S4 EP27: Using Measurable Data For Your Fitness
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Retesting workouts is EXTREMELY important, but often overlooked or done incorrectly. Listen in to hear Rachael and Kelsea explain the format for retesting, give you an example of retesting a workout, and talk about some of the situations that come up when you retest.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Why we retest workouts
- The format for retesting workouts
- Example of retesting a workout
- Knowing what to measure against
- Stick with the same weight when retesting or go harder if you can?
- Time between retests
- What to do if your retest score doesn’t reflect the changes you know you’ve made
- Why it takes longer in between tests the longer you’ve been working out
- Shout-outs from the app
RELATED LINKS
- The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
- The CVG Nation app, for Android
- Our Fitness FB Group.
- Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
- Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings Our Fitness Blog
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coaches have different ideas on this, and it varies from athlete to athlete. |
| 0:03.6 | But when you're retesting a workout, let's say the first time you did the workout, you were able to use 10 pound dumbbells. |
| 0:11.7 | And you know you're stronger now and that you have been using heavier dumbbells in your workouts. |
| 0:17.8 | Should you use the 10 pound dumbbells even though you could use a little bit more to |
| 0:23.7 | compare directly? Or should you go up in dumbbells and then maybe risk going slower and not |
| 0:30.9 | peering your time or your reps because you are at a heavier weight? |
| 0:38.5 | The big question is this. |
| 0:42.4 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, |
| 0:46.8 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:51.0 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:58.3 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:07.5 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:14.6 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast. Hello everyone and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:19.6 | I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm Rachel and it's a very special day for me. |
| 1:23.6 | It's a very special day for you. |
| 1:25.6 | It is a memorable one too for sure, for me. |
| 1:29.7 | Traumatizing. |
| 1:33.8 | Oh, my gosh. |
| 1:35.3 | You don't even know the half of it. |
| 1:40.1 | When I woke up this morning, my husband looked at the clock and he was like, huh, yeah, about this time, I think you were out on the lawn crying in the front yard. |
| 1:52.7 | It is my giving birthday. |
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