Sweat Out; Happiness In!

What's up, Achievers?! In the first question, we dive into how to get into a better front rack position for front squats. Check out this youtube video for a visual of the exercises we discussed here (2:15). We then talked about how to increase squat strength by adding additional squat days or by adding assistance work (7:46). Finally, we discuss some lower-back friendly strength training exercises as well as a mobility/stability strategy to help with lower back pain. Here's another youtube video to help with visuals as well (11:38). 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 brief hiatus! With holiday travels and craziness, we decided to take the podcast off our plate for a couple weeks. But, we're back! Kendrick interjected with a couple of good noises and screams but we were able to get through the episode okay haha! In the first question, we dive into a few strategies that will help you get your first pullup. We delve deeper into some of the details in this youtube video as well here (4:08) Then, we went over how to get over the fear of getting under the barbell during snatches (12:04). Finally, we covered how to overcome a plateau - we decided to go with weight loss and strength training plateaus as those are the primary questions we get asked most of the time (17:25). 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! Sorry the podcast has been more like 1x a week, but Kendrick has been limiting our opportunities a bit! In the first question, we delve into the difference between stiff legged deadlifts and Romanian deadlifts, and which one we prefer (2:11). We then go into how to prioritize different goals all at the same time (5:47). Next, we discuss how we classify deadlifts - as a back exercise or a leg exercise (10:52). Finally, we touch on a question on how we'd adjust and modify a program depending on if the athlete was in-season or pre-season (14:22). 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. Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren

What's up, Achievers! Sorry in advance for this episode as there were A LOT of Kendrick interruptions in the first 10 minutes or so! It's a good one though and we managed to get through four questions! For question one, we covered how to strengthen your rhomboids (0:57). Then, we discussed some quick workout strategies when you're home for the holidays (4:10). Next, we delved into what to do if you're experiencing ankle pain while squatting (7:55). Finally, we gave some dating advice! Haha! I think we gave some solid advice here, but take it with a grain of salt (12:34). 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 cover the effectiveness of 20 minute HIIT workouts and whether or not they are conducive for overall health and fitness (4:37). We also went over if you need to eat "clean" if you're looking for weight loss and are already in a caloric deficit (8:25). Lastly, we cover just basic gym etiquette! Some of you can be uncomfortable in a gym setting simply because you don't know the "rules". We discuss some general topics here! (14:23). 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, the first question we go over involves our thoughts on using weight belts during strength training and heavier lifts (1:26). We then cover how to go about incorporating accessory movements like hip thrusts, rows, KB presses, side planks, etc. after performing the main lifts like squats, deadlifts, and bench presses. We dive deep into the order as well as "non-competing" supersets (5:36). Lastly, we go over how to go about addressing hips shooting up early during a deadlift (9:34). 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 the first question, we dive into one of our members who is experiencing some upper/mid back pain during deadlifts (1:47). We then go over some logistics of progressive overload and how to increase volume/intensity/etc during your workouts (11:32). Finally, we talk about how to address extreme lower back pain and why some physical therapists are better than others (15:47). 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?! Another successful podcast! This time Kendrick was fast asleep in a carrier beside us - he made a couple of peeps, but slept pretty peacefully throughout the episode overall! In the first question, we cover a question concerning how to increase grip strength for deadlifts (1:53). Then, we go over the topic of "winging scapula". We talk about why there isn't anything inherently "wrong" with winging scaps and how to go about addressing it (7:17). Finally, we delve into two questions from a lister who asks how to deal with repetitive injuries in the same area and if EMS (electronic muscle stimulation) training is valuable at all (14:11). 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?! Short and quick episode for you all today! In the first question, we address how to approach push-ups if you're struggling in the bottom position and the position of your elbows (1:39). Next, we cover energy and workouts as a new parent (5:17). Then, we go over whether or not to split up your HIIT and strength workouts, and if you do split them up if you should perform HIIT in the morning and strength at night (8:41). Finally, we talk about an Instagram post that Lauren made concerning her "post-partum body" and the pressures that women have to "get their bodies back". 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?! Couple of Kendrick pauses in this one so bear with us! In the first question, we answer how to go about starting compound movements and understanding how to add weight (1:20). We then go over injury considerations for a broken bone on one side and how to approach it physically and mentally (8:51). Finally, we answer a question from a listener who was wondering if double leg or single leg training was better, and how to work both into his current program. (13:14). 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?! Sorry for the hiatus! It's been difficult to time our usual podcast time around Kendrick's feeding and napping schedule so we decided to not stress and just take a week off. Still struggling a bit, but we're back! In the first question, we cover why you might see some very specific strategies like excessive chin tucking during hip thursts and aggresive pelvic tilting during squats (1:39). In the next question, we talk about why someone's back might round when receiving a barbell clean (6:39). Finally, we flip the script a little bit and discuss strategies to gain weight and get into a caloric surplus for all you hardgainers out there (10:11). 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?! Hope y'all are doing well! I apologize in advance because we had some audio issues halfway through the episode. I think it's because of our washer/dryer that was operating, or it may have been some baby interference with Kendrick haha! Either way, there are a couple of choppy/static-y parts so bear with us please! In our first question, we talk about how to train if you don't have a membership and what equipment we would recommend (2:07). Then we cover how to incorporate olympic lifting (cleans and snatches) into your workouts and whether or not EMOM style workouts are appropriate (9:01). Finally, we go over how we would approach another trainer who we thought was teaching the "wrong" form for certain exercises. It was a question from a fellow trainer and we thought it was a great one to talk about! 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 episode is all about squats and strength programs! In the first question we address a question from a listener who has been experiencing a hip rotation and shift during squats (2:57). Next, we delve into how to address knee pain during squats and how to go about to exercises that target the quads (9:13). Lastly, we do a deep dive into strength programming and how/when to switch up your routine (16:53). 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 finally happened! Kendrick Austin Pak was born at a whopping 9lbs 3oz at 8:54am on 10/17/18 and 21 inches long! We summarize what happened and how we came up with his name! In our first question, we answer a question from a professional soccer player who was wondering what he should do about the tightness he's feeling from his lower body (4:25). Next, we cover a question from a personal trainer who was wondering how they should go about working with an overweight teenager with a lot of mobility restrictions (8:29). Then, we talk about StrongLifts 5x5 and what to do when you plateau (15:44). Lastly, we cover a question from a fellow gym owner on how we encourage consistency with our members (21.49) ! 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!

What's up, Achievers?! Nope, still no baby, which means more podcasts! haha In the first question, we talk about how much protein you should strive to get each day (4:47). We then covered how to choose between 3 total body workouts a week versus 3-4 upper/lower body workouts a week (11:40). Lastly, we discussed how to transition from performing primarily isolation-based strength training exercises to more compound-based powerlifting (19:14). 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!