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Getting in Shape for Wedding Day and Saying “I Do to Fitness!” with Laura A.

Wedding Jitters Laura had to postpone her wedding due to the pandemic, which caused panic and anxiety. She was stress eating, gained weight, and was desperate to get back in shape again. She did try...

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Do NOT Overlook This When Looking For A Personal Trainer or Gym

Do NOT Overlook This When Looking For A Personal Trainer or Gym   Instead of listing everything you want to look for in a new personal trainer or gym (times offered, types of workouts provided,...

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Frequently Asked Questions

YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT BENT ON BETTER Getting Started! What if I have Injuries or Pain? What Is Involved? What Are The Members Like? What Are The Workouts Like? Where Are You Located?   What Fitness...

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How To Build Healthy Habits With Fitness

It’s all too easy to think, “If I do something, I’ll probably fail because it takes a lot of work to become better at it.” Fitness, like good health, is not a destination you arrive at overnight. The...

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Will Strength Training Make Me Bulky?

“Will strength training make me bulky?”, a question and common misconception about strength training and lifting weights that we get a lot of here at Bent On Better. We can understand why people would...

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How Much Should I Eat To Lose Weight?

With the rise of the fitness industry on social media came all-new fad diets, quick tips on how to lose weight, and all kinds of supplements and nutrition “hacks”. Now, all these new gadgets, gizmos,...

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How to Strengthen Your Core

One of our main philosophies here at Bent On Better is to “move well so you can move often,” and what we mean by that is to make sure that you’re doing an exercise correctly and in its best form...

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Saying “Goodbye” to Back Pain with Jessie

  SHOW NOTES Before Bent On Better: Jessie lives in Connecticut and has been friends with Matt April’s wife, Lynn, whom she met in an online support group for people who have gone through infertility....

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Seven Hours of Sleep and Getting Things Done with Geisa

Show Notes: About Geisa: Geisa has been a member of Bent On Better for over three years and is a wife and mother of two lovely girls. She lives in West Chester and owns a business. In her early years,...

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What To Do When Running Isn’t The Answer Anymore with Eileen

Show Notes: Eileen and Her Love for Running Eileen had a lifelong passion for the sport of running. Runs helped her maintain her sanity and provided her a time off from her husband and children. Her...

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How to Deal and Overcome Social Anxiety with Coach Molly

Show Notes: About Molly Molly recently graduated from Desales University with a degree in Sport and Exercise Physiology. She was a student-athlete who played basketball for four years, reaching the...

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On Letting Go a Lifelong Dream and Finding a Better One with Laura

Show Notes: The Accident and Losing the Dream It was a childhood dream for Laura and her other two sisters to be volleyball stars. She had strong aspirations of getting herself in a top university as...

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Supermoms Who Lift: Anne and Danielle Redefine What It Means To Be Stronger...

Show Notes: About Danielle Danielle, 40, is a mother to a 4-year-old, a paralegal, and a multiple businesses owner. When she was young, health was not just a thing in the household. No one was working...

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Overcoming Apprehension & Building Confidence with Ed

Ed didn’t start with a lot of confidence but had a fair amount of determination. Like most people, he wasn’t sure how to start. But he found his way to build self-confidence and now has so much energy...

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Autoimmune Diseases and Strength Training: Tara Digs Deep and Finds Her...

Show Notes About Tara Tara, 45,  is a mother of four with an educational background in classical archaeology and history.  She enjoys traveling and has gone to western Europe, Egypt, the United...

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Glenn’s Story: When A Sudden Leg Pain Becomes The Greatest Challenge In Life

In Memory of Glenn: Glenn has always been a strong, reliable, athletic, and inspiring Bent On Better community member. He understood and appreciated his community, which made people naturally gravitate...

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From Struggling with Job Stress to Conquering Mountains: Tyler Endures the...

Before Bent On Better: After graduating college in 2013, Tyler worked in public accounting right away and dealt with intense and heavy workloads; he worked 60 hours a week, long nights and Saturdays...

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From Zero Fitness Experience to Stronger Than Ever with Sree

 A Beginner’s Journey to Fitness Sree has been a member of Bent On Better for three years now, she is an IT professional and lives in the West Chester area with her family. Before joining Bent On...

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From Fear to Finding Fulfillment: Kathy Shares Her Own Fitness Journey

Life Before Bent On Better Going 60 years old, Kathy Mann works as a travel advisor and has been a member with Bent On Better personal training gym for almost two years already. A few years back, Kathy...

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From Living with Chronic Back Pain to Loving Life with Shannon

The Gymnastics Journey When Shannon was ten, she began training in martial arts and eventually achieved the rank of black belt. Her gymnastics career followed as she always wanted to and continued...

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Finding Comfort in the Uncomfortable with Coach Alysha

For the Love of Basketball Alysha has been a personal trainer and the athletic program director at Bent On Better for almost three and a half years now. Before B.O.B., Alysha was a professional...

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What It Means To Be Whole Even When You Had A Hole In The Heart

Heart Problems Louise was born with a congenital heart problem known as a ventricular septal defect, or a hole in the heart. But it wasn’t until she was 12 years old that she went through open-heart...

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Movement and Recovery After A Broken Hip with Nikky

About Nikky: Nikky is a single mother to an eight-year-old, a Certified Level 1 Animal Flow instructor, and works full-time as a lab technician. Before Bent On Better: Nikky struggled with her weight...

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Training for a Purpose with Coach Nick April

 Nick April is Matt’s younger brother, he has been a coach at Bent On Better for almost three years now. After falling in love with Kettlebells, he became a StrongFirst SFG1 certified instructor since...

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How Parents Can Help Their Children Live Healthier Lives

As parents, we want our children to have a better life than what we had for ourselves. We want our kids to form their own beliefs around fitness, but it all depends on how we speak to them about...

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How to Know if Cardio is Working

 We welcome everyone from all walks of life and different backgrounds to the Bent On Better gym. Some of our members who are now over 40 years old even used to be impressive athletes in their prime....

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Battling and Overcoming Years of Knee Pain with Dave

Show Notes: About Dave Dave, who was 56, was an active volleyball player. Before the pandemic, he had been playing volleyball once a week. He had a slight weight problem that needed to be addressed,...

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How to Use Your Body’s Pain to your Advantage

As coaches at Bent On Better, we have vast audiences who have experienced injuries throughout their life or from other gyms. The main misconception about being in pain is that we should stop moving the...

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How to Eat Without Feeling Guilty & Still Sticking to Your Goals

At the time of the recording for this podcast, Matt and Nick were getting ready to host a Holiday party for their friends. Consequently, the topic for this episode is centered around the festivities as...

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Did Everything and Still Not Losing Weight: Discovering the True Purpose of...

About Andrea Andrea, a mother of 7, overseeing a rather bustling household, takes a sunny perspective on life. She loves walking, which is her number one go-to exercise, simply enjoying the outdoors...

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The Top 5 Ways to Relieve Muscle Pains and Recover Faster

Whether you’ve just come back from the gym or are recovering from an accident involving your muscles, the first thing that you’d want to do is get rid of aches and pains. After all, no one wants to...

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What Makes An Effective Workout (Fitness For Beginners)

Getting in shape and staying healthy is a challenge for most beginners. The process of going from not-exercising to working out regularly can be a curveball! For example, many new gym members ask “How...

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Surviving a Career Crushing Fall But Getting Back Stronger

 Who is Diane? At Bent On Better, we have many strong women–may they be from our coaches or our members. One exceptionally resilient lady shines bright amongst our all-star members, and that is Diane...

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Reprioritizing Fitness as a Personal Goal with Andy

Andy Meads is known to us at Bent On Better as a family man who is heavily involved in his church and is an active member of an adult soccer recreation league. But what was his story before being a...

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Life Lessons From An Athletic Trainer with Cayla

Cayla is a Bent On Better member and currently an athletic trainer at Drexel University, which she is very much passionate about. In this podcast, Cayla talks about her experiences and the life lessons...

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How Ann Survived Covid and the Lessons She Learned

About Anne Anne is a returning Bent On Better member and has been a realtor for more than 13 years. Before that, she was also a social worker and has worked with older adults. She is happily married,...

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Finding Balance In Life with Eryn

We’re joined by Nick’s old schoolmate, Eryn; a yoga teacher, a former multi-season athlete, a “certified” vegan, and now a member of Bent On Better. Join us as she recounts how she transitioned from...

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Diet and Nutrition Tips from a Dietitian to Help You Achieve Your Workout Goals

What is a Dietitian? Most of us have either worked with a dietitian, consulted a dietitian, or know someone who has. What you might not know is what they specifically do. If you have any concerns about...

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Why Investing in Your Health is Important

One of our “Comedic Relief” Awardees at Bent On Better, Rao, has graced us with his presence for this insightful episode of the Better Fitness Proof Podcast. Get to know how he battled diabetes and...

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Staying Active and Healthy Beyond 60 with Susan

About Susan Susan, 62, a grandmother, has always been interested in exercising and staying fit. She ran track in high school and stopped for the longest time. She’s had this idea of being able to run a...

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Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Personal Fitness with Coach Lynn

Childbirth and raising a child can change a woman’s body so much, and to some, it’s a feat that is just too overwhelming that it leaves them feeling dejected about not getting their old body back. In...

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Jenn’s Story: How To Start Your Fitness Journey Again

It’s not easy to begin a fitness routine or to restart once you’ve already started. Now you must overcome the additional obstacles of getting back into shape, maintaining your motivation, selecting an...

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From Concussion To Coaching with Annie

Annie Williams is one of our bubbliest members at the Bent On Better gym. Even when faced with setbacks in her athletic career, she has continued to persevere and has since gotten stronger every day....

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Brenden’s Story: You Can Change Your Life in Six Months

Young Brenden Brenden was never particularly sporty, even when he was a kid. In school, he stood out as the tiniest, least muscular kid who struggled to lift heavy objects. He used to play baseball,...

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Having The Heart To Keep At Fitness with Tom

Tom Gorman has been a member at Bent On Better since last fall in 2021. He decided to join in November, right before Thanksgiving. For a 50, almost 52-year-old man who works in the commercial real...

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Mitch And The Importance Of Knowing What Food To Eat

 Many of the members who come to Bent On Better have struggled with achieving their ideal weight which often leads to a bad relationship with food and this was true with our guest for this episode,...

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JaQuan’s Story: From Video Games To Fitness And Beyond

A need for a more sustainable lifestyle  Change is one of the most important concepts, yet one of the most complex. Change has been seen as both chaotic, and confusing and also as a necessary force to...

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Strength Training: How to Invest In Your Fitness

It’s no secret that most of our coaches at Bent On Better are some of the most active people, from being athletes to amassing certificates to handle our members’ specific needs– there’s no doubt that...

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Do You Need To Have A Goal To Work Out?

“I want to have abs,” “I want toned arms,” “I want to have a chiseled chest,” “I want to lose weight” – all of these are common goals that we hear from most if not all new members. They get into the...

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What Is Body Composition And Why It Matters

What does it take to see progress for your specific fitness goal? What is the right exercise program? What is the one thing that makes all your insecurities and problems with your body disappear? The...

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