In this episode, Gymnazo Coach and Director of Programming, CJ Kobliska, sits down with Gymnazo Founder and Movement Practitioner, Michael Hughes, to discuss the significance of sustainable training and how most fitness programs are not sustainable.

In this episode they cover how the fitness lifecycle is like recycling, the sport we are inspired by that is not very sustainable, the important questions we ask all new clients, how CJ programs sustainable training in a group training setting, the 5 levels of fitness training, and more!

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2:31 Definition of Sustainable Training

4:21 Michael describes how the fitness lifecycle is like recycling

6:41 CJ's background on how he started out training

11:01 Michael’s pain from high school track practice and how he is feeling today

12:59 Michael’s analogy of professional sports and car tires

17:03 How movement is life

20:06 The sport we are inspired by that is not very sustainable

26:04 Why there’s no such thing as “injury free”

30:51 How Michael approaches a movement illiterate client to guide their movement experience

33:51 The important question Michael asks all new clients and how injuries have memories

36:18 What sustainable training looks like for different age ranges

38:11 CJ's seatbelt analogy

39:39 3 questions we always ask our clients

40:51 Fear of pain as a mental roadblock 

42:21 How CJ programs sustainable training in a group training setting

48:51 The 5 levels of fitness training

50:17 All the ways you can do an anterior lunge

52:30 MDMC Program overview

56:56 CJ’s thoughts on sustainability and the world