Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy

 

 wellness minute gym safety: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s Wellness Minute we give you some tips on how to prevent injuries and accidents by working out safely at the gym. First learn how to use the equipment. Now at most gyms they have lots of people who can teach you how proper form, how to adjust the seat, how to get on and off the machines, etc. Ask the personal trainer for help that’s why they are there. Also when you are working out in a group go at your own pace. Lots of spinning instructors love to push and push you but be careful. In the shower wear the right shoes - there are lots of germs and fungus living on that shower floor and you have to be careful there as well. Take a listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. Now available on iTunes right here

 

 wellness minute exercise for sedentary: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s Wellness Minute we give you some tips on how to add exercise to your day even if you hate to exercise. You have to make the activity fun. Try frisbee. Play active video games like the wiiFit or wiiSport of Dance Dance Revolution. Play kid games like ping pong or Marco Polo in the pool or start riding your bike again. Take a listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. Now available on iTunes right here

 

 wellness minute vacation workout: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s Wellness Minute we give you some tips on how to get an even better workout on your vacation whether you hit the beach or hit the mountains.

If you go with others, you can exercise as a group or get an early morning jog, quick set of doubles tennis.

Time is on your side, don’t have to worry about the clock

If you go to the beach, running in the sand is a great way to burn calories and you don’t even need running shoes.

Body surfing is another way of burning calories

Beach volley ball

Beach soccer

If you go to the mountains, hiking is a great way to burn massive calories since you can go for hours at a time .

Always end the day with a long shower or even better a Jacuzzi and a glass of red wine.

Take a listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. Now available on iTunes right here

 

 interview with fit advocate craig pepin-donat: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On tonight’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy learn all about Craig Pepin-Donat’s mission to help people get accurate information about health and fitness. Craig is the Fit Advocate and the brains behind the free webinar series The People’s Guide To Health.

The International Health & Fitness Symposium brings together twelve of the world’s top health, fitness, nutrition and lifestyle experts in an exclusive one-of-a-kind event to share their knowledge- and secrets- to better health, happiness and longevity. We are united in our passion to improve and extend lives.

Craig  formed The International Health & Fitness Symposium with the singular mission of giving people just like you the unbiased, professional, and often suppressed information you need to make healthy lifestyle choices.His panel of experts cut through the clutter and misinformation to deliver hundreds of answers that you can use in your life today. These are real solutions for real people.The best of each panelist’s recommendations are compiled in The People’s Guide to Health, Happiness and Longevity. Each expert delivers detailed information to help you make simple but effective changes that will have a major impact on your life.

For more information about Craig and his International Fitness Symposium check out his websites www.fitadvocate.com and www.ThePeoplesGuidetoHealth.com. And be sure to sign up for his free webinar series where you can listen and learn from the best of the best in health and fitness. Shameless Plug… Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy will be featured on a webinar on July 31 at 9pm EST. You don’t want to miss that one!

For more Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy check out our new Wellness Minutes blog where we give you in depth information on health, fitness and weight loss topics in 3 minutes or less every single day. Now available on iTunes right here

 

 wellness minute perfect workout: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s Wellness Minute we tell you the secret to the perfect workout.

Depends upon how much time you have, if you are training for a sport, if you have any physical limitations due to injuries, what equipment you have to

2-3x/ week you should be doing all of the stuff below

Strength, 30 minutes maximum

Equipment vs. body weight exercises

Flexibility, 15 – 20 minutes

Stretching, yoga, pilates, but always warm-up first.

Cardiovascular conditioning 30 minutes

continuous exercise- walking, biking, jogging, swimming, rollerblading

non-continuous exercise- change of direction, sprints at the track.

Take a listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. Now available on iTunes right here

 

 interview with carrie rezabek pure barre dvd: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On tonight’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy learn all about the Pure Barre workout from Carrie Rezabek. Pure Barre’s small movements create big changes. Especially in your thighs, hips, butt and abs.Pure Barre is an evolution of ballet, pilates and the Lotte Berk method.

The Pure Barre Technique is a total body workout that burns fat and produces lifted seats, toned arms, thin thighs, and flat abs by fusing elements of ballet, pilates and weights in a 55 minute intense session. It is an effective, fast, yet safe way to change your body.

Pure Barre was created by dancer, choreographer and fitness guru, Carrie Rezabek. Carrie opened her first studio in 2001 in the basement of an office building in Birmingham, MI. With no initial clients, signage or even a bathroom, the studio grew to a new location, a staff of 20 and a devoted clientele base.

In 2006 Pure Barre licensed its’ first studio location and in two years has grown to 11 licensees. For more information on our licensing program and current locations as well as learn more about how you can get Carrie’s awesome dancer’s body using her Pure Barre workout exercise dvd please go to her website www.purebarre.com.

 

 wellness minute balance training: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s Wellness Minute we talk about balance training. We go through some simple exercises to help you keep your balance as you age. these exercises can prevent falls for the elderly. Try standing up with your eyes closed. Now keeping your eyes closed try lifting one leg. Now put that leg down and lift the other leg. If you can do that try walking on with your eyes closed on uneven surfaces like the beach. Take a listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. Now available on iTunes right here

 

 wellness minute pool exercise fitness workout: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s Wellness Minute we give you some great exercises you can do in and around the pool. Get some noodles from your kid and put one under your neck and one under your lower back and float around the pool. This is a great way to relieve lower back pain. You can do some strength training by doing dips on the pool ladder. And get a great cardio workout by doing some sprints running in the pool. Take as listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. Now available on iTunes right here

 

 interview with jeffrey beck: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On tonight’s show, Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy learn all about Jeffrey Beck, the Diet Destroyer and star of the new fitness dvd Jeffrey Beck’s Total Body Workout Me, Myself and Irony. Jeffrey creates an interesting atmosphere of entertaining while demonstrating each of the exercises he does to maintain his chiseled body. The dvd features some great tips to overcome plateaus and Jeff shows how to do exercises that will work for both men and women. He even gave the Fat Guy his top three tips to be a body builder…1-get in shape 2- take great pictures 3- practice your poses. For more on Jeffrey please go to his website www.jbeckfitness.com

 

 radio show recap jeffrey beck, adam orkand, john dirks, fatbet: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The most entertaining weight loss and fitness podcast show on radio.” Please click PLAY to listen to the latest Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show podcast broadcasting live each week from Atlanta, GA, USA.   To download the show on iTunes please click on this link

Tonight’s show is sponsored by The Card Mom, Celeste Katz. If you are looking for a great easy to implement system for sending out personal hand stamped greeting cards please check out Celeste’s great website www.thecardmom.com

Don’t forget about The Roswell-tree Road Race to be held this July 4th at Roswell Park that benefits The Atlanta Community Food Bank. This great event is a fun run in the truest sense. You see everyone who signs up is placed in a division that includes only them - which ensures that when they complete the race they will have won their division. Imagine that, a race that you are guaranteed to win. There are a few other fun and silly rules to abide by or not. For more information contact Sally Jamara at her website www.roswelltree.org

On tonight’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy learn all about a great new way to stay compliant with your diet and exercise program from Adam Orkand and John Dirks called Fat Bet. An easy way to challenge your friends and family to lose weight. This website makes it easy and fun to graph your weight loss progress. You can learn more at www.FatBet.Net.

We also had on Fitness underwear model, former competitive body builder and fitness trainer Jeffrey Beck. Don’t confuse him with the world famous former Yardbird guitarist Jeff Beck. This one is called the Diet Destroyer. He has an ironic and informative fitness dvd which you can buy at his website www.JBeckFitness.com

A bunch  of Dr Fitness’ Fitness Tips this week. first he gave dietary tips to help you get pregnant. And then Dr Fitness threw in some great exercises you can do in the pool. An you can get his tips every day at our new website www.wellnessminutes.com or on iTunes here.