The Mindful Motion Podcast

Health Span Fitness, How To Prescribe Exercise For Older Demographics, Enhance Your Quality of Life, With Josh Foster #14

It’s well accepted that exercise is incredibly important for human health.
 
As we grow older it is even more crucial that we exercise to prevent the onset of chronic diseases like:
- Sarcopenia
- Osteopenia
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
- Dementia
- Arthritis
 
What’s not discussed enough is, how should exercise be designed for people who are in their 60’s-90’s?
 
This is an important distinction to make.
 
Exercise should evolve over the course of ones life to match the individuals requirements at that time!
 
We are super excited to have Joshua Foster, the founder of Health-Span Fitness, come on The Mindful Motion Podcast to have a discussion about his online training program where he teaches personal trainers to safely end effectively prescribe exercise for seniors.
 
Josh find’s working with older demographics incredibly rewarding and believes that this demographic is under-serviced and not well taken care of.

Body Transformations With BodyMetRx: Look Sexy Naked, The Value of Coaches, Nutrition & Recovery Tips With Dena Clinton & Dafne Hernandez #14

Would you like to transform your body to look more like a superhero?
Many of us struggle to find the path towards a leaner physique.
Let’s be honest, we all want to look good naked, right? Haha
On this episode of The Mindful Motion Podcast we will be interviewing amateur bodybuilder Dafne Xiomara and Manager of BodyMetRx Dena Clinton.
Dafne is going to talk about her journey into bodybuilding, her struggles and successes, and the methods she’s found impactful to stay motivated in her training. These tactics have been her ticket to transforming her physique into the lean strong body she has today.
Dena Clinton is the manage of BodyMetRx, a state of the art facility where they run diagnostic testing to help people navigate their weight loss and body transformations. They use testing methods such:
- Bio electrical impedance
- VO2 max
- Sub VO2 Max
-3D Body Scanning
-Resting Metabolic Rate Test
In this interview we cover important details surrounding how to lose body fat, get leaner, and put on muscle. Using objective data to help track your progress can be invaluable. Learn more about it in this discussion. 

The Value of A High Level Coach, How To Find An Expert Coach #13

There is tremendous value of finding an expert coach to help guide you towards the path to success.
 
This applies to any endeavor in life you're taking on, and certainly applies to fitness.
 
The trouble is there are many people out they're claiming to have the answers without actually being an expert on the subject matter. This can be a problem.
 
Listen to this episode to get insights on how to pick a coach to help you achieve your goals!

Sensory Feedback of Motor System, Decoding The Bodies Signals For Appropriate Exercise Progressions #12

Our bodies are chock full of sensors that provide you with valuable information on how to progress or regress your exercise.Inappropriate exercise progressions can result in:
✅Muscle Tightness✅Joint Pain✅Intense Muscle Soreness ✅Tendonitis✅Immunes response; migraines & brain fogIf you’re experiencing these symptoms you’re exercise is not appropriate!If you tune into your body while you train you can start to pick up on the signals that tell you to modify or regress you exercise so that you can tolerate it better and continue to progress without pain or set backs.
This is episode will give you quick insights on how you can use the sensory feedback to make better decision with your exercise progressions.

The Hidden Resistance In Exercise, Maintaining Joint Health, Pre/Post Surgical Considerations With Steve Van Zandt #11

Host Erick Holtzman interviews colleague and friend Steven Van Zandt of @SVZperfromance.
Steve is a brilliant student and teacher of Tom Purvis’ Resistance Training Specialist program. RTS is an amazing continuing education resource for personal trainers who are looking to better understand the objective reality of exercise, physics, anatomy, and how to apply it all appropriately to humans.
Steve helps clients restore their physical performance by improving their muscular strength so they can kick ass in life.
In this episode we go in detail about topics like:
- Exercise Design
- The Hidden Resistance In Exercise
- Exercise Mechanics
- Force & Inertia
- Appropriate Exercise Progressions
- Pre/Post Surgery Considerations
- Long-Term Joint Health
If you are interesting in pain-free exercise that is sustainable for a life-time you will want to listen to this episode.

What Is Required To Change? The Power of Homeostasis #10

Why is creating change within our lives so difficult? 
For many of us, we get stuck in the thinking phase of creating change. We have this internal battle in our minds about what we think is required to make changes. We think about what types of actions would get us to our goals and how we might instill this actions into our lives.
It seems many people get stuck in this aspect of the change cycle, never really taking any meaningful action out of fear of failure, lack of motivation, or maybe just pure dislike of the process of change.
Understanding that Homeostasis is a powerful driver for keeping us the way we are. In essence, homeostasis is the bodies regulatory process to maintain its current status and avoid changes within our system. It keeps us the way we are and prevents us from changing. This is a big part of why making changes is so challenging. 
If you want to make changes to your body, mind, and life the undeniable reality is ACTION is required. Physical action and decisions are the vehicle for making changes to your body and life. 
In some cases, many people feel if they're not taking perfect action its not worth pursuing. But, imperfect action will always win over no action at all. 
In order to grow and change you have to fail and learn from your mistakes. This is the process. Every failure is a chance to make adjustments to your actions so you can do better the next time.
Be kind to yourself.
Give yourself space to a make mistakes. 
Be grateful of the opportunities you have.
Be grateful for what you have.
Stop overthinking.
Take imperfect action.

Bridging The Gap Between The Exercise And Medical Industries With Greg Mack #9

“Exercise is the best medicine for human health.” This is a commonplace statement.
I’m inclined to agree! 
But, what is exercise? What’s a good definition? 
Certainly it should be different then walking your dog or doing yard work, no?
Why does it matter to define things?
If you want to understand 
✅what you’re doing
✅what you’re working with
✅how to change it
✅how to achieve your goals
🏹🎯CLARITY is key 🔑 
 
Check out this episode with Greg Mack of @exerciseproed where we do a deep dive into:
✅defining exercise
✅issues with the rehab exercise system
✅common problems with certain body-views
✅injury histories influence on motor function

Solocast: The Hopeful Future of The Exercise Industry For Better Client Healthspan & Lifespan #8

The current healthcare system is reactive in nature and is set up mostly to deal with progressed injuries and problems.
 
It is not that well set up to be proactive and prevent issues from developing.
 
Currently, most people exercise in what I would call a “traditional” manner. They go to the gym, run, bike, or play sports.
 
During this “traditional” exercise there is often little to no attention to long-term health.
 
Far too often, people get injured participating in their exercise and have to see a Physical Therapist or Chiro.
 
They do their rehab to restore their health and return to the same activities that injured them. Repeating this vicious cycle again and again.
 
There is a division between “traditional” exercise and rehab exercise.
 
Instead of this model, what would be serve people best is if these 2 training modalities merged. So that when people exercised they were promoting health and longevity and not breaking their bodies down. Call if Pre-hab Training if you want.
 
This is the future of exercise!

Enhance Your Exercise Experience For A Pain Free Body, Better Self-Awareness, More Adaptability And Resiliency With Keith Shimon #7

In this episode Host Erick Holtzman and Exercise Pro Keith Shimon discuss how you can enhance your exercise experience and create a pain free body through custom evaluations, perception tracking, and identifying constraints and variables to maximize your self-awareness. This can lead to improve your ability to learn new positions and movements, making you more adaptable and resilient for long term success.
 
Keith is a husband, father, personal trainer, certified muscle system specialist, and Licensed Massage Therapist.
He is co-owner Body Activation which is a custom exercise gym helping those that want to train pain free in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He is also, the creator of the Biz Body Podcast: a business podcast for personal trainers.
 
Keith began his career working with hundreds of elite athletes ranging from the NBA, NLF, NHL and MLB, and has pivoted to the challenging field of moving pain free even with orthopedic, metabolic, and neurological problems.

The Exercise For Life Method, Pain Free Training For Longevity With Exercise Pro Charlie Cates #6

Exercise Pro Charlie Cates has a rich background in exercise and muscle mechanics. He is going to be sharing his knowledge and wisdom on how you can exercise for life in a healthy, safe and efficient manner so you can create a resilient, thriving pain free body.
 
Charlie is an amazing personal trainer, and Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist. He is also the owner of MAT Schaumburg in Chicago, the host of The Exercise Is Health Podcast, and the author of The Exercise For Life Method.