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The show opens with an exploration of “base levels of fitness”. How fit should you be at what age and life stage? We use Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) as a measurement for evaluating and seeing progress in fitness. We talk about Scanny’s health “Pyramid” checklist (in order of importance): 1. How are you sleeping? 2. How are you eating? 3. What type of workout are you doing? Most folks tend to reverse this pyramid, incorrectly thinking that the type or makeup of the workout is what affects their body composition most. When - in fact - sleep and nutrition play a MUCH bigger role in body composition. Thanks for listening, leaving a review, and sharing with a friend!

Sabrena and Matt spend the vast majority of the show reminiscing about health-related PSA’s from the 80’s and 90’s. We also explore ways you can maximize your time in the gym - through eating at different times of the day and optimizing your REM sleep. Specifically, Sabrena shares some studies that show increased caloric intake and subsequent obesity found in poor sleepers. Thanks for listening, sharing, and leaving a review!

We begin today’s episode with a retraction and correct from last week’s show regarding an organization - ufit - an organization dedicated to universal accessibility in fitness. We take some listener questions this week - specifically on mobility and recovery in your workouts. We also examine when to eat before and after working out, whether “toxins” are a real thing to be scared of, and how much mobility is enough mobility. Thanks for listening, sharing, and leaving us a review!

Matt and Sabrena open the show discussing an award won by Sabrena recognizing her efforts in bringing fitness to people to disabilities. This opens a discussion about developing an eye for coaching movement patterns in creative ways for broad populations. The majority of this episode is spent addressing the many questions and comments that came pouring in after our episode on Exercise Non-Responders (Ep 35). We talk about finding the right exercise plan for your goals. We also talk about an insidious cousin to the Non-Responder - the False-Responder. In our listener questions segment, we explore when it’s appropriate to eat before you work out and what would help you out in the workout. In this week’s edition of “What’s Rustlin’ My Jimmies”, Matt screams about adults and vegetables.

We’ve been avoiding this episode for some time, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t cover some of the more serious issues in fitness. Eating disorders, body dysmorphia, muscle dysmorphia, and other diet and fitness related disorders are real and affect more people than you may think. In this episode we explore some times when we, as fitness professionals, have recognized disorders in clients. We chat through instances where we needed to refer those clients to more specialized mental health providers. We also offer up some self checks that will help the listener understand if their issues are within the scope of practice of fitness professionals or if you should seek out additional assistance. Thanks for listening, leaving a review, and sharing with a friend!

We open the show with a Facebook Live feed, listener questions, and some quick catch-up. This show is all about a recent New York Times article exploring a 2001 study from Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise about the possibility that some people may not respond to exercise. While the study provides no conclusive causation of non-response, Sabrena makes note that - of the study participants - 100% who participated in a program under the guidance of a fitness professional saw positive improvements in fitness. Thanks for listening, sharing with a friend, and leaving a review!

Matt and Sabrena play fast and loose with some new audio equipment. They also talk about calories - how and if they matter. Sabrena shows us how she reads confusing nutrition labels. They chat about some sustainable strategies for maintaining a reasonable caloric intake and expose some secret calorie bombs disguised as "health" foods. Thanks for listening!

We all know we should exercise. But do we really know why? This episode is all about exercise - why we should and why we shouldn’t work out. We also explore ways in which we ask exercise to do things it can’t necessarily do (ahem...weight loss). Why do YOU exercise? Thanks for subscribing, leaving us a review, and sharing with a friend!

We open the show exploring pet mortality then move on to talking about espresso and tea bags. On to more appropriate topics, we cover the different types of coaching available - 1-on-1 to group classes. We attempt to answer a listener question about Personal Training. Lastly we share the #1 thing people can do in their diet to see improved body composition. Thanks for listening, leaving a review, and sharing with a friend!

Sabrena and Matt share some experiences from their respective careers where they “faked it till they made it”. They explore some ways that doing slightly uncomfortable things consistently help make us into better humans. Then, we explore some ways that we can choose to look at the world (and 2016) that make it seem not-so-sh#$&y

Let's be honest - we've all probably failed a New Years Resolution. Hell, nearly 90% of people who declare a resolution fail at that resolution. So, where's the disconnect? As we continually explore, there's a gap between our cognitive ability to change and habit - where change actually occurs. This episode isn't intended to poo-poo Resolutions. It's intended to give you some habit tools to actually make progress toward the life you want. Thanks for listening, reviewing, and sharing with a friend!

The show opens with a weird metaphor about dating apps and health news. Despite a spotty intro, Sabrena and Matt return to the original format - clickbait and listener questions. Today, we attack mom blogs. Specifically, some pseudo-scientific advice given to new moms on how to get in a good workout with limited time. We try to provide some more responsible alternatives to the article. We then go on to answer a super-fan question: “What makes for a great client (athlete) and what makes for a terrible client?”

Sabrena and Matt take the first half of the show to interview each other about their respective careers. We learn about what it really takes to make it in the industry. Next we turn to 2017 - resolutions, products, and trends. We dig into virtual training, emerging technology, and the downright ridiculous.

Looking ahead to 2017, we’re on the lookout for silly workout products and routines. In this episode, Sabrena and Matt deliver a user’s guide to exercise. It is our belief that everyone should have a basic understanding of how different types of exercise affect body composition. In this show we cover: Cardio, Muscular Endurance, Muscular Strength, Flexibility, and Body Composition. We dispel exercise myths and help you build the perfect workout routine. Thanks for listening!

Sabrena opens the show giving us an update on her current goal of dropping a few pounds. We go on to chat about strength vs. weight, acro-yoga, and pilates. We explore a few of the interesting branches of fitness, specifically Pilates and Hot Yoga. This brings us to explore big fitness personalities and what type of example we should expect from our public fitness “role models”. The show shifts to explore well-rounded fitness - cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, strength, and mobility. We spend a lot of time on a pretty hot topic - what to do if you live a healthy, active lifestyle and your significant other doesn’t? Between this and a series of listener questions we manage to offend plenty of people. Enjoy!

Matt and Sabrena open the show sharing some of Sabrena’s health history and Matt’s experience working as a lab rat. They move on to chat about a recent podcast they heard related to the placebo effect being somewhat more effective than we previously believed. The bulk of the show is spent exploring the question: Do you actually have time to work out? Or, why is it so difficult to find this time? As always, thanks for listening. Please take a minute to throw us a review on iTunes and share with a friend!

In the second of a 2 part series, we’re joined once again by Jason Travers. We chose to bring Jason into the studio after coming across his paper “Evaluating Claims to Avoid Pseudoscientific and Unproven and Unproven Practices in Special Education”. You can request a full copy of the paper here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jason_Travers Among other things, in this episode we cover: -What is (and is not) autism -Why does it seem like there is so much more autism? What causes it? Is there an autism epidemic? -Are changes in food (e.g., GMOs), nutrition, or “toxins” contributors to the increased prevalence of autism? -Is there evidence that special diets are effective for alleviating symptoms associated with autism? -What health-related pseudoscience is commonly used for autism (vitamins/supplements, anti-fungals, chelation, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, MMS/Bleach consumption and enema)? -Is there evidence that exercise is effective for alleviating autism symptoms? -What other methods have been

This week Sabrena and Matt are joined by regular guest Professor Billy and EXTRA special guest Jason Travers to discuss his work in the field of special education research - specifically Autism. We chose to bring Jason into the studio after coming across his paper “Evaluating Claims to Avoid Pseudoscientific and Unproven and Unproven Practices in Special Education”. You can request a full copy of the paper here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jason_Travers Among other things, in this episode we cover: -What is (and is not) autism -Why does it seem like there is so much more autism? What causes it? Is there an autism epidemic? -Are changes in food (e.g., GMOs), nutrition, or “toxins” contributors to the increased prevalence of autism? -Is there evidence that special diets are effective for alleviating symptoms associated with autism? -What health-related pseudoscience is commonly used for autism (vitamins/supplements, anti-fungals, chelation, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, MMS/Bleach consumption an

Celebrity guest, Professor Billy, is back on the show to drop some Skorupski showers. Scanny starts off the show recounting a presentation he recently gave on CrossFit. This leads us to spend a good deal of the show chatting about the good and bad of CrossFit and how we should go about evaluating the effectiveness of the methodology. In the second half of the show we revisit some of the things we discussed in Episode 20 regarding how we approach and understand research in light of collective knowledge and history.

Sabrena flips the script on Scanny early in the show and shit gets vulnerable. We chat about Kaizen and some not-so-Kaizen moments in our respective fitness journey. The rest of the show is dedicated to super-fan listener questions. Specifically, related to rest and recovery, “cult” aspects of fitness, and TENS units.