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When the clock cuts you short, take control of your training with these guidelines on how to make the most of your time in the gym. We’ll walk you through a 30 minute, 45 minute, and 60 minute workout blueprint so you have a great session even when kids, calls, and your calendar await.

If you've had a question lately, chances are we cover it in this episode. How much is too much protein? How low is too low carb? We're hitting it all along with getting more muscle ups, intensity overdose, and how to teach what you know to others.

After a long stretch of sheltering in place, many clients and business owners are eager to re-open their gyms -- but to what? The new normal introduces a host of questions and considerations around safety for members first and foremost. And on the business side, framing a feasibility plan around square footage, pricing and profitability, and procedures. Hear what we're thinking about opening back up and keeping clients healthy and happy, while keeping the business afloat when all the rules have changed.

More and more reports on the risk factors for serious complications from COVID-19 are naming obesity as a factor. Making a long term commitment to the changes necessary for losing a lot of weight is a serious endeavor, and there is no better time than now to improve your health or help a client or loved one make a lifestyle shift. Here's how we would frame the discussion around obesity, and help cut through the noise of what to prioritze and what to expect.

Many of you out there are fitness professionals taking your business online for the first time, or athletes who are new to the online coaching experience. What works well isn't so much the workout, but the personal touches that bridge the physical gap we all now find ourselves behind. In our years of experience coaching athletes online, we've learned what makes it fulfilling and sustainable for both coach and client. Listen in for how to structure an experience that works.

Feeling bored with staying at home, or finding new windows of time now that your commute is gone? These unique circumstances are the perfect opportunity to direct energy toward the things you’ve wanted to get a handle on for awhile. Take a small step towards better sleep, quality movement, nourishing yourself well, or deepening relationships in your life. Listen in and we’ll show you how.

Stress eating and mindless snacking are two themes we're seeing a lot of as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. When your routine is upended, it's harder than ever to maintain good nutrition - and even harder if you're not a confident cook. Here are our recommendations for what to pay attention to and what to try for yourself to guide your body towards food that keeps you feeling good.

As the #stayhome movement attempts to fill the fitness gaps with bodyweight workouts and burpees, you may be struggling with motivation or the logistics of working out at home. Moving your body is more important than ever to combat stress and keep you healthy. So here are some keys to getting into a good routine and keeping the positive feedback loop going, whether you have a home gym or just a spot behind the couch.

In this dispatch from the COVID-19 quarantine zone, we're opening the discussion about how to respond to the worldwide crisis: try to simply hang on and survive, or choose to grow? We have a choice in how we respond, and there is always something big or small to learn from as we uncover what's really essential. This is what you train for - and we're here to help.

Go beyond the buzzwords and learn exactly what intermittent fasting is all about. Why, how, and what to expect? What times of year might be optimal for fasting, and what are some of the benefits and roadblocks you might encounter? Intermittent fasting can be a useful skill to add on top of your foundational nutrition practices - find out more in this episode.

Why use nasal breathing in your aerobic training, and how do you get started? Breath control can give you an extra edge as an athlete when you master these techniques - and can also be a useful tool for transitioning between fight or flight stress responses into rest and digest. Today we'll talk about how to implement these tools for yourself - give it a try!

Working on improving your fitness carries over to many different aspects of life, in and out of the gym. Today's listener submission prompts us to connect training to our biggest takeaways for life - and invites you to do the same.

Surge ahead in building great foundational habits by using the learning methods that work best for you. When you develop awareness of what really works - and where you get stuck - you can overcome the points that make most people quit when they're trying to change how they eat or train. Dive right in and get overwhelmed? Listen and think carefully, then tentatively try a step? What physical cues have worked best for you in training for a movement concept to really sink in?

When a perfect organic diet and hours of exercise are taken to an extreme, it puts your mental and physical health at risk. Let's take an honest look at when healthy habits that started with the best of intentions become all-consuming - leading to depression, isolation from friends and family, and poor physical health. We are all drawn to people in the public eye who seems to have it all together, but what's beneath the surface of extreme lifestyles in health, training, or even business?

Of course you can have some of both - but a recent Morning Chalk Up op-ed got us talking about limitations of the group fitness model when more care and individual attention is needed. Gym owners, coaches, and clients all need to win, so what do you offer or look for as a client, and at what price? Todays discussion will give some food for thought from the perspective of the individualized coaching service.