Reconsider... with Bill Hartman

Bill and Chris begin by discussing jargon and “bad words” when it comes to fitness, health and wellness. Having a shared language is important, but once communication starts to get overrun by buzz-worthy sayings we get further and further away from the realm of the useful. Many of these ideas relate back to movement and the variability of movement, so the main theme of the episode starts to solidi...

The guys continue their discussion on “good vs. bad” exercises. This time they pick on the bench press. Is the bench press the best exercise for upper body strength and power? Should everyone do the bench press? What are other things people can do in order to improve their upper body strength and power? All of these things will be covered and more in this episode. #benchpress #fitness #workouts #b...

Bill and Chris start to tackle the "good vs bad exercise" debate. What makes an exercise good? What makes it not so good? Is there such a thing as a good or bad exercise at all? In part one of what will become a multi-part series, the guys take on back squatting. The back squat has been deemed the king of all exercises by some, but as you can imagine, it is not so simple. #backsquat #fitness #work...

In this episode Bill and Chris continue their discussion on breathing and shift the focus to specific types of breathing exercises and activities. Do our differing genetic structures change how we should breathe? Is nasal breathing necessary as our primary means of breathing? Do we need to breathe into our belly or our chest more? Can how we breathe effect our stress levels and anxiety? What posit...

In this episode Bill and Chris talk about how we breathe and the mechanics of breathing. There is a lot of misinformation out there in regards to how people should breathe. It is not a one size fits all scenario. We are all born with various structural differences that need to be taken into account when we breathe. The far ends of the spectrum give us wide structural configurations and narrow ones...

In part III of their discussion on all things breathing, Bill and Chris shift the focus to specific types of breathing positions based on structural archetypes and biases. It is a myth that everyone should breathe the same and do the same exercises. We will get into why the intensity of breathing matters, what positional breathing exercises people should do, and why we have varying structural pres...

In this episode Bill and Chris talk about isolation training vs full body workouts and the idea of balancing your movements in training at the gym. The start by talking about a common concept in fitness of trying to attain some sort of push and pull balance of certain muscle groups. Why can training one side of the body actually benefit the entire body and seemingly separate parts? We will touch o...

In this episode Bill and Chris talk about their most requested topic, foam rolling and massage guns. They dive into the history of these devices and their use. What does foam rolling or massage do to your muscles? What is the generally accepted reasoning behind using them? What might actually be happening? Join us as we help you ask the right questions and guide you closer to what might be the tru...

In this episode Bill and Chris continue their discussion on stretching and relate it back to how the research is done. This evolves into a conversation about understanding research and how we can interpret the results. The “do your own research” crowd typically gathers minimal information from the actual studies they are investigating, if they even look at the studies at all. By reading headlines...

In this episode Bill and Chris ask you to reconsider blindly stretching all of your muscles. Should everyone stretch? What is it really doing? Is yoga something everyone needs to do? When is it bad to do? What might we actually be achieving when we get on the ground and stretch before or after working out? Ask the right questions and find better answers with us. #stretching #fitness #yoga #backpai...

In this episode Bill and Chris talk about walking as a form of exercise. What are the potential health benefits? What are the common mistakes that people make when trying to count their steps? Is walking actually a good workout? Does any of this even matter? These questions and more will be addressed. SUBSCRIBE for even more helpful content: YT: https://www.youtube.com/@BillHartmanPT IG: https://w...

In this episode Bill and Chris discuss what “good posture” actually is. In the health, wellness and fitness world, having good posture has become some sort of ideal position that people should aspire to be in at all times. If we are designed to move, how could a static representation like this make much sense? These questions will be answered, and more, as the guys dive into where this idea comes...

In this episode Bill and Chris talk about the misconceptions of weight loss and fat loss in the health, wellness and fitness world. Many people go to the gym and try to train themselves for better body composition under poor guidance and through workout models that will more often than not result in injury. If we can understand the first principles of fat loss and what is necessary in order to exp...

In this episode Bill and Chris talk about the common aphorism “no pain, no gain” as it relates to progress you might see by going to the gym or training. Do we really need blood, sweat and tears for results? As a continuation of the topics discussed in the first episode about mental models and reconsiderations for getting into shape; the guys explore the history of the saying, what the current myt...

In this episode Bill and Chris discuss mental models in the context of fitness and “getting into shape.” These words get thrown around a lot in the health and wellness world, but do you really know what they mean or where they come from? The number one new year’s resolution is to get into shape, or get back into shape. How you navigate that will require effective mental models and systems based th...

Health. Wellness. Fitness. Getting in shape. We talk about such things based on mental models we evolve from our exposure to information, our limited understanding, and what we think is best. RECONSIDER with Bill Hartman will ask better questions to allow you to filter the good to promote better decisions when it comes to your choices of exercise and type of workout you perform at home, on the fie...