Healthforce Podcast

Meal plans serve as a "non thinking" way for clients to achieve fitness success. But do some of the drawbacks detract from the overall prospect of success? In this episode, we explore the rigidness of a meal plan and what may serve as a better tool for clients to achieve fitness success.

Vince is someone whom I consider a friend. He recently started up Case Specific Meal Prep (https://www.csmppgh.com/) and I was happy to get a chance to sit down with him and have a chat about it.  I know this opportunity has filled a void for Vince. He is extremely passionate about this business and my hope is that this conversation further helps the audience understand the immense value of a meal prep service. I do honestly think, meal prep delivery services will give grocery stores a battle for market share over food in the coming years. 

Children going back to in person schooling, is becoming a reality for a lot of families across the United States. Setting the politics of "if they should, if they shouldn't" aside, what can families do to best insure their children have healthy immune systems?  This topic I find highly valuable not only during the COVID era, but should extend to all times. The family units across the United States are largely lacking leadership when it comes to fitness. The parents do not value fitness, therefore most children do not learn to value fitness. With childhood obesity and Type II Diabetes on the rise, it is time to step up and change this cultural error. 

As I have been suggesting, Fitness is the closest thing to the fountain of youth that we currently have. What is the reason most US Adults do not truly prioritize fitness in their life?  Type 2 Diabetes can be controlled, treated, and combated with exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle change. In this episode, we dig into the science on what type 2 diabetes actually is, and what happens when adults gain weight. 

A popular type of social media post I have seen is around deciding and selecting alcoholic beverages that keep in mind fitness or diets. While useful, I wanted to dig a little deeper than just an infographic. In this episode, we explore the impact of different alcohol options as well as strategies to minimize damage to your fitness goals.  I also firmly believe telling clients or individuals to just "stop drinking alcohol" is a very poor and impractical bit of advice. It is much more productive to help people with their weekend habits than trying to convince them to stay at home and be anti-social. 

Wanted to do a quick episode about some of the other content we are creating on Facebook. We wanted to test out doing some FB Live and utilize it as an opportunity to do storytelling. If you would be interested in additional value from us, please check out our Facebook page @RamsdenEliteFitness and give us a follow.

Decided to have a fun episode. Found a link for 14 common fitness questions, and I gave my straight ahead truthful answers to each. This episode is one big wallop of value to the face. Great practical advice contained within.

With the COVID lockdowns in place, I felt it would be helpful to talk about speed training. This episode will not exclusively be for high school athletes. There will be plenty of applications for those who want to improve their golf game or pick up basketball skills.  There has been a huge misconception about the proper way to increase athletic speed. We handle this misconception and clear up the confusion.

One thing that has become increasingly clear about the COVID19 outbreak, is that it most severely affects those who are older and/or have other health constraints. Age is one of them, but that is not in our control. One major factor that is in our control however, is our fitness. COVID is having a larger effect on obese individuals according to the data that we have.  Unfortunately, we take our health for granted. It takes a catastrophic event in order to wake us up and to get serious about fitness. This is pathetic and should not be required in order for us to care about fitness. Working out & eating well are such simple concepts, but they require time, effort, money, and prioritization. 

In this episode we discuss how most people continue to buy food from a grocery store and how changes to this may be on the horizon. When you look at fitness, it is tough as it is. Anything that brings extra value or makes something easier will be tremendously valuable.  A proper meal prep delivery service can simplify the nutrition aspect of fitness. Who wouldn't want fresh chef quality meals delivered directly to their door? This upcoming trend may be worth jumping on. 

Hard hitting episode here! The COVID lockdown has allowed me to reflect a lot on our current society and the health crises we face. Coronavirus is but of one. There are more prevalent and long lasting threats to our health including the ever astronomical US Adult Obesity Rate. According to the a Feb 2020 report from the CDC, the US Adult Obesity rate is 42.4%. We need to get serious now about tackling this issue. For a lot of individuals weight gain and the path to obesity is a creeping process. It happens slowly over time, which is what makes it insidious. It is my hope, I am able to convince others to make some lifestyle habit changes and I wanted to provided some insight on how to do exactly that. 

You may be feeling overwhelmed or powerless during this time when many of us are under "stay at home" orders. But that is hardly the case. We can all use this time for introspection and development. We can still make fitness progress during this challenging time.

Think you have a muscle imbalance? Perhaps one arm is weaker than the other? Maybe you have poor posture? We cover all this and more in today's episode of the HealthForce podcast. We provide a few tips at the end of how you may correct any muscle imbalances very easily. 

Dave Brailsford took over a poor performing England Olympic Team and accomplished winning 8 gold medals out of a possible 10 in 2008. Listen to this episode to learn about his concept of Marginal Gains and how you can apply this to your own health & fitness in order to reap similar rewards. 

We listen to three advocates of lemon water and it's health benefits. We examine the claims and get to some hefty research at the end of the episode to arrive at our destination of - the truth about lemon water.

We take on the question - is sugar more addictive than cocaine? There has been a large push on this narrative and so thus it is our duty to get into the science and discuss this issue. We are definitely in a low carb trend cycle currently, and so it is extremely easy to demonize carbohydrates and sugar in the current climate, but is the demonization valid?

Prepare to be shocked. Things are not going as our society should want them to go. The obesity statistics in the US are painting a very clear picture, and I believe the root cause stems back to mindset and the approach we take to life in general. 

We take on a question from a listener about how to progress one's workout. When do we change rep ranges? When do we change weights?   We tackle all that and more. We really get deep into the philosophy on this one. To follow more of our content be sure to follow our FB and IG pages - @RamsdenEliteFitness

We briefly discuss the quality of audio and its potential impact on your workout, as well as the types of format including: music, podcast, audiobook., etc

We have a problem in society. It is called instant gratification. We want things and we want them now. Impatience. This mindset will absolutely ruin any chance you have at long term fitness success. Give this a listen and make a change in your mindset today.