240. Part 1 How to Avoid Pain by Mastering Strength Training with Dr. Susie Spirlock

Make It Simple

Andrea Allen

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Education, Fitness, How To

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Andrea welcomes Dr. Susie Spirlock, also known as Dr. Susie Squats, for a myth-busting deep dive into strength training and pain. Together Andrea and Dr. Susie explore how to navigate discomfort during workouts, including how to tell if pain means stop or just adjust. They introduce the traffic light method, debunk common fears, and discuss the real connection between pain, form, and injury prevention. This is part one of a two-part episode, so get ready to feel empowered and come back next w...

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0:00.0	Okay, you need to prepare yourself because today we're going to be breaking down so many
0:04.8	myths giving you so much information that is going to make your workouts so much more effective.
0:12.8	I am so excited to share today's guest. In fact, this podcast episode, this interview I did
0:17.5	with her was so good that I decided instantly in the middle of the interview
0:20.9	that we were going to break this down into two podcast episodes. I know a lot of times I focus on
0:26.5	strength training. We talk a lot about that, about all of the benefits. But the hard thing about
0:30.8	strength training is it can cause some people fear. And for a lot of people, they connect
0:36.4	lifting heavier or progressing in weights with pain.
0:40.4	And we're not sure how to handle pain. A common question I get from women is, you know,
0:45.0	I'm trying to increase my weights, but every time I do, I just feel pain and I don't know what
0:48.8	to do so they feel stuck. So today's guest is going to break it all down so beautifully with so many different ideas.
0:57.0	In part one, we're going to focus heavily on how to be aware of pain and what to do when you
1:02.9	need to work through pain or to be aware of if you should continue with the exercise through
1:06.8	pain and just things to be aware of in many different aspects when it comes to strength training and pain, what to avoid, what to do, and just things to be aware of in many different aspects when it comes to
1:10.8	strength training and pain what to avoid, what to do, and just things to be aware of. We're
1:15.8	going to break down a ton of different things. The part two, which is going to air next week,
1:21.3	we're going to talk about, okay, you're already in a situation where you are injured,
1:25.5	where you're already having a problem. So what do we do from there?
1:29.1	Because her philosophy is a little bit different than a lot of mainstream things or things that have
1:34.8	been taught for years and years and years. So this is going to be a part one and part two.
1:38.9	Make sure that you listen to both of them because they're both going to be pat full of helpful
1:43.1	information. If you are someone
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