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Key areas of focus in being healthy with Andrew Johnston

Andrew Johnston, Author of Holistic Strength Training for Triathlon, & former professional cyclist, the first leukemia survivor to qualify for and finish the Hawaii Ironman World Championships, and twice voted One of the Top Trainers in America by Men's Health joins the show.

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A native of Atlanta, Andrew Johnston has been personal training for over 15 years. He got into the business for self-improvement, arming himself with knowledge to combat the performance enhancing drugs that inundate the sport of professional cycling. This strategy worked, and in 1992 he was invited to be a resident athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Upon graduation from Eckerd College in 1994, he turned pro and took his ambitions to Europe to race for the Belgian Haverbeke GB team. After the 1996 Olympic Trials, he moved to Spain to race for the Palafrugell and Homs squads until 1998. Andrew devoted his full attention to personal training in 1999 after a crash ended his cycling career just as he was entering his prime. But his competitive juices were quenched for only a year before he discovered an interest in triathlon. In his first full season of triathlon competition, he was the 2001 Olympic Distance Champion of Georgia and 5th overall at the National Long Course Triathlon Championships, earning All-American status as well as a slot on the U.S. World Triathlon team.

Andrew founded Triumph Training in 2000, turning his athletic experience and insatiable appetite for knowledge into a successful training business. Not content with having obtained his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist degree, arguably the most respected credential in the fitness industry, Andrew became the first Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiologists in the state of Georgia in 2001. His passion for the body and its limitless potential has since grown only stronger with Men's Journal naming him one of the Best Trainers in the U.S. in 2005 and again in 2006. Perfecting what he preaches to his clientele as well as various audiences throughout the Southeast, in 2006 Andrew became the first Leukemia Survivor to qualify for and finish the Hawaii Ironman World Championships. The award-winning documentary Living is Winning captures the events leading up to that race and takes the audience deep into the life of an aspiring triathlete. Now he takes his knowledge as a Holistic Lifestyle Coach and CHEK practitioner to guide people in their pursuit of wellness, ultimately helping them to realize that the only limitations they truly have are the ones they set for themselves.

Andrew Johnston discusses & answers the following:

• You're a Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiologist.  How does that differ from a personal trainer?
• What are the key areas on which a person needs to focus if their aim is to get healthy?
• You mention nutrition.  What's your advice to people regarding the type of diet they should follow?
• Are there any common misconceptions about what constitutes a healthy diet that you'd like to address?
• What about training?  Our listeners are probably very interested in your approach to exercise.  What are some of your thoughts on working out?
• Conclusion Tip...

Web Site: TriumphTraining.com

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iRock Fitness Is a Community in Erie, PA with Matt Pribonic

Matt Pribonic, Owner of iRock Fitness in Erie, Pennsylvania joins the show. iRock Fitness has all group fitness classes all the time.  Owners Matt and Anthony Pribonic help a wide variety of clients see results through high energy classes that they have designed themselves.

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iRock Fitness is a joint venture of Matt and Anthony Pribonic. Prior to opening doors in December 2010 Matt and Anthony assumed co-director rolls at Family First Athletic Club in Summit Pa. Matt and Anthony have been certified through Fitness Anywhere “TRX Suspension training”, NASM, IFPA, APEX and 24 HOUR FITENSS Trainer and Master Trainer certifications. Today, they operate a growing 2,400sq ft. fitness facility in Erie Pa based primarily around group fitness classes that include TRX Suspension training, medicine ball, kettle bell, body bar and plyometric platform training.

Matt Pribonic discusses & answers the following:

• What type of facility are you and what tools do you use?
• What goals do your members have most often?
• What does your training programs offer that gets them those results?
• What are some ways you help your clients with nutrition?
• What are client responses like when they start to see results?
• Special Tip in Conclusion...

Web Site: irockfitnesserie.com

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Your Final Physique with Michael Davenport and Ashlee Linteau

Michael Davenport and Ashlee Linteau, fitness professionals and physiotherapists & founders of Toronto based fitness company called Your Final Physique joined the show.
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Your Final Physique is a joint venture of Ashlee Linteau and Michael Davenport, which originally started in 2007. Upon graduating university, Ashlee began working in the health and fitness industry. It wasn’t long before her vision of creating a fitness company of her own became a reality. In the spring of 2010, together with Mike, Your Final Physique was created to expand and increase the services available to existing and new clients alike.

Ashlee and Mike are dedicated to helping you achieve the results you desire. They are very attentive to your personal needs and guide you with positive reinforcement and encouragement. Ashlee and Mike are approachable and friendly and their positive attitudes with regards to everything Health and Fitness related are infectious.
Mike Davenport Mike Davenport is an English trained Physiotherapist and Personal Trainer with over 7 years experience in strength and conditioning, injury prevention and rehabilitation. An ex-professional soccer player and fitness enthusiast his entire life, Mike is a keen athlete himself and has taken pride in working with everyone from the social gym member to the elite sportsman.
Ashlee Linteau Ashlee is a CPTN certified Personal Trainer and has 3 years experience working at a leading health club. Her fortes include individual personal training, group training and conditioning. Ashlee has been an avid gym athlete since her late teens and brings advanced techniques and training methods, learned from training with some of the best athletes and fitness professionals in the business, to her sessions.

Mike & Ashlee discuss and answer the following:

• What advice would you give to someone who currently works out but has stopped seeing results?
• From a females perspective what would be the most effective method of exercise for women who are looking to get fit?
• As a fitness professional, what is your stance on the various forms of fad dieting out there today?
• If you do not recommend the latest diet craze, what do you suggest as an alternative to help people with their eating habits?
• What is one of the most common nutritional mistakes that you find your clients making on a daily basis?

Web Site: YourFinalPhysique.com

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The Benefits of Good Posture

Dr. Paul Drew a physical therapist that work with celebrities in helping them to obtain "Red Carpet Posture" to help them look "Glamourous" joins the show.

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Dr. Paul Drew is a graduate of the top physical therapy school in the country, the University of Southern California. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology/Exercise Science from the same institution.  And he has over 20 years of experience in massage therapy and personal training.

Dr. Drew’s clientele includes winners of the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and the Grammy. He also works with professional athletes in Tennis, Soccer, Football, Basketball, Hockey, and Baseball. But more importantly, he works with people from all walks of life in helping them to improve their health, function, and appearance.

Abbreviated Transcript of Interview with Dr. Paul Drew

Eric Michaels: So why the book?

Dr. Drew: To help reverse the trend of bad posture that seems to be fashionable amongst today’s young women.  I want to bring back the glory days of Hollywood, when actors were “Glamourous” on the red carpet.  I want to not only help people look thinner and feel healthier, but to also display better self confidence.  Since I’m a doctor of physical therapy that has worked with many celebrities in helping them to feel and look good, I wanted to share my advice for all to obtain that same great look and feel that celebs have on the red carpet.

Eric Michaels: What are the benefits of good posture?

Dr. Drew: It’s not only good for the health of your spine and body, but also helps to display greater self confidence that others around you will take notice and you will be respected.  Better posture gives you a thinner look, without having to go on any fad diet.

Eric Michaels: What are some causes of poor posture?
Dr. Drew: Stress is usually the number one reason, as we go thru our busy day stuck in an office chair, behind a computer or the wheel of our car, we forget about our posture, and we tend to slump forward.  Also, many people don’t realize that their posture is poor.  They have never been taught or told that they need to stand or sit up straight.  I remember visiting my father years ago, he is a World War 2 veteran, and he was all slumped over, and I told him to stand up straight.  He said he was standing straight, he didn’t realize that his posture was bad.  He actually did exercises from my book and in a month, he was back upright again.  So it doesn’t matter how old you are, you can still improve your posture. Unfortunately, another reason has been that “slouchy” has become a fashion trend displayed by many young girls who are looking at young starlets on the red carpet to not only see the fashions that are being worn, but how they are displaying themselves which is often very poor posture.  A great dress can make you look better, but poor posture can make a good dress look bad.

Dr. Paul Drew also answers and discusses:

• So with the idea of celebrities setting an example on the red carpet, who do you think are good examples of “Red Carpet Posture” and who would you say could benefit from your book or expertise?
• How can one get better posture, and obtain your book, and I see you also have clothing that helps with posture?
• What kind of advice can you give our listeners today to help them get started on looking and feeling more “Glamourous”?

Web Site: RedCarpetPosture.com

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Effective forms of dieting

Josh Gould, the owner of Exercise Expertise, LLC and creator of ExerciseExpertise.net joins the show.

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Josh Gould is one of Boston’s most respected fitness experts. He has a bachelor of science degree in Clinical Health Sciences from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Josh is also a certified personal trainer and member of the American College of Sports Medicine. His experience ranges from working in the clinical, public, and corporate fitness settings. The broad range of  education Josh as acquired including biochemistry, physics, human biology, nutrition, and health education gives him the ability to aid a client with a holistic health approach. Josh is more than a personal trainer and nutrition consultant he is a health and fitness expert. For more info on Exercise Expertise & Joh Gould visit ExerciseExpertise.net.

Josh Gould discusses & answers the following:

• What is nutrition's/ exercise's role in fat loss?
• What are the effective forms of cardio for fat loss?
• What are effective forms of dieting?
• What are the most effective forms of measuring fat loss?
• How do we lose weight in certain areas (spot reduction)?
• Special Tip in Conclusion...

Web Site: ExerciseExpertise.net

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The best way to develop a flat stomach

Jeff Bell, a nationally recognized fitness expert, celebrity fitness personal trainer, and the founder of Bell Fitness Company joins the show.

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Jeff Bell is a nationally recognized fitness expert, celebrity fitness personal trainer, and the founder of Bell Fitness Company. With over four decades in the fitness industry he has pioneered some of the most innovative techniques being used by personal trainers today and has authored thousands of personal training programs, made over 20 television and radio appearances (including Martha Stewart Radio and ESPN’s Body Shaping Fitness show), has written, choreographed and co-produced exercise videos, and has taught over 18,000 group exercise classes!

Jeff has dedicated his life to helping men and women reach higher levels of fitness, lose weight, and feel better making him one of the most sought-after trainers and training instructors in NYC and contributor to such publications as Men’s Health, Weight Watchers, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Exercise and Harper’s Bazaar.

Jeff Bell discusses & answers the following:

• What is the best way to develop a flat stomach, strong center and lower back strength?
• There has been a lot of talk lately about exercising for shorter periods of time such as12 - 15 minutes versus longer training sessions lasting 60 minutes or more for better fitness results. Based on your years of experience what you are finding works best today?
• Do you really need a gym to exercise and get fit?
• A recent study concluded that exercise does not help us lose weight. Only dieting will help. Do you find this to be the case working with clients?
• What are the hottest fitness trends happening in 2011?
• Special Tip in Conclusion...

Web Site: BellFitnessCompany.com

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The Best Time of Day to Exercise

Ryan Freilino, Chief Operating Officer at LifeWaves International, Inc. joins the show. LifeWaves International, Inc is a health and wellness company specializing in creating and maintaining health through exercise and lifestyle changes.
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For over twenty years LifeWaves® has been collecting data on what it means to be healthy.  Our program began with a revolutionary approach to health by Co-Founder, Dr. Irving Dardik, Founding Chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Council and winner of the Hektoen Gold Medal. Today, we know more than any other organization about what it takes to make and keep you healthy, and that’s precisely what we’re here to teach you.  We will show you how your physiology functions through understandable, easy-to-follow methods, helping you functionally create a healthier lifestyle…a healthy you.  No running or biking for miles and miles hoping that you are doing the right thing. No circuits written for you by a gym junkie. LifeWaves® focuses on the one thing that truly matters: making you the healthiest person you can be.

Abbreviated Transcript of Interview with Ryan Freilino

Eric Michaels: From the LifeWaves® perspective, what is health?

Ryan Freilino:  Health is having playful and reactive physiology which is capable of quickly responding to the challenges of the environment, and then being able to recover from that reaction. As you go through your day, your body has to meet specific challenges like moving from point A to point B, going up a flight of stairs, or mental stress.  Each of these unique situations creates a response by the body such as a change in heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, the secretion of certain hormones, etc.  A healthy body can react immediately and appropriately to meet these challenges, and then go through the recovery process where things like heart rate, blood pressure, etc. go back to normal values.  At LifeWaves, we think of meeting these challenges as waves: you have your stress reaction, and then your recovery reaction.  To be healthy, you have to be able to do both.

Eric Michaels: How do you or should we create health?

Ryan Freilino:  First understand what stress is, and how it should be considered when thinking about how your body works. You need to have be able to engage this stress reaction, and then disengage that set of processes and start a new set, the recovery process.  When we go through our daily lives, we’re wrought with chronic stress – mental and physical challenges.  So what ends up happening is we train our bodies to keep the stress response turned on, and on top of that, there is an atrophy on the part of our recovery physiology.  It’s use it or lose it.  By keeping the stress response constantly engaged, we’re slowly but surely chipping away at our health.  But, by understanding that the body’s natural healthy patterns are waves we can change our behavior to reinforce our body’s natural stress and recovery patterns. In the long run, understanding the effects of stress is important.  So important, in fact, that the U.S. Department of health and human services claims that up to 70% of all doctor’s visits are the result of chronic stress; not to mention the fact that chronic stress or chronic inflammation has been linked to almost every chronic disease. When we understand that these physiological waves of stress and recovery are a collective response on the part of our physiology, and not just the presence or absence of one or two molecules, it becomes clear that we have to use our behaviors to train these responses.  No one would think to train for a marathon by taking a pill – the physiological processes that have to be trained are just too complex, so it makes sense that we should be doing the same thing in terms of training ourselves to be healthy.

Eric Michaels: How does this knowledge of stress and recovery fit into the larger context of health?

Ryan Freilino: These reactions fit into a larger pattern of rhythms, like the circadian rhythm. Throughout your day, the body’s metabolism should be doing different things as we progress through the day and into night. It is intuitive to most people that their bodies are doing different things when they’re awake as opposed to when they’re asleep.  But what’s not intuitive until it is pointed out is that our behaviors are entraining this rhythm at all times, for better or worse.  So by understanding that our circadian rhythms have a particular shape that is consistent with healthy individuals where things like heart rate or respiration rate are lowest in the morning, in a trough after lunch, and come back to a peak in the afternoon, we can then begin to shape our behaviors to reinforce this pattern rather than work against it. What ends up happening when you do this is you can begin using daily behaviors to reinforce healthy sleeping patterns, because you’re shaping the larger circadian rhythm. When done properly, these behavioral changes during the day lead to better sleep at night, and this starts a positive feedback cycle of a more robustly healthy circadian rhythm.

Ryan Freilino also discusses & answers:

• What is the difference between LifeWaves® Cycles ExerciseSM and traditional exercise?
• On average - How much is the right amount of exercise?

Web Site: LifeWaves.com

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Workouts that best assist in weight loss and management

Andia Winslow - a Professional Golfer, Certified Fitness Professional and an elite athlete who trains with USA Track & Field joins the show. As an ambassador for the Women’s Sports Foundation, she is committed to work that encourages youth and adults to maintain healthy and active lifestyles.

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As a child, Andia Winslow dreamt of taking to the skies to continue the legacy established by her late grandfather Colonel Robert V. Winslow, a Tuskegee Airman and proud US Air Force serviceman. Although, as a young adult, she set her sights instead on a career as a professional golfer, she was proud to accept her grandfather’s Congressional Gold Medal of Honor on behalf of her family. This commitment to service and leadership has been the undercurrent in all of her ventures since childhood. A noted junior golf career began at the age of 11 in Seattle, Washington at Jefferson Park Golf Course – known fondly as the “home” of Fred Couples, PGA Tour Professional. Though actively recruited by more than twenty-five colleges and universities as a top 75 world ranked junior golfer, Andia chose to travel across the country to attend Yale University, an institution known famously for its academic rigor. As a college freshman, and the first African American woman to compete in the Ivy League, she helped the Bulldogs secure the storied Ivy League Championship Title. While at Yale, her interest in historical and ethnographic research culminated in the receipt of three undergraduate research grants. The first, an international travel fellowship, allowed her study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to examine the effects of globalization on artistic traditions. The second, a Mellon Undergraduate Research Grant, facilitated the completion of her Sociology Senior Thesis in 2004. An interdisciplinary focus in Film Studies and a Fine Arts grant recognized her efforts as a documentary filmmaker. Her first film was selected for official inclusion in ten international film festivals as well as special presentations at higher education conferences and major research universities. Although an intellect and an artist, Andia is perhaps best known for her passion and pure athleticism. She hails from a family of athletes that includes current and former NFL players, a professional basketball player and martial artists. She is a formidable on-course competitor -who trained for a time with USA Track & Field- and serves as a professional athlete ambassador for the Women’s Sports Foundation and the LPGA/USGA Girls’ Golf Program. In April 2006, she became only the fourth African American to ever compete in a Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour event.  An elite Certified Fitness Professional and wellness advocate, Andia believes that “the best experiences are those that are shared.” Via her fitness company, ADUB365 FIT, she conducts clinics and speaks around the country promoting healthy lifestyles and physical activity for youth and adults.

Andia Winslow discusses & answers the following:

• How do you first address clients who come to you with weight concerns? How do you help them plan to get on track?
• What is the most immediate action that folks can take?
• What types of diets do you recommend to your active clients who are looking for moderate weight loss and maintanence?
• What are the workouts that best assist in weight loss and management?
• How long does it typically take for people to see sustainable change in their bodies? How much and how long should they workout?
• Special Tip in Conclusion

Web Sites:
AndiaWinslow.com
YouTube: ADUB365
Twitter: @AndiaWinslow
Facebook: ADUB 365 Fit

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How to plan your workouts, structure, and intensity?

Deveren Fogle - a former New York City attorney turned Fitness Guru, and creator of the MyGenius Trainer mobile app joins the show.

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Deveren Fogle is president and founder of Corpus Couture, one of NYC’s newest fitness companies, and creator the MyGenius Trainer mobile app. While in law school, he began his personal training career at Equinox, Fitness Magazine’s “Best Gym in America”. After working as an attorneyfor a couple of years, and constantly bombarded with fitness questions from colleagues, he decided to go back into the fitness profession. He was then recruited to teach at top spinning studios, and gyms all across the city once people realized he was back; even recruited to train at Madonna’s personal trainers studio, and acted as a consultant for MTV's "Made" weightloss episode. Voted one of New York City’s best personal trainers by City Search, in 2009 and 2010, he is known for taking a no nonsense approach to training, and changing the body composition of his clients. His ability to analyze and structure workouts to get incredible results for his clients is the same logic that’s programmed inside MyGenius Trainer. He is currently featured as Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Entrepreneur Of The Month” for February 2011.

Deveren Fogle discusses & answers the following:

• What’s the most common fitness myth?
• What’s the most important exercise move, and why?
• How should people plan their workouts, structure, and intensity?
• How important is my diet to my weightloss and fitness goals, compared to my workout?
• What types of workouts can a person do to increase their metabolism?
• Special Tip in Conclusion...

Web Site:
MyGeniusTrainer.com

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How do we lose energy?

Gurutej, known as the Energy Guru joins the show.
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Gurutej is known as the Energy Guru. She has known since she was six years old that she wanted to lead others to their own inner self. She is a born leader, a creational genius, and a visionary thought leader. Her energy brightens your day, and her gift for lightness, comedy, and humor radiates with every breath and every word of her powerful message. An original disciple of Yogi Bhajan and a founding practitioner of Kundalini Yoga, Gurutej is one of a handful of Kundalini Yoga Masters in the world. She has taught people for over 40 years to connect to their essence through healing, meditation, yoga, and chanting. She lives and breathes the meaning of her Sikh name, “the one who brings you from darkness into light at the speed of light.” Gurutej has created products the support and uplift humanity. She has 4 yoga DVDs 2 of which are listed in the top 10 yoga DVD’s of all time, Chakra pillows that are a line of channeled color and aroma therapy healing pillows, a new book A Slice of the Beloved a yogic based book supporting couples in creating delightful relationships. There are two new audio/video series launching in the New Year 2011. One is Get Your Skinny Back? She has also developed a series of highly innovative teachings called The Moon Centers revealing the challenges and gifts of each center and an indepth view of how they affect women. Tips and support so women can chart their moods and expose their gifts. These priceless teachings allow men to chart the cycles and support their partners in understanding these gifts for more ease less drama in the lives of all concerned. Gurutej has created yoga centers throughout the United States and Canada. Her commitment to community outreach, philanthropy, the homeless, children, alternative education, and conscious living has been and is tireless. Free exercises for signing up on her site at www.gurutej.com.

Gurutej discusses the following on this eHealth Radio Episode:

• How do we lose energy?
• Energy Cheaters What are they and do you use them?
• What are some helpful Tips to make sure you have food with you that is real food to give you energy?
• I understand there are exercices that can help us get our energy back what are 1-2 Exercises that you can do anywhere to get your energy back
• Don't Miss Special Conclusion Tip...

Web Sites:
Gurutej.com
Twitter: @gurutej
Facebook: Gurutej-TheEnergyGuru
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