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Mitchell Rothbardt

My Top 16 Post-Thanksgiving Leftover Thoughts

Hello everyone! Most of the time in my posts I cover a specific topic. I’m always thinking about fitness and training and I like to write about what I’m seeing and thinking about with our members and everyone else, too! Every once in a while my mind gets a little jumbled with lots of thoughts and in those cases I like to ramble a little bit. Today is one of those days, so here are My Top 16 Post-Thanksgiving Fitness Leftovers Thoughts.


  1. If you have pain and aren’t taking what you’re learning in the gym, movement-wise, and applying it to your life outside the gym you are missing a HUGE AND NECESSARY piece of the puzzle.

  2. If you have pain and you aren’t learning proper movement patterns inside the gym, you need to find a different gym.

  3. Without consistency you really don’t really have much of a chance to reach any meaningful goal or achieve any meaningful results.

  4. No matter your goals, you should have some strength training in your exercise program. That includes all the runners out there! 

  1. If you have shoulder pain you have to address your posture and breathing patterns if you ever want lasting relief.

  2. When strength training you simply have to push yourself. The last few reps of your set should be challenging. It’s not a punishment to add more weight! It’s the price you pay for being awesome!!! 

  1. You know what you need to do with your diet. You’ve got to honestly and unemotionally look at the reasons you’re not doing it.

  2. To the Moms out there. If you don’t take some time for yourself you will never be truly happy. P.S. Your husband and kids want that for you, too!!

  3. If your exercise program includes only pushups, squats, planks and brisk walks you’ll be doing much better than the vast majority of people.

  4. As hard as it may be sometimes, acting like you think a reasonable adult would act will generally move you in the right direction.

  5. Most people are much stronger than they think. They have to get a little comfortable with that fact and feeling.

  6. Don’t overreact to every little tweak you feel. Most of them don’t mean much.

  7. When it comes to nutrition questions either eating slower, eating more protein and/or eating more vegetables is usually a decent answer.

  8. Back pain is almost never about your back.

  9. Being too flexible is just as bad, if not worse, than being too stiff.

  10. If you properly train for strength you will improve your cardiovascular health and flexibility as a result. Just doing cardio and stretching will not improve your strength, though.

I hope a few of these resonated with you a little bit. If so, I’d love to hear how! Just send me an email, call or text.


Have a great day!

Mitch Rothbardt, CPT, PN Level 2 Lean Eating Coach, FMS Castro Valley Fitness 2861 Grove Way 510-755-9191 Discover Your Strength!

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