Movement is Medicine

Recharge, LLC
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In order to live a healthy life, you have to know what healthy means for you. Movement is Medicine (MiM) Podcast aims to help guide your path to healthy. Recorded at RECHARGE in Howard County MD, MiM integrates physical therapist's clinical expertise with unique fitness focused perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Gene Shirokobrod Dr. Meghan Wieser Dr. Michelle Komrower

  1. 4d ago

    So, You Want To Change Your Body?

    Summer has arrived, and with it the annual surge of pool deck pressure, wedding deadlines, and people who have been doing great suddenly walking in and asking how to lose weight by August. Dr. Gene, Dr. Meghan, and Dr. Michelle break down what actually happens when "I want to change my body" enters the chat. This one is not a lecture about loving yourself. There is nothing wrong with wanting to look different. The question is how you get there, and whether the path you are on can actually take you there without destroying you in the process. The crew gets into the difference between healthy and unhealthy body change goals, how the mindset matters more than the macros, and why most people are accidentally listing what they do not want instead of what they do. They talk about why muscle is expensive (it takes more food, not less), why GLP-1s create their own problems by stripping lean mass along with fat, and why the actual timeline for real body recomposition is closer to two years than twelve weeks. Then the conversation gets into the part nobody plans for. What happens when life falls apart at week twenty four. The kid gets sick, the dog gets sick, your shoe rips, and suddenly your perfect plan looks like a punchline. Dr. Meghan and Dr. Michelle map out what the minimum effective dose actually looks like on the messy days. Spoiler: sometimes it is literally a handful of spinach to the face. Plus: why comparison is not just the killer of joy but the killer of momentum, the made up conversations we have with ourselves and other people that quietly sabotage everything, and why the physical process of changing your body is actually straightforward. It is the human part that is hard. If you have been doing the work and have started bargaining with your reflection lately, this one is for you. Recorded live at Recharge in Howard County, Maryland. www.rechargexfit.com

    39 min

  2. May 28

    Recharge is 9 Years Old...What Have We Learned??

    Nine years. Recharge just hit nine years, and the crew is taking a beat to look back at how a small idea with no name (and a temporary CrossFit affiliation no one asked about) became the place a lot of you now build your week around. Dr. Gene, Dr. Meghan, and Dr. Michelle talk through the early chaos with Ryan, the moment the community started running itself, the things they tried that flopped (youth fitness, briefly), and the things they will absolutely never do (yoga taught by Meghan, daycare, a second location). They get into what has stayed exactly the same since year two: the focus on people, the twenty year membership concept, and the belief that the workouts get people in but the relationships are what keep them. They also talk about something most coaches do not talk about openly. Coaching the movement is the easy part. Caring about every person in the room while you do it, week after week, year after year, is the work. They share how they each refill their cups, and how learning to do that is part of why Recharge is still here. And the big one: this is the official launch of PhysioStrong, the next chapter for Recharge. An app built on the same methodology, programming, and physio coach philosophy you get in the gym, now available to anyone forty and over who wants in. Gym workouts, home workouts, women's health and menopause programming, and golf. iOS and web, with a built in AI physiocoach trained on Recharge's approach. Recharge members get free access. Everyone else, sucks to suck (but it is worth it). Thanks for being part of nine years. Here is to what is next. Recorded live at Recharge in Howard County, Maryland. www.rechargexfit.com

    57 min

  3. Apr 22

    The Anxious State

    It started with something small. Members setting up their stations before the workout is even introduced. Grabbing equipment. Getting ahead in the warm-up. Looking busy before anything has actually happened. Dr. Gene called it out, and then the conversation went somewhere deeper. Why do people try to control the environment before life even unfolds in front of them? What are they actually running from? And what's the difference between being an anxious person and just feeling anxious in a moment? Dr. Michelle talks about what it's like to have a brain that never stops, a ping pong ball bouncing nonstop, strobe lights flickering, and how she spent years not understanding how other people could just be present. Dr. Gene is the opposite. A dark room, no wall decorations, nothing going on. Dr. Meghan is somewhere in between, possibly inhaling toxic fumes. The crew breaks down how anxiety shows up in the smallest, most invisible behaviors. The need to get ahead. The fear of feeling lost. The urge to have certainty before anything has even started. And why that pattern doesn't stay in the gym. It follows people to work, into parenting, into relationships, into every environment where they feel like the ground might shift. The takeaway isn't "just calm down." The opposite of anxious isn't nothingness. It's presence. And most of us have no idea how to get there because we've never practiced it. Recorded live at Recharge in Howard County, Maryland. www.rechargexfit.com

    35 min

  4. Apr 9

    The Full Story (Directly from the Source)

    It's been a full year of coaching for Michelle. Let's dive into the true and complete full year story directly from Michelle's perspective.  Explore Recharge: www.rechargexfit.com

    47 min

  5. Apr 1

    It's Supposed to Feel Heavy

    At this stage of the programming cycle, Dr. Gene told the members something that probably sounded a little mean: we don't care about your feelings. Not the real ones — but the "this looks heavy" ones. The "I don't think I can" ones. The ones that make decisions before the barbell even leaves the floor. This episode is about what happens between your ears when the weight gets real. Dr. Gene, Dr. Meghan, and Dr. Michelle break down why people limit themselves before they even attempt the lift — and what to do about it. They get into warming up properly (no, your working sets are not your warm-up sets), building a pre-performance routine that gives your brain something productive to focus on, and why discomfort doesn't need a label. It's not good. It doesn't have to be bad. It just is. Can you be neutral about it long enough to do the lift? They also dig into something most people don't think about: the difference between something being heavy and something feeling heavy. Novel stimulus — a new load in your wrist, a new depth in your squat — is loud to your nervous system. And when your brain can't categorize something as safe, it defaults to dangerous. Every time. The only way past that is through it. The takeaway: if not here, under coaching, in a controlled environment where you can fail safely — then when? Where else are you going to push into this? The answer is almost always nowhere. "Just f*****g try it." Recorded live at Recharge | Howard County, Maryland www.rechargexfit.com

    31 min

  6. Mar 25

    You Don't Have to Earn Your Recovery (plus a poop survey 💩)

    Rest days are part of the program — not a break from it. And if that sentence just made you feel called out... good. This one's for you, Landry. And about thirty other people. Dr. Gene, Dr. Meghan, and Dr. Michelle dig into what recovery actually means — and why most people are doing it wrong. Not because they're lazy, but because they're confused. They think rest means full potato on the couch. Or they think they have to grind until their body forces them to stop. Neither is the move. The crew breaks down the three biggest recovery levers most people ignore: nutrition (no, you don't need to be in a deficit while training hard — and carbs are not the enemy), sleep (quality matters more than hours, alcohol before bed is not helping you), and stress management (you don't have to meditate — a mindful shower counts). They also get into something that doesn't get talked about enough: using exercise as escapism from mental and emotional stress. It feels productive. It looks healthy. But your nervous system is keeping score — and it always catches up. The takeaway: pick one thing. The easiest thing future-you won't have to white-knuckle through. Start there. Be consistent. Then build. Also, we find out who's a shy pooper. You've been warned. Recorded live at Recharge | Howard County, Maryland www.rechargexfit.com

    42 min

  7. Mar 18

    Updated Resistance Training Guidelines That Will Surprise You!

    We kicked this one off talking about the universe not giving a shit about any of us — and somehow landed on why you don't need to train to failure. Stay with us. Dr. Michelle gets real (again) about how childhood trauma rewires the way we experience everything — pain, trust, family, even someone putting their hands on your shoulder in a PT session. Dr. Gene connects the dots between how the brain protects us from trauma and how it processes physical pain. Dr. Meghan may have briefly blacked out during the philosophy portion but came back swinging for the research breakdown. Speaking of which — the ACSM finally updated their resistance training position stand after seventeen years. 137 systematic reviews. 38,000+ participants. And the takeaway? A whole lot of stuff the fitness industry has been screaming about just... doesn't matter. Blood flow restriction for the average lifter? Nah. Training to failure every session? Counterproductive for some. Drop sets and supersets for strength gains? No advantage over traditional sets. What actually works: progressive overload, full range of motion, two to three sessions a week, and — here's the big one — just doing it. Individualization and participation beat perfect programming every single time. If that sounds like what we've been doing at Recharge for nine years... yeah. We know. Recorded live at Recharge | Howard County, Maryland www.rechargexfit.com Study referenced: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12965823/

    49 min

  8. Mar 11

    Stop Blaming Age: You CAN Age on Your Terms

    Getting older is unavoidable. Falling apart because of it is not. In this episode, Dr. Gene, Dr. Meghan, and Dr. Michelle take aim at one of the most common and damaging narratives in health: the idea that pain, weakness, stiffness, and decline are just "part of getting older." They break down why age itself is often not the real problem — and why inflammation, inactivity, isolation, fear, and loss of control usually have a lot more to do with how people actually feel. The conversation gets into what really protects people as they age: strength, power, community, and a reason to keep showing up. They talk about exercise as a retirement account for your future self, why power disappears faster than people realize, and how quickly life shrinks when fear starts making decisions for you. They also hit the mindset piece hard — how people hand their agency over to the calendar, stop asking what they can influence, and quietly accept a version of aging that is far worse than it needs to be.  This one is part wake-up call, part permission slip, and part reminder that training is not about aesthetics forever — it's about protecting your ability to live the kind of life you still want decades from now.   Explore RECHARGE: www.rechargexfit.com

    48 min
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In order to live a healthy life, you have to know what healthy means for you. Movement is Medicine (MiM) Podcast aims to help guide your path to healthy. Recorded at RECHARGE in Howard County MD, MiM integrates physical therapist's clinical expertise with unique fitness focused perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Gene Shirokobrod Dr. Meghan Wieser Dr. Michelle Komrower

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  • Creator
    Recharge, LLC
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Recharge, LLC
  • Show Website
    Movement is Medicine

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