Training Partners

Yes, Weezy FINALLY tells the pickleball incident story that we you left hanging with three episodes ago. We also take a shot at building the perfect home gym from scratch—starting with a massive space and filling it with everything we'd actually use. CStrength, Machines, Mobility, Recovery... We get granular about what we'd keep vs. cut, debate Peloton vs. Woodway, praise rowers, and laugh...

Happy Anniversary, Training Partners! We made it a year — 52 episodes. No idea how we convinced anyone to listen, but here we are, and we’re very thankful to all of you. This is a shoot-the-shit episode! We cover:  • Ted's last-minute hibachi birthday (and why planning is actually important) • Justin's frozen shoulder recovery: • Weezy's Peru trip prep chaos • CrossFit Games history •...

Weezy leads this episode talking about something that doesn't get enough attention in fitness and personal development spaces: relationships, and their direct impact on your brain, body, and life trajectory. We break down the science of meaningful social connections, and how they're literally rewiring your brain structure. We dig into how emotional intimacy and the ability to be vulnerable...

Everyone will you that consistency is the secret to getting results in fitness. They're not wrong — consistency is the foundation of all success... but that’s not the big secret. What actually separates the people who make remarkable progress from the people who just show up: effort. Real, intentional, effort on every rep, every set, every session. This isn't about being a crazy person or...

Weezy showed up fired up today, so hang on. We're diving into one of the most underrated concepts in fitness: understanding your WHY. The stats are brutal—47% of people drop out of exercise programs within two months, and 86% quit within six months. Here's what most people miss: it's not about willpower, or motivation, or discipline. It's about knowing WHY you're actually doing...

This week we brought in a guest: Stormy Weather (@showyourworknutrition on IG) -- PA, nutrition coach, and founder of Show Your Work Nutrition, to help us make sense of one of the murkiest corners of the current wellness landscape — peptides. Two fitness professionals and a clinician walk into a podcast, and none of them are selling you anything. What are peptides anyways? You know several of them...

If you've ever thrown your back out and immediately wondered if you need an MRI — this one's for you. This week, Justin makes a case that sounds crazy until it doesn't: getting imaging for back pain, especially in the first six weeks, actually leads to WORSE outcomes than not getting it. Studies show that early imaging correlates with longer, more invasive treatments, higher reported p...

No, not really. This week two fitness professionals who are both pretty skeptical of AI sit down to actually think it through. We're asking the question: when (if ever) is AI a good idea, and when is it just making things worse? What exactly IS AI anyway? What are some likely good (or at least better) use cases: coding support and debugging for non-developers, reducing decision overwhelm when...

This week, Justin makes the case that one of the most powerful tools for managing pain and recovering from injury is something most of us already know about... but aren't doing very well. We're talking about hydration, and especially in regards to pain and injury — not as a wellness cure-all, but with actual reasons why it matters. What we cover: Why being under-hydrated keeps you inflamed...

This week we're shooting the shit — no topic, no notes, just two fitness pros catching up. Justin shares a new volunteer pursuit that has nothing to do with fitness and everything to do with finding a third place to just be a person (naturally, he was fast-tracked almost immediately 😎). We dig into why it matters to turn the coach brain off sometimes, the client-coach relationship, Weezy'...

This week, we're talking about GETTING STARTED — and all the reasons and ways we often talk ourselves out of it. Weezy breaks down the fallacy of the right versus wrong time, why waiting for the perfect moment almost always becomes never, and how perfectionism can actually be our inadvertent armor against a lurking fear of failure. We dig into 'all-or-nothing' thinking, and why it keep...

This week we're digging into something that comes up constantly in our work: being told that the thing you want to do is dangerous. It started with a client who mentioned wanting to run again, but said her doctor told her not to. Rather than accepting that at face value, we unpack what "dangerous" actually means in a fitness context — because the real question is almost never whether...

This week, we're talking about knowing your niche — and why it's important for EVERYONE. Being able to clearly articulate what you do, who you do it for, and why you're different is one of the most overlooked tools, especially in any service business. We break down the four questions worth having a real answer to, talk about what happens when you create ambiguity, and get into why your...

This episode is a bit of a rant, but it’s the kind of energy we need to finally call out the "bullies" of the fitness industry. For decades, billions of dollars have been made by preying on vulnerable people. Manipulating those in pain, or just looking for help, by making them feel bad and picking on them. We’re breaking down how these bullies operate, from using power status to push peo...

This one's all about Weezy — it's her birthday, and Justin decided that means we're doing her ORIGIN STORY. We go all the way back: growing up as an only child in small-town Ohio, chasing a marathon as a breakup era coping mechanism in college, and stumbling through a string of corporate jobs that paid fine and meant nothing. We talk about the moment she walked into a CrossFit gym and...

Justin and Weezy are talking about something that lives at the intersection of fitness and mental health — trauma responses. We cover what trauma actually is, why humans often get stuck in these responses long after the danger has passed, and what that can look like day-to-day. Justin breaks down the big five in-the-moment tools you can reach for when you feel a response coming on, and then we get...

Weezy and Justin break down dietary protein—what it is, what it does in the body, how much you need, and how to work it into your daily routine without overthinking it! They address the common myth that the body can only absorb a limited amount of protein per sitting, and explain why whole food sources outperform supplements for most people. We end with the crowd-demanded two truths and a lie segm...

We’re diving into why being a great coach is about more than just having a ridiculously deep technical toolbox (yes, that also helps). It’s about being a world-class LISTENER. Justin shares a story about a client who, while drowning in 16-hour workdays, sent a text asking for what might seem like some very surface-level requests -- and what they were REALLY needing. While a younger, more "sci...

One of our wildly popular unscripted episode of Training Partners! Weezy and Justin talk about all of it - busy lives, the challenges of parenting, and the impact of winter weather on their routines. They share personal anecdotes about health updates, the importance of balance in training, and the art of coaching. The discussion also touches on the joys of family life, the value of humor in coachi...

Feeling fit but still getting injured from daily activities? We hear this kind of stuff all the time, and we're doing a speed-run of how we think about assessing and programming, especially around planes of motion, muscle fibers, and what British people call trainers. We uncover the gap between gym strength and real-world readiness -- and how much of the solution lies in the need for varied tr...

Well, it doesn't SUCK. Except it does. OK, listen: We’re breaking down why the concept of "scaling" usually falls flat in the real world (despite noble intentions). While the goal is to provide every athlete with the same workout stimulus, the execution often devolves into generic "do this instead" options that lead nowhere. Scaling sucks because it frequently ignores indiv...

We’re breaking the "shut up and squat" rule today to explain why fitness is—and always has been—deeply political. For us, human rights aren't a policy disagreement -- they’re the baseline for a civilized society. We dive into the "bro-industrial complex" and how fitness often gets co-opted as an identity for far-right ideologies. The myth that "we all have the same 24...

We’re getting tactical and real about when to stop DIY-ingand finally call a PROFESSIONAL. We use our own horror stories— Weezy’s deadHVAC in a sub-zero freeze and Justin’s mystery pipe leak—to explain why expert help is a literal superpower. We break down the fitness world into three tiers: • DIY for low-stakes movement • Medium commitment, including boutique classes forentertainment • Custom coa...

In this episode, we dig into the "why" behind the all-too-common cycle of starting something - like a fitness journey - strong... only to eventually fail. Using a real-life text from one of Weezy’s clients as a jumping-off point, we broke down why the initial excitement of a new routine often hits a wall once the "honeymoon phase" ends. We argued that failure usually happens be...

Waiting for the right moment to start is a trap - and it's more important that you think. Weezy and Justin dig into the emergency of vitality, how to recognize a house on fire, and how Weezy successfully avoided the lunchroom at school.