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Get Healthy with Chris Freytag

March 12, 2024 / Chris Brown / 7 Comments

#159 Get Healthy with Chris Freytag

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In episode 150, Jill McCauslin and Chris Brown interview Chris Freytag, the founder of Get Healthy U and Get Healthy U TV.

Chris Freytag has been teaching, training, writing books, creating DVD’s, and speaking on the subject of health and fitness for the last 30 years.

Get Healthy U TV is a streaming website with workouts for midlife women. They have over 700 workouts for all levels and ages. You can access the workouts on your computer, smart phone, Roku, Fire TV and the Get Healthy U app.

Get Healthy U is the sister fitness hub that educates and inspires women to make healthy lifestyle choices as they age. Get Healthy U provides trustworthy information about health, fitness, well being, nutrition, and recipes.

Get Healthy U TV and Get Healthy U reach over 1 million women a month through their website, newsletters, social media and workouts.

Chris lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband where they raised their three now-grown kids.

We discussed:

How we can develop healthy habits as we age
Why waiting for motivation isn’t a great idea
How to get yourself moving when you don’t feel like it
How to manage your health when you’re dealing with the stress of everyday life
How much cardio and strength training should women over 50 do each week
Her thoughts on yoga, Pilates and mini trampolines (rebounders)
What she recommends for the best way to get started on getting more healthy

Chris Freytag leading a group of women in a workout.

Links:

Get Healthy U TV
Get Healthy U
Instagram
Facebook Page
Twitter

Healthy Snacks

April 30, 2018 / Jill McCauslin / 1 Comment

Chris and I have decreed Monday to be recipe day in the Becoming Elli world. Why? Who knows but we like it. Rather than give you a recipe today, I’m going to list some snacks that I enjoy, just to give you some fresh ideas. I try to include protein with my carbs in my healthy snacks. Some fat is usually a good idea too.

Here are some healthy snacks that I enjoy:

Hummus with sugar snap peas. You can use any vegetable or combination of vegetables you want but I love a snack of sugar snap peas with hummus. Fantastic!
A handful of nuts. This works but if you’re too hungry, it’s easy to eat more nuts than you probably want to eat in one sitting.
Apple with peanut butter. Really, this is perfect. If you avoid peanuts, switch the peanut butter to almond butter.
Celery with peanut butter. I know you have to be careful with peanut butter because it is high in calories but it does taste good.
Cheese stick. Yes, just like the ones you used to give your 10 year old child.
Plain yogurt with berries. If you give plain yogurt or plain Greek yogurt a chance, you’ll learn to like it. You can also add some granola to this.
Hard boiled egg
Even better, deviled eggs!
A few of my famous oatmeal balls. See the recipe I shared earlier.
Tuna salad wrapped in romaine lettuce.
Cottage cheese, if you eat dairy. You could add some fruit to this.
Pumpkin seeds
Shrimp cocktail. I sometimes buy just a few shrimp at the grocery store and then enjoy them as a snack.
Sardines! Just eat them right out of the can if you want.
Sweet peppers stuffed with goat cheese. I buy these from my local grocer.
Dark chocolate with a cup of tea
A small serving of oatmeal
Some baked beans. These actually make a good snack. Avoid brands that are high in sugar.
Soup: heat a bowl and enjoy!
Kind bars. I love these things and they’re what I buy if I have to grab something at a store for a snack.

These are just some ideas. What have I missed?

Interview with Brian Kennell – Healthy, Fit and Active – Episode #5 of Becoming Elli Podcast

March 13, 2018 / Chris Brown / 7 Comments

In episode #5 of the Becoming Elli Podcast, Jill and Chris talked with Brian Kennell, personal trainer & business owner, about:

Muscle Mass
Interval Training
Strength Building
Cardio Training

He said that he used to get questions from his clients about how to lose weight, but in recent years the questions have changed.

“Instead of focusing on losing weight to be healthier — yes, that is part of it, but there is more to it than that…

The things my female clients over 50 are asking me are more performance based, more health based, more fitness based instead of just ‘Can you help me lose weight?”

‘I want to be able to run a 5K with my kids, and not be in pain during or after.’ or ‘I want to go skiing with my husband this winter. Can you get me in shape for that?’ It’s what your podcast is all about.

If you want to lose weight, it’s a different formula. If you want to be healthy, if you want to be fit, if you want to be active, it’s a different formula than weight loss.”

He shared some “don’t miss” exercises that all women over 50 should be doing and ways to stay fit when you only have 15 minutes to work out.

You may be surprised to hear that he also mentioned some exercises that probably are not appropriate for women over 50. (Bet you can’t guess which ones!)

http://becomingelli.libsyn.com/brian-kennell-personal-trainer-and-business-owner-of-bkennel-fit

Background:
With more than 15 years working in the fitness industry, Brian Kennell has worked at sports performance facilities and a medically based fitness facility – as both a trainer and manager. He now has his own personal training business, BKennellFit, where he will travel and meet people to train on location – at a park, on the trails or their home.

Brian has a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology/Adult Fitness, both from The University of Akron.

He wrote his Master’s thesis on a popular supplement ingredient and also had a poster presentation at ACSM National Conference.

Certifications:
ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
TRX Certified

Background:
While he was not very athletic as a kid, he loved sports but felt that he didn’t really excel at anything. After he began lifting weights in college, it all came together. Since then, he has competed in natural bodybuilding competition, started training for powerlifting, ran a half marathon, and is training for a full marathon.

How to contact Brian Kennell:
website: https://www.bkennellfit.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/B-Kennell-Fitness

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