Lifelong Health & Fitness Conversations

JD Tremblay is Director of High Performance and Mental Resilience Advisor at Hungry Warrior Academy. He is educated as an integrated engineer, naturopath, and bioengineer. At age 17, he joined the Canadian military, where he served around the world for more than a decade. He is now a volunteer firefighter, ultra-endurance athlete, and author of the international best-selling memoir Hunger for More...

Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode, I speak with Martin Pytela, a functional medicine expert and metabolic typing coach whose mission is to “Restore Vitality to You and the Planet.” With over 12,000 clients coached and more than 60,000 students enrolled in his online courses, Martin shares his unique approach to healing, which blends physical health, emotional wellness, and spiritual ins...

In this episode, I'm joined by Sarah Malone, owner of Spark: The Secret Place —a holistic healing collective dedicated to helping you overcome emotional, relational, and spiritual blocks. Sarah also appeared on TLC’s 90 Day: The Last Resort , where she helped couples navigate relationship challenges. The focus of this episode is on identifying the signs of narcissistic abuse, what steps to tak...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Alessa Caridi, also known as the Power Posture Pro. Alessa is a master-certified Pilates instructor, functional fitness expert, and the founder of JōbuFIT, a workplace movement company dedicated to solving the aches, pains, and productivity challenges of the modern workday. Alessa brings a wealth of knowledge from her experiences of teaching Pilates on t...

Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode, I speak with Jared Heldt, an advocate for alternative health, wellness, and biohacking. Jared is also the host of the Psynautical podcast and an author. As a practitioner and advocate of ancestral living and cutting-edge health strategies, Jared shares his first-hand knowledge on how we can optimize our physical and mental well-being through natural an...

In this episode, I speak with Emmett Kilduff, a serial entrepreneur, finance expert, and the visionary behind the Pitstop app. Emmett’s journey began in the high-stakes world of investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Over the years, Emmett built a reputation for helping companies achieve transformative success. He is currently the founder and CEO of the Fortia Group, and Mergers and Acquisitions ad...

In this episode, I speak with Csongor Daniel, biotherapist, author, speaker, and coach. While Csongor Daniel’s teachings have healed more than a million people, he has no such ambitions for fame—he would rather teach many more to heal themselves and others. As the author of three books on Bioenergy Healing and a veteran of numerous lectures and seminars worldwide, Csongor can teach you how to feel...

In this episode, I'm joined by Sarah Malone, owner of Spark: The Secret Place—a holistic healing collective dedicated to helping you overcome emotional, relational, and spiritual blocks. As a clinical hypnotherapist and spiritual teacher, Sarah uniquely blends therapy with spirituality in a refreshingly straightforward way. She gained recognition as a holistic therapist on a reality TV show an...

In this episode, I speak with Lana and Mark, founders and owners of Blisstopia Retreats in Peoria, Arizona. We discuss their many wellness services and offerings on their property designed for immersion into holistic wellness experiences. Blisstopia Retreats hosts their own retreats and collaborates with other wellness, health, medical, and professional practitioners to host retreats on the beauti...

In this episode, I speak with football coach Lyndon Hepner for a third time to see what he has been up to since we last spoke and to talk about his current goals. Lyn also gives insight on weight loss surgery, injury recovery, and his daily exercise and diet regimes.   Lyn strongly represents someone who strives for lifelong fitness in the face of life’s many challenges. Through this interview, I...

In this episode, I interview Andy Travis, founder and owner of Unshakably Fit, for a second time. This time, we will speak primarily about the nutrition guidelines Andy provides for his clients and that he follows himself. Finally, Andy will break down the three simple things his clients do for success. Andy's training program is guided by fitness fundamentals he has learned and crafted over t...

In this episode, I speak with Lisa A. Romano about familial narcissistic relationships that can chase us throughout our lives if we don't recognize the signs and disengage from the cycle. Lisa A. Romano is a globally recognized life coach specializing in assisting wounded adult children to overcome the childhood emotional trauma that keeps them stuck repeating negative, self-sabotaging pattern...

Welcome to another Fit Wallet segment of the Lifelong Health & Fitness Conversations podcast. The fit wallet series focuses on that other aspect of fitness in our lives, financial fitness. In this episode, I interview James McDaniel, a Texas real estate investor, who made his first successful property investment at just 19 years old. During this interview, James offers advice on ways to begin...

In this episode, I interview Andy Travis, founder and owner of Unshakably Fit. Andy's training program is guided by fitness fundamentals he has learned and crafted over the years and is driven by individual client data to create fully tailored routines. I sought out Andy to interview because I trained at one of his gyms, and there, I met a client of his who said his training enabled her to wal...

Tip 1 : Know the basics about the human body and why it requires regular exercise. Tip 2 : Make your exercises and fitness goals interesting. Seek new tricks to teach your body. Tip 3 : Warm up with something fun, or make your entire workout fun. Don't be so serious all the time; you'll burn out. Train a minimum of three days per week. However, for optimal fitness (depending on your goal),...

18 months after Season I came to an undeclared close, Season II has arrived! In this episode, I explain what I've been up to during my absence and what is to come with this podcast and LLAFIT's offerings to listeners and website visitors. Please visit LLAFIT.com or the LLAFIT Facebook Page Wellness Group and Solo Travel Booking Site: TravelToRestore.com Wellness Group and Solo Travel Faceb...

In this episode, I have a conversation with women's life coach Dr. Erin Gravelle. She has Bachelor of Arts in sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Washington, a Master of Teaching from Seattle University, and she is a Doctor of Education, specializing in educational leadership, which she earned from Seattle University. For over twelve years, she dedicated her career to student...

This episode is an extension of the post “ 7 Reasons Why I Don’t Compete ,” posted on llafit.com. This episode further exposes an aspect of the aesthetics world that isn’t talked about: the prevalence of women whose success relies on the knowledge and support of men. Instead, what is promoted on the platforms of those women are messages of empowerment and hard work – along with false claims of the...

LLAFIT speaks again with Elise and Dan of Momentum, Strength & Wellness. In this episode, Elise and Dan detail their 7 daily habits and focus on their first daily habit: BREATHE. Elise and Dan explain what proper breathing is, how it benefits your body, and how to maintain the healthy habit of breathing well. Elise is a certified nutritionist and Dan is a Chek certified holistic coach. Togethe...

In this episode Olympic hopeful, Kellianne Van der moer, a rowing trainee and personal trainer shares her thoughts on the athlete mindset, athletic ability, public perceptions about how athletes should look, and how she defines fitness. Her favorite phrase to stay motivated is “If not now, when?” Follow Kellianne on instagram @kdog_stackin, read about her in The Sacramento Bee, and see her on the...

In this episode, I will describe how I went from hating exercise and opted for extreme dieting to avoid it, to becoming a personal trainer and lifelong fitness practitioner. Starting was my first goal. Then pivoting my mindset, training, and where I sought information took me to the next level of maintaining fitness for nineteen years. Despite attempting to reshape my body starting at age 14, as s...

This is a lost episode. Meaning it was recorded with the intent to be aired a while ago. However, we ran into some audio issues throughout the podcast, and Ashley and I could not meet up again to recreate our conversation. But, I think the audio challenges are fitting: as a single mom juggling so much in her life and yet still slaying challenges, scratchy audio is no match for the valuable informa...

Fitness all around: mind, body, soul, and finances. Before LLAFIT.com, there was BrokeSingleMomFitness.com. Self-education through books banished poverty from my life. But I recently learned, after reading Kim D. H. Butler's books, that I still have a way to go to meet my ultimate financial goals. Through reading the 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑴𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒔 Prosperity Economics book series, I found the tip of...

I speak with 6A football Coach Lyn Hepner about his at-home workouts during the COVID-19 period. We cover how his at-home workouts compare to his previous training at a full-scale gym and his transition back to the gym. Lyn advocates for people to start working toward their goals NOW and to keep going. His motivational phrase is "What I want now can't override what I want most."  Lyn i...

In today's episode, I speak again with Elise and Dan of Momentum, Strength & Wellness, based out of Los Angeles, California. Elise is a certified nutritionist and Dan is a Chek-certified holistic coach. Together, they guide clients to reach their health and fitness goals through holistic nutrition and exercise programs. In today's episode, we talk about common nutrition and exercise mi...