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Ep. 63: Fat Loss Tips That Actually Work

Excuse the clickbait title but we want those eyeballs. After our episode about Catharine's weight loss and fitness transformation, we received questions about the details of how she accomplished it. 

 

It isn't news to anyone that the majority of people in North America are overweight and the rate of obesity is rising. This comes with increased health risks and makes a lot of athletic activities like rock climbing and hiking mountains harder than they need to be. Imagine how much easier things would be if you were lighter and how much better your joints would feel.

 

We go in-depth about how to train, eat and change your lifestyle to achieve lasting fat loss for better health and athletic performance. It doesn't hurt that losing fat and building some muscle also make you look better in your underpants.

 

PROMO Alert! Looking for fitness equipment and a discount? Check out Great Lakes Girya (Canadian website) or (US website) fitness equipment and use Promo Coupon Code "LIVEWILD" to save 5% on any purchase meanwhile also supporting us. 

 

Show Notes:

• Coach Dan John - http://danjohn.net/
• Our blog, LiveWild Radio's Favorite Exercises, go over in detail the 5 key movements (Hip Hinge, Squat, Pull, Press and Carries)  
• Our blog, 13 Fitness Game Changers to Turbo Charge Your Progress has most of the concepts we talked about in this blog

For more podcast episodes on fitness and training: 

• Ep. 63: Fat Loss Tips That Actually Work
• Ep. 61: Body Transformation for Performance, Health and Mental Well Being- Catharine Gerhard’s Journey
• Ep. 58: Fitness for Mountain Biking 
• Ep. 56: Fitness Game Changers 
• Ep. 53: Kettlebell Training For the Outdoor Athlete
• Ep. 34: How to Feel Better with Allison Gaudet
• Ep. 32: Quarantine Fitness  
• Ep. 20: Injury Prevention and Rehab with Allison Gaudet
• Ep. 7: Barbells and Backpacks 

Related Blogs:

• Training Secrets for the Outdoor Athlete
• Great Lakes Girya Kettlebell Review
• 9 Reasons Kettlebell Training is Optimal for Outdoor Athletes  
• Does Hiking Build Glutes
• Kettlebell Training for Hikers and Backpackers   
• Ruck Marching for Hiking Fitness and Fat Loss  
• #TrekTipTuesday - Ruck Marching For Hiking Fitness  
• Training for Outdoors, Simplified  
• LiveWild Radio’s 10 Commandments of Training

Ep.62: Mountain Biking Tips Learned the Hard Way

To kick off the best time of year for mountain biking, we dish on a bunch of tips to make your riding better. Catharine has been riding for a full year now and has learned a lot along the way. She puts out the things she has learned that have made the biggest difference to her riding and has her shredding black diamonds confidently. And Winston chimes in with the shortcuts and wisdom that come from riding, racing, and coaching since the 80s.

 

Put our tips into action and make this fall your best riding season yet.

 

Show Notes:

• Ep. 58: Fitness for Mountain Biking
• Ep: 56: Intro to Mountain Biking 
• Top 6 Mountain Bike Destinations Near Collingwood, Ontario

Discount Alert! Looking for fitness equipment and a discount? Check out Great Lakes Girya (Canadian website) or (US website) fitness equipment and use Coupon Code "LIVEWILD" to save 5% on any purchase meanwhile also supporting us. 

Ep. 61 - Body Transformation for Performance, Health, and Mental Wellbeing - Catharine's Journey

Catharine pilots this episode with the story of her five-year journey from obesity to fitness. Spurred by the end of her marriage and the deterioration of her knees, she needed to make a change if she wanted to be able to live the life she desired.

 

With kids she wanted to be able to play with and activities she yearned to do, the motivation to start was easy. Like most people, she ran into challenges of maintaining that motivation but learned how discipline and baby steps lead to amazing results.

 

In that time she lost nearly 60 pounds and went from being unable to walk down the stairs without support to climbing mountains and shedding on her mountain bike. The damage to her knees is still present but by becoming stronger and lighter she has made it a problem to manage rather than one that defines her capabilities.

 

Learn how she completely changed her lifestyle to make her physical transformation inevitable. Training, nutrition, and a change in mental outlook all work together to slowly but surely achieve the results she was after.

 

Since Winston has been her training partner and coach for the whole period he chimes in with the technical details of how the lifestyle changes were enacted and why.

 

Show Notes:

 

Here's some other LiveWild Radio resources on the topic. 

Podcasts:

• Ep. 58 - Fitness for Mountain Biking 
• Ep. 56 - Fitness Game Changers 
• Ep. 53: Kettlebell Training for the Outdoor Athlete

• Ep. 34: How to Feel Better with Allison Gaudet

• Ep. 32: Quarantine Fitness

• Ep. 20: Injury Prevention and Rehab with Allison Gaudet

• Ep. 7: Barbells and Backpacks

Blogs:

• 9 Reasons Kettlebell Training is Optimal for Outdoor Athletes

• 13 Fitness Game Changers to Turbo Charge Your Progress 
• Does Hiking Build Glutes

• Ruck Marching for Hiking Fitness and Fat Loss

• Training for Outdoors, Simplified

• LiveWild Radio's Favourite Exercises
• Training Secrets for the Outdoor Athlete
• Great Lakes Girya Kettlebell Review

• Kettlebell Training for Hikers and Backpackers

• 9 Reasons Kettlebell Training is Optimal for the Outdoor Athlete

Ep. 60: Making Lemonade Out of Lemons - A Kid's COVID Perspective

Adventure is the act of heading into the unknown, which is a great way to describe the last year and a half. We've already done a number of episodes talking about how we've been dealing with the changes that COVID has dropped on us but this time we talk with the kids about their experiences. Hudson and Amanda have weathered the storm and built new skills.

 

From learning from home to social isolation, hear how two junior adventurers have adapted to the new landscape that they were forced into. And it turns out when you put kids on the microphone you get an unexpected comedy that is worth the price of admission.

 

This is a story of making lemonade from the lemons life throws your way.

 

For more about kids and the outdoors, also give Podcast Ep. 37: Backcountry with Kids a listen.

 

Ep. 57: Intro to Mountain Biking

What's got two wheels and goes BRRRRRR?  Why us of course. Join us as we talk about hitting the dirt on our mountain bikes. Like most of the activities, we cover Winston has been doing it since the 1980s (Yes, he is old) and Catharine has started relatively recently. It works well to get the perspective from a new rider and the guy who used to race and own a bike shop. 

 

Find out why mountain biking is the most fun form of interval training and how you barely notice your legs are on fire. From local trails to epic road trips, mountain bike riding is a way to cover a lot of trails, have a ton of fun, and get in great shape. It can be anything from a version of fast hiking on two wheels to crazy stunts like you see on the Red Bull Rampage. There is a type of mountain biking for just about everyone. Learn what to look for in a mountain bike and ideas on finding fun places to ride near you.

 

For even more information see our article Top 6 Mountain Bike Destinations Near Collingwood, Ontario

Looking for fitness equipment and a discount? Check out Great Lakes Girya fitness equipment and use Coupon Code "LIVEWILD" to save 5% on any purchase meanwhile also supporting us. 

Ep. 56: Fitness Game Changers

During the last year, people have either made fitness a central focus in their lives or completely fallen off the boat. For people in the latter group, it isn't too late to make movement part of your lifestyle. And for the former give a listen and incorporate some of the ideas we discuss to keep making progress.

 

Rolling lockdowns have lead to fitness challenges, online follow-along workouts, and more butt exercises than you can shake a stick at, This can help with motivation but just because you are putting in the effort doesn't mean you are going to get optimal results. In this episode, we talk about fitness strategies and techniques that have been game-changers. 

 

With Winston's experience as both an athlete and coach combined with Catharine experiencing the best fitness of her life when most people are heading downhill, there are a lot of ideas that you can put into practice to get fitter, faster, stronger, and leaner.

 

For even more information see our article 13 Fitness Game Changers to Turbo Charge Your Progress 

 

Looking for fitness equipment and a discount? Check out Great Lakes Girya fitness equipment and use Coupon Code "LIVEWILD" to save 5% on any purchase meanwhile also supporting us. 

 

Also, check out related podcasts and blogs:

• Ep. 53: Kettlebell Training for the Outdoor Athlete 
• LiveWild Radio's Favourite Exercises 
• Training Secrets for the Outdoor Athlete 
• Kettlebell Training for Hikers and Backpackers
• 9 Reasons Kettlebell Training is Optimal for the Outdoor Athlete
• Ruck Marching for Hiking Fitness and Fat Loss
• LiveWild Radio's 10 Training Commandments

Ep. 53: Kettlebell Training For the Outdoor Athlete

With gyms closed for half of the last year we needed to really up our home gym game. But with the space in an apartment, barbells and a squat rack were out of the question. Winston has a background in using kettlebells to train athletes so a hybrid approach of kettlebells and
bodyweight exercises just kind of made sense for us.

While we were forced to do this it has turned out to be some of the most effective training we've undertaken. Increased strength, conditioning and fat loss all achieved in the front entry way of the apartment. Learn how a cannonball with a handle can help you achieve your outdoor fitness goals, making you a better hiker, climber or mountain biker.

We discuss our training, costs, and ideas to add kettlebell training to your workout plan. If you are looking at how to add fitness to your life and lose the Rona 15, then give a listen.

 

Show Notes:

Looking for fitness equipment and a discount? Check out Great Lakes Girya fitness equipment and use Coupon Code "LIVEWILD" to save 5% on any purchase meanwhile also supporting us. 

- Check out our training blogs:

• Kettlebell Training for Hikers and Backpackers
• 9 Reasons Kettlebell Training is Optimal for the Outdoor Athlete

Ep. 52: Tessa Jennison - Adventure Racing for Humanity

We often pursue sports to fulfill some inner drive and goals.  Very rarely does our individual pursuit extend beyond our own personal satisfaction. The world doesn't change because we set a personal record.

But when you take your passion for testing yourself and mate it with a cause, you can make a difference. Tessa Jennison joins us to talk about her adventure racing endeavors and how that lead to her current passion - community based endurance events that benefit the community.

From local adventure races to the televised Eco-Challenge in Fiji, Tessa has constantly pushed herself to find out what her limits were.

This led her to have the idea of a 1-day 65km trek across the whole of Waterloo region in the winter to bring attention to the plight of the homeless who have to live in those conditions. A one-off personal test, led to creating an annual event that merges physical challenge with activism. The Waterloo Region Crossing was born and now anyone can join to test themselves, as well help raise money and awareness for The Working Centre  in Kitchener, Ontario.

 

Give a listen to get ideas on how you be part even if you don't live in our area.

 

Show Notes:

- World's Toughest Race - Eco-Challenge

- Wanna adventure race? Check out Canadian Adventure Racing Association or USA Adventure Racing Association

- Waterloo Region Crossing - Trekking 65km in 24hrs to raise awareness about homelessness. Fundraising to support The Working Centre 

- Check out the Waterloo Region Crossing film and one trekker's take on the event in her blog - "Be Stronger Than Any Excuse You Sell Yourself"  by Tina Cassidy

- Follow Waterloo Region Crossing on Facebook @WRCrossingTrek  or Instagram @wrcrossingtrek

Ep. 49: Ethan Salvo - Obsessed with the Rock (Canada's Rising Boulderer)

Ethan Salvo has become one of the strongest rock climbers in Canada before he even finished high school. His determination to do the hardest boulder problems in Niagara Glen, Canada brought him to the attention of the climbing media including stories in Gripped Magazine. Now he has the distinction of putting up the hardest boulder problem in Ontario (Rite of Passage Low V14) which he did in the midst of the Covid pandemic.

We talk about his background, how he got into climbing, what it takes to climb at this level and some of his future goals. His approach to training and laser focus sets him apart from people who just enjoy climbing. A handful of moves on a school bus sized rock that are so hard not even a handful of people each year can do them. Going back to the same spot repeatedly, failing over and over but each time gaining a bit of skill and knowledge until he finally succeeded. If you want to learn what it takes to do superhuman things you will learn a lot from Ethan.

Download at Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes or where ever you get your podcasts or view on YouTube at LiveWild Radio.

 

Show Notes:

• Follow Ethan Salvo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ethan.salvo.9 
• Who Is Ontario’s Ethan Salvo? V13 in Under Three Years – Gripped Magazine September 20, 2022 https://gripped.com/profiles/who-is-ontarios-ethan-salvo-v13-in-under-three-years/
• Ethan Salvo and Ontario’s Hardest Boulder Problem? – Gripped Magazine – October 6, 2022 https://gripped.com/profiles/ethan-salvo-and-ontarios-hardest-boulder-problem/
• Ethan Salvo’s Major Send of Ontario’s Stairwell Project – Gripped Magazine – March 6, 2020 https://gripped.com/profiles/ethan-salvos-mega-send-of-ontarios-stairwell-project/
• Ethan Salvo Sends Ontario Crucifix Project - https://gripped.com/news/ethan-salvo-sends-ontario-crucifix-project-at-v12/
• Check out other similar podcasts about some of Ontario's finest climbing personalities:
  • Ep. 45: Next Level Adventure - Erupting Volcanoes - Frederick Schuett https://www.livewildradio.com/podcast-1/episode/3bc0c7e2/ep-45-next-level-adventure-erupting-volcanoes-frederick-schuett 
  • Ep. 40: Ontario Climber Reg Smart, How Passions Finds a Way https://www.livewildradio.com/podcast-1/episode/41917496/ep-40-ontario-climber-reg-smart-how-passion-finds-a-way 
  • Ep. 24: Gus Alexandropoulos, Ontario Climbing - The History and Politics Of Rock Climbing in Ontario https://www.livewildradio.com/podcast-1/episode/945a47e5/ep-24-gus-alexandropoulos-ontario-climbing-the-history-and-politics-of-rock-climbing-in-ontario 

Ep.48 - The Why Part II - Reflections on 2020

What a long and strange year it has been. In this episode, we reflect on this past year, our reasons for starting the podcast and why we continue to do it today. Despite the weariness that has come from COVID,  we are reinvigorated by the turn in direction we've taken with LiveWild Radio.  We branched out from just our outdoor and adventure themes to the broader topic of personal growth and finding your passion. Such episodes include talking with other adventurers about a transgender's journey (Ep. 28 - Living Your Truth - Alex Vaillancourt) to mental health (Ep. 27 - Face of Mental Health) to even fishing (Ep. 43 - Next Level Fishing - The Great White Knight).   We hope you've enjoyed this year, even with its challenges and thank you for coming along on this journey with us. Here's to new adventures and making new friends in 2021.

 

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