Welcome to the newest Discover Strength Podcast Mini-Series where we will focus on 12 things we think are essential to getting better results from your workouts in less time. Join us as we go deeper on each topic in a format that's perfect for sharing and broadening your own knowledge. Thanks for joining us, and please enjoy this week’s episode on body composition.How does resistance exercise affect body composition compared to other modalities of exercise? Our Discover Strength Podcast Mini-Series episode this week is an in-depth discussion on how we can change our body composition and the best modalities of exercise to do so.Generally, people think they are able to improve their body composition through aerobic exercise and diet. With this line of thinking, they are missing one key element, and that is resistance training. Resistance training is a vital component of improving body composition. By engaging your body in strength training, you are participating in the most effective exercise modality for improving body composition. The reason it is so effective is the effects strength training has on your resting metabolic rate. After a strength training workout, your body has to work harder to build back the muscle tissue, which elevates your resting metabolic rate for a few days following the workout.Hear Logan and David go deep on this topic by listening to this week’s podcast mini-series episode today.If you or someone you know is interested in trying out a FREE Discover Strength Introductory workout, please send them our way!Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today to take the first step towards getting your life back.Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

Welcome to the newest Discover Strength Podcast Mini-Series where we will focus on 12 things we think are essential to getting better results from your workouts in less time. Join us as we go deeper on each topic in a format that's perfect for sharing and broadening your own knowledge. Thanks for joining us, and please enjoy this week’s episode about rep range and weight.What are the effects of rep range and weight on toning and bulking? Find out more by listening to this week’s Discover Strength Podcast Mini-Series episode.“This myth has been around for years, right, it’s been around for decades, that if you use a really heavy weight and don’t do many repetitions you’re going to get more bulky. And if you use light weights and do a lot of repetitions it’s gonna lead to more of a toned appearance. As we’ve talked about before we’ve had clients come in that say ‘well I don’t wanna used too heavy of a weight because I don’t want to get really bulky,’ when we know that there’s no way that that person is going to get a very bulky appearance using a heavy weight. There’s just no correlation between weight that is used and then the morphological changes that person actually makes.”-David G.If you or someone you know is interested in trying out a FREE Discover Strength Introductory workout, please send them our way!Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today to take the first step towards getting your life back.Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

Welcome to the newest Discover Strength Podcast Mini-Series where we will focus on 12 things we think are essential to getting better results from your workouts in less time. Join us as we go deeper on each topic in a format that's perfect for sharing and broadening your own knowledge. Thanks for joining us, and please enjoy this week’s episode on injuries.How does strength training help rehabilitate previous injuries and protect you from future injuries? Strength training improves tendon stiffness which gives a more efficient return as we land and push off again in running and jumping. Note, this is not to say it reduces the range of motion/flexibility (that is when the muscle is relaxed).  This also strengthens the tendon and prevents injury.Listen to the new episode in the Mini Series today on Injuries with Exercise Physiologists, David Gschneidner and Logan Emmett Herlihy.If you or someone you know is interested in trying out a FREE Discover Strength Introductory workout, please send them our way!Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today to take the first step towards getting your life back.Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

Welcome to the newest Discover Strength Podcast Mini-Series where we will focus on 12 things we think are essential to getting better results from your workouts in less time. Join us as we go deeper on each topic in a format that's perfect for sharing and broadening your own knowledge. Thanks for joining us, and please enjoy this week’s episode on eccentrics.In strength training, eccentrics (negatives) are the closest thing we have to magic. It is primarily where our strength and hypertrophy gains come from.We produce more force lowing the weight than lifting it.If you want to build bigger and stronger muscles focus on longer, controlled eccentrics during your workouts.If you or someone you know is interested in trying out a FREE Discover Strength Introductory workout, please send them our way!Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today!Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

Welcome to the newest Discover Strength Podcast Mini-Series where we will focus on 12 things we think are essential to getting better results from your workouts in less time. Join us as we go deeper on each topic in a format that's perfect for sharing and broadening your own knowledge. Thanks for joining us, and please enjoy this week’s episode on stretching.If you want to get stronger, you need to strength train. If you want to get more flexible, you need to stretch... right? This is a common thought in the fitness industry and a pervasive belief in the entire health and wellness space. For a long time, strength training has been associated with muscle bound "tight" physiques, while stretching is how you get bendy, flexible and long lean muscles. If you want to be well rounded, you need to do both. But what does the research actually say about the benefits of strength training on range of motion benefits and improvements in flexibility.It turns out, that an abundance of recent literature points to the fact that this long held belief of stretching versus strength training, might not be the case at all. In fact, research seems to show that strength training through a full range of motion (similar to what you would do at Discover Strength), results in near identical results to a traditional "stretching program". Does this mean we shouldn't stretch? Not necessarily. It simply means that there's additional benefits to resistance training beyond improvements in strength and hypertrophy which include drastic increases in flexibility. This is great news for people who like stretching and for those who don't. It means your strength training workouts you do at Discover Strength, lead to fantastic increases in flexibility, so every time you workout, you're killing two birds with one stone. It also means if flexibility is one of your goals, strength training may be a great option, as it offers the added benefit of also increasing strength and hypertrophy (among a myriad of other benefits), while ALSO making you more flexible.So stretch if you enjoy it, or don't if you don't. But DEFINITELY strength train to see improvements in strength, hypertrophy, AND flexibility.  If you or someone you know is interested in trying out a FREE Discover Strength Introductory workout, please send them our way!Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today to take the first step towards getting your life back.Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

Is supervision really that important? What does the research say about the value of supervision? Does the ratio matter? How about the quality? What really qualifies as an unsupervised workout?In this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast," I sat down with Solent University Senior Lecturer, James Fisher, Ph.D. Dr. Fisher is a leading researcher in the field of exercise science and his lab recently published an exploratory review and meta-analysis on the value of supervision.There is a BROAD spectrum of what could be considered "supervision," and it's not very well defined in the research. However, as we parse through the evidence, it seems clear that supervision is more than likely an intricate part of any effective strength training program.Something as simple as having someone explain an exercise to you adds significant value to your strength training experience and likely results in greater "gains," both in the short and long term. The issue, as with many things in the exercise science field, is that supervision is very poorly defined. Because of this, and without a deeper analysis with an expert like Dr. Fisher, it might be easy to dismiss supervision as unimportant.It seems clear that when left entirely unattended and with no direct explanation of what to do (or how to do it), the effectiveness of any training program decreases drastically. With the meta-analysis now available, we are hopeful to see researchers take up the challenge of truly and effectively analyzing supervised versus unsupervised workouts.The real value of supervision is multifaceted and extends well beyond simply "gains" in the gym. It includes aspects of accountability, motivation, and habit-building. We're excited to see how this research expands in the future, and we're confident that the value of supervision (when properly defined) will continue to be proven substantial within the research.If you or someone you know is interested in trying out a FREE Discover Strength Introductory workout, please send them our way!Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today! The meta analysis HEREStudy James Referenced HEREDiscover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

At Discover Strength, we talk a LOT about the benefits of exercise for health and longevity. Our exercise physiologists all have a degree in an Exercise Science-related field and have attained some of the highest certifications in the industry. We bring in scientists and researchers to discuss the importance of strength training. But what do medical experts, doctors in the field, have to say about the benefits of resistance training as we age?In this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast," we explore just that. We were privileged enough to have the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Michael Joyner, an exercise physiologist, anesthesiologist, and M.D. at one of the world's most premier medical institutions, The Mayo Clinic.Dr. Joyner has long been an advocate of all types of exercise. An endurance athlete in college, Dr. Joyner found his passion for exercise originally at Arizona State University. He went on to become an anesthesiologist and researcher to continue to pursue his love of all things exercise science. It was his mission to be on the front lines of where the science meets the real-world application.In his recent work, Dr. Joyner has also come to understand the vast importance of regular resistance training. In this episode we discuss all things exercise and physiology and how he puts his many years of experience to work in his own life, and in helping others.I know you will truly enjoy this conversation with a frontline expert exercise physiologist in the truest sense of the word.Find more information about Dr. Joyner HERE.Listen to hear all of Dr. Joyner's wonderful takeaways, but below are a couple of my favorites:"Train more, workout less, and be resilient.""Don't permit what you cannot do to interfere with what you can do!"If you or someone you know is interested in trying out a FREE Discover Strength Introductory workout, please send them our way! Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today!Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

Have you ever wondered what your strength training progress might look like? When do you start building muscle? How much muscle can you build, and will you just get stronger forever? Who should you look to for an evidence-based approach to strength training progress? What does the scientific literature have to say about strength training progress over the course of a few months, a few years, or a lifetime?On this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast," I sat down with Senior Exercise Physiologist Rick Rignell to discuss all things strength training progression. We look over what the relevant literature has to say in regards to how we adapt to exercise, and what we can expect in the short and long-term of our strength training careers.Rick and I describe in detail based on personal, anecdotal, and most importantly research-backed experience on what you can expect your own strength training progress to look like. This means from the day you step into the gym for the first time and start lifting weights, to your last workout ever at 100 years old before you finally kick the bucket. How can we expect our strength training progress to shift over the course of time, and how can we set realistic expectations of strength training progress outcomes.This is a great episode for new and long-time trainees, and anyone who's interested in what the journey might be like in their own strength training progress. I encourage you to like and share with any friends that may be interested in trying a Discover Strength workout, in person or virtually. Send any inquiries HERE to get scheduled for a FREE Introductory Session today!Research from the episode HERE.Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

In this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast," I'm joined by Senior Exercise Physiologist Taylor Melvin.Taylor and I are discussing an article from 2020 in the Journal "Sports Medicine" on the benefits of strength training for what they termed the "very elderly", essentially clients aged 75 years and older. The applications of this article though targeted at older individuals have practical applications for younger individuals as well.We discuss some of the biggest questions surrounding strength training for older individuals. This includes questions like: Can older trainees still see increases and strength and hypertrophy? As well one of the most important things to consider for older trainees: Is resistance training safe?If you or someone you know is aged 50 or above, where sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) becomes an important lifestyle consideration, then this episode is a must-listen. We encourage you to like, subscribe and share.If you or anyone you know has been training on their own and is looking to take their workouts to the next level, send them HERE, to sign up for a complimentary Discover Strength Introductory workout, in studio, or virtually!If you or someone you know struggles with Low Back Pain, make sure to schedule your free MedX Medical Low Back Session today at our Chanhassen Location!To schedule your free introductory MedX Medical Session click HERE. Article available Here.Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !

In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we are thrilled to be joined by NYT Best Selling Author Christie Aschwanden. Christie is a prolific writer for a variety of different media outlets, including but not limited to the New York Times, the New York Post, Runner's World, Men's Journal, and more. She is also the host of the "Emerging Form" podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts.Christie comes to us to share her experience and knowledge this week on the art, science, and sometimes B.S. involved in "recovery". Her NYT Best-Selling book "Good To Go", takes a deep dive into the recovery industry, in which "recovery" has gone from a noun to a verb. Something that happens, to something you must actively do and pursue.As evidence based practitioners we are thrilled to have Christie share her research on the science of recovery and help us sort out for our clients and listeners, what works, and what may or may not be simply the placebo effect. From float tanks to wearable devices, Christie and I cover the gauntlet of recovery regimens, and hope that you can take away some actionable items to bring to your own personal recovery going forward.This episode is a MUST listen! If you've ever tried any sort of recovery modalities, you don't want to miss this conversation with Christie Aschwanden.Buy the book HERE. Follow Christie and all her social HERE. If you or anyone you know has been training on their own and is looking to take their workouts to the next level, send them HERE, to sign up for a complimentary Discover Strength Introductory workout, in studio, or virtually!If you or someone you know struggles with Low Back Pain, make sure to schedule your free MedX Medical Low Back Session today at our Chanhassen Location!To schedule your free introductory MedX Medical Session click HERE. Discover Strength offers free Introductory Workouts at any location across the united states. You can schedule your free Introductory Workout HERE !