Episode 52: What Stopped You from Lifting - 7 Guests Share their Stories

08/30/23 • 95 min

Movement Logic: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 52 of the Movement Logic podcast. In this episode, Laurel and Sarah are joined by seven other guests for a panoramic, multi-perspective answer to the question “why don't more women lift weights?” Our seven guests (all of whom are movement professionals) weigh in on their previous objections to strength training. Of course they also share their impetus for starting to lift, and how it changed their lives.

Our guests on Instagram:

Maryann Thompson @maryannthomsonpilates

Diana Romero @insprana.yoga

Naomi Gottlieb-Miller @conscioushealthymama

Lisa Schwarcz Zlotnick @lisazlotnick

Kathy Dodd @kdnaturalyoga

Trina Altman @trinaaltman

Alex Ellis on Instagram @hollaformala on Tik Tok @aewellness

Episode 47: Our Oopsie Stories from the Teaching Trenches

Sarah’s barbell equipment Post 1 and Post 2 on Instagram

Books about fitness culture:

Deconstructing the Fitness-Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What It Means to Be Fit in American Culture

Butts: A Backstory

Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession

Our guests on Instagram:

Maryann Thompson @maryannthomsonpilates

Diana Romero @insprana.yoga

Naomi Gottlieb-Miller @conscioushealthymama

Lisa Schwarcz Zlotnick @lisazlotnick

Kathy Dodd @kdnaturalyoga

Trina Altman @trinaaltman

Alex Ellis on Instagram @hollaformala on Tik Tok @aewellness

Episode 47: Our Oopsie Stories from the Teaching Trenches

Sarah’s barbell equipment Post 1 and Post 2 on Instagram

Books about fitness culture:

Deconstructing the Fitness-Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What It Means to Be Fit in American Culture

Butts: A Backstory

Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession

Previous Episode

Episode 51: Persistent Myths About Osteoporosis

Welcome to Episode 51 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss myths around osteoporosis and osteopenia, including why yoga and Pilates are poor choices for bone building (yes, we’ll talk about THAT study, again) and ultimately how weight training and impact training are both safe options when applied with the proper dosage and programming.

You will learn:

Osteoporosis and osteopenia, defined
Why so many people with osteoporosis are afraid of falling
What the fear-mongering messaging around osteoporosis is disempowering people with osteoporosis
Why strength training is not only tolerable for people with osteoporosis, it’s essential
How no progressive overload in weight training is like staying in kindergarten forever
Why the myth that yoga reverses osteoporosis from the Fishman study prevails to this day, and why this is proof that we need to keep a critical eye about research
Why the Fishman paper does not prove what it claims to prove
How yoga asana might help bone density for a very short time, but strength and impact training are your best bets overall
What is cellular accommodation and what does it mean for your bone density building
Types of movement classes for osteoporosis and their respective claims around their safety and efficacy
Is Osteosteong a good choice to build bone density?
Do Osteostrong’s claims match up with what research has found so far?

And more!

Episode 5 Does Yoga Asana Build Bone Density?

Episode 38 Got Bones? Yoga Asana Isn’t Enough

Twelve-Minute Daily Yoga Regimen Reverses Osteoporotic Bone Loss

https://osteostrongla.com/

BonES Lab at University of Waterloo Video Questions Efficacy of Osteostrong Program

Is OSTEOSTRONG Misleading Vulnerable People Regarding Claims of High Increases in Bone Density?High-Intensity Resistance and Impact Training Improves Bone Mineral Density and Physical Function in Postmenopausal Women With Osteopenia and Osteoporosis: The LIFTMOR Randomized Controlled Trial

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Episode 53: Your Bones Are Bored

Welcome to Episode 53 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah and Laurel dissect a few research papers that studied the effects of various rest periods between loading bone, and how these rest periods can impact the efficacy of our bone density building.

You will learn:

Osteoblasts and osteoclasts, defined
Why bone building reminds Sarah of Fraggle Rock
What does your bones’ mechanosensitivity have to do with its response to load
Why bone cells remind Laurel of herself (they’re easily bored)
What parameters create an osteogenic response in bone cells
Why yoga, Pilates, and other bodyweight exercise will never be enough to generate progressive bone building
What makes a good study (hint: having a control group matters)
What is cellular accommodation and why does it rely on path dependence
Where bones get the most input for the changes they make
How do we take advantage of periodization and programming for greatest effect
What is a training block and how should you use it for your workouts