Sweat Out; Happiness In!

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