Simple(ish) Fitness

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Today we are talking with a special guest, Tom Mounsey. Brandon has been training Tom for about a year and we asked him to come share about his fitness journey with us. Consistency is the hero of this story, as in most fitness success stories. We dive into how Tom has seen the effects of being consistent in fitness, how he started out when ‘consistency’ hadn’t taken...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Let's be honest, we’ve all done it, punched our height and weight into a BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator to see where we are on the scale. But how important is the number we are given on the BMI chart? Why is it even a thing… and when should we pay attention to it? Today we have this conversation and answer all the burning BMI questions you’re asking yourself...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Through the past many months we have been working hard to bring fitness to you without overcomplicating it and helping you to understand what makes us healthy. We have uncovered the biggest themes that we will use moving forward and that define the mindset we need to adopt as we get further along our fitness journeys. Our foundation if you will.  Today we will talk...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! What does stretching actually do for you? What is your knowledge of stretching and how to best use it in your life? Growing up I always thought you stretched to avoid injury. That’s when I did it, when I was engaging in an activity that I believed to have a higher risk of injury. I was not educated on the full benefits of stretching or even how to actually reduce th...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! You want to exercise, you’re trying to get into shape, maybe you even started moving and … BAM, you roll your ankle and you’re told to rest for 2-4 weeks while it heals. Sound familiar?  Not only is that an all too common story, it’s also generally the right solution. Join us as we break down what you CAN do to exercise through injury when you think you’re stuck bac...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Technology has become more and more integrated throughout our daily actions. We use it everywhere, cleaning, working, playing, they all have many forms of technology that we rely on. But what about fitness? Is technology being felt there? You bet it is! Today we are evaluating some of the biggest ways we wee technology being used in fitness and what we think of it....

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! A word you will hear over and over on your fitness journey is goals. Setting your goal, working towards your goal, meeting your goal.  You hear it over and over. But what do you do with that? Even if you have a dream you want to reach, you still need to break it down into steps. Today we are going to share with you the right way to do that! _________________________...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! We got to thinking… you know what doesn’t get brought up as much as it should? How to teach your children to value fitness and how to help them build healthy habits that will stick with them through life. To join us in this conversation is personal trainer, Chris Proctor. The idea for this topic was inspired by a post he made sharing how he works to teach his own ch...

Have you have been getting bored with your exercise routine and need to freshen it up? We think group fitness could be a good way to try something new and mix up your routine.  There are other benefits of it too! But you should be aware of some areas to be cautious as well to make sure you are getting the best experience in group fitness. Listen today as we talk about the benefits of group fitness...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Today we have a special guest we think you all will really enjoy. Kevin Driscoll is joining us from San Diego, California. He is a super fun person and it was our honor to chat with him for this topic today of reward systems in fitness. Reward systems are a tool we should all be using to get on track and stay on track with developing healthy habits and meeting our o...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Brandon and I started this podcast to help listeners connect to fitness a little differently. We wanted to make fitness more relatable, break down some barriers that make fitness intimidating, and overall focus on the small things – like what about each topic really matters, or what changes can we make to our lives in small ways that will yield results. But we also...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! It doesn’t matter where you are along your fitness journey, trying to do too much is a question you will be presented with from time to time. So how do you know when you’re doing too much? And how do you make sure you aren’t doing more than you can stick with? We have been able to separate this into two categories: How much can your body handle and how much can your...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Fear can manifest itself in our lives in small ways that we don’t even notice sometimes. Learning to recognize it and address the root cause of why we do something is an important part of finding solutions. Come along as we learn about what fear may look like for some of us and as we give some tips for better working past a fear that you may be wrestling with. This...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! When we think of a fitness journal often our minds go to a log-book style paper that we mark each time we finish a workout or eat a meal. While fitness journaling can look like that, it’s not the only way it can look. We found that it has a lot more overlap with life journaling than we typically think. Today we explore the benefits of journaling, how that can look d...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! To gain perspective means learning how to change the meaning of a circumstance. Gaining a larger and more well rounded perspective in fitness leads to a slightly new meaning of fitness - which, in turn, may change how we feel about it and respond to it too. For today’s conversation, Allyson Spungin joins us and brings her extreme knowledge and unique perspective of...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! In today’s episode we will learn about the proper mindset to adopt when dealing with stress, the relationship between the fundamentals of a healthy lifestyle and stress, and some tactics we can employ in our lives to help deal with stress. Stress is unavoidable, but it is not uncontrollable! Click here to read the paper we reference in today’s show, titled: “Rethink...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! We have all dealt with stress in our lives. But how do we think about it or understand it? We started diving into this topic and realized that we needed two parts to go through it all! Today we are going to chat about how stress works. Is some stress good for us? Why does stress affect us in the ways it does?  Then next week we will talk about what we should do abou...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! We have all thought about our posture, do you feel good about yours? Is it something that needs work?  This week we explore our posture to understand what it is, how it affects us, and what we can do to improve it. Posture is a huge part of our personal fitness, but it is too easy to forget about posture along our journey - let’s take some time to give it the attent...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! I've been surrounded by friends and coworkers that count their steps for years, and as they share their success or frustration with meeting or not meeting their daily goals, I've regularly thought to myself, are they even making a difference? In this week's topic we dive into step counting to learn if it really does make a difference and what parts of...

Where to start is a daunting thought no matter where you are coming from - but it can be especially hard to figure out where to start when you feel like you're just not cut out for the “exercise life”. The good news is there’s a solution for this! You can be fit and healthy without having to transform into a gym rat to do so. Listen and find out how! This topic's blog post: https://www.s...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! The benefits of exercise far exceed just fitting in your clothes a little better or being able to lift heavier things. Those are still healthy motivators and goals, but they are not the most impactful benefits that exercise has to offer. Listen to today’s show and learn about some of the other impacts we can expect to see in our lives if we prioritize exercise just...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! So you’re starting your fitness journey, that's amazing! What are the most important things you need to focus on to start?  We won’t complicate this. After listening you will know exactly what three things you should focus on and build habits around to have a healthy lifestyle! For A Lean Body Mass Calculator CLICK HERE Calculate How Much Water You Should Drink...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Let’s talk about habits and the role habits play in our life! We will give you lots of tips and strategies on how to make small changes that compound and result in huge impacts. How do you go from the person you are today and become the kind of person you are trying to be tomorrow? Listen and find out!  This topic's blog post: https://www.simpleishfitness.com/p...

Welcome to Simple(ish) Fitness! Have you ever taken a moment to consider if you are healthy? What does health look like for you? In today’s episode we will be breaking down what health consists of and how you can evaluate that for yourself. Watch this YouTube video for how to check your heart rate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAmcHizIbL4 This topic's blog post: https://www.simpleishfitnes...

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