Is Your Form Causing Injury?

We've got some exciting updates happening at Rise! 💪This week on the Rise Personal Training Podcast, Coaches Ryan and Wyatt go over our latest app improvements, new nutrition tracking features, upcoming member challenges, and the return of MRT workouts!We're always looking for ways to improve our members' experience and make training, scheduling, and tracking progress easier.

Peptides have been getting a lot of attention lately, especially with recent policy discussions surrounding access and regulation.This week on the Rise Personal Training Podcast, Coaches Wyatt and Chris talk about what these changes could mean, the potential risks, and why it's important to do your research before trying something new.We also discuss why strength training, nutrition, and recovery still matter, regardless of what supplements or treatments you choose.

🎃 Halloween is here, and the holiday season is right behind it!With all the candy, holiday parties, family dinners, and busy schedules coming up, staying consistent with your fitness goals can get a little tricky.This week on the Rise Personal Training Podcast, we talk about how quickly holiday snacking can add up, why it's important to keep moving as the days get shorter, and how to stay on track with your workouts.Enjoy the holidays, have your favorite treats, and remember that one day won't ruin your progress. Just don't let it turn into a few weeks of skipping your routine!

Feeling stuck with your fitness goals? You're not alone.Maybe you just started working out and the scale hasn't moved much, even though you're building better habits. Or maybe you've been training consistently for a while and your progress has started to slow down.And what happens when you've actually reached the goal you were working toward? Do you maintain where you're at or find something new to work toward?In this episode of the Rise Personal Training Podcast, we're talking about how to recognize progress beyond the scale, work through plateaus, and know when it's time to reevaluate your goals.Sometimes you need to make adjustments to your training or nutrition, and other times you just need to give yourself more time.

Why do we switch up exercises in your workouts? Exercise variations aren't just about making a movement easier or harder. Changing your stance, position, or equipment can help target different areas of a muscle, challenge your core in new ways, and keep your workouts interesting.In this episode, we break down why we use different exercise variations and how they help you continue building strength, improving stability, and getting the most out of your training.

Crash diets might give you a lower number on the scale, but that doesn’t always mean better results.In this episode, we’re talking about what can happen when you take dieting too far. Extreme calorie restriction can make it harder to fuel your workouts and maintain muscle, which can leave you with InBody results that don’t look the way you expected.Losing weight and improving your body composition aren’t always the same thing.If you want results that actually last, the goal shouldn’t be to eat as little as possible. It should be finding an approach you can maintain while continuing to train, build or maintain muscle, and feel good doing it.

Sometimes what feels like an injury may actually be coming from the way you’re moving.In this episode, we’re talking about why form matters and how one small issue can affect everything up the chain. From your feet and ankles to your knees, back, and shoulders, the way your body is positioned can make a big difference.We also break down some of the common coaching cues you’ll hear us use at Rise and why those little corrections matter.Before you assume a movement just “isn’t for you,” it may be worth taking a closer look at your form.

It’s not just about how many calories you’re eating. The quality of those calories matters too.In this episode, we’re talking about quality vs. quantity when it comes to nutrition. Are you eating enough? Are you getting enough protein and nutrients? And even if you’re choosing healthy foods, could you still be eating more than your body needs?Instead of trying to make your diet perfect overnight, we break down what to focus on first and how to build better habits from there.The goal isn’t to eat less. It’s to understand what you’re eating and make those calories work for you.

For our 50th episode, we’re checking back in on something we’ve talked about since the beginning: realistic expectations and staying consistent.Have you stuck with the goals you set for yourself? Have those goals changed? And if motivation has dropped off, how do you find it again?We’re talking about continuing to show up, setting new goals when you need them, and remembering that progress doesn’t have to be perfect to count.Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been training for years, there’s always something new to work toward.

The unfortunate reality of strength training? The stronger and fitter you get, the harder your workouts need to become. Getting yourself to the gym might get easier as training becomes part of your routine, but the workouts themselves don’t necessarily get easier.As your fitness improves, progressive overload means continuing to challenge yourself with more weight, more reps, better control, or harder variations. That challenge is what keeps you progressing.In this episode we break down why training gets harder as you get better and why that’s actually a good thing.