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All About Fitness

All About Fitness is a free podcast that explores how exercise can successfully manage the aging process. From popular fitness programs to recently-developed exercise equipment, discover new trends and evidence-based solutions that can help you slow down the effects of time and stress on your body. No matter your age, learn how to burn calories, build stronger muscles and get YOUR best body straight from the people who conduct the research, invent the products and create the workouts that make you sweat. Host Pete McCall is a master personal trainer, education content creator and blogger for leading fitness organizations including the American Council on Exercise, Nautilus, StairMaster and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. In addition, he is the author of Ageless Intensity: Effective Workouts to Slow the Aging Process and Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple as well as multiple textbook chapters on exercise science. With extensive experience traveling around the world teaching workshops to personal trainers and group fitness instructors, Pete is an engaging host with the unique ability to translate the science of exercise for all to understand. The Quick Fit Tips deliver practical, actionable advice in under 15 minutes; while the interviews are in-depth, informative and engaging conversations with top health and fitness experts. New episodes are posted weekly; listen and subscribe to the All About Fitness podcast in order to learn how exercise can enhance your quality of life while extending your lifespan.

Latest Episodes:

Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple chapt 2, part 4 Nov 04, 2022

Show notes

ALL successful exercise programs have one thing in common: they adhere to the established principles of exercise program design. It's true, any experienced strength coach or personal trainer can watch any workout and know within a few minutes whether the person who designed it knew what they were doing or not (in many cases, it's the latter). Very similar to the craft of cooking, there are specific principles that dictate how an exercise program should be designed and formatted, and if you know how to cook then you should be able to learn how to design your own exercise program. Chapter 2, part 4 of Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple explains the variables of exercise program design and why each one is important for helping exercise make the desired changes to your body. It's all about how to design the workouts that change your body on this episode of All About Fitness.

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Dr. John Krakauer - The Neuroscience of Human Movement Nov 01, 2022

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Do muscles really have memory? How does your brain tell which muscles to move and how hard they should work? Is it possible to learn how to shoot a basketball like Steph Curry? Dr. John Krakauer is a professor of Neurology who runs the Center for Motor Learning and Brain Repair at Johns Hopkins University (he's a smart dude who knows why and how we move).

Dr. Krakauer is an expert in the field of neurophysiology which is the science of how our brain controls our movements. On this episode, originally recorded in 2019, Dr. Krakauer discusses how your brain learns movement patterns, what that means for your workout routines and whether or not it really is possible to teach an old human new tricks. Learn all about the science of how your brain learns movement on this episode of All About Fitness.

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Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

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Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

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Functional Core Training e-book

This e-book explains how the muscles of your core work as a single unit and identifies the most effective exercises for making them stronger.

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Dynamic Anatomy

This e-book explains the difference between muscle and fascia, describes how different muscles function together to produce movement and identifies the most effective exercises for popular muscles like the hamstrings, shoulders and, of course, the glutes.

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Exercise for the Fountain of Youth

This e-book explains the role that exercise plays in reversing many of the effects of the aging process and provides a simple, easy-to-follow workout program that can help you to use exercise to extend your lifespan. The prequel to Ageless Intensity.

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Gray Cook - Functional Strength Training Nov 01, 2022

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Living in 2022 is great: we can have almost anything we want delivered to us by simply swiping our phones; however is this much automation a good thing? As humans we were all born knowing how to move, but modern society has evolved to a point where movement is not necessary, the result is that many of us are simply moving less. When we move less, we lose our ability to move well which could result in an injury when we exercise.

Gray Cook is a physical therapist and strength coach who has helped many elite athletes to dominate their sport. Years ago, Gray identified the lack of coordinated movement as primary reason why many athletes fail to achieve success or become injured; as a result, he and his colleague, Dr. Lee Burton developed the Functional Movement Screen as a system for classifying movement ability. Gray talks about the Functional Movement Screen and how it can be used to identify potential muscle imbalances that could become an injury. Originally. recorded in the fall of 2017, learn all about the role of functional movement in your strength training program on this episode of All About Fitness.

To learn more about Gray Cook and the Functional Movement Screen, visit: https://www.functionalmovement.com/

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Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

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Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

https://amzn.to/3eYieSC

Functional Core Training e-book

This e-book explains how the muscles of your core work as a single unit and identifies the most effective exercises for making them stronger.

https://amzn.to/3VL3EOp

Dynamic Anatomy

This e-book explains the difference between muscle and fascia, describes how different muscles function together to produce movement and identifies the most effective exercises for popular muscles like the hamstrings, shoulders and, of course, the glutes.

https://amzn.to/3XUZK7s

Exercise for the Fountain of Youth

This e-book explains the role that exercise plays in reversing many of the effects of the aging process and provides a simple, easy-to-follow workout program that can help you to use exercise to extend your lifespan. The prequel to Ageless Intensity.

https://amzn.to/3gVRcg9

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Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple; Chapt. 2, part 3 Oct 28, 2022

Show notes

This audio book series of Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple is continuing with Chapter 2: How Exercise Changes Your Body. In this episode you will learn about how your heart functions during physical activity, why it's important to pay attention to the 3 laws of physics when you're planning your workouts and the variables that are a component of EVERY exercise program. It's all about the science of exercise program design on this episode of All About Fitness.

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Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

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Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

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Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple; Chapt. 2, part 2 Oct 22, 2022

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What is the difference between different types of strength training? Why should your workouts focus on metabolic conditioning instead of cardio? Smarter Workouts was written expressly to help you learn the science of how your body adapts to exercise; currently this is an audiobook series going chapter-by-chapter to help you learn more about how exercise changes your body. This episode picks up on Chapter 2 and covers the benefits of core strength training and metabolic conditioning. In addition, you will learn more about calories and what can help you to burn more of them.

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Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

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Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

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Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple, chapt 2, part 1 Oct 18, 2022

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Continuing with the series, this episode transitions to Chapter 2 of Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple and is titled, Movement and Intensity in Practice. Mobility, strength training and metabolic conditioning are the the 3 primary components of a well-designed exercise program. This episode addresses each of these components and why they are so essential for your workout program. Learn all about the essential components of a workout on this episode of All About Fitness.

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Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

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Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

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Gary Gray - the Father of Functional Training Oct 17, 2022

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Functional training is a popular fitness phrase that can mean different things to different people. Coach Mike Boyle describes functional training as training for a purpose, but in reality, functional training simply refers to an exercise program that is designed to help you move and perform better as opposed to simply looking better.

The traditional approach to physical therapy is for a therapist to work on the joint or body part that is not working or in pain. Gary Gray is a physical therapist who needed a way to help his patients without having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on equipment; since he couldn't afford expensive muscle-isolation machines, Gary focused on helping his clients by treating the entire body as opposed to just a particular body-part or joint as a result, the concept of functional training was born (this was the 1980s, btw).

Gary Gray has evolved his approach of working with the entire body and created the Gray Institute to teach physical therapists, personal trainers and strength coaches how to help their patients and athletes move more effectively. This episode, originally recorded in 2017, discusses how your body is designed to function and identifies ways that you could be exercising more effectively.

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To learn more about Gary Gray or the Gray Institute, see: https://grayinstitute.com/

Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

https://amzn.to/3dBVfg4

Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

https://amzn.to/3eYieSC

Functional Core Training e-book

This e-book explains how the muscles of your core work as a single unit and identifies the most effective exercises for making them stronger.

https://amzn.to/3VL3EOp

Dynamic Anatomy

This e-book explains the difference between muscle and fascia, describes how different muscles function together to produce movement and identifies the most effective exercises for popular muscles like the hamstrings, shoulders and, of course, the glutes.

https://amzn.to/3XUZK7s

Exercise for the Fountain of Youth

This e-book explains the role that exercise plays in reversing many of the effects of the aging process and provides a simple, easy-to-follow workout program that can help you to use exercise to extend your lifespan. The prequel to Ageless Intensity.

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Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple, chapt 1, part 4 Oct 15, 2022

Show notes

This episode continues with chapter 1 from Smarter Workouts and addresses why it is important to include the different components of exercise: mobility, strength training and metabolic conditioning into a cohesive, effective exercise program. Any mode of exercise is better than nothing, however your body needs different types of movement at varying levels of intensity in order for exercise to produce the best results and this episode will help you to understand why.

Listen and learn all about how your body responds to exercise on this episode of All About Fitness.

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Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

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Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

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Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple, Chapt 1, part 3 Oct 11, 2022

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This episode continues with chapter 1 from Smarter Workouts that addresses how exercise changes your body. Your muscles use two different types of energy to produce movement: mechanical and metabolic; this episode covers the basics of energy metabolism and how your muscles convert the food you eat into the energy used to move your body. In addition, you'll be surprised at which part of your body is REALLY responsible for the changes that you experience as the result of your workout program.

Listen and learn all about how exercise changes your body on this episode of All About Fitness.

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Learn how to design your own workouts; order a copy of Smarter Workouts: the Science of Exercise Made Simple

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Learn how exercise can slow the aging process and allow you to add YEARS to your life with Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

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Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple, chapt 1, part 2 Oct 04, 2022

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This episode of All About Fitness picks up in chapter 1 Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple where you will learn how exercise influences change in your muscles. Chapter 1 covers how exercise changes the body; it's important understand that exercise is a physical stress imposed upon the body and that different types of stress cause different reactions in your muscles. There are two specific types of stress stimulus that cause muscle growth: metabolic and mechanical overload; in this section of Smarter Workouts you will learn what those are and how they change your muscles. Finally, your muscles contain different types of muscle fibers which themselves respond to various types of exercise. If you know how your body responds to exercise, then you will know the best types of exercise that are right for your body.

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