Jason and Lauren Pak Fitness

03/20/2020

What's up Achievers?! Lauren Pak and Jason Pak here, and we wanted to let you know that we put together a 4-week at-home bodyweight workout program for those of you who are stuck without a gym but still want to get in some consistent strength-focused movement!

If you have any questions about whether or not this program would be right for you, ask us in the comments!

We will be dividing all of the profits of this program amongst our 12 person team in order to help them out during this challenging time for everyone!

We might be quarantined, but we can still move in ways that make us feel good, get our endorphins flowing, and help us to feel connected to a community! Once you join the program, you can also join our facebook group where we answer questions and cheer one another on as we go through this process together...from a distance! 💙

The BODYWEIGHT program is made for those who don’t have access to a gym, but still want a well-rounded, comprehensive strength training program! It is a 3-day per week program filled with exercises that can all be done without equipment or can be enhanced with a couple pieces of easy-to-access equ...

03/20/2020

Some local news coverage sharing our little family quarantine workout! Definitely crazy times right now, and we’re just doing our best to let these baby giggles and quality family time get us through! Hope Kendrick’s laughter fills your heart as much as it does ours!

02/08/2019

Our Fitness Director, Sarah Polacco, contributed to this awesome article on the Turkish Get Up for SELF magazine! Check it out here:

Here's how to master the movement, step by step.

01/17/2019

What’s up, Achievers?!

Heres an article I contributed to for Self Magazine of Condé Nast and we couldn’t be happier with how it came out. The writer, Amy Marturana, put it together in a way that was so approachable, relatable, validating, and positive.

Kudos to Self for also choosing actual lifters who can demonstrate exercises with technical proficiency - not just those who look a certain way.

According to Amy, this might be the *first* barbell post ever to be published by Self so that’s pretty cool!

Please share with a friend who might be intimidated by barbells and/or strength training, but you know would be an absolute rock star!

Jason

Start with these beginner-friendly lifts.

09/26/2018

Hey Achievers!

Just wanted to share that the early-bird discount for the Motivational Interviewing workshop we're hosting on Sunday, December 9th is ending this weekend!

This course is for coaches, trainers, fitness managers, nutritionists, physical therapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, orthopedists, and any other individuals who work with athletes or clients who are looking to improve their habits around health, fitness and injury prevention/rehabilitation. This course will provide skills that allow practitioners and coaches to ask more beneficial and insightful questions to help with behavior changes.

Hope to see you all there!

When: Sunday, December 9th Where: Achieve Fitness - 42 Merriam Street, Somerville, MA What It Is: This 1-day course is an evidence-based applied approach introducing the fundamentals of motivational interviewing (MI) to use with clients, patients and athletes in a behavior change context. Course mat...

08/29/2018

What's up Achievers?! We're super excited to be bringing a Motivational Interviewing course to Achieve Fitness in December!

This course is for coaches, trainers, fitness managers, nutritionists, physical therapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, orthopedists, and any other individuals who work with athletes or clients who are looking to improve their habits around health, fitness and injury prevention/rehabilitation. This course will provide skills that allow practitioners and coaches to ask more beneficial and insightful questions to help with behavior changes.

We are currently offering early bird pricing of $149, which will be ending soon! Let us know if you have any questions, and we hope to see you there!!

When: Sunday, December 9th Where: Achieve Fitness - 42 Merriam Street, Somerville, MA What It Is: This 1-day course is an evidence-based applied approach introducing the fundamentals of motivational interviewing (MI) to use with clients, patients and athletes in a behavior change context. Course mat...

08/24/2018

What's up Achievers?! Recently, Achieve owner Lauren Pak was asked to contribute to two articles for MyFitnessPal!

The first article is on the topic of periodization and how it is usually one of the big missing links when it comes to seeing results (specifically strength gains) in the gym!

https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/your-strength-workouts-might-be-missing-this-one-ingredient/

The second was on the topic of two-a-day workouts and Lauren was asked about her opinion on whether or not they're good/bad/necessary. As always, the answer was, "it depends" but the author did a great job of explaining when and why they might be appropriate, and when and why they might not!

https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/should-you-work-out-two-times-a-day/

This is the key to making consistent strength-training progress.

08/17/2018

CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?!
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What’s up, Achievers?! here with a quick PSA to coaches! I’ve really come to respect and admire all of you out there fighting the good fight. You’d be hard pressed to find a more dedicated and passionate bunch than coaches. The hours are a grind, you have to be 100% ON every single session, and you constantly have to prioritize the needs of your athletes/clients/members over yourselves. To top it all of, everyone asks you why you’re so exhausted after working a “normal” 40 hour workweek when you probably just “workout” all day, and also when you’re going to get a “real” job. Yet, we push through, we still absolutely LOVE the process, and strive to get better everyday.
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The problem is when all that fiery passion you have turns into dogma. You see another coach propose a different way or try to bring value to their community through a different lens other than your own and it really upsets you. There’s a ✅ mark next to all the coaches in the video above, because they’re all right. All of them! They all get unbelievable results with the people they work with - they all have dedicated their lives into shaping a healthier and fitter world! We shouldn’t be fighting each other, we should be working and collaborating with one another! Pull from the experiences of others and use it to enhance your own - it’s the only way we can all grow as an industry, and the only way we can truly scale what we want to do which is to make the world a healthier place!
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So, to all you powerlifting, oly, gymnastics, spinning, Barry's Bootcamp, Crossfit, kettlebell, insert-methodology-here coaches out there - keep doing you. And remember that someone else who expresses a different viewpoint just has a different set of experiences than you, they probably work with a completely different population from you that responds to their method. At the end of the day, they most likely still have the best interests of their people at heart. Unless of course, that someone is just in it for the money - then shame on them. But I’m convinced we make up the majority, and that the cream rises to the top.
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Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! ✌️💙💪