The Phat Pratt Chat

We love effort.  It's written on one of the large banners at our gym.   But what happens fairly often with a certain percentage of our clients is we actually push them to do, less?  Say Whaaaat??? 10/10 effort EVERY TIME in the gym is not a great strategy...neither is 5/10 every time. Which one are you? Or are you in the middle? We talk today about appropriate effort and how we prog...

Abs just might be the second biggest topic in the fitness industry, with the first being fat loss...BTW did you listen to our last episode on fat loss??? : ) We talk today about how to get the most out of your abdominal/mid section training, what we messed up in the past, how we add ab exercise variations into our members programs and what are our all time favorite ab exercises that we will never...

While it's said in many ways, most people who come to the gym simply wang to lose body fat. Although the underlying principles of fat loss can sound simple, think "move more, eat less" the truth is most people find achieving a balance of those two things in their life very difficult. Today James lays out for us the 5 steps to that will help you become "cut, ripped, shredded, lean, toned, defined"...

With the overwhelming amount of information available on heath and fitness and seemingly endless polarizing opinions, it's easy to become stuck in "info overload" which prevents you from taking action...which prevents you from reaching your goals.  Today we talk a little bit about how asking questions and receiving answers is great, but too many questions without proper action AFTER getting a...

We all want to get the most out of our time spent in the gym right? Who wants to spend time and energy and go through the process of getting to the gym and exercising just to make NO progress for the time spent? Today we talk about Junk Volume, what it is, how it applies to your training, and how you can avoid putting in time and effort that doesn't move the needle towards your goals. Some of what...

Leave Podcast feedback to make these better! Starting next week we will make some slight changes based on YOUR feedback. The only way we know what to change is if we hear it from enough of you, so fill out THIS FORM HERE For Today! First up, how do you end up with a certain trainer on a certain day? While the selection may ultimately end up being "random" The session of members coming into an hour...

As you head into a "Big Event" day..like the Super Bowl, or holiday, family gathering, even vacation, It's important to have the right mindset and some type of strategy so as not to get completely off track with you fitness/diet/health etc. We talk briefly about some strategies heading into a day where there will likely be a large amount calories consumed.  Next we discuss briefly staying mot...

Ever Wondered why your muscles are often sore after working out?  Why some days you're more sore than others? Or have you thought maybe you shouldn't be sore since you have been training consistently?  We dive into the topic of DOMS or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.  *Hint* Is it weird that James and I both like being sore after our workouts??? We then try to best answer the questio...

Be sure to fill out this one minute survey to make this podcast better if you haven't done so yet! One of the common misconceptions about strength training is that lifting weights will automatically make you big and bulky....maybe so big that you won't fit through doorways... While their may be a period of rapid muscle growth when someone first starts lifting (Newbie Gainzzz) have ANY of our membe...

What's up squad. First, and most importantly, click THIS LINK HERE to take a survey to help improve how you experience this podcast! It will take less than 1 minute and there are some funny questions! (if it doesn't work I sincerely apologize and I will try again next time, tech is not my strong point!!!)  Todays member questions are: 1. Are split body routines (upper one day and lower anothe...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and really wanted to lose some size/fat on one specific area of your body?  Did you ever think if you were to use the muscles around that area more that you may see the decrease in size you wanted?? If so you'll really enjoy our first question on todays episode. Next we talk about how some people are not concerned with a number on the scale but do still want...

We took two common questions from our members and answered them at the beginning of today's episode. We'll start doing this regularly now and you should find the topics very relatable. If you have any questions please drop them in the comments of our instagram posts related to the Phat Pratt Chat. Questions today:  Why am I not seeing weight loss results after my first month of training? Do I...

Being January we tend to reflect on the past year.  We thought it appropriate to do a 2 year review bringing us back to the start of everyone's favorite year. 2020.  We talk about what we did as a business during the shut down/s and how we eventually got back to "normal." We also highlight the many staffing changes that took place over the last two years. Some that we parted ways with mu...

Many people have never truly followed an exercise program. Even following your favorite YouTuber or phone app may fall short of delivering maximal results for the time you spend training. We take a deep-ish (trust me it can get deeper) dive into our programs here at Pratt Performance Systems and why we decided to figure out a way to create a custom exercise program for all of our members.  Al...

Our First Episode!!!   Who is/was Phat Pratt?  The beginning of Pratt Performance Systems Frustrations of going to a gym without knowing what to do. This podcast is intended to be informative for our PPS members.  We hope you enjoy some of the insights into our business and how we run our training system here!