Couch to Active

Happy Earth Day! What does this have to do with your exercise? www.couchtoactive.com  

This is a very unique time where fitness studios around the globe are offering their classes live online through Zoom. It's a rare opportunity that I predict will mostly fade after we are no longer quarantined. In this episode I talk about how to find these classes and my experience in Cannon Beach, Oregon. www.couchtoactive.com   Mentioned in episode: Cannon Beach Yoga Arts, Cannon Beach, WA USA...

Today we hear from Benjamin Hardy, the #1 writer on Medium in the world talk about his book, Willpower Doesn't Work. If grit, discipline, and will-power was all it took to exercise consistently, then most of us would already be in fantastic shape. But alas, it takes a different strategy to achieve our goals of health and wellness. www.couchtoactive.com   Learn more about Ben Hardy at www.benjaminh...

Bonus episode: Lyn reflects on the past year of her life. She shares the top three highlights of her year plus one thing she is going to let go in the coming year. www.couchtoactive.com  

In this breakthrough episode on Lyn's birthday, she shares how much she has weighed at different times in her life. If this is your first episode of the podcast, please first go back and listen to other episodes Lyn has produced on body image and weight stigma. The main purpose of this episode is to help our world take one more baby step toward destigmatizing our weight, releasing the secrecy on i...

In this special episode on Lyn's birthday week she shares her inner dialogue of her body image throughout her life. https://www.couchtoactive.com   

How could a person finish multiple 200 mile bike rides and still not feel like a real biker? In this special birthday week episode, Lyn shares how she came to a place where she could let go of labels and simply enjoy life a little more each day. https://www.couchtoactive.com  

Learning why exercise is important to you is not good enough. Your next step is to peel back the layers of your answer and gain an even deeper understanding of your answer. Join Lyn on her birthday week as she shares her five-whys. https://www.couchtoactive.com  

Lyn is celebrating her birthday week on the podcast. Tune in to see what she has up here sleeve. https://www.couchtoactive.com  

Time flies in our crazy-as-bananas lives. Where were you with exercise two years ago? Where do you need to be two years from now? https://www.couchtoactive.com  

Here's a few quick tips to get you moving this very second.  www.couchtoactive.com  

What are the top three running myths that may have incorrectly closed your mind to the idea of trying to run?  Jay's 1-week Mind your Running Challenge. Free challenge, sign up here. https://balancedrunner.lpages.co/mind-your-running-long/ The Balanced Runner Webpage: https://www.balancedrunner.com/ About Jae Gruenke: https://www.balancedrunner.com/

In this episode we get to know the human side of Jae Gruenke. I hope you enjoy the second of three conversations I had with Jae. Jay's 1-week Mind your Running Challenge. Free challenge, sign up here. https://balancedrunner.lpages.co/mind-your-running-long/ The Balanced Runner Webpage: https://www.balancedrunner.com/ About Jae Gruenke: https://www.balancedrunner.com/

Most of us are somewhat allergic to running, however Jae Gruenke gave me hope and inspiration that left me with a desire to give running another try. I hope you enjoy the first of 3 conversations I had with Jae. Jay's 1-week Mind your Running Challenge. Free challenge, sign up here. https://balancedrunner.lpages.co/mind-your-running-long/ The Balanced Runner Webpage: https://www.balancedrunner.com...

Sending you peaceful baby chicken peeps today. www.couchtoactive.com  

Many of us are three weeks in. It's time to face it and carve out moments of joy and fun. This is a message for our friends who are fortunate enough to live in a bubble of health and employment from home (myself included). You can grieve, you are allowed to get angry and lonely, and then we need you to face it and do what you can to help. This is not for our healthcare professionals and essential...

Get yourself ready to succeed in April. See exactly how Lyn sets herself up for the best active life possible each month. www.couchtoactive.com  

This is an incredibly unique month for our globe. It's not the time to be breaking down our bodies in the pursuit of fitness goals. It is instead time to be maintaining and building our overall strength an immune systems. www.couchtoactive.com  

What unique considerations should we have when thinking about staying healthy at the same time everything in our lives is changing? Staci Alden returns to the COUCH to ACTIVE podcast to share tips she has found to be helpful. https://www.couchtoactive.com   PRO Health and Sports Club is a medically based club based out of Bellevue and Seattle Washington. https://www.proclub.com  

Could an open mind and a willingness to try is exactly the missing link for you? Allie Delury shares her story of how her willingness to just try (and training smart) landed her at the finish line of an IRONMAN. https://www.couchtoactive.com  

This week we've seen everything go online including fitness classes. Staci Alden the Director of Group Fitness for PRO Sports gives us an inside look to what this is about and how this is actually an amazing opportunity for people who are new to group fitness. https://www.couchtoactive.com   PRO - Medically based Health and Fitness Club is based out of Bellevue and Seattle Washington. www.proclub....

Needing a massage but your spa is closed? Feeling sore or tight? A foam roller is an essential. www.couchtoactive.com     Giam TriggerPoint OPTP

We've been saying since the day COUCH to ACTIVE was created that exercise is not negotiable, our bodies need it. I'm thrilled to see our world leaders still exercise as an essential activity even in the midst of Shelter-In-Place orders. This is great news! So folks...let's keep moving! www.couchtoactive.com   Here's the text from Washington State's "Stay Safe Stay Healthy" order where governnor Ja...

Meet the author of the brand new book that will help you increase your endurance more than you thought possible. www.couchtoactive.com   Kim Peek Author of Wholistic Endurance Training https://www.crushingmygoals.com/book  

A great way to relieve head and neck tension. I'll explain how you can do it yourself and recommend my favorite balls. https://www.couchtoactive.com   TriggerPoint: MB1 - Put two in a sock. TriggerPoint: MobiPoint Massage Ball (Green Nubby)