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 goal is to build a facility that is built on one main purpose – "To inspire people to live larger lives." When you work with our coaches you will immediately understand that your best interests are aligned with your coach's as well as the gym's owners. Every workout is specifically designed to optimize your long-term results. With monthly consultations to maintain focus on "big picture" success, along with assessments and nutritional guidance to ensure you are progressing physically, OPEX delivers ongoing support toward your goals in and out of the gym. When you start training at an OPEX Concord, you'll have your own personal coach who designs all of your workouts and your nutrition planning. Every day you'll have the opportunity to work out with a great group of like-minded clients and you will have a coach on the gym floor who will make sure that you are moving safely and effectively. This Podcast is meant to share those stories on the gym floor and provide viewers with information to help them whether they are in or out of an OPEX gym.
This episode we speak with Concord Longevity Medicine on Fasting and the Best ways to implement it into your life. Some great tips inside of this episode and a really good conversation. As a bonus click the link below to download a healthy brands list that you can use before your next visit to the store for the best brands recommended to help you make the best choices for your nutrition to stay consistent.
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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 the nuances of higher skilled variances of the squat movement pattern. The same holds true for Nutrition and Behavior Practices. No matter what your nutrition protocol of choice is (Keto, Fasting, Carb Cycling) we believe that without great experience and practice of these 5 skills you could be missing out on the benefits these so called "fad diets" claim to have.
These are a list of the 5 Skills we try to help each of our clients implement and sustain during their time with OPEX Concord. Just like the 6 basic movement patterns; spending time focusing and practicing these will lead to sustained nutrition practices that make the most sense for you no matter what your goals are at any given time. Take a listen and see where you sit and if you need some help getting started let us know. Thanks for listening!
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OPEX Fitness Concord is a Personalized Fitness Facility located in Concord, NC just North of Charlotte. We Specialize in providing a personalized fitness experience with each one of our clients by delivering customized fitness and nutrition programs based on our clients individual goals, lifestyle and fitness experience. The goal of this channel is to give you an inside look at what it as a client inside of the facility, tell the stories of the people we interact with everyday as coaches on the gym floor and help those who are not able to be in our facility either by distance or circumstance start or evolve their fitness journey.
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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 healthy snacks, using a good, better, best framework to make the best choices available given your circumstances.
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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 these are things that we believe you can do easily, even on your worst day. As always you should consult with a healthcare professional if you feel that your health is at risk past these points and stick to the guidelines provided by the cdc in regards to COVID-19.
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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 who have busy lifestyles it doesn't always happen in a linear fashion. Take a look at how we help manage that so that you get the results you want based on how your daily energy is .
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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 you to get started.
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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 our Gyms operate, implementing the OPEX Body, Move, Work assessment during intake. Every OPEX Coach has their individual flair and specialties, but their coaching is grounded in a consistent starting point–clear assessment data. Here are 5 reasons why we insist that every fitness program starts with an assessment: 1) Identify ability Everyone who trains at an OPEX Gym receives a program that is designed to meet them where they’re at and nudge them towards their goals at a sustainable rate. To design this, an OPEX Coach needs to understand their client’s current ability. This includes measuring their body composition, their movement quality, and their work capacity. 2) Highlight priorities Every individually designed program begins with an assessment. This helps your coach identify your priorities. It’s impossible to program for everything at once, so your coach will use your assessment data to highlight what they need to focus on for each training cycle. 3) Address imbalances Assessing structural balance allows your coach to program in a way that develops balanced strength that supports your function and longevity. Your OPEX coach uses a system of percentages to make sure your squatting, bending, pulling, pushing, core, single-leg, and single-arm strength is balanced. They will also screen work capacity to make sure you have a balance of aerobic and anaerobic fitness, based on the requirements of your life and sport. 4) Prevent injury A movement assessment is a valuable tool for screening for any potential limitations, past injuries, or contraindications. For example, an assessment can determine whether you have adequate overhead mobility for pressing or knee stability for squatting. This will help guide your coach to design your program to avoid potential injuries and build strength and stability where you need it. 5) Monitor progress An initial assessment provides clear data on your starting point that you can refer back to over time. This way, you know objectively whether or not you’re making progress. It tells your coach if your program is doing what it’s designed to do–get you results! If things aren’t tracking like they should be, they can adjust accordingly. Seeing your progress through assessment numbers over time is also a great way to stay inspired. It can be easy to forget how far you’ve come, so it’s important to look back and be proud of your fitness journey! 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 goal is to build a brand that is built on one main purpose – "To inspire people to live larger lives." When you work with our coaches you will immediately understand that your best interests are aligned with your coach's as well as the gym's owners.
Getting and Maintaining a Good Fitness Routine can be challenging. The priorities of the day to day and inserting fitness into an already busy lifestyle is difficult to maintain over time. The truth is there is no "magic program" that allows for you to do this without the appropriate amount of planning and an honest look at what your day looks like. We have broken this down into 5 different steps or ideas for you to walk away from and get a good idea around what you can actually do to start to develop consistency that you can stick to for a long period of time.
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Fighting Cravings and staying consistent with your nutrition or any other practice that you have can be difficult even stressful. Creating a plan that you can execute on consistently with little to no barriers can help you see progress and continue to make positive changes toward what it is that you want to accomplish.
This episode I speak with my wife and a friend on hers on creating a plan that allows you to stay consistent and how this will help combat those cravings in the middle of a busy work day/week. Hope you enjoy the episode, don't forget to share with someone you think this may help.
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 gym environment you are in how being respectful toward others, the equipment and keeping things clean will preserve the gym environment and keep you moving in the gym so that you can accomplish the things you are looking for outside of the gym.
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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 wins that are simple and effective. Take a listen and to check out the podcast we did with Cabarrus County Magazine click the link below.
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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 simple steps.
1. Measure your weight for up to 7 days
2. Take the average of those measurements as your starting point
3. Choose a single day each week and to "weigh in" and compare that measurement to your starting average.
Execute on the other things that are going to help you show progress and you'll win!
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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 to work toward your goals.
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This is a talk with a client on the floor following his workout. We discuss:
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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 coach to program for you to progress toward.
We typically want to start with the end in mind then reverse engineer back to start. In this episode we go through the steps to set up your goals and get you to a place where you can not only start but carry out your goals all the way through to the end of 2020.
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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 either refining a current goal that you have walked out carefully or that you have just created and want to improve on for the year. Here we cover how to stay conscious in your movement practices and our recommendations on what you should be looking for to help put yourself in the best position possible to reach your current goals inside and outside of the gym.
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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 of tracking your progress that has you stuck. In this episode I cover the importance of not only staying consistent in the gym and with your nutrition but tracking your progress during the time frame of your goal to see measurable progress.
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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 questions about and often times it comes with the question "Do you provide meal plans?" Their are benefits to meal plans and all that comes with them, but unless you have a sold base of support for how you handle: Office Parties, Holidays, Family Gatherings that allow you to not be so restrictive a meal plan is just that a plan with no real way to take action on it as your life changes.
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