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Fitness Protection: Now on iTunes! Jun 25, 2019

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fitness-protection-the-podcast/id1469648943 Hello listeners! If you’ve been enjoying the Fitness Protection Podcasts posted recently in this feed, you can now subscribe in itunes! Yay! Link in the shownotes. When you subscribe you’ll get the weekly Q and A live-streams, in audio form of course, as well as our latest: a love letter to summer running, aka how to thrive when it’s hot af. Coach Sarah and I have a LOT to say, and The Fitness Protection Podcast is where we will say it all. This podcast is geared towards any runner who has no idea if doping is monitored through pee tests or blood draws. Before you Google That, head over to the shownotes and click the link to subscribe to the Fitness Protection Podcast. Please leave us a rating, the more ratings we have the easier the podcast is to find. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fitness-protection-the-podcast/id1469648943

6/25/19: It’s Beautiful Jun 25, 2019

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A listener writes in to ask for a mantra about moving on from a lifelong dream. Coach Sarah laments how we prefer to cheerlead people down the wrong path than accept ‘quitting’, ever, then gives advice on grieving... and moving on.

6/23/19: Not Today, Satan Jun 24, 2019

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Coach MK discusses the gigantic, pressurized can of whoop ass she is building. 🔥 After accidentally posting RJ’s ‘what to do in a fire’ podcast segment, we decided to let him handle the mantra cold open during our vacation. Enjoy! 🔥

Mammograms, Pelvic Exams and other Scary Things. Jun 22, 2019

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now available in iTunes!!! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fitness-protection-the-podcast/id1469648943 Coach MK and Coach Sarah of The Fitness Protection Program sit down to discuss Coach MK's cancer scare and explain why it isn't quite over yet. We all shudder to think how quickly this escalated. MK's symptoms started a long time ago, and health care providers were quick to dismiss her concerns as vanity ("aging is omg so HARD amirite?"). Ovarian cancer is NOT in fact a silent killer, it looks a lot like menopause and we cannot afford to dismiss anything related to hormones. Ladybusiness is still BUSINESS and your health care providers need to listen when you say something is wrong. We discuss how and when to push and what to ask for. 🔥 Bonus: RJ discusses fire safety 🔥

6/21/19: Tenacious AF Jun 20, 2019

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The space between where you are and where you want to be can be vast at times. Coach Sarah reminds us that waiting is never easy but anyone who can do it is Tenacious as f*uck.

6/20/19: Take the Selfie. Jun 19, 2019

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Waiting for a potentially terrifying news, Coach MK realizes her only regrets in life are the people she didn’t tell to f*ck off sooner and the selfies she didn’t take.

#AskAway with Coach MK and Coach Sarah, 6/16/19 Jun 18, 2019

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Now on iTunes! www.fitnessprotection.com Coach MK and Coach Sarah stream live Q&A sessions each week on the Fitness Protection Program Facebook Page, The FPP YouTube Channel, and Twitch, simultaneously. Join us! They are a lot of fun and super informative, and anyone may ask follow-up questions during the live broadcast. Books Referenced in today's Broadcast: Running Flow by Csikszentmihailyi Running & Breathing by Justin O'Brien (Re)Build Questions 1. I do the majority of my running on a treadmill in the summer. Should I make any adjustments to the training and/or settings on the treadmill? How I’ll it correlate to what I will be able to do on the road? Thankful for you both and the time and effort you are investing in this program! 2. It’s summer in Texas. I spent more of my avocado toast this week walking than running. I’m usually good with this, because it’s ridiculous outside. The only time I am not is when I wistfully think of a half marathon in 26 weeks. I’m nervous about building up enough sustained shuffling time when it’s time to jump up to maintain for that event. Maintain Questions 1. Hey Batter Batter Batter- Swing Batter! Aka the Hammer: In the Swing workout our rest is active recovery. Is the rest for the Hammer active recovery or actual rest? Thanks for all you do Coach MK and Coach Sarah! 2. When figuring out our 5k/10k paces, etc., what Easy effort pace should we base it on? Is it an average of your EE pace over the course of a run? We don’t do a lot of straight EE runs on maintain, so it’s hard to determine. 3. Can you please give some tips on what it should feel or look like form-wise when maintaining 5k pace? Do we increase our cadence or stride? My 5k pace based on EE is somewhere between 6:15 and 6:45. Problem is holding anything faster than a 7 minute mile and my form goes to shit. I become Phoebe from friends. Am I better off staying at a 7 minute mile pace? Thanks! 4. I am struggling right now-- Just when I think I have things under control, my post-tib tendonitis acts up again. I had wanted to get into the full maintain schedule for July, and was possibly looking forward to another marathon in late fall- but now I'm not sure. Sometimes I think I'm just trying too hard, or expecting too much. I'm hoping that a relaxing week in Florida with my mom will help me reset. Not sure what my question is, but I'm just wondering if maybe I even need a break from Maintain while my body figures out what's going on. 5. Sarah asked me to post a question on breath! How to breathe during hard effort is at the top of the most valuable things I’ve learned from MK. It took a long time for it to click. I had listened to the AMR podcast many months before the hard effort runs started and understood the concept but not the application. Then I asked a question one day about feeling almost like I was having a panic attack when running at 5K pace and MK said, that’s when you shorten your breath cadence. And since then everything has changed! 6. I have a Recovery R8 Roller (hurt so good). What is your opinion, thoughts, suggestions, and/or recommendations for using it? 7. I’ll be doing my very first marathon this December at CIM. As you probably know I’ve been training with you since early 2016. I’m wondering if a 10 week build up to a marathon is going to be enough build up for me since it will be my first. Thanks!

6/18/19: unsubscribe. Jun 17, 2019

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Coach Sarah delivers a powerful mantra about cutting the little ties that bind you to dreams you’ve outgrown.

Be The Change Jun 16, 2019

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Misasha Suzuki Graham of the Dear White Women Podcast (new episodes drop each Wednesday on iTunes) takes over the mantrapod today, bringing us a mantra about the small steps we can take that can add up to big changes. Check out their website and join their mailing list at www.dearwhitewomen.com

Dear White Women Jun 16, 2019

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I am obsessed with Still Processing, the NYT podcast with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris. If you’ve felt a little lost during their summer hiatus, I have the solution: Dear White Women, a comfortable space for uncomfortable conversations about race, identity, and parenting.

Hosts Sara & Misasha are mixed-race badasses with one Japanese immigrant parent each who bonded 20 years ago when they walked out of a racial identity discussion at Harvard. Misasha is married to a black man from the South, Sara is married to a white Canadian dude. Both ladies are committed to making the world a safer place for their mixed-race children.

If you love unpacking thorny issues as much as I do, you’re gonna love this podcast. It’s excellent. I’m biased for sure- I’ve known Sara for 20 years and we’ve been having really uncomfortable conversations ever since. Like the time I offered to promote her podcast and she said, ‘oh cool are you starting a podcast?” ahem.

I may be biased but I am NOT wrong, Dear White Women belongs in your queue, even if I will never be in Sara’s. Start with the one about the recent college admissions scandal. New episodes drop every Wednesday on itunes. Detailed show notes can be found at www.dearwhitewomen.com

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