OPEX Fitness Concord Podcast
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OPEX Fitness Concord Podcast
A Podcast about fitness and the stories of the members of OPEX Concord their, wins losses and progress. Tune in to hear true success stories of long term fitness in the Concord, NC community!
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35 episodes
Talking Fasting With Concord Longevity Medicine
OPEX is for those who have tried fitness but have not seen effective or efficient progress toward their long-term goals ...in and out of the gym. Our...
5 Basic Nutrition Skills
At OPEX Concord, we believe that to get better at anything you have to practice. Whether that is getting better at the 6 Basic Movement patterns or t...
Changing Behaviors Using "Good, Better, Best
OPEX Fitness Concord is a Personalized Fitness Facility located in Concord, NC just North of Charlotte. We Specialize in providing a personalized fitn...
Making Better Snack Choices
Today is a recording of a group call with OPEX Concord members on how to add healthy snack choices to their day. We talk about the definition of heal...
Stay As Healthy As Possible
In this episode we talk about ways you can maintain your health during this time of uncertainty. We know this is not an all inclusive answer but thes...
Auto-Regulating Your Workouts!
This week we cover how we help clients auto-regulate their training from day to day using RPE. Progression comes in many forms but for those of us wh...
5 Ways to Improve Your Energy
This week on the podcast we discuss the 5 areas we look at to help our clients improve their energy, why it's important and some actionable steps for...
5 Reasons Your Fitness Program Should Begin With an Assessment
If you’ve hung around OPEX for long enough you’re bound to have heard someone say the words, “assess, don’t guess.” This mantra informs how all of ou...
Manage Your Time; Manage Your Fitness
Getting and Maintaining a Good Fitness Routine can be challenging. The priorities of the day to day and inserting fitness into an already busy lifest...
Manage Stress with a Plan
Fighting Cravings and staying consistent with your nutrition or any other practice that you have can be difficult even stressful. Creating a plan tha...
Gym Etiquette!
Today we have a couple of guest on the show and we go over gym etiquette and how to conduct yourself in the gym. We also talk about no matter what gy...
New Year's Resolutions
In this episode we talk about New Year's Resolutions, how to beat the new year fall off of fitness and simple steps to start today for you to get some...
A Better Way to Track Your Weight
In this episode I talk about a better way to track your weight if moving the weight loss/gain needle is your goal. It's broken down into a few really...
Specific Goals vs. Identified Weaknesses
In this episode I go over the difference between Specific Goals and Identified Weaknesses how they tie in to a fitness assessment to create and start...
More Protein, Start With The Hard Stuff, And A Better Way to Weigh Yourself
This is a talk with a client on the floor following his workout. We discuss:
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Setting Goals in 2020-Part II
Setting goals in 2020 is an important part for the coach/client relationship at OPEX Concord. Setting goals gives you something to shoot for and your...
Conscious Movement; Setting Priorities in 2020!
As we head into the end of the year, it's time to start setting priorities for your fitness and health goals for 2020. The hope is that you are eithe...
The Importance of Tracking Your Progress
Ever wonder why you start to reach for a goal and you feel like you're just not making progress? It may be because of what your tracking or the lack...
Improving Your Nutrition Behaviors
This week we talk about your behaviors and emotions around food and how to improve them. Nutrition is one of the most common topics I get asked quest...
Bones to Bulk, Making Progress and Managing Expectations w/ Bryan Parady
In this episode we talk with Bryan Parady from Bones to Bulk. An online coaching service that helps skinny guys get buff! I have followed him for so...
Pain, Soreness and Training w/ Dr. Jennifer Frankowski
In this episode we sit down with Dr. of Physical Therapy Jennifer Frankowski. We discuss her history in fitness, how she got into physical therapy,...
Making time for your fitness
It’s common to hear “you don’t have time, you need to make time.” I hate those little nuggets because if you had time you would just make it! Right? I...
How to Exercise with Pain/Injury
In this episode we discuss our process for helping clients that come to us with pain move toward a pain free exercise experience so that they are able...
You Just Need More Practice
The idea that short term fitness and nutrition solutions don’t work is true. Not because they are bad ideas but because they are short. You have to co...
Empowering Women Through Fitness w/ "The Mother Rucker Sun Makachinas
In this episode we speak with Sun Makachinas on:
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Setting Goals for 2020
On this episode we discuss the process of creating your own goals. Clients of OPEX Concord utilize SMART Goals as a framework to set goals.
Progressive Overload: How to use it to get strong!
On this episode I talk about the use of progressive overload to gain strength and build out a larger capacity of work in the gym. This subject stems...
All The Fitness Feelings w/Whitney Badramraju
In this episode we sit down with Whitney Badramraju. A client at OPEX Concord for the last 10 Months. We talk about where her fitness journey starte...
How To Add More Micro-nutrients To Your Diet
In this episode we discuss the benefits of adding vegetables to your plate and how to increase the amount for what is appropriate for you. I review a...
You don't have to Count Macros!
In this episode we talk about macros and calories. The fitness industry is covered with people who are either doing Keto, Fasting, Carb Cycling or wh...
The Making of a Bikini Competitor
In this episode we talk with Amber Lafferty. Amber was with OPEX Concord for the past year and recently competed in her first Bikini Competition and h...
“Changing Your Mindset”w/Taryn Rowland
In this episode with Taryn Rowland a dental hygienists from PA. She has bee a client with OPEX Concord for over a year and we discuss her biggest Stru...
How to add Tempo to your training
In this episode we talk about using Tempo as a training tool to help you lift safely, get strong, increase muscle and loose fat.
Tempo...
Pregnancy,Food and Fitness with Kat Theiss
In this episode we sit down with Kat Theiss. She has been a member with us since our opening in November of last year. We discuss how she got starte...
Consistency and Coaching w/Maryanne Sivers
In this episode we speak with one of our clients Maryanne Sivers. She has been on her fitness journey for well over 5 years and has learned a lot alo...