The Practical Fitness Podcast

Laurel Beversdorf
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The Practical Fitness Podcast is a podcast about strength, cardio, and training decisions that actually hold up in real life. Hosted by strength and conditioning coach Laurel Beversdorf, the show focuses on practical, evidence-informed guidance for people who want to train consistently without overcomplicating it. Episodes break down common misconceptions, explain what actually matters (and what doesn’t), and help listeners make sense of exercise advice so they can stop second-guessing their choices and start building strength and endurance in ways that fit their time, energy, and goals.

Episodes

  1. FEB 2

    01: Let's Talk About Sets, Baby!

    If strength training keeps slipping through the cracks of your schedule, even though you know it matters and you want to be consistent, this episode is for you. Most people are taught to organize strength training around workouts. And when workouts become the thing that matters most, missed sessions quickly turn into frustration, guilt, and the feeling that you’re failing at something you care about. In this episode, I introduce a different way to think about strength training. Instead of organizing your training around workouts, schedules, or session length, we’re going to organize it around sets. This shift makes strength training more flexible and much easier to stick with over time, especially when your schedule changes frequently and life gets busy and unpredictable. FREE STUFF Get my FREE STRENGTH “Macro” TRACKER Follow @laurelbeversdorf on Instagram Follow @laurel_beversdorf on YouTube www.laurelbeversdorf.com EPISODE RESOURCES Watch on YouTube - How to Strength Train Whole Body When Your Busy TIMESTAMPS 01:00 Why workout-based organization of strength training can make it hard to stick to 03:00 Sets as the smallest unit of strength training that matters 05:00 What makes a set challenging enough to count 07:00 Why strength doesn’t care how you package the work 09:00 Using short pockets of time to accumulate sets 12:00 Why doing something beats doing nothing 15:00 Client story: replacing long workouts with short daily sessions 19:00 Applying the sets framework to real, busy lives 22:00 How this approach supports long-term consistency

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The Practical Fitness Podcast is a podcast about strength, cardio, and training decisions that actually hold up in real life. Hosted by strength and conditioning coach Laurel Beversdorf, the show focuses on practical, evidence-informed guidance for people who want to train consistently without overcomplicating it. Episodes break down common misconceptions, explain what actually matters (and what doesn’t), and help listeners make sense of exercise advice so they can stop second-guessing their choices and start building strength and endurance in ways that fit their time, energy, and goals.

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