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Ep 127: Tyler Away!

Kian — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:34 +0000

This is another big step in the show. Tyler is going to start a running program! After some conversation, we’ve also decided that we want to open up our talents to you all and offer up free 1/2 marathon training tips for our newsletter subscribers. Sign up now!

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Ep 126: Stinky Onions

Kian — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:00:53 +0000

Today we are going to have a good time. The Onion News is a fantastic comedy news source, totally fictitious but awesome. One just happened to involve some health and fitness news. Enjoy

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EP 125: Give It The Ol’ College Go

Kian — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:00:31 +0000

I just got back from Nashville and, like I said on Monday, it was amazing! Had a great time with the lady, and beyond that made a great revelation. Enjoy the podcast

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Ep 122: The Spinach Revolution

Kian — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:00:23 +0000

So we have to admit, we’re still on a roll from Monday’s cast. This is such a massive deal to us that it will probably be a reoccurring theme in the podcast for a while. Remember, this isn’t about saying “oh jolly good, some Brittish bloke is taking care of things for us” it’s about realizing that you and I need to start acting to make changes in our country. Oh and then we talk about how bomb spinach is for you.

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Ep 117: Sleep On It

Kian — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:35 +0000

Your mother has been telling you to get it since you were a child, and your doctor always stresses how important it is, but you’ve never really understood how important sleep was; until today. In today’s Podcast we are going to give you all the information you need to know to understand why you need more sleep.

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Ep 116: The Next Step To Your Beach Body

Kian — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:00:01 +0000

Last month we talked about increasing the amount of weight that you lift to build a solid base of muscle before entering into the summer (read: skimpy clothes). Today is about changing things up again to make sure that you’re making gains and progressing towards your beach body.

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Ep 115: FDA strikes back

Kian — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:37 +0000

This is probably this largest intervention by the FDA in a long ass time. Seriously. A whole ton of processed food companies have been putting crap on their labels that’s just downright unproven and misleading. Check out the details on today’s podcast.

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Ep 113: Back to Basics

Kian — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:02 +0000

Sometimes the input we get from listeners isn’t exactly constructive. Shocking we know. Today we get back to the basics of fitness, nutrition, and health. They’re THAT important

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Ep 112: How To Avoid Failure

Kian — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:42 +0000

Most people, 95%, will never reach their fitness goals. Today is all about simple things that you can do to not only reach those goals, but improve the quality of your life, and the lives of those you love.

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Ep 110: Trader Joes and Easy Ways To Burn Calories

Kian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:04:07 +0000

Today is a monumental podcast. I won’t ruin the surprise for you, but we are going to go through some of our love hate with Trader Joe’s, TJ’s, and get you rocking on small ways to improve your calorie burn AND lead a more fulfilling life. Enjoy

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Ep 109: Time to Pay Attention to Your Soul

Kian — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:00:23 +0000

It’s our opinion that you can’t separate your mind body and spirit, and if you are really serious about getting results in the gym it’s time to pay attention to your soul. No this isn’t a podcast that’s going to try and convert you. It’s not about being Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and on and on, we want you to focus in on how your spiritual state manifests itself in your physical.

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Ep 106: Stay with the program

Kian — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:37 +0000

Rounding out the week we want you to be prepared to face some of the major trials you’re going to face over the next 90 days. You ARE committed to changing your body in 90 days, right? Stay motivated and accountable on your journey to getting your beach body

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Ep 103: Mentally Preparing for the Beach

Kian — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:00:18 +0000

It may seem kind of early to start thinking of the beach with all the talk of snow storms and cold weather, but if you don’t start now you are going to be flabby come beach season. We’re starting you off with the most important part of the beach body journey, getting mentally ready. Enjoy

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Ep 102: We’re BACK!

Kian — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:00:13 +0000

After an awesome holiday in Costa Rica we are back in action! Ever wonder how to stay fit in the midst of insane amounts of food? Want to get ready for your beach body? This week is your week. Enjoy

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Ep 101: Super Bowl Madness

Kian — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:40 +0000

Sure sure, we’re supposed to tell you NOT to eat a crap ton on Sunday, right? Well I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised with today’s podcast, not only are we telling you is OK to eat some junk during the Super Bowl, we would be shocked if you didn’t.

Remember we are taking a one week vaction and won’t be back on the air until the 15th. We are going to try and get some videos up and all that, so check by the site to see what’s cookin.

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EPISODE 100!!

Kian — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:50 +0000

This is a major milestone for us. 100 Episodes! Today we unleash the people who have inspired us to be great in fitness, and those who still push us on. Before we get into the podcast, we want to thank you from the bottoms of our hearts for being there with us for 100 episdoes

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Ep 97: Whole Incentive

Kian — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:45 +0000

You’ve got Christmas bonuses and vacation time at your work, right? What about discounts on products and services? We are digging into the world of Whole Foods again and talking about their newest incentive program for their employees to make them more healthy. Drop us a comment below after you…

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Ep 93: I AM SPARTACUS!

Kian — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000

We're not usually fans of "pop workouts" or any of that junk, but once every so often there's a workout in a magazine worth noting. Men's Health put out the Spartacus challenge workout, which is a pretty intense circuit of exercises. Click below for the link and be sure to listen to today's podcast to hear our review

Check out the Men's Health Spartacus Workout

Ep 90: How Fast Do You Move It?

Kian — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:00:03 +0000

Today we're going to answer the question: Does it matter how fast I move the weight? In short, yes it does. Get more details on today's Podcast. Enjoy

Ep 89: Pain

Kian — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:00:30 +0000

Training IS pain. Let's face it, working out hurts. The question is how much hurt is too much hurt, and what kinds of hurt are too much? Mind you we are NOT doctors, and everything on this podcast is our opinion and not medical advice. We are pretty awesome though

Ep 88: Strange Workouts

Kian — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:00:44 +0000

Today is all about those classes that you've been meaning to try but haven't quite got around to it. We also dive into how fitness can make you more of the person that you want to be. Stripperobics? Why not.

Ep 87: Monday Minutes

Kian — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:39:11 +0000

From the UFC gym to sweeteners and the brain, we've got it all for you today. It's a big day in fitness, so get ready to get fit!

Ep 86: Alcohol And You

Kian — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:11:12 +0000

Alcohol is a part of life, so why not know what the actual effects (affects?) it has on your body? Today we're going to go over the caloric impact of alcohol as well as the changes it causes to your metabolism.

Ep 83: The Glycemic Index

Kian — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:11:12 +0000

All carbs are not created equal. That's why the glycemic index was created. It's a bad ass ranking system that's going to help you figure out what carbs to eat and which ones to avoid. Enjoy

Check out this awesome GI Calculator

Rakel_GLYCEMIC INDEX

Ep 82: Monday Minutes

Kian — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:00:17 +0000

Hello Monday! Today's Monday Minutes is all about Combat. Tyler's boxing, and Kian's gym, Walnut Creek Sport and Fitness, is releasing a new Combat course. Over all, totally awesome.

Ep 81: What Not To Wear

Kian — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:00:30 +0000

We hate reinforcing the stereotype that the gym is a meat market and all you should care about is how you look (ok well I hate it, I'm not so sure about T). Despite all that you, our listeners, have asked us to give you the heads up on wardrobe in the gym. Sit back and enjoy

Ep 80: Music!

Kian — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:00:35 +0000

Music drives exercise! We've got a lot of people asking us what fires us up when we work out, and, as is our MO, we are happy to oblige. Join us as we go through the music that drives us to work hard.

Ep 78: More On The Run

Kian — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:01:17 +0000

We Love our reader mail. We got a good one the other day, and she pointed out some things in our running episode that may have been a little off. Seeing that we aren't too prideful to retract some statements, here's where we agree and disagree.

A couple quick notes:

Barefoot may not be the best choice for everyone.

I'm still not a fan of motion controlled shoes.

Lateral rotation and Pronation are different

Ep 77: Monday Minutes

Kian — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:40:27 +0000

Welcome to the first Monday of the year! We are off to a roaring start by helping you weed out the un-passionate side of you!

On a side note, for the last few episodes iTunes has not been updating our podcast! We just became aware of it thanks to an awesome listener and we are doing our best to fix it.

Ep 74: Get It ON!!

Kian — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:00:25 +0000

It is DAY ONE folks! I hope you're as excited as we (I) are about 2010. In this episode we take you through some of our major goals for two thousand and TEN!! Find some motivation in this and get going on your New Years resolutions TODAY!

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Ep 71: Monday Minutes 12.27

Kian — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:10:57 +0000

We are BACK!! We had a good Christmas break and hope that you enjoyed the time with your families as well. Today we tackle a really thoughtfully built argument against our entire website. It's a toughy, enjoy.

P.S. We wanted to take a quick second and THANK YOU for listening to us!! We seriously LOVE you guys and love all the feedback we get, positive and negative. You kick ass

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Ep 52: Why So Sad?

Kian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:49 +0000

If you've ever been in a place where you don't want to walk into the gym because you're embarrassed, we are with you. We know exactly how embarrassing working out can be, we have gone the through the gauntlet of fat loss too. Let's tackle those demons and get started on a path to success!

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Ep 48: Monday Minutes

Kian — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:41:29 +0000

We are BACK for another exciting week with the True Fitness Academy! Monday mornings weekly rant is coming at you, and here are your highlights: Celebrities on Facebook, Fitness "Trends," and much much more!

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We are all on facebook, twitter, myspace, twittstalk,youtube, and on and on, creating our own social networks and power groups. We have a major issue with this. Not with you creating your social network, but celebrities.

Here is why. It's not that celebrities create their own droid army of followers, that's actually pretty awesome, where things get iffy is when good celebrities start letting us into their personal life like Paris Hilton or something like that.

You and I don't need to see our fitness heroes posting pictures of themselves getting hammered drunk and making poor dietary choices. Doesn't that just feel wrong?

Second in the show is some fitness trends. According to the ACSM there are some new "shocking" trends popping up in the fitness world. The headline of this article being,Is Cardio over? Strength Training Climbs List Of Fitness Trends, how awesome is that? Not really that awesome actually, but let's consider in which situations we shouldn't do cardio.

If you have time to only do weight training or cardio, which would you do? Both! If you do high intensity intervals with weights you are actually DOING cardio while DOING weights. Cardio is not going out the window and is still as important as ever.

Check you later

-K

p.s. Newsletter kids, make sure you check out the ning page to get your workout videos later today

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Ep 39: When You’re Not Motivated

Kian — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:00:37 +0000

Episode 39: When You're Not Motivated, Key Motivational Strategies For When Fitness Sucks

We've all been, or will soon be there. You wake up early for your usual morning workout and, ugh, you just don't feel like getting up. So you hit the snooze, missing your workout. This may or may not become a habit, but we've found that pushing through your motivational slumps will be much more powerful for you in the end. Motivation is so huge in the fitness industry, we've given you some tips to help.

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One of my, Kian, accountability clients and I were talking about when everything fails you get back up. She'd not hit her weight loss goal for the week and was kind of bummed out, so we talked about what might be wrong with her workouts, diet, whatever. Nothing really came up.

Sometimes your body will buck everything you throw at it, and that is a fact you can take to the bank. There are going to be times where how you measure your success with fitness is going to fail, and you are going to have to find a deep passion to continue. It might be that the way you measure your success sucks, and that's a major issue for a lot of people.

The thing is that motivation with fitness is hard. It's called a workout for a reason. We can throw catchy quotes around all day, but it comes down to your commitment level. No one is ever going to make you pick up a weight and move it around. Ever. You can hire a trainer, you can workout with a friend or a team, but when it comes down to it you are the only one who can change your mind about anything.

Stick to your conscience, don't let anyone keep it for you.

When you let other people decide how you're going to react you've lost the battle. That's why only 1 in every 1000 people will succeed with a fitness goal. They put their trust in a diet, or in the treadmill, or with a trainer. That's all bullshit if you don't dig deep and make it happened for yourself.

Stay strong

-Kian

Here is a little something to get motivated by, from Tyler.