New City Podcast

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he human body needs to eat real food most of the time in order to survive and thrive. Today we use the idea of the “Overton window” to assess our diets and look at a strategy for influencing and creating change within our diet.

To obtain health, give the body what it needs and stay away from what it doesn’t. We are firm believers in the idea that we are “reformed and always reforming”. Meaning there is always opportunity to continue to challenge what we do and move closer to an optimal state of human flourishing. In this episode we discuss that process of continually assessing and changing and how to turn new behaviors i...

The human body needs times of work and times of recreation in order to survive and thrive. If you’re like me, you tend to fall heavily on one side of the spectrum and your recreation muscles are a little weak. This week we talk through some of our favorite ways we recreate and how to bring some order to this arena.

The human body needs sleep in order to survive and thrive. EVERYBODY knows “you’re supposed to get 8 hours of sleep” but that blanket statement about the quantity of our sleep is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to looking at overall sleep hygiene. So the piece we are looking at today is in regard to the environment you’re sleeping in. Is cool? dark? quiet? calm?

The human body needs times of rest in order to survive and thrive. We are also extremely habitual creatures. All of the principles should be practiced in a rhythmic and structured way. Rest is no different. In this episode we talk about rhythms of rest we have cultivated on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.

The human body needs to be physically challenged in order to survive and thrive. Most of the time that challenge should come in a dose that is appropriately challenging and allows us to have adequate recovery day over day to remain active while progressively gaining strength and capacity. Every once in a while we should push our bodies to a place we don’t go to every day to maintain access to that...

The human body needs access to its full physical potential in order to survive and thrive. One of those positions being full flexion at the hip. To assess this we simply ask, can you touch your toes?

The human body needs to move in order to survive and thrive. Cold temperatures, snow, and limited sunshine really put a damper on that throughout the winter months. How do you combat this?

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A quick little episode to help you think through optimizing your Thanksgiving for health, and it very well could include some pumpkin pie.

We value very highly among our coaches a high level of congruency. Meaning, we need to practice what we preach. These are some things we're focused on personally at the moment.

We compare and contrast Haley's 3 birth experiences, digging deep into how her health and fitness have changed in the process.

A deep dive into the group class programming at New City Fitness.

Saturday, September 18 https://newcity.fitness/corefloor

Health is a natural byproduct of a lifestyle that puts your body in a position to thrive. Sickness works the same way. It is not something that just happens to you out of nowhere. In this episode we dig into what a lifestyle that will inevitably lead to sickness looks like. https://newcity.fitness/

Two of our newest members at New City Fitness talk to us about how they got here and what challenges they had to overcome to do so. https://newcity.fitness/

Our current system of "healthcare" isn't healthcare at all.   https://newcity.fitness/

The human body needs to be physically challenged in order to survive and thrive. https://newcity.fitness/

In order to understand and pursue health we need to understand what sickness is as well. We need to know what is normal and what is not normal. And we need to know ultimately what produces health and what produces sickness.

A recording from a live workshop on May 15, 2021 at New City Fitness. www.newcity.fitness

We have brought a new coach on our team to help teach the New City Principles of Health. Her name is Mary and she's a boss.

New City Fitness has moved to a new location in Davenport and we're inviting you in to celebrate with us! Come check out the new space and hear about how to join us in renewing the Quad Cities by restoring the health of its people. Schedule 10:00 Open House 10:30 "State of the Union | American Health" with Dr. Alex Arguello 11:00 Q&A 11:30 Open House https://www.facebook.com/events/14771003658...

Part 7 of a 15 part series walking through the New City Principles of Health. The human body needs access to its full physical potential in order to survive and thrive. https://newcity.fitness/covid