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Does squatting deeper actually build more muscle? 🤔

The research may change how you think about squat depth.

Don’t force depth. Earn it.

The healthiest choices usually aren’t dramatic.

They’re usually just slightly less convenient.

One small choice probably won’t change your life.

But thousands of them…

That’s a different story.

What’s one small choice you can make today?

You don’t become unstoppable overnight.

You become unstoppable by showing up when you don’t feel like it.
By trusting the process when progress feels slow.
By stacking one small win after another.

That’s what we’re building every day.

💪 Stronger bodies.
🧠 Stronger minds.
❤️ Stronger people.

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One day…

You’ll either be grateful you built strength…

Or wish you had.

Not because you wanted bigger muscles.

Because you wanted the freedom to keep living life on your terms.

💪 To stay independent.
✈️ To keep exploring.
❤️ To play with your grandkids.
🏔️ To keep saying YES to the things you love.

At Body By Design, we believe strength isn’t something you build just for today.

You build it for the years ahead.

Because one day, strength won’t be about the weight on the bar…

It’ll be about everything you’re still able to do because you never stopped.

Still getting stronger.

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Ever taken time off after an injury, vacation, or just life getting busy?

Most people think they’re starting over.

They’re not.

Your muscles, nervous system, and movement patterns remember far more than you realize. That’s why rebuilding strength is often much faster than building it the first time.

The longer you’ve trained consistently, the stronger that foundation usually becomes.

So if you’ve been away for a while…

Don’t focus on what you’ve lost.

Focus on what you’ve already built.

Your body remembers.

💬 Have you ever been surprised by how quickly your strength came back after time away?

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Success and happiness are often treated like they’re the same thing.

They’re not.

Success is about what you achieve.

Happiness is about who you become and the lives you impact along the way.

At Body By Design, we celebrate PRs, milestones, and hard work. But what we’re most proud of is seeing people become stronger, more confident, and better for the people around them.

Train hard.

Serve others.

The rest tends to take care of itself.

What does success mean to you?

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Stop turning tricep pushdowns into a shoulder exercise.

A lot of people think they’re training their triceps, but their shoulders and traps are doing much of the work.

Try this simple upgrade:

✅ Shoulders down
✅ Traps relaxed
✅ Chest tall
✅ Let the triceps drive the movement

The muscles doing the work are the muscles you’re training.

Small adjustment. Big difference. 💪

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Transforming Lives. Building Community.

KEEP GROWING 📚

At Body By Design, one of our core values is simple:

Stay curious.
Stay coachable.
Stay hungry to learn.

This past weekend, several of our coaches invested their time in continuing education because great coaching requires continuous learning.

The fitness industry evolves.
Research evolves.
People are unique.

To serve our members at the highest level, we believe our coaches should never stop growing.

Every seminar.
Every certification.
Every workshop.

It’s another opportunity to learn something new and bring it back to the people who trust us with their health and fitness.

Growth is something we encourage in every member who walks through our doors.

To do that well, we have to be willing to grow ourselves.

Most people think more elevation means more range of motion.

Sometimes it just means more compensation.

When the rear foot is elevated too high during a Bulgarian split squat, the hips may lose the ability to move efficiently, causing the lower back to pick up the slack.

🎯 The goal isn’t to find the highest setup possible.

The goal is to find the setup that allows you to load the glutes and quads while maintaining good movement quality.

More height isn’t always better.

Start with the lowest setup that allows you to move well, then build from there.

💪 Train movement. Don’t train compensation.

📌 Save this for your next leg day.

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