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Today, we talk about discipline vs. obsession in fitness. When you start working out, you incorporate fitness into your identity, which is a good thing. Research shows that it helps keep you disciplined in your fitness routine. However, obsession with exercise is a slippery slope that can actually be detrimental to your health through feeling like you have to earn food and feeling anxiety when you can’t workout. Injuries can also have a huge impact on your mental health.  This episode is about coming to a state of balance, and what might happen when fitness becomes who you are.

In this episode, we discuss: 
How Fitness Slowly Becomes an Identity
Exercise Obsession: The All-or-Nothing Mindset
The Motivation–Obsession Gray Area
When Injury Forces the Question: Who Are You Without Fitness?
How to Build a Sustainable, Enjoyable Relationship With Fitness
Training Hard Without Letting Fitness Take Over Your Life

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On today’s episode of the podcast, we talk about vibration training and if it’s worth the shake. We're covering all vibration training tools, specifically vibration plates, and the research on whether these products work or not. Stay tuned to hear the science on our opinion on this reemerging trend. 

In this episode, we discuss:
What is Vibration Training?
How Vibration Training Affects Muscles & the Nervous System
Benefits of Vibration Training
Types of Vibration Tools 
How to Safely Use Vibration Tools for Training & Recovery
Vibration Training vs Traditional Training
Is Vibration Training Right for You?

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Today on the podcast, we talk about why it is imperative to have a movement practice when you're dealing with pain or injury and what that might look like. Movement can and should be used as medicine when you have an acute injury or chronic issues. We see people living in pain who were never told that movement could actually help. We discuss the science behind our opinions and share how you can bring movement back into your life, no matter what issue you’re working with.

In this episode, we discuss:
What Does “Movement as Medicine” Really Mean?
Why Complete Rest Can Slow Recovery
How Movement Supports the Healing Process
Understanding Pain vs. Harm During Injury
What Types of Movement Are Safe When Injured
How to Modify Movement During Injury
Rethinking Injury Recovery: Movement as a Therapeutic Tool

Resources:
Podcast Episode 22: Training After an Injury (What Happens After Physical Therapy Ends)

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Taking time off from training happens. Injury, burnout, work, stress, travel, or just life getting busy. Getting back into the gym usually feels harder mentally than it does physically. In this episode, Heather and Katie talk through how to return to training after a long break in a way that actually sticks.
We break down what to focus on, what to avoid, and how to rebuild strength and consistency without burning yourself out or trying to train like you never stopped.
What We Cover:
Why checking your ego matters more than your old PRs
Why starting with less than you think is the fastest way forward
Why consistency beats intensity when you are coming back
What to expect with soreness and fatigue after time off
Why RPE and reps in reserve matter more than percentages
Why volume should come before intensity
Why recovery is non negotiable when returning to training
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On this week’s episode of the podcast, share our personal fitness goals for 2026 and go over our fitness predictions for the upcoming year. Get to know us, the motivation that drives us, and our expert forecast for the future of fitness. 

Additional Sources:
Podcast Episode 45: Why New Years Resolutions Suck: How to Set Goals the Right Way
Podcast Episode 147: 5 Ways to Stay Consistent in 2024

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