I usually take a short break the last couple of weeks of the year, but I had so many wonderful guests lined up we decided to keep going! Instead, I am taking the first couple of weeks in January to reset and hope you revisit this conversation with Oscar and I as we discuss how to improve your martial arts training. These principles can be applied to any sport or exercise program. As it is the start of the New Year, hope you find some of these tips useful and helpful.
Read more223. Improving your martial arts training
What does it take to be successful in martial arts or fitness? How do you improve your martial arts or training regiment? Oscar Agramonte and I sit down to discuss the philosophy and actions that have helped us in our kung fu and fitness journeys.
Read more219. How to safely drop 2 sizes in 8 weeks!
In this episode, Oscar Agramonte shares tips on how to drop 2 sizes in 8 weeks and achieve fat loss safely!
Oscar Agramonte is both a kung fu Sifu at the Wah Lum Temple and a personal trainer at Control Your Health. He recently began this 8-week fitness challenge with his clients. We discuss nutrition, habit building, strength workouts, and metabolic training.
Read more215. ICYMI Best of: Oscar Agramonte on Health and Fitness Goals (New Year resolutions)
How can you stick to your New Year resolutions? Should we make resolutions, or are we just setting ourselves up for failure? Oscar Agramonte of Control Your Health discusses the common pitfalls of setting resolutions and how we can avoid them.
Read more208. Dr. Yang Jwing Ming on tai chi chuan
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has written more than 30 books and 50 instructional videos on Chinese Martial Arts. He has taught thousands of seminars worldwide, and was voted by Inside Kung Fu magazine as One of the ten people who have made the greatest impact on martial arts in the last 100 years.
Read more152. Brendon Rearick on maintaining physical and mental health during the covid19 pandemic
Today I chat with my friend and awesome strength coach Brendon Rearick. If you check out his website, you will see he describes himself as a husband, father, strength coach, public speaker, teacher, business owner, ice cream lover, bookworm, bearded commoner, plaid-wearing gentleman.
Read more150. Kevin Carr and the routine during pandemic
Coach Kevin Carr of Mike Boyle’s Strength and Conditioning and Movement as Medicine chats with me today on how the fitness industry has been affected by the covid19 coronavirus pandemic.
Read more147. Dr. Cyd Charisse Williams on building a healthy immune system to prevent Covid-19 Coronavirus
Dr. Cyd Charisse Williams, MD, has practicing medicine for 25 years. She also traveled with the USA Track and Field team to four World Championships as their team Physician taking care of both Olympic and Junior-Olympic caliber athletes.
Read more145. Exercising at home during the coronavirus lockdown
Everyone is stressed during the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, and rightfully so. Last week I focused on self care and mental health during this pandemic. This week I have my favorite guest of all time on the show – my husband Oscar, to discuss why moving and staying active during lockdowns are so important.
Read more144. Self Care during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Why I choose to stay calm during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Amidst all of the anxiety and stress with the coronavirus I decided to discuss what I am doing to keep my sanity.
Read more51. Dr. Chad Eldridge, on moving to be pain free and love for the 80s
If you were to ask chiropractor Dr. Chad Eldridge about his practice, he would simply state his philosophy: Getting the masses off their asses. As you can tell, Chad, is not your ordinary chiropractor. He calls himself rather, the Movement Mechanic. And rightly so. His goals are to get people moving towards being pain free pain free. The key word here being moving! Chad does not just lay you on a table and give you a conventional adjustment, nope, at his practice you will often leave feeling as if you’ve had a 1 hour work out! I chat with him on his methods and philosophies and how we can incorporate them in our everyday lives. If you still haven’t kicked started your new years resolutions, listen on for some valuable information on why movement is just what the doctor ordered.
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