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Sweat Out; Happiness In! — 160 episodes

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Our Thoughts on Peloton
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The Number One Skill You Need to Possess In The Gym!
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How to Get Your First Push-Up!
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Organizing Your Workouts in a Sustainable Way!
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The Story of Why We Closed Our Gym
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A Different Approach to New Year's Resolutions!
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Take Your Ego Out of the Equation!
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How to Plan Your Workouts During Busy Times!
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Combating Negative Self-Talk & A Follow-Up on Pull-Ups!
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How to Get Your First Pull-Up!
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Tips to Modify Your Strength Workouts for Home!
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How to Work Around Tendinitis and Acute Pain in the Gym!
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Moving Away From A Weight Loss Mindset
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RPE and Why You Shouldn't Train to Failure
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Fitness Doesn't Have A "Look!"
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Breaking Down the Kettlebell Swing | Deep Dive
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#AskAchieve 139: Our Thoughts on the Peloton Ad and Where to Start if You Have a Weight Loss Goal!
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#AskAchieve Ep. 138: How to Train Around a Groin Strain + How to Put Together a Balanced Strength Training Program!
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#AskAchieve 137: Sets and Reps for Fat Loss, The Best Uses for Isolation Machines, and Our Recommendations for How to Incorporate Isolation Exercises!
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#AskAchieve 136: The Importance of Inclusivity and All About Knee Pain!
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#AskAchieve 135: How to Lose Weight "Slowly"!
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#AskAchieve 134: Choosing Between Squats or Deadlifts, Things We've Changed Our Mind On, and How to Incorporate Progressive Overload while Injured!
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#AskAchieve 133: Pull Ups + Push Ups, Back Pain During Deadlifts, and Warm Up Sets!
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#AskAchieve 132: How You Know if a Program is Appropriate for You, What "Core" Means, and The Best Triceps Exercises!
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#AskAchieve Show Ep. 131: Coaches Bashing Other Coaches and Why Calories Burned Doesn't Tell the Whole Story!
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#AskAchieve 130: Why We Don't Meal Prep, Why Some Days in the Gym Feels Better than Others, The Over-Obsession with Neutral, and How Everything Works as Long as it Works for YOU!
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#AskAchieve 129: Hamstring Tightness, Knees Over Toes, Tucking Hips at the Top of the Squat, and 2-A-Days!
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#AskAchieve 128: Pushing Through Your Heels, Specialty Tools Like Maces and Clubs, How to Structure Workouts, and Our Thoughts on Constantly Dieting!
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#AskAchieve 127: If We Could Only Do 3 Exercises, Difference Between Abs and Core, and Muscle Groups vs Movement Patterns!
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#AskAchieve 126: Diastasis, Pull-Ups, and Quick and Easy Meal Prep!
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#AskAchieve125: How Many Times You Should Squat Per Week, All the Hype Around Fasting, and Keeping Training Fun While Also Progressing in a Structured Manner!
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#AskAchieve 124: Nutrition Advice and Healing Your Relationship with Food!
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#AskAchieve 123: How to Correct Excessive Quad Dominance During Squatting, Our Thoughts on Protein Powder, and Butt Winking While Deadlifting!
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#AskAchieve 122: AchieveOnline, Tips for Avoiding Workout Plateaus, the Best Ways to Mentally/Physically Prepare for Surgery, and If It's a Dealbreaker if Your Partner Isn't as Into Fitness as You!
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#AskAchieve 121: How Often to Go for a 1 Rep Max, Lifting Weights with a Slipped Disc, and Lower Body Exercises for Runners!
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#AskAchieve 120: How to Feel Less Intimidated at the Gym, How to Feel Your Glutes Better During Bridges and Squats, and How to Address Anterior Pelvic Tilt!
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#AskAchieve 119: Knee Position During Squats, the Effectiveness of the Landmine Set-Up, and the Mind-Muscle Connection During the Bench Press and Overhead Press!
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#AskAchieve 118: When to Incorporate HIIT Training, If You Should Write Your Own Workouts, and the Best Way to Deal with Exercise Pains!
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#AskAchieve 117: How Many Sets/Reps We Recommend, Are Calories from Junk Food and "Healthy" Food the Same, and What You Should Eat Before a Workout!
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#AskAchieve 116: How to Determine if an Exercise/Modality is Good For You, Pain During Single Leg Glute Bridges, and If Trap Bar Deadlifts Will Improve Your Conventional Deadlift!
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AchieveMentors #5: How We Hire and Onboard Our Coaching Staff!
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#AskAchieve 115: Proper Form for Back Extensions, Improving Your Push Up Strength, Preventing Shins Splints While Running, and the Difference Between Hook Grip and Mixed Grip for Deadlifts!
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#AskAchieve 114: Squatting with a Natural Back Arch, Getting Back to Olympic Lifting After Pregnancy, and Improving Your Cat/Cow!
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#AskAchieve 113: How to Politely Shut Down Unsolicited Advice in the Gym, Back Pain During Rows, Plyometrics for Beginners, and How to Make Healthy Food Choices 100% of the Time!
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#AskAchieve 112: To Arch or Not to Arch During the Bench Press, Addressing Adductor Pain, The Difference Between the Leg Press and Squats, and How High Your Hips Should be During Deadlifts!
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#AskAchieve 111: How to Load the Barbell Without Looking Silly, Exercises With the BOSU Ball, Explosive Movements, and Kettlebell Finishers!
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#AskAchieve 110: Tight Hamstrings, Glute Activation, Wrist Strengthening, and Foot Supination During Squats/Deadlifts!
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AchieveMentors #4: How We Onboard Our Members!
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#AskAchieve 109: Best Frequency for Hypertrophy, How to Increase Push-Up Numbers, and Are Deadlifts Bad For Your Back?
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#AskAchieve 108: Improving Lunge Stability, Transitioning from Traditional Strength Training to Powerlifting and Olympic Lifting, and How to Utilize Progressive Overload in Your Programs!
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#AskAchieve 107: Does the RDL Work the Glutes, Healthy Habits While Traveling, and "Safe" Ab Exercises During Pregnancy!
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#AskAchieve 106: Would We Recommend RomWod/MobilityWod, How Our Training Has Changed Since We Became Parents, and If Currently Have Any Joint Pain!
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#AskAchieve 105: How to Recover without Skipping the Gym, How to Fix Hips Shooting Up During the Deadlift, and How to Determine How Many Calories You Should Eat Each Day!
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The AchieveMentors Podcast Ep. 3: Can You Be A Personal Trainer and a Full Time Student, How We Opened Achieve Fitness, and How to Sell Personal Training as a Coach!
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#AskAchieve 104: How to Correct Your Chest Dumping Forward During Squats, Why Your Quad is Cramping During L-Sits, and Getting Around Shoulder Pain During a Bench Press!
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#AskAchieve 103: Difference Between Forward and Reverse Lunges, Spine Position for Squats, Knee-Friendly Cardio Options, and Pronation During Lower Body Exercises!
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The AchieveMentors Podcast Ep.2: What We Would've Done Differently Early on in Our Careers, Becoming a Mobile PT, and Some Gym Owner Advice!
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#AskAchieve 102: How to Train with Osteoporosis, How to Get into a Proper Deadlift Stance, and Bracing/Breathing During Squats and Deadlifts!
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#AskAchieve 101: How to Put Together a Strength Training Program!
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The AchieveMentors Podcast Ep. 1: Our New Show for Fitness Professionals and Aspiring Personal Trainers!
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#AskAchieve 100: How to Get Into A Better Front Squat Position, How to Increase Squat Strength, and Stretches/Exercises for Lower Back Pain
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#AskAchieve 99: How to Improve Your Pull-Ups, How to Get Over the Fear of Getting Under the Bar During Snatches, and How to Break Through a Plateau!
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#AskAchieve 98: Difference Between Stiff Legged Deadlifts and Romanian Deadlifts, How to Prioritize Different Goals at the Same Time, If Deadlifts a Leg or Back Exercise, and In-Season Programming Considerations!
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#AskAchieve 97: How to Strengthen Your Rhomboids, At-Home Workouts for the Holidays, Ankle Pain During Squats, and Our Advice for Dating a Bodybuilder!
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#AskAchieve 96: The Effectiveness of Short HIIT Workouts, If You Need to Eat "Clean" While Already in a Caloric Deficit, and Proper Gym Etiquette
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#AskAchieve 95: Our Thoughts on Weight Belts, How to Incorporate Accessory Lifts, and Hips Shooting Up First During a Deadlift!
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#AskAchieve 94: Upper Back Pain During Deadlifts, Progressive Overload, and Low Back Pain After Pregnancy
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#AskAchieve 93: Grip Strength for Deadlifts, Winging Scapula, Repeat Injuries, and Our Thoughts on EMS Training!
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#AskAchieve 92: Struggling With Push-Ups, Workouts As A New Parent, and Whether Or Not You Should Perform HIIT Workouts In The Morning!
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#AskAchieve 91: How to Add Weights to Compound Movements, Injury Considerations for Broken Bones, and Balancing Double Leg and Single Leg Training!
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#AskAchieve 90: Strategies for Extra Glute Activation, Upper Back Rounding During Cleans, and How to Achieve a Caloric Surplus to Gain Weight!
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#AskAchieve 89: What to Do If You Don't Have a Gym Membership, EMOMs and AMRAPs and Oly Lifting, and How to Approach Other Trainers Teaching "Incorrect" Form!
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#AskAchieve 88: Hip Rotation During Squats, Knee Pain During Squats, and How to Switch Up Your Strength Programming!
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#AskAchieve 87: Muscle Tightness, Working Through Mobility Restrictions, StrongLifts 5x5, and How We Encourage Consistency With Our Members!
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#AskAchieve 86: How Much Protein You Should Get In A Day, Choosing Between Total Body vs. Upper/Lower Splits, and How to Transition from Isolation Based Training to Powerlifting!
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#AskAchieve 85: How to Address Your Posture, Pilates and "Imprinting" Your Lower Back, and Guidance with Strength Programming!
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#AskAchieve 84: The Lower Body Episode - Squatting Below Parallel, Knee Pain While Squatting, and Big Toe Pain While Lunging!
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#AskAchieve 83: Should You Perform Partial or Full Range of Motion Squats, Should You Take Whey Protein, and How We Find Our Coaches for Our Gym!
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#AskAchieve 82: Push-Ups After Pregnancy, Strength Training Workouts for Fat Loss, If Distance Running Will Hurt Your Strength Gains, and How Long Should You Hold a Plank For!
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#AskAchieve 81: Lower Back Pain, Squatting With Ankle Mobility Restrictions, and Dealing With Weight Fluctuations!
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#AskAchieve 80: The Coaches' Episode and a Special Announcement for Coaches!
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#AskAchieve 79: How to Continue to Overhead Press When You Workout At Home With A Low Ceiling, Pregnancy Workout Modifications, And How to Adjust Sets, Reps, and Exercise Selection According To Your Goal!
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#AskAchieve 78: The Differences Between Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, and Crossfit, Methods for Healthy Eating, and How to Maintain Positivity During Setbacks!
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#AskAchieve 77: Imbalances While Squatting, If Foam Rolling is Enough When You Have Knee Pain, and Shoulder Pain After Playing Tennis!
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#AskAchieve 76: Workout Modifications to Break Past a Plateau, What We Think About Fasted Workouts, and Our Top Community Builders for Achieve Fitness!
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#AskAchieve 75: The ULTIMATE Guide to Losing Weight!
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#AskAchieve 74: Should You Eat Every 2-4 Hours, Is It Okay to Bench Press on the Smith Machine, How Many Exercises You Should Include in Your Workout, and Is Nutrition the Biggest Factor for Health and Fitness Success!
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#AskAchieve 73: Should You Foam Roll Your IT Band, Neck/Shoulder Pain from Pull Ups, the Most Efficient Warm Ups, and Tips for a Grad Wanting to Open Up Their Own Gym!
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#AskAchieve 72: How to Deal With Slow Progress in the Gym, How to Breathe During Different Exercises and Rep Ranges, , and If You Need a Business Degree to Open Up a Physical Therapy Clinic!
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#AskAchieve 71: Decreasing Hamstring Pain and Increasing Glute Activity During RDLs, Which Muscles You Should Feel During Squats, and How to Address a Weight Loss and Strength Plateau!
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#AskAchieve 70: How We Opened Up Achieve, Wrist Straps and Weight Belts, and How to Keep Your Elbows Straight During Overhead Exercises!
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#AskAchieve 69: Are Isolation Exercises Worth It, What To Do If Your Shoulders Are Popping, And How to Address Plateauing Weight Loss!
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AskAchieve 68: Rapid Fire Q+A! How We Started Lifting Weights, How to Increase Your Squat, Squats During Pregnancy, 5 Steps to Losing Weight, and More!
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#AskAchieve 67: Relaxing Your Neck During Core Exercises, Diastasis Recti and Core Training During Pregnancy, and What to do When You Feel Like Your Progress Has Stalled!
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#AskAchieve 66: Why Context is Everything when Offering Advice, How to Improve Single Leg Deadlifts, Pros/Cons of Arching Your Back During Bench Presses!
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#AskAchieve 65: How we Practice Positivity, Tips for Front Squats, "Quick" Weight Loss Strategies, and Muscles That Are "Non-Responders"!
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#AskAchieve 64: New Rapid Fire Q+A Format! Our Backgrounds, Deadlifts, Weight Belts, Internet Marketing, "Diets", Advice to Aspiring Coaches, and More!
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#AskAchieve 63: The Pressure to Get Your Body Back After Pregnancy, How to Balance Running and Strength Training, and Which Type of Squats to Perform if You Have Knee/Back Pain!
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#AskAchieve 62: Difficulty Recovering from CrossFit Workouts, Which Supplements We Use and Recommend, and How to Train Around a Herniated Disc!
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#AskAchieve 61: Forward Weight Shift While Squatting, Barbell vs Dumbbell Deadlifting, How to Help a Client Who Can't Hip Hinge, and "Mom Bods"!
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#AskAchieve 60: Putting Together a Glute Workout, Hip Position for Back Squats, and What Kind of Footwear We Recommend!
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#AskAchieve 59: How to Know When to Increase Weights, How to Work Around Achy Joints, and How to Break Through Plateaus!
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#AskAchieve 58: How to Address Rib Flare, The 1-3% Improvement, How to Dominate the Sit-Rise Test!
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#AskAchieve 57: Squat Depth, Piriformis Syndrome, and What Causes Forward Head Posture!
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AskAchieve 56: The ULTIMATE Guide to Starting Out as an Online Trainer/Fitness Coach Pt.2!
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#AskAchieve 55: The ULTIMATE Guide to Starting Out as a Personal Trainer/Fitness Coach Pt.1!
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#AskAchieve 54: How to Improve Your Handstand Walks, Letting Slow Twitch Muscles Dictate Your Training, and How to Deal with Tennis Elbow!
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#AskAchieve 53: Nutrient Timing, Training for the Military Push Up Test, Our Thoughts on Posture Bars, and Open Chain vs. Closed Chain Exercises!
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#AskAchieve 52: Fit 101 Workshop Recap, Bar Positioning for Squats, Training an "Older" Population, and When to Switch Up Your Program!
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#AskAchieve 51: Does More Muscle = A Faster Metabolism, Fast Twitch vs. Slow Twitch Muscle Fibers, and How We Coordinate Large Group Workouts!
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#AskAchieve 50: How to Structure Your Workouts When You Have Limited Time, Why Foam Rolling is Important, How to Find the Right Squat Stance for You, and How to take Creatine!
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#AskAchieve 49: Updates on Lauren's Pregnancy, Lower Back Arching While Exercising, Recovering from a Hernia, and Flat Feet!
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#AskAchieve 48: Diastasis and Powerlifting, Proper Hand Care in Crossfit, and How to Train as an Aspiring Model!
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#AskAchieve 47: Lower Back Pain, Does Strength Training Make You "Bulky", and How to Recover from Shoulder Surgery!
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#AskAchieve 46: Supplements for Joint Pain Management, Heart Rate Variability, and Conflicting Information on How Often to Workout!
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#AskAchieve 45: The Best Plan for a Beginner Lifter, Single Leg Training, and How to Stay Motivated for your Workouts When You're Really Busy as a Trainer!
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#AskAchieve 44: How to Address Overall Tightness, What to do for Muscle Imbalances, and How to Tell if You're Overtraining!
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#AskAchieve 43: Shoulder Pain During Push Ups and Yoga, Breathing During HIIT, Core Recommendations for a Football Player!
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#AskAchieve 42: How to Put Together a 20 Minute Workout Routine, Advanced Breathing Techniques, and HIIT Training!
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#AskAchieve 41: How to Build Quad/Hamstring Strength While Having Lower Back Pain, Spot Reducing Fat, and Our Advice for a Gym Owner Couple!
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#AskAchieve 40: Working Out on an Empty Stomach, Knees Going Over Toes During a Squat, How Long a Personal Trainer Should Expect a Client to Work with Them, and a Special Workshop Announcement!
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#AskAchieve 39: When to Incorporate Core Training into Your Workouts, How to Deal with Negative Self-Talk, and Our Top Three Pieces of Business Advice!
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#AskAchieve 38: Is Working Out in the Early Morning a Bad Idea, Neutral or Hollow Body for Core Training, and Dealing with Sciatica!
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#AskAchieve 37: How Much Protein You Really Need, Portion Control When Going Out, Shoulder Pain, and Business Coaching!
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#AskAchieve 36: How to Put Together Supersets, Can Kettlebells Be Your Sole Training Tool, and How Long it Takes to Pass Your Personal Trainer Certification!
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#AskAchieve 35: Calves and Ankle Mobility, Doctors Who Tell You to Stop Squatting, and How to Train When You Can't Hire a Coach!
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#AskAchieve 34: Training Through Pregnancy, Bulgarian Split Squats, Muscles Knots/Adhesions, and a Special Announcement!
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#AskAchieve 33: Lower Back Friendly Ab Exercises, Fitness and Nutrition as a New Parent, and Becoming a Personal Trainer When It's Not Your Major!
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#AskAchieve32: Creatine for Women, IT Band Pain, and Fitness Information Overload for Coaches!
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#AskAchieve 31: Dealing with Hunger, Getting Your Glutes to Fire, and Avoiding Personal Trainer Burnout!
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#AskAchieve 30: Home Workouts, Box Squats, Keep it Professional with Your Clients, and Jason's Camera Gear!
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#AskAchieve 29: All About Running a Fitness Business!
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#AskAchieve 28: Whole30 and Intermittent Fasting, Realistic Goal Setting, and Our Favorite Fitness Expos for 2018!
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#AskAchieve 27: How to Continue Your Workouts Without Your Coach, Weight Lifting Belts, StrongFirst, and A Special Workshop Announcement!
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#AskAchieve 26: How to Overcome Weight Room Intimidation, How to Put Together a Workout Program, What to Charge when Starting Out as a New Trainer!
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#AskAchieve 25: Working Around an Injury, How to Develop Lean Muscle Mass, and our Thoughts on a Push/Pull/Lower Body Program!
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#AskAchieve 24: Soreness After Exercise, Fitness Trackers, Differences in Types of Stretches, and 6 Week Fitness Challenges!
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#AskAchieve 23: Barefoot Training, Improving Ankle Mobility, How to Gain Mass/Lean Muscle, and What We're Learning!
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#AskAchieve 22: All About Fat Loss!
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#AskAchieve 21: Leg Extensions & Lat Pulldown Machines, Kettlebell Training for Tall People, and How to Write Beginner Strength Programs!
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#AskAchieve 20: All About Back Pain!
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#AskAchieve 19: Addressing Imbalances in the Squat, Rest Weeks and Deloading, and How to Improve Wrist Mobility!
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#AskAchieve 18: Tom Brady's "Pliability" Training, How Many Calories You Need in a Day, and How to Start Offering Online Coaching!
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#AskAchieve 17: Our Top 3 Certifications, How to Know Your Fitness Level, and How to Increase Your Bench Press!
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#AskAchieveShow 16: Strength Training for Women and Improving Posture, Your Overhead Squat, and Hamstring Flexibility!
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Ep.15: Our Favorite Small Biz Apps, Strength Training for Runners and Breakdancers, and "Giving It All Away" on Instagram!
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Ep.14: The Best Training Shoes, How to Work Around a Shoulder Injury, and How to Optimize Your Time in the Gym!
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Ep.13: Opening a Fitness Studio and Social Media in the Fitness Industry!
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Ep.12: Anterior Knee Pain, The Best Supplements for Performance, and Cracking/Clicking Joints While Lifting!
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Ep.11: Getting Back on Track After the Holidays, Cardio Training, Convincing People of the Value of Your Gym, and Questions to Ask When Choosing a New Gym!
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Ep.10: Our Assessment Protocol, Best 3-Day Split, and How to Find a Mentor!
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Ep.9: Best Rep Range for Hypertrophy, Best Exercises for Abs and a Flat Belly, and Our Top Certification Recommendations for Personal Trainers
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Ep.8: Training Around Sciatica, Tips for Building an Instagram Following, and How to Address Flat Feet
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Ep.7: The StrongFirst Certification, How to Achieve Your First Pull-Up, and Dealing with Running Related Injuries
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Ep.6: How to Workout After Sickness, If Kettlebell Swings are Dangerous for Your Back, and Our Dreams for Achieve for the Next Five Years!
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Ep.5: How Weight Loss Impacts Your Metabolism, How to Train Your Calves, and Grand Opening Strategies for Gym Owners
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Ep.4: Lower Back Pain During Exercises, Group Exercise Class Recommendations, and How We Started a Successful Business at a Young Age
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Ep.3: Training Around Bilateral Knee Pain, Workout Considerations During Pregnancy, and Recovery for Optimal Performance
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Ep.2: Difference Between Soreness and Pain, Hamstring Cramping, and Transitioning to be a Fitness Coach
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Ep.1: Fitness Misconceptions, Intermittent Fasting, and Making Your Passion Your Work