Your Strongest Body
This show is all about helping you build YOUR strongest body with so you can live your life to the fullest! And I'm going to help you do it without a scale or fad diets, or wellness grifting, or shame.I'm your host Betsy, a certified strength and conditioning specialist who has been working as a personal trainer for 13 years. I've helped countless clients get stronger, faster, move without pain, fall in love with how they look, and develop a deep appreciation for all they are capable of. And in this show I'm sharing it all with you, training tips...
Range of Motion: Breaking It Down For Better Workouts!
In this episode, Betsy discusses the concept of range of motion in training, emphasizing its importance for effective strength training and muscle building. She explains the difference between active and passive range of motion, how limited range can lead to discomfort, and the significance of understanding one's own body mechanics. Betsy also highlights the role of coaches in guiding individuals through their training and the nuances of using full versus partial range of motion in exercises.
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How To Make Your Habits Stick!
In this episode, Betsy discusses the importance of making habits stick, using her own experiences with podcasting and fitness as a framework. She shares personal anecdotes about her busy life, the challenges of maintaining consistency, and the strategies she employs to build and sustain habits. Betsy emphasizes the significance of accountability, habit stacking, scheduling, and adapting to life changes to achieve long-term success in both fitness and personal goals.
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3 Tools To Help You Push Harder In The Gym
Betsy believes that a significant barrier to reaching fitness goals is the misconception around exercise being merely about sweating. Many people, especially women, have been conditioned to associate strength with frailty. This creates a limiting belief that can hinder progress.
"The biggest obstacle to you giving it maximal effort is you saying, 'I can’t do that.'"— Betsy
Betsy emphasizes the importance of pushing past the 80% effort mark. To truly see change, you must challenge yourself and embrace discomfort. She gives you 3 tools you can use to help you maximize your effort and in t...
5 Things You Can Do To Make Your Fitness Journey Easier
Fitness and nutrition shouldn't be an endless struggle! If anything, we want to make it easy to check the boxes every day. In this episode I give you 5, maybe not so obvious, things you can do to make accomplishing your goals easier for you!
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Mild, Medium, and Spicy Takes: Poop, always competing, and what Crossfit gets right
3 of my opinions on some of the latest or just top of mind fitness topics! I'm not holding back.
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Your Workout Shouldn't Leave You Wrecked
If you are always chasing a workout destroys you, it's no wonder you haven't seen results. In this episode Betsy breaks down why minimum effective dose is the answer to tangible results.
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No One Is Getting Jacked By Accident
Building visible muscle definition isn’t something that happens by accident. It requires intentionality and proactive choices. In this episode of Your Strongest Body, Betsy dives deep into the importance of planning and decision-making in achieving your fitness goals.
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Mild, Medium, and Spicy Takes: Fiber, Starting Over, and Individualism!
In this new episode format Betsy is letting her opinions be known! She covers 3 fitness/nutrition topics giving you her unfiltered opinions and some advice along the way!
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A Little Goes A Long Way: Training In Pregnancy And Postpartum featuring Martina Dhuinn
In this episode, I get the awesome opportunity to sit down ad chat with pregnancy and postpartum fitness coach, Martina Dhuinn. Martina’s mission is clear: she wants mothers to feel empowered and capable of being the fun parent, engaging in activities with their children without fear of injury. "I want to be able to run after my kids, I want to be able to jump," she says.
She encourages mothers to start where they are, emphasizing the importance of honoring the healing process postpartum. "You can move in those early days, but we need to respect tha...
Are You Wasting Your Time With The Wrong Exercises?
In this episode, we're diving into the concept of training redundancy—are you repeating exercises that yield the same results? Let's explore how to ensure every workout counts without wasting time, energy, or effort in the gym.
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Fitness Solutions for Adults With Responsibilities featuring JK McLeod
In this episode, Betsy welcomes Coach JK McLeod, a personal trainer and fitness advisor, who shares his perspective on making fitness relatable and accessible for adults with busy lives. With a focus on simplicity and effectiveness, Coach JK emphasizes three foundational habits: eating well, sleeping enough, and exercising regularly.
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Are you letting body dysmorphia derail your training?
It's common to experience fluctuations in body perception. One day you might feel fit and strong, while the next day, you might feel less confident.
Betsy emphasizes that this inconsistency is a normal part of the human experience. However, she warns against letting these fleeting thoughts dictate your training choices.
"Rather than make a decision immediately to decrease calories or to increase training sessions, instead start to write those moments down in a journal," Betsy suggests. This practice can help you gain perspective over time.
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The Best Reason To Stick With The Same Program A Little Longer
In this episode, Betsy explains how frequent changes in workout programs can hinder your progress. When you constantly switch routines, you miss out on the benefits of progressive overload, a key principle that involves gradually increasing the difficulty of your workouts to stimulate muscle growth.
Many people gravitate towards variety, perhaps due to experiences in group fitness classes or the allure of quick results. However, as Betsy points out, sticking with a program allows you to perfect your form and understand your body better.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: The single best thing you can do for your lifting technique
Recording your lifts can be a game changer in your fitness journey. In this episode of Your Strongest Body, Betsy dives into the benefits of capturing your workouts on video, revealing how it can significantly enhance your lifting technique.
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Mom to mom: fitness in the baby and toddler years
Being a mom is beautiful and joyful and hard af. And then try prioritizing your own fitness and nutrition in the midst of these whirlwind years. As my youngest turns 5 and I transtition out of the baby and toddler years, I'm sharing what I wished I'd known or heard someone say when I was in the thick of parenting young kids and still making time for my physique and strength goals.
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You Secretly Love Dieting (And Here's Why It's Got You Stuck)
Many people find themselves trapped in a cycle: they start a diet with high motivation, experience initial success, but eventually feel disheartened after a misstep. This often leads them to binge or abandon their goals altogether. The allure of dieting feeds into our desire for immediate gratification and can mask deeper issues like emotional eating or the moralization of food choices.
In today's episode, I'm telling you why you love dieting and why it's keeping you stuck. I'm also giving you some strategies for breaking free from dieting and making nutrition easier.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Don't Let Wearables Ruin Your Training
Optimization culture promotes the idea that everything must be perfect for achieving health goals. People often feel pressured to make decisions solely based on data from wearables, but in this episode Betsy explains why you may want to take that data with a grain of salt. She explains how to use the data as one tool in a full toolbox of health.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: How To Find A Quality Coach In These Internet Streets
Are you choosing a coach based on followers instead of their expertise? Let’s rethink this.
The truth is, many people equate follower count with coaching credibility. But is that really the best measure? Just because someone has thousands of followers doesn’t mean they’re the right fit for you.
What you should look for are coaches who ask the right questions and truly understand your unique challenges. The best coaches don’t just throw out rules; they personalize their approach, adapting their knowledge to fit your needs.
Ask yourself: Does my coach prior...
Why You Should Be Generous With Compliments In The Gym
We all would love to hear that someone notices our effort! And the way we cultivate that kind of environment is by doing more of it ourselves!
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: How To Choose Between Barbell, Dumbbells, Machines, Etc
If you feel overwhelmed with choices when it comes to what tools to use in the gym, then this episode is for you. I break down the 4 questions you need to ask yourself to know what the right training implement is right for you and your goals!
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Your (Good) Trainer Isn't Mad At You
It can be feel nervewracking to tell your trainer things aren't going as planned but in this episode I'm going to tell you why your trainer wants to hear when you are struggling and what they can do for you!
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Design Your Program To Compliment Your Life
You will have way more success if you work with your life rather than against it. In this episode I break down what to consider when scheduling workouts choosing your split, and selecting rest days.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: 3 Ways To Get More Protein Tis Summer
Looking to increase your protein intake to help lock in all the hard work you are putting in the gym? In this quick episode I give you three ways to get more that you can use starting TODAY!
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Overcoming Cardio Brain
If you are struggling to see results from your workouts, this episode is for you. You may need to overcome your "cardio brain" to unlock the real potential of your lifts and see body composition transformation.
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Are We Obsessed With Only Growing Some Muscles?
I have noticed in an uptick in content about growing "glutes but now quads" or "arms without chest" and I have some thoughts. I spend some time explaining the complexity and at times contradictions of training and beauty standards and then share the realities of trying to only train some parts of your body.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Fix Your Form
Today I'm helping you determine optimal form and how to ensure you are training hard enough and maintaining good form.
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Is It Normal To Feel Weaker All of A Sudden?
Ever been working out and all of a sudden feel like you can't do the weights you were doing last time? In this episode I explain the possible reasons for that and what you should do (when to write it off and when to be concerned).
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"Help! I started training and now I'm starving!"
Here's the problem, you started crushing it in the gym and now you want to eat everything in sight. In this episode, I give you tips depending on your specific training goal to help you eat the increased amount you need for performance or ways to still stay in a deficit without feeling miserable.
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The 3 Biggest Reasons You Hate Lifting
This episode is for anyone struggling to develop a consistent habit because they hate lifting (and helpful for anyone trying to encourage a resistant friend or family member). I explain the reasons and what to do to make the changes that will help change the way you feel or at least help you give it another try!
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Do You Actually Need A Deload?
You may have heard you need to "deload" or take a break from training. In this episode, I explain what a deload is, why we suggest it, who really needs it, and what it should look like (take a complete break, do other exercises).
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Is The "Dream Body" Worth The Cost?
In this episode, I'm diving into body image, aesthetic goals, young girls striving for thinness, and more. I share some vulnerable realizations and offer some suggestions for asking yourself some important questions about what your goals are requiring of you?
I reference a Tik Tok video that was meaningful to me.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Steal Your Success
In this Trainer Tip Tuesday episode, I'm sharing a tool for consistency from an unlikely place.
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The Truth About Ego Lifting
Ever heard that you shouldn't be ego lifting? In this episode I'm explaining where this comes from, who should be concerned, and why I am 98% sure you could be lifting heavier to see and feel big results!
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The Best Thing To Do If You Are In A Gym Funk
If you are struggling to make it to the gym lately because you hate your workouts and feel lie you aren't progressing, this episode is for you. I give you my most effective strategy or rekindling (or igniting) a love for training that will help you stay motivated and consistent for years to come.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Fix The Order Of The Exercises In Your Workout
In this episode, I tell you exactly how to order your exercises to get the most muscle building impact from your workout.
Check out my episode on building a good warm up here.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: Don't Guess Your Rest
If you want to see big change in your physique and strength, the key is in the rest period. In this episode I explain why and how to use your rest as a tool for gauging your effort.
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The Scale Is Keeping You Soft
If you are trying to change your body composition and just can't seem to see a change, I may know the culprit. In this episode I'm breaking down the reasons why scale weight and our ideas of goal weight can actually keep us from building a toned athletic physique. As always, I'm giving you some suggestions on what to do instead!
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: What To Do When A Rep Doesn't Feel Right
I'm sure you've experienced a rep where all of a sudden something feels "off" and then you are flooded with worry. In this episode, I'm helping you discern the difference between pain that requires stopping the workout versus strategies for figuring out whether you can keep going and make adjustments.
As always, use discretion when it comes to your body and when in doubt seek professional/medical attention.
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The Nutrition Mistake That's Keeping You From Seeing Change In The Mirror
You aren't alone if you feel like you are doing "all the right things" and you still can't see a change in your physique. And I know the reason why. In this episode, I'm telling you the mindset mistake you are making about your nutrition and then I am giving you an actionable task list to break free from this trap and start to see visible change in your body.
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Trainer Tip Tuesday: How To Set Up Machines For YOUR Body
Ever sat down on a machine in the gym and thought to yourself, "is this right?""In this episode I explain why you want to set up machines in the gym to fit your specific body and give you a step-by-step process on how to do it.
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