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We want to be like Elli because she was the Norse Goddess of Aging who beat Thor in a wrestling match. We want to be like Elli, fit and strong as we age
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Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer 164

Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer

164 - Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer Download | Play in New Window In episode 164, Jill and Chris talk with Pat Spencer, owner of Getting Your Mind in Gear, who helps endurance athletes hone the mental skills needed to achieve their endurance sports goals. Pat is an avid gravel cyclist, former long course triathlete, marathoner, and open water swimmer. A licensed clinical social worker and a therapist with a private practice in central New Jersey, she has worked in mental health for 25+ years in a variety of settings, including directly with clients, as a supervisor, as a adjunct professor and providing a number of professional trainings. In 2022, she decided to combine her understanding of mental health with her love of endurance sports. She knew she...

lowering cholesterol through diet and exercise

Lowering Cholesterol Through Diet and Exercise

Have you ever tried lowering your cholesterol through diet and exercise? Is it possible? Perhaps it isn't something that you have struggled with, but I know for myself when I lost weight, increased my muscle mass and started eating right I was able to lower some of my high cholesterol numbers. Remaining vigilant is more difficult some times than others. Finding ways to keep lowering cholesterol through diet and exercise (and trying to stay off statins) is one of my health and fitness goals. Cholesterol numbers are linked to determining your risk of developing heart disease or experiencing a cardiovascular event. My high cholesterol is probably herditary, but I know if I am pretty strict with my certain foods (limiting butter, egg yokes, shellfish and red meat)...

Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni - 163 - be

Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni

163 - Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni Download | Play in New Window In episode 163, Jill and Chris talk with Kim Vopni, a leading authority in health & fitness coaching for women with pelvic floor dysfunction and is known as The Vagina Coach. She has helped thousands of women learn how to do pelvic floor exercises, ditch the incontinence pads,  eliminate their prolapse symptoms and get back to living life to the fullest! Kim is a certified fitness professional who became passionate about spreading information on pelvic health when she was pregnant with her first child.  She is the author of 2 books – Prepare to Push – What Your Pelvic Floor and Abdomen Want You To Know About Pregnancy and Birth and a second title Your...

Looking Back at Our Veggie Challenges

Looking Back at Our Veggie Challenges

Chris recently posted about how eating more vegetables helps her maintain her weight and included some information about roasting zucchini. For some reason that made me think about some of our earlier posts about vegetables so I decided it was time for looking back at our veggie challenges. If you enter Veggie Challenge in the search field, a lot of entries come up. Scrolling through the search results, I realized we have a lot of great ideas on how to get more vegetables onto our plates. I found a recipe for a kohlrabi slaw that I made in 2019. Five years ago so I guess that’s why I forgot all about this dish but it sounds good. I need to make it again. It’s basically kohlrabi and...