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Ep. 67: Longevity Series: Fasting, Diet & Weight Loss

It's Part 2 of our Longevity Series and we continue our discussion of how getting lighter and leaner will help you live longer and feel better. The stats show that the majority of people in Canada and the US are either overweight or obese, which long term will negatively affect your heart and your joints.

 

Both Catharine and Winston are in the process of optimizing their weight and body fat levels using exercise, fasting, and healthier nutrition. In addition to being an effective way of losing weight, fasting has a lot of other health benefits including improving insulin sensitivity, increasing autophagy, and decreasing your appetite. Give a listen learn what autophagy is and why you want to kick start that process.

 

If want to live a long healthy life then tune in for all of the science behind longevity and practical ways to incorporate them into your lifestyle. 

 

Just like Mr. Spock said, "Live Long and Prosper".

 

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Show Notes:

Stay tuned! We'll be offering a free download of this episode's takeaways and our recommended training programs. Check it out in our Adventure Library.

 

Training and Fitness Podcast Episodes: 

• Ep. 66: Longevity Series: Exercise 
• 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:

• 13 Fitness Game Changers to Turbo-Charge Your Progress
• LiveWild Radio’s Favourite Exercises 
• 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. 66: Longevity Series: Exercise

Everyone wants to live a long and fulfilling life, but not everyone knows the best practices to do it. In the first episode of our Longevity series, we delve into the negative effects of aging, a simple physical test that indicates your risk of mortality, and practical reasons why we are focused now on improving health for the future. 

 

Our goal in this episode is to show how to hold the downward slide in physical performance at bay with exercise and weight loss. Getting stronger and building new physical skills is good for the body and mind while building endurance is good for the cardiovascular system. Both types of training help improve insulin sensitivity, which is a huge problem with modern foods and lack of movement. If you want a better quality of life now and in the future, give a listen and put the lessons into practice.

 

PROMO 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. 

Show Notes:

Stay tuned! We'll be offering a free download of this episode's takeaways and our recommended training programs. Check it out in our Adventure Library.

 

For more on training podcast episodes: 

• 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:

• 13 Fitness Game Changers to Turbo-Charge Your Progress
• LiveWild Radio’s Favourite Exercises 
• 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. 65: Dirtbag Timeshare

Since the border has been closed for the last year and a half, we have started to explore Quebec. On our annual Canadian Thanksgiving trip, we headed to the Mont Tremblant area, where we discovered our new favorite place with amazing facilities.  Mountain Biking, rock climbing, hiking, and camping for a price that will blow your mind. 

 

If you love adventuring in the outdoors but still want to be able to grab dinner and a beer, then give a listen and join us at our dirtbag timeshare.

 

PROMO 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. 

 

Show Notes:

- Mont D'Argent (Silver Mountain), Mont Tremblant, Quebec https://www.montagnedargent.com/

- Mont Tremblant Tourism https://www.mont-tremblant.ca/en 

Ep. 64: Surviving A Skydiver‘s Worst Nightmare with Kris Konway

What do you do when both your main and reserve parachutes don't deploy properly? We have a chat with one of Catharine's friends from high school about his adventures and how adventure has changed his life. 

 

Our guest, Kris Konway, is one of the few skydivers in the world to have a double malfunction and live to tell the tale. He tells the tale of how training and luck allowed him to walk away from what is every skydiver's nightmare.

 

From why he began sky diving to how adventure has been a driving force in his life, Kris gives his take on how to live as big as possible. Give a listen and see that hitting middle-age doesn't mean you have to slow down.

 

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. 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. 59: Let‘s Go Hiking

It's time to go for a walk in the woods. Whether you call it hiking or trekking, anytime you go for a long walk in the dirt, you enter the world of nature, fitness, and self-reflection. Hiking is the experience you make it. It's a chance to distress, exercise, and enjoy a forest bath all at the same time.

 

We should have done an episode on hiking sooner as it is the most popular outdoor activity. The pandemic has caused it to explode even more. We talk about the benefits of hiking, how to equip yourself and stay safe. Learn how to find dream hikes and how to keep your feet from hating you.

 

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

 

Show Notes:

• Kettlebell Training for Hikers and Backpackers https://www.livewildradio.com/post/kettlebell-training-for-hikers-and-backpackers
• 9 Reason Kettlebell Training is Optimal for the Outdoor Athlete https://www.livewildradio.com/post/9-reasons-kettlebell-training-is-optimal-for-the-outdoor-athlete 
• #TrekTipTuesday - Ruck Marching for Hiking Fitness and Fat Loss https://www.livewildradio.com/post/trektiptuesday-ruck-marching-for-hiking-fitness 
• Does Hiking Build Glutes https://www.livewildradio.com/post/does-hiking-build-glutes 
• What is the Hardest Hike in the Adirondacks High Peaks https://www.livewildradio.com/post/what-is-the-hardest-hike-in-the-adirondack-high-peaks

Ep: 58 - Fitness for Mountain Biking

In our last episode, we introduced our listeners to mountain biking and why it is so much fun. Now we are getting into improving your fitness for riding the trails.

 

Mountain biking is one of the most enjoyable activities but it is also more demanding than almost anything you can do. Nothing sucks more than being completely gassed part way through your ride. The fitter you are the more fun you will have.

 

We talk about specific training for off-road riding, how skills save you energy, improving performance by being leaner, and how nutrition affects your riding.

 

If you want to become a better mountain biker or just get fitter then give a listen and put our tips into action.  

 

For even more information check out:

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