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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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Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast

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Healthy Living with Alicia Jones

Healthy Living with Alicia Jones

July 23, 2024
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#159 - Healthy Living with Alicia Jones Download | Play in New Window In episode 159, Jill and Chris talk with Alicia Jones who helps transform the health and the lives of women over 40 through her fitness and weight loss strategies. She has a B.A in Kinesiology and has many certifications, including National Coach of Canada (NCCP), Advanced Sport Nutrition, Certified Group Fitness Instructor, and Personal Training Specialist: Canfit-pro. Alicia has appeared on various health and wellness television programs and produced and hosted Health Matters and The View: Health and Wellness On Rogers TV. We talked about some great prehab (before rehab) exercises and Alicia was kind enough to provide lots of video links to show examples of how to do these exercises: Video Exercise Links: The Essential Workout For Over...

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Food Finds with Chris and Jill 158

Food Finds with Chris and Jill

July 9, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Podcast

#158 - Food Finds with Chris and Jill Download | Play in New Window In this episode, Jill and Chris discuss various websites and ideas for food challenges. They talk about what they love to eat in the summer and where they get inspiration. Discussed in this episode: Jill did a bike ride on Greenbriar River Trail in West Virginia and saw some UNUSUAL wildlife! Rainbow Challenge update Chris's favorite salad currently: spring mix base with feta cheese, cherry tomatoes cut in half, chopped mushrooms, sardines in water, chopped walnuts, chopped olives, chopped yellow peppers and avocado. Jill likes to put tuna or sardines on her salad sometimes. She also uses chicken breast when she has some already cooked. Chris likes to make inside out egg rolls with...

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Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass

Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass

June 25, 2024
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#157 Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass Download | Open in New Window Scroll down for podcast apps In episode 157, Jill and Chris talk with Elaine Glass, author, speaker and personal coach. For over a decade, Elaine has helped countless people unlock their truest selves. She works with them to find purpose, peace, and self-empowerment. Elaine’s newest book, Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You Are, is a guide to healing and transforming yourself inspired by the classical form of the labyrinth. During Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass, we discuss: Embracing change and overcoming negative thinking Reframing the ways we talk to ourselves Exploring the seven circuits of reflection and discovery and how each engages an energy point on the body How...

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The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age with Gwendolyn Bounds

June 11, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast, Races, Running, Sleep

#156 The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age with Gwendolyn Bounds Download | Open in New Window Scroll down for podcast apps Gwendolyn Bounds is an award-winning journalist and author of NOT TOO LATE: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age. A few months shy of her 47th birthday, author and journalist Gwendolyn Bounds asked herself, “How is it possible to become good at something when you are already far behind and time isn’t on your side?” Her intimate story takes us from playgrounds and gyms, where Wendy trains among children and athletes half her age, to far-flung Spartan Race courses – including the vast desert of the Middle East. As she moves from the back of the pack to eventually become a podium finisher in her age...

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Defeat Your Cravings with Dr. Glenn Livingston - 155

Defeat Your Cravings with Dr. Glenn Livingston

May 28, 2024
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155- Defeat Your Cravings with Dr. Glenn Livingston Download | Open in New Window Scroll down for podcast apps In episode 155, Jill and Chris speak with Glenn Scott Livingston, Ph.D. about dealing with food cravings. He was the long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm which has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry. Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own clients AND a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 participants. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology in 1991. His work has appeared in many major newspapers and other media outlets.  He has a website, defeatyourcravings.com, a podcast called “Defeat...

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Strength Workout developed by Artificial Intelligence

Strength Workout developed by Artificial Intelligence

May 18, 2024
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Wondering what a strength workout developed by artificial intelligence might look like? I've been dabbling to figure out ways to use artificial intelligence in my everyday life, so I asked Google Gemini to make up a workout. Here was the prompt: create a 20 lb kettlebell and 15 lb dumbbell workout plan designed for a middle-aged woman to build strength in the core, upper body, and lower body. Include a detailed warm up routine and specific stretches for the cool down. Several caveats before you read further. This does NOT replace the advice of a real personal trainer. AI merely searches different websites and compiles information. It doesn't consider the real person you are and/or take into account your goals, strengths, injuries or hang ups. It's just a...

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Ageless Aging with Maddy Dychtwald

Ageless Aging with Maddy Dychtwald

May 14, 2024
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154 - Ageless Aging with Maddy Dychtwald Download | Play in New Window Informative and compelling, in episode 154 Jill and Chris talk with Maddy Dychtwald, internationally acclaimed author, public speaker, and thought leader on longevity, aging, the new retirement, and the ascent of women. She co-founded Age Wave, the world’s leader in understanding and addressing the far-reaching impacts of our aging population. She is the author of "Ageless Aging: A Woman’s Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan" published by the Mayo Clinic Press. Maddy has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Fox Business News, CNBC, and NPR, and others. Maddy is the author of two previous books: Influence: How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better and...

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Encore Presentation - Inspiring Stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50

Encore Presentation: Inspiring Stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50

April 23, 2024
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153 - Inspiring Stories - featuring Wendy Rivard Download | Play in New Window In episode 153, we feature an encore presentation of one of the inspiring stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50. This episode was first released five years ago as episode 31 "Running and Staying Healthy with Wendy Rivard". We wanted to revisit this episode for our listeners who may not have had the opportunity to hear the inspiring stories from her. Wendy is a primary care pediatric nurse practitioner and has been a nurse for 40 years. She loves to run, travel, and also does CrossFit and water skis. We talk about a variety of challenges and ways she has overcome them. Today she told me her new motto is “Don’t count me out!” We discuss: Cross...

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Walking in sunshine with Peanut

Walking in Sunshine

April 16, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Motivation

I'm finding the motivation to walk again after the winter. It's definitely related to all the sunshine and new flowers that are in bloom. The last few weeks I've had Peanut out on the trails and paved paths in the area quite frequently. Although she's around 12 years old, she's lively and really enjoys the outdoors as much as I do. I find it's a great way to get some additional exercise each day and being in nature really makes me in a good mood.   Spring has arrived in Ohio! These are the first Dogwood flowers I've noticed. Higher temperatures have made them open earlier than usual!...

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Adapting for Health with Maria Molvin

Adapting for Health with Maria Molvin

April 9, 2024
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#152 - Adapting for Health with Maria Molvin Download | Play in New Window | Scroll down for podcast apps In episode 152 of the Fit Strong women Over 50 Podcast, Jill and Chris speak with Becoming Elli member, Maria Molvin about how she finds strategies to stay healthy and fit as she ages. Balancing work, family obligations, focusing on healthy eating, prioritizing sleep, and finding time to be active can be challenging. Maria lives in Northeast Ohio with her husband. She takes advantage of all the great local metro parks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to walk and hike. We discussed: How Maria relies on habits over willpower and discipline How she uses her home gym. She has an elliptical. treadmill, stationery bike, and a weight bench. ...

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Becoming Elli is for women over the age of 50 who are focused on healthy living and getting fit. We discuss fitness, nutrition, and ways to age gracefully. Our mission is the same as our podcast: to become (and stay) Fit Strong Women Over 50.

Chris Brown & Jill McCauslin

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Northeast Ohio

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