Life By Design Podcast

Despite CrossFit being an overwhelming success with more people joining the CrossFit community every single day, CrossFit still has it’s share of haters and people who try their best to discredit it.

It's important to note, that CrossFit is not the first or only model of training with the same general set of these principles.

CrossFit encompasses most of the same principles you would find in the majority of strength and conditioning facilities.

‘Overtraining’ is one of those concepts used to create uncertainty and even fear. 

Of course overtraining is real and it exists… but does every crossfitter  engage in overtraining? Does everyone lifting weights and training with intensity experience overtraining?

What we covered:

  • What is overtraining? How do you know if you are being affected by it?
  • Where does CrossFit's bad rap come from?
  • Signs of overtraining and what to look out for.
  • The accumulation of stresses and the role of the central nervous system.
  • What you can do to recover from overtraining.
Direct download: 260_Best_Of_-_Does_CrossFit_Always_Lead_to_Overtraining_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

Do you want to be the healthiest you possibly can be?
 
What about the rest of your family? Would you like your children to live a long healthy life? What about your parents...do you want them to be around for another 20-30 years?
 
Let us let you in a little (not really) secret to the one key ingredients that the healthiest (it actually applies to ALL levels of success) have that no one else does: Responsibility.
 
The health challenges that faced Canada in 2017 will only get worse in 2018. Suicide rates, opioid deaths, cancer, heart disease, ALL increased in 2017 (opioid deaths rose by a staggering 70%) and are all on schedule to keep climbing in 2018.
 
What can we do about this?
 
We are tired of the answer to this question being something to the tune of "more support, more awareness, more intervention, more funds, more testing, etc."
 
The answer is... and this is not going to be easy to read or hear for some...more responsibility.
 
It's tragic that people are suffering, it's heartbreaking that help doesn't exist for those who need it, however, more of what isn't working only makes things worse.

If the most successful people on the planet are the most responsible, then the lesson for you is practice responsibility.
 
The purpose of this podcast is to discuss the challenges, and virtues of practicing one of the 6-pillars of self-esteem, Personal Responsibility.
 
What we cover:
  • The psychological need for self-esteem and how personal responsibility plays a role.
  • How our modern society is destroying self-esteem and why that is dangerous for you.
  • How this lack of responsibility plays out in health care.
  • What needs to happen to you and your family to thrive and be the best you can be.
Direct download: 259_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

January 31st was Bell Canada's #bellletstalk day.
 
The purpose of the day is to talk about something that ALL of us are far too familiar with... mental health, and more specifically 'mental' disease.
 
Do yourself a favor and search the hashtag #bellletstalk and read all the amazing stories of bravery, courage, and survival in the face of the most horrifying of opponents, your abyss.
 
As comforting as it is to read the heroic efforts of individuals who continue to survive against increasing odds there is one thing we think is unacceptable and is rarely seen on #bellletstalk day - solutions.
 
It is true that awareness is the first step to solving a problem. However, there is a massive gap between knowing about the problem of mental health and solving that problem.
 
We want to help solve the problem.
 
The purpose of this podcast is to discuss mental health and help give tips and practical strategies to help improve yours no matter your starting point. 
 
What we cover:
  • There is a vast difference between creating health and fighting disease. The gap is the largest in the field of mental health/psychology.  Since bad ideas result in 'bad' actions, if you're ever truly going to get a grasp on mental 'health,' it's vital to start here. The difference between creating health and just not getting sick is a big one.
  • Your brain, mind and body do not exist in a vacuum isolated from one another - they coexist. If you can positively influence one, by default, you can positively influence the other one. It's impossible to say my body's healthy, it's just my mind that's not. Healthy means all or none. You are not three separate things but one combined whole.
  • Real life, scientifically based strategies you can start to do right now that will positively impact your mental health no matter where you're starting from.
 
Direct download: 258_Lets_Talk_Mental_Health_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

On Today's Show, we welcome our guest: Kate Kordsmeier.

Kate was a writer (she still writes, just no more freelancing) in the food and travel space. It sounds amazing and parts of it were, but having to go out to eat at restaurants, and eat all that tasty yet unhealthy food, 3-4 nights a week will take its toll on your health.

Her health was suffering. She was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), leaky gut, and thyroid issues. Worse, she felt unheard and not carried for by her medical team.

Kate decided that it was up to her to take her health into her own hands, so she stopped all medical treatment and found help elsewhere. After trying an anti-inflammatory diet for one week, her health dramatically improved. She was so excited about her results that she decided to tell everyone and channel her energy into starting a blog, writing a book, and coaching other people to health.

Listen in to this episode to learn how Kate did it (and how you can do it too!)

 
What we covered:
  • How nutrition impacts and influences everything about your body. Most people only consider body composition and weight, but it goes much deeper than that.
  • How the worst things that happen to us can evoke our greatest passions.
  • What you can do if you're completely stuck with your health. Often it can seem overwhelming, you're not feeling well, you've done everything, and you have no idea where to start. Kate's blog could help you.
Direct download: 257_How_Nutrition_Saved_My_Life_with_Kate_Kordsmeier.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

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