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  Top ten tips worth repeating in February of 2021! ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.  

If you drink even just one glass of wine a day, I want you to try this alcohol experiment with me. ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.

Here's our quote to memorize today. "No more exercise I hate." I normally don't like using the word hate, however in this context it seems to make sense. Nobody wants to spend an hour every day doing exercises they hate. So decide today to get massively creative about the types of exercise you can do that would also help you smile.  ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. w...

Today we are celebrating a Couch to Active group fitness student, Debbie. Debbie, you are rocking it! ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.    

Ashley Madden has always been a runner who could grit through anything, but when her darling baby arrived in 2020 everything has changed. This is a life session with Lyn Lindbergh the creator of Couch to Active. If you would like to book a session with Lyn head over to here:  https://www.couchtoactive.com/bookings-checkout/help-me-get-started   Mentioned in this episode: Being stubborn, Diastis Re...

Here's three simple stretches to help your ribs feel a bit better.   ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.

The couch strikes again! ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.

Take a sheet of paper and write the words "Beauty vs. Health" at the top. Then listen to this episode and see what you discover about your life.  ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.

What's happening inside Lyn's brain today at 6pm? ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.

RAM (Repeat and Memorize).  Injury Free is My Fastest Path to Success. When we start out exercising we are incredibly injury prone. To make matters worse we have years of bad-programming that causes us to think we need to push hard even when we are feeling significant pain. Much of the time this results in overuse injuries, painful joints, and sprains that end up causing us to be held back even fu...

Here's how to break through the barriers to getting out in the snow. - Are you afraid of falling? Feet traction and yak tracks could be a safety option. Also consider simply walking in snowy grass where the traction is safe. - How long are you really going to be out there? Do you really need to gear up completely?  Or can you step outside for a few minutes? - It's a lot of work to get dressed to g...

When you are getting back into exercise sometimes it can be difficult to know if you are injuring yourself or just feeling normal pain. This episode will give you the starting point of how to ensure you stay injury free in these situations. ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for pe...

Learning the weight machines at the gym can be intimidating. If you don't have access to someone to help you the challenge is even more difficult It's common to leave your gym experience feeling like a failure. In this episode I share a few tips on how to realistically figure out these machines on your own.    ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com  ...

  What is Active Rest and does it apply to people who have chronic illness, are recovering from an injury, or are completely out of shape? ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.  

In our first "Rockstar" episode we celebrate Anne from Oregon. Listen here to learn about some of the challenges she has overcome. ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.  

In each campfire chat I share more on what is happing outside of health and fitness.  Today's episode: 1. Why did we change the title of this podcast from COUCH to ACTIVE to The Health and Fitness Motivation podcast? Here's a link to where this podcast and all 312 episodes are searchable: https://www.couchtoactive.com/podcast   2. Lyn's health improvements and what I specifically did to increase m...

A review of the 2019 film Brittney Runs a Marathon staring Jillian Bell. There are no spoilers in this episode.   ***** Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind.

RAM: Repeat and Memorize.  Our phrase to memorize: My body needs exercise. My body will always need exercise. This will never change. It's not negotiable, it's science. ******* This podcast is created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Bli...

When Crystal realizes she's crawling out of her skin she ponders purchasing a treadmill, but what happens next is pure fiction. Created and produced by Lyn Lindbergh of COUCH to ACTIVE. www.couchtoactive.com   Fitness Motivation, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and support for people with Chronic Illness, Long-Term Injuries, are Blind. Mentioned in this episode. Buying a treadmill in 2021. Covid...

Enjoy this unique episode where Lyn records her inner-thoughts. https://www.couchtoactive.com   Self-Talk Warm Cozy Bed Taking the dog for a walk

Each month we make our health and fitness plans. In this month we take a close look a what will bring us joy.

Our newly branded podcast is here! The old COUCH to ACTIVE podcast is now called the Health and Fitness Motivation Podcast! Take a sneek peek at what's new!  https://www.couchtoactive.com  

This is the teaser for our all new podcast launching on February 1st, 2021. www.couchtoactive.com   Hosted by Lyn Lindbergh, the creator of Couch to Active.

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