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Personal Trainer and Gym Owner – Brenda O’Hara – Becoming Elli Podcast #4

February 27, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Direct Download Subscribe: Apple (iTunes) Podcasts |  Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Tunein | Spotify | RSS Brenda started gymnastics when she was five years old and competed at a high level for 15 years. She decided to go into exercise as a profession when she was a junior in High School. With a major in exercise science, Brenda earned a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University. Brenda holds the following certifications: NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) Certified Personal Trainer NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialist She owns and operates Iron-Oak Fitness in Solon Ohio. Iron-Oak Fitness is a gym with daily challenging workouts. In this podcast, Brenda explains the following to us: 1) Olympic LIfts (one rep max of a thruster, dead lift,...

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Fitness Apps on Phone

Training with Your Smart Phone– Fitness Apps

February 21, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Work Outs

Today I'm thinking about fitness apps. In one of our recent podcasts, I made the comment that I like to be told what to do for my workouts. Sometimes I use a personal trainer to keep me on track. That’s not always an option and not everyone has the resources for hiring a trainer or doesn’t have a trainer close by. Of course, you can figure out something to do on your own but if you’re like me, and want that little bit of extra guidance, what do you do? I realized this weekend that I have several apps on my phone that I use for workout routines so I thought I’d share some of them with you. Presumably, most of us have found different apps...

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Less than 100 Days to Go – Weekly Wrap Up

February 19, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Work Outs

This week I got more serious about my training program for preparing to run the Cleveland half marathon on May 20th. Something about seeing less than 100 days on the count down clock makes me realize I better get on the bus, my rear in gear and work the plan! My week, of course, did not exactly follow the plan, but I managed to get in some strength, conditioning, stretching and running in this week. - Monday - got a good hour of spinning for cross training. Great music and heavy hills (resistance on the knob.) - Tuesday - too much desk time. This resulted in a very satisfying yoga workout (via youtube videos) as well as important balance work. I specifically work on my ankles and calves...

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Reducing Painful Achilles Tendonitis Episodes

February 17, 2018
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Building Muscle, Fit and Strong, Fitness, Work Outs

I have to be careful about Achilles Tendonitis. Some people call it Achilles Heel. In 2006 I walked around the local Girl Scout camp all weekend in mud boots. Without a support lining! High arches and too much weight turned a bonding experience with my daughter and her troop into a long painful education about a tendon called Achilles. What is Achilles Tendonitis? If you've never heard of it, you probably haven't had a problem with it. The Achilles Tendon connects the calf muscles to the bone on the heel. The "itis" part means chronically inflamed. It can be painful, at least that has been my experience. During that year, it got pretty bad, to the point I didn't want to stand up and walk across the...

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Turning 50 and getting fit

Turning 50 and Getting Fit – Becoming Elli Podcast Episode 3

February 13, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Podcast, Weight

Turning 50 and getting fit Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple (iTunes) Podcasts |  Android - Google Play | Stitcher | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 3 of the Becoming Elli Podcast, Jill and Chris discuss how they lost weight, got into working out and what they did when they started. They explore a variety of topics about getting stronger and fit as well as what worked for them and what they learned to avoid. Turning 50 and Getting Fit - Discussion topics: Starting regular exercise after losing weight Using weights Using personal trainers Staying motivated Class exercises Bike riding outside Achilles heel injury How work out plans are like a recipe Weight and losing it Weight Watchers Community Avoiding cookies and trigger foods Regular food ...

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Maintaining Weight Loss - Consistency Over Intensity

Maintaining Weight Loss – Consistency Over Intensity

February 10, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Motivation, Weight

During the winter months, it can be difficult to stay the course for maintaining weight loss. Long dark nights. Cold blustery weather. We are almost six weeks into New Year's Resolutions and I find that I need a reminder about what I promised myself. Maintaining weight loss. Developing muscle strength. Cultivating good eating habits. Already this year I've not been to the gym on a regular basis as much as I intended. Maybe two days a week instead of my usual four or five. Generally I go skiing down the slopes at a nearby resort during the winter months. This year I haven't been outside as much as I've wanted to, partly due to sub freezing weather the early part of January. Then I've also been dealing with...

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Ten Ways to Avoid the Gym

January 28, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Work Outs

So, let’s say your idea of fun is not going to the gym and working out but you know you need to get some exercise to stay healthy. How do you avoid gym? Whether it’s because you don’t have a gym nearby, you don’t want to spend the money on gym membership, or you just don’t like gyms, you still need to get some exercise, right? We all know that fitness depends on moving our bodies. What should you do? I have some ideas to share. Get a Fitbit and count your steps. We all hear this, get 10,000 steps a day. Well, get a Fitbit or some other step counter (pedometer, Apple Watch, Garmin watch) and see how many steps you get in a...

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Indoor Pool

Who Thought Up Swimming as a Sport?

January 15, 2018
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Fitness, Races

It was 2o F this morning so what did I decide to do? Go swimming! I’m signing up for an indoor triathlon at my gym. It’s held in early March. The race is swim for 10 minutes, bicycle for 25 minutes and run for 20 minutes. Everything is done in the gym, so the run is on a treadmill and the bicycle is a bike used for spinning classes. For me, the order of ease with this is running, bicycling, and dragging up the rear is swimming. I know I can run for 20 minutes. I can ride the bicycle for 25 minutes though probably not very fast. The swimming is a problem. Initially I thought, swim for ten minutes? How hard could that be? Turns...

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What is Really Great about Indoor Cycling

January 14, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness

I really like doing indoor cycling. The bikes at my gym are the Spinning(r) brand. I remember the very first time I got pulled into the class when I was walking the track at the gym and trying to get fit.  It was Nov. or Dec. of 2010 and a friend of mine was already riding in the room. I was very tentative at the beginning. It was a big deal for me to enter the room with all the bikes. They showed my how to set up the Spinning bike to fit me with 3 different adjustments. (handlebars, seat height and seat forward/back.) [caption id="attachment_627" align="alignright" width="300"] Spinning water bottle with Nashbar bike sandles.[/caption] Over time I built up my knowledge base of what the spinning...

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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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