > Skinny

34

Training Cycle 5...Let's GO!

35

Burned Out by Calorie Burn? The Truth About Fat Loss & Summer Breaks

36

The Power of Group Training: Built-In Motivation, Accountability, and Progress

37

One Dot Doesn’t Tell the Story: Rethinking Progress and the Scale

38

Training Cycle FOUR...Here's what to expect

39

Eat More, Not Less: Why Under-Eating Could Be Holding You Back

40

Stop Starting Over: The Power of Small Daily Wins

41

Strong is the New Standard - Why Everyone Needs to Lift Heavy {at every age}

42

Simplify Before You Optimize – The Foundational Habits That Actually Work

43

Before you say, "It's not working"...

44

What to Expect - Training Cycle 3

45

Training Q&A: Longevity, Lifting Heavy, & Training Smart

46

Cycle 2 2025...Here's the Breakdown

47

Food Tracking, Glucose Monitoring & Weight Fluctuations

48

Do You Need a Barbell? + Aches and Pains & Smart Exercise Modifications

49

Big Goals, Burnout, and Building Momentum

50

Track Smarter, Not Harder: Master Your Food Tracking Game

51

Tracking Your Food for BEGINNERS: Simple Steps for Sustainable Progress

52

🎙️ New Year, New Cycle: What’s Coming to FOF in 2025

53

Reflect, Reset, and Crush Your Goals: A Simple Framework That Works!

54

Lessons from 2024: Truths to Help You Finish Strong and Set Up for an Incredible 2025

55

Two Common Questions We Get Asked (And the Truth You Need to Hear)

56

10 Mistakes that KILL Your Gains

57

Bridge Week + Training Cycle 8

58

WIN the Holidays!

59

Face It Head-On: Problem Solving and Neutral Thinking

60

Training Cycle 7!!

61

The Best Time to Start: Why Busy Seasons Are Your Perfect Launchpad

62

4 Weeks with a Continuous Glucose Monitor: Lessons Learned

63

Breakdown: Bridge Week + Training Cycle 6

64

Where is your FOCUS??

65

The Ripple Effect of Fitness: How Discipline in the Gym Transforms Every Area of Your Life

66

Working Out vs. Training

67

What to Expect in Cycle 5

68

Sore Muscles & Mobility: Essential Fitness Tips Uncovered!

69

Training to Failure, Lifting Straps, & Realistic Results: Your Questions Answered

70

Single Ingredient Diets + Smart Scale Tips: Your Questions Answered!

71

Fundamentals of Fitness

72

Stop Making These Mistakes - Part 5

73

Stop Making These Mistakes - Part 4

74

Bridge Week + Training Cycle 4

75

Stop Making These Mistakes - Part 3

76

Stop Making These Mistakes - Part 2

77

Stop Making These Mistakes - Part 1

78

You aren't stuck.

79

Train smarter, choose better...Exercise selection matters

80

Things to Know BEFORE Starting a Fat Loss Diet

81

What to Expect in Training Cycle 3 :)

82

Why we utilize strength focused conditioning....

83

Strategies to Train During Busy Seasons + Training Around Your Cycle...should you be thinking about this?

84

Tempo Training, Aging, and Workout Partners

85

Your Impatience Is Sabotaging Your Results

86

FOF Gym Chat Q&A - Week 4

87

FOF Gym Chat Q&A - Week 3

88

Bridge Week + Cycle 2 2024

89

Calories....Part 2

90

Let's Chat....CALORIES

91

FOF Gym Chat Q&A Week 2

92

FOF Gym Chat Q&A - Week 1

93

So, you made a New Year's Resolution...

94

Cycle 1 2024...What to Expect

95

Training Cycle 8...What to Expect

96

2023 Isn't Over Yet

97

What kind of gym is FOF anyway?

98

So, you want to change your body?

99

Your Circumstances are NOT an Excuse

100

Raise Your Standard

101

Fueling for Workouts

102

Training Cycle #7....What to Expect

103

Expect the GOOD

104

Reputation

105

Show Me, Don't Tell Me

106

Body Image....

107

Training HARD

108

Bridge Week + Breakdown of our Next Training Cycle

109

Let's Chat...Discipline

110

Never Folded - A Look at USA Weightlifting Youth Nationals

111

Let's chat about...CYCLE 5

112

Are you Evolving?

113

Let's chat about...VACATION

114

The Scale....

115

Systems

116

The Battery Story

117

Breakdown of Training Cycle {FOUR}

118

Change Your Story

119

Intensity vs. Consistency

120

FOF Nutrition Principles

121

Fat Loss, Weight Loss, Diets, and Coaches...Navigating the NOISE

122

Self Care when S&!T hits the Fan

123

Let's Chat Creatine

124

Training: Breakdown of Cycle 3

125

Injury Prevention + Recovery

126

Training Around Injuries

127

Training: When should you push and when should you back off?

128

Protein Basics

129

How can I be more consistent?

130

Training: What to expect in Cycle 2, Rate of Perceived Exertion, the Importance of Base Weeks, and Building Mental Toughness through Hard Workouts

131

Welcome to FOF Gym Chat

132

Good Bye...For Now

133

Better is Better

134

Pay Now or Pay Later

135

Just 15

136

No Talent, No Problem

137

Stand Out or Blend In

138

Never too Late

139

"But it's FREE"

140

The Foundation

141

Wake Up

142

4 Questions

143

The Programming Change at Fixed on Fitness

144

Guilt

145

Begin with the end in mind.

146

The Road to Shoulder Rehab - Part 2

147

The Road to Shoulder Rehab - Part 1

148

Haters

149

Defining Health

150

The 3 Stages of Change

151

From the beginning....

152

Surviving vs. Thriving

153

The Light Bulb Lesson

154

"I'll do it later."

155

3 Keys to Longevity in the Gym

156

Confidence...where does it come from?

157

Redefining Success

158

How can you work with what you have?

159

What if you don't make a resolution this year?

160

FLASHBACK EPISODE: Perspective

161

FLASHBACK EPISODE: I want to, BUT.....

162

Flashback Episode: Play to Win

163

4 Practices to Start TODAY

164

I want....

165

Start

166

Expectations...

167

Trust the Process

168

Choose Your Hard

169

Maintenance Mode

170

Raising Girls

171

Ditch the Drama

172

Ask me ANYTHING

173

Make it Count

174

Circle of Influence

175

Finding Joy in Carline

176

What are you training for?

177

I get knocked down...BUT...

178

Stop Starting Over

179

Fear

180

Motivation is.....

181

Reboot

182

Protect Your Environment

183

Your Words...They Matter

184

The Anchor

185

Deadlines

186

The Force that Changes Everything

187

Play to Win

188

Facts vs. Opinions

189

Persist + Resist

190

Time Flies

191

The Current

192

Can you win TODAY?

193

Practice = Progress

194

Flip the Switch

195

The Pruning Process

196

Sometimes, you just have to keep digging.

197

It's all about your habits.

198

You don't have to settle for life's leftovers.

199

More OR Better??

200

Running on Empty

201

I want to.....BUT

202

It's time to raise your standard.

203

Debbie Downer...Eliminating Negativity

204

The Refinement Process

205

Paralyzed by Perfection

206

2021 Intentions

207

Taking a look back at 2020...

208

Let's talk...Discipline

209

Unconsciously Competent

210

Your Most Valuable Asset

211

Give THANKS

212

You've got a choice. Will you get up or stay down?

213

You don't need more willpower.

214

The Harvest

215

What are you waiting for?

216

The Three R's

217

Comparison is a Thief

218

Dealing with the Doldrums

219

The Road to Awesome

220

Be the ONE

221

Where are you?

222

What lens are you looking through?

223

Welcome to Kindle and Kerosene