Know the difference, find your preference. The moment you recognize the difference between movement and training you can make the conscious decision as to which you prefer. They both increase your health. Stop feeling guilty about not training if you don’t care about performance. And most importantly, stop turning all movement into training. If you do this, but you hate training, you’ll confuse the two and think you hate to move. Reintroduce the curiosity that is inherent in movement, listen in to learn how. Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

Trigger Warning: There is brief discussion of how sexual assault and trauma may affect this area of the body. If this could negatively affect you please skip between 14:15 and 16:21. Today we’ll hear from a pelvic floor physical therapist and dear friend Nicole Kramer on all things pelvic floor. From what is it, to typical issues people have to pre and post partum tips Nicole helps us understand this taboo that’s finally been getting some long overdue attention. If you’re even thinking of having kids, or have pelvic pain that’s been impacting your life you’ll take away a better understanding of how your body works, when and why things can go wrong but most importantly, the services and techniques available for treatment. Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

Today I'll share with you some thoughts that came up about the differences and similarities between health and wellness while reading an article for my health and wellness class. It's so easy to get lost in the hype around these topics and venture from what they actually mean. Take a listen to refresh yourself on the wholistic definitions of these terms as a means to reground yourself in yourself. Afterall, it's ultimately YOUR health and YOUR wellness. Don't let anyone else define how this should play out in your own life. Citation: Bezner J. R. (2015). Promoting Health and Wellness: Implications for Physical Therapist Practice. Physical therapy, 95(10), 1433–1444. https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20140271  Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

Today I’ll be sharing my deep reflections on what movement means to me. From being that crazy ADHD kid no parents wanted over, to the cookie cutter box of all women love cardio, to discovering that movement harnesses forward momentum in all key aspects of who I am, I’ll share with you how I’ve reconnected with my roots to discover my play. Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

New year, me right? Lolz, nope. But could it be? Today, I will talk about what a new year’s, or any time of the year, resolution could be if we just figured out how to frame a goal. I get it, you know the acronym. S.M.A.R.T. goals are life blah blah blah we’ve heard it all before. But, after countless hours in both undergraduate and physical therapy school, yes even doctorate level classes talk goal setting, I’ve figured out the forgotten piece of the S.M.A.R.T. goal, and it’s changing my life. Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

But seriously. As we crawl our way to the symbolic finish line of 2020 I’d like to share with you some of the things that got me through, along with what I learned when the things I was doing were NOT getting me through. Today ranges from discussion of a meta-analysis on exercise’s effects on and anxiety, to stories of my dumpster fire finals week. You don’t wanna skip this one! Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG. Resources: Stubbs, B., Vancampfort, D., Rosenbaum, S., Firth, J., Cosco, T., Veronese, N., Salum, G. A., & Schuch, F. B. (2017). An examination of the anxiolytic effects of exercise for people with anxiety and stress-related disorders: A meta-analysis. Psychiatry research, 249, 102–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.020 BBC article- Rumination: The danger of dwelling

Today’s episode comes to you from the lovely drive home to Illinois where I will be suffering through final exams (not dramatic at all). With the semester coming to a close I’ve been pondering the notion of what it really means to be an expert. A term that once seemed rare and highly esteemed, in my experience is getting a bit fuzzy and certainly overused in the fitness world. Here I discuss a famous paper on research that led to what’s now known as the “Dunning-Kruger Effect”, how that applies to fitness and examples of such from my own personal training experience. Resources: Kruger, Justin, and David Dunning. “Unskilled and Unaware of it: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Dec. 1999. Taylor Eckel 's  (PT DPT CSC) IG post Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

Throughout the years, I’ve caught whiff of a certain subset of marketing that comes out around this holy jolly time of year. And it ain’t so jolly. Rather, it’s sprinkled with subtle hints of shame around this thing we’ve named holiday weight gain. There’s even a study about it and guys, it’s not that bad (see study here). Check out today’s episode and join me in chilling the heck by sticking to what we already know. Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

By now we’ve all heard the importance of self love. But, I for one would like a concrete definition as to what this actually means. Join me as I dissect these definitions and explain the variety of ways self love can and should look like in the real world. References: Brig Johnson on the Breaking Protocol Podcast follower her on IG @johnsonbrig  Definitions from dictionary.com and merriam-webster.com Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.

Today is a short and sweet rundown on the best thing to do when you start weight training accompanied by the straight science behind the purpose of rep x set variation.  Deciding what range to work in does matter, but it does NOT have to be complicated! Like this episode? Please leave a review! If you have suggestions for future episodes please DM me on my IG.