Forever Strength

Rachel Henley guests to share how she started in fitness by "doing all the wrong things" but finding her way to evidence based strength training, and how that finally led to results. Rachel shares why she prioritizes strength training with her clients. She shares insight into how she approaches social media, and a deeper dive into how to approach training to failure. 

All too often people skip workouts because they feel they "don't have enough time". We beg to differ. Here's how to effectively get in workouts if you have a shorter window of time to workout. 

Bailey explains why you may need to use a deload week, what a deload means, and how and when to use them.

Bailey explains all or nothing thinking, why it hinders progress, and how we give ourselves permission to fall off track. She explains some tactics to combat all or nothing behaviour, and ways to get back on track faster. 

Brianna Battles joins us to talk about all things training for pregnancy, postpartum, and athleticism. She expands on the safety of training during pregnancy for most women and a lot of considerations for core and pelvic floor health. We discuss finding the right coach during pregnancy and a lot more. 

Coach and nutritionist Eve Guzman joins us for a deep dive into nutrition. Eve explains how she lost 150 lbs and broke free from the influence of environment growing up, and how she pivoted into a career in nutrition and education. Eve explains nutrition's role in health, why she focuses on the 80/20 rule in her coaching, and why protein is so important. Hope you enjoy this immersive dive into nut...

Author, gym owner, coach, strength sport athlete, musician, and much more Melody Schoenfeld joins us to talk about how she started in fitness and coaching. She shares how she found a passion for teaching others and sparking joy however she can. We highlight how women thrive when they get involved in strength training. Melody talks about her 3 books, especially the newest with co-author Lee Boyce.&...

Strength and nutrition coach Marci Nevin joins us to share her origins: from learning about working out and dieting at a young age, to starting her career. Marci shares all of the positive turns and choices along with all the mistakes along the way that should resonate with your own experience. Marci shares her keys to progress, her thoughts on program lengths, and a lot of mindset advice to help...

Jessica Gunn joins us to share how she went from knowing nothing about fitness and nutrition at 37 and feeling unhealthy and unhappy, to starting a fitness career at 38, to having a thriving business and brand at 42. Jessica shares how she's willing to get uncomfortable, learn new skills, be a healthy role model for her 4 children, and how she's thrived to be asked to public speak. Jessica shares...

We discuss the New Years resolution phenomenon and why it's better to get a start early. Get a jump start on your fitness and avoid setting yourself up to fail. This is a great episode to share with the people in your life who are looking at getting active this new year. We also share details and our bonus offer for this latest round of our Forever Strength program. 

Strength Coach and PPSC Master Instructor Tasha Wolf Whelan joins us to share how she got started in the fitness industry and went from endurance running to strength sports across her 20 year career. Tasha shares how she started wanting to build her body to gain confidence. Tasha shares how you can use principles from strongman training to make workouts fun and effective for everyday people. Tasha...

Beth Feraco joins as a special guest to share her story of recovery to working out to training others to scaling a business with employees. Beth leaned into a strong social media presence built around no nonsense messaging. Beth shares some of the common challenges her clients face and how she helps to rewire the damage caused by being raised in environments where yoyo dieting was normal for women...

Our industry loves to complain about gym etiquette but are we really teaching people good etiquette or using this as an opportunity to shame people. We cover all the basics of gym etiquette and some nuance for things like phone use and sharing equipment that isn't as black or white as we might think. 

We explain what creatine is, why you could benefit from taking it, dispel the common myths about creatine, and some practical considerations of this highly studied, effective, and safe supplement. 

We dive into what you need to know to optimize muscle growth. We get into the balance and nuance of volume, intensity, progressive overload, mechanical tension, plus recovery, nutrition, and supplements. 

Dr. Susie Spirlock aka Dr. Susie Squats joins us to share how she got into strength training and how that path led to working in physical therapy. Susie dispels some myths about how physio treatments work and the importance of how we use language around injuries and training. Susie also shares her thoughts on what the consumer should be focused instead of most supplements, with the exception of th...

People often hop between programs the moment they no longer feel sore. Some people crave constant novelty. But is this actually helping you progress? We explain why it's beneficial to wait a little longer and some tactics for keeping your program from getting stale while optimizing your progress. Share this with someone in your world who needs it. 

We deep dive into the reasons you would benefit from hiring a coach. This isn't a push to suggest that everyone needs one. We also give a lot of detail in how to carefully research and choose the right coach for you.

A common question with a nuanced answer. What's the best time of day to workout? It invariably answers as, the time that best fits into your day so that you'll consistently do it. But we go through some expanded thoughts and the pros and cons of mornings, afternoons, evenings, and our own personal preferences.

Defining "what is healthy" is a tricky endeavour. We take a walk through factors that affect physical and emotional health, from blood sugar and blood pressure, to environment and access to health care. We can't look at a person and determine how healthy they are, or know whether their relationship with nutrition and exercise is healthy. We also need to understand there is a strong base of evidenc...

You've probably heard of "functional training". We explain what fitness marketing sells it as, vs what being functional truly means. Bailey explains how strength training is functional in everyday life and as we get older. 

Angela Gargano guests to share her knowledge and experience in coaching women how to train for and perform pull-ups. Angela has more than a little authority on pull-ups given her 4 appearances on American Ninja Warrior. Hope you enjoy this one.

We dive into the importance of warmups and cooldowns, what matters, what doesn't, methods for each, and why long warmups aren't helping as much as you might think. 

We explain what DOMS is, why it happens, why it's not a good indicator of a good workout, and everything else related to muscle soreness. 

We dive into the similarities and differences between training for strength and for hypertrophy. We break down the science and practical implications of training at different rep ranges.