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Are “judgment-free” gyms really free of judgment? Are women’s-only areas necessary? And what’s the deal with toning? These are some of the questions addressed in today’s episode, as Rachael and Kelsea take a question from the community about toning certain areas after a weight loss and discuss the story of a woman who was kicked out of a Planet Fitness over a pair of shorts.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


Why toning isn’t a thing
“Batwings” and “tummy flops”
Spot training
What skin does when weight loss happens
Woman escorted out of the gym over shorts
Judgment in gyms
How judging women’s clothing hurts other women
The “women’s only area”
The sense of community in a gym
Chain gym business models
The evolution of shorts
Taking responsibility for how you feel


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Our Fitness FB Group.   
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Our Fitness Blog.   
Behind the scenes at CVG.

Are “cheat meals” a good idea or not? In today’s episode, we’ll discuss the idea of cheat meals, the language that we use when we talk about food, and the effects of surplus culture, diet culture, and terminology on the way we think about food, nutrition, our bodies, and our health.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


The effects of surplus culture on food attitudes
How your mindset is affected by introducing restrictions into your diet
The effects of diet culture
The language around food
Moving toward a more balanced mindset around food
Things that are not foods
Assumptions about the foods you eat based on what your body looks like
The control factor surrounding food
How you can develop a false sense of success
Not defining ourselves by a single choice
Limiting shame and embarrassment over binge-eating episodes
Breaking patterns that you don’t like

RELATED LINKS


Our Fitness FB Group.  
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs  
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings  
Our Fitness Blog.  
Behind the scenes at CVG.

In today’s episode, we’ll talk about the things that you should know about fitness programming. Listen in to learn about how programming fits into the big picture, why you shouldn’t program your own workouts, and what you need to know about training cycles.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


Common questions about programming
How programming fits into the bigger picture
Taking previous programming into account
Training cycles
Why you shouldn't program your own workouts
Ebbs and flows in fitness
How to match what you’re eating to the cycle that you’re in
Building programming over time
How programming works on a daily basis
Challenging yourself

Related Links


Our Fitness FB Group.      
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs      
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings      
Our Fitness Blog.     
Behind the scenes at CVG.

Are you a person of action? Would you like to be? What does it mean to be a person of action, anyway?

In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea discuss what it takes to be a person of action: what kind of mindset you need, how to think about improving yourself, and the strategies you need to start taking action. Listen in to hear more about what you can do right now to become a person of action.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


Why it’s important to be a person of action
The mindset of being a person of action.
The “I am” experiment
What you’re ready to do today
Why improvement isn’t all or nothing
Why you need to stop waiting for ideal conditions
Why you need to stop waiting for motivation
Why you shouldn’t look at your phone first thing in the morning
Being a thermostat, or a thermometer
Breaking things down into small tasks
Celebrating your own victories
Writing down your accomplishments
Fighting fear with action
Taking notes of how many times you say key words


Related Links


Our Fitness FB Group.     
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs     
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings     
Our Fitness Blog.    
Behind the scenes at CVG.

It's CVG's Birthday and we're celebrating...hard! We have more new releases than ever before along with a few special surprises. Listen in as Rachael and Kelsea give you all the good info that you need to know. They even rattle off some of the 19 retired leggings that will become available in CVG's Randomly Retired Leggings listing.

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CVG's Birthday
Our Fitness FB Group.     
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs     
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings     
Our Fitness Blog.    
Behind the scenes at CVG.

How can you maximize muscle growth, protect your joints and ligaments, and correct imbalances in your body? In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea discuss accessory work: what it is, how to do it, and why you need it. They also explain where accessory work fits into your workout routine and share some of their favorite accessory movements and how to do them. Listen in to hear this in-depth conversation about accessory work.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


What accessory work is
Why doing the same thing over and over and over won’t necessarily help you hit your goal
How accessory work is working smarter, not harder
Maximizing growth by training the same muscle groups in different ways
Protecting joint and ligament health
Natural imbalances in everyday life
Assessing weak spots to determine what accessory work is needed
Teaching your body how to turn on a specific muscle group
Where accessory fits into your session


Related Links


Our Fitness FB Group.    
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs    
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings    
Our Fitness Blog.   
Behind the scenes at CVG.