The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

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S6 EP28: Tempo Work W/ Coach Isley May 17, 2022

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What does it mean to work on your tempo? It’s not about your music. It’s about adjusting the speed at which you do movements. Sometimes, there are real benefits to slowing down your movements. In today’s episode, Community Manager and Head Coach of TTSL, Isley Boyarski, returns to the podcast. You’ll learn what tempo work is, how it can help strengthen just a piece of a movement, and how you’re stimulated during tempo work.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

What Isley does
No bad feelings
What tempo work is
Why there are benefits to slowing down your movement
Breaking down the movement of a burpee
Strengthening the piece of your movement giving you trouble in a pull-up
Needing more than just tempo work
The different stimulus in tempo work
When your mobility allows you to go beyond where you can maintain tension

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S6 EP27: The IT Factor May 10, 2022

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How are you feeling? How is your progress going? Is there something you think is getting in the way of your progress? If so, what do you think it is?

Today, Rachael and Kelsea discuss the IT factor – the one thing that’s missing. That one factor that gets in the way of your progress. It’s probably not what you think it is. The good news is, it’s free! Listen to the episode to hear Rachael and Kelsea discuss the IT factor, taking the big picture into account, and questioning how you’re really feeling.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Being the main character of your own story, but not everyone else’s
You must decide which things people say to you have merit and value and which don’t
What your anger is trying to tell you
Your conditioned way of thinking about the “one thing” that’s always missing
The reality of needing more time
The IT factor of time + consistency
Are you looking at the whole picture for progress?
Questioning how you’re feeling

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S6 EP26: Improving Your Gut Health May 03, 2022

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There is a lot of advice out there about weight loss, but weight isn’t the only way that food and nutrition affect your body. Today’s guest is going to discuss some of the things she’s learned in the nutrition field and how she advocates for women’s health.

Dana Monsees is a dietician, nutritionist, and body image coach. In her conversation with Rachael and Kelsea today, she discusses whether gut issues like celiac and IBS are getting more common, what kind of gut conditions she sees regularly, and what neutral nutrition and weight-inclusive care mean to Dana.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Whether issues like celiac and IBS are becoming more common
The importance of gut health to overall health
What happens in elimination diets
Food sensitivity tests and what they mean
The more common gut conditions Dana sees
Whether food can heal some of the symptoms of gut conditions
Universal things we should be doing to improve our guts
What neutral nutrition means
What weight-inclusive care means
Treating the whole person

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S6 EP25: Unfuck Your Brain W/ Kara Loewentheil Apr 26, 2022

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Your brain needs training and conditioning just the way the muscles in your body do. Today’s guest is a leader in the women’s empowerment space. She talks about what feminism means to her, and what you need to know about redirecting your thoughts and teaching your brain to think the way that you want it to. Listen to today’s interview with Kara Loewentheil to learn more about thought work, confidence, and empowerment.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Redefining feminism
Levels of confidence
How we can unfuck ourselves
Redirecting your thoughts instead of fighting unwanted thoughts
The impact that the pandemic has had on women and the women’s movement
How to come back from those impacts
Living with authentic confidence

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S6 EP24: Running Motivation W/ The Mirnavator Apr 19, 2022

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When you picture a runner’s body, what do you picture? If you tend to only think of a runner as looking one particular way, today’s guest will challenge that stereotype.

In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea interview Mirna Valerio, a runner, teacher, and author, who is helping to advocate for more inclusivity of all types in the running space. Listen to the episode to hear what this ultramarathon runner has to say.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

How Mirna has excelled at running
How she got back into running
How Mirna started training other women
The feedback Mirna has gotten from other women about her blog
Moving your body for the right reasons
Knowing how to say no
How women start considering themselves runners
What the training for a 50k looks like
Coming back from an injury
Being at the forefront of a movement
Mirna’s book
Where to find Mirna

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S6 EP23: Health & Fitness For Busy Moms Apr 12, 2022

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In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea are joined by “mompreneur” Ashley Kolozsvary. Ashley is a busy mom who’s also developed her own nutrition and coaching plan that is meant to benefit other moms as well. Listen in to learn about why Ashley believes logging food is important, and how she’s leading with health.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Logging food and learning about food
Making sure we’re eating enough and the effects of undereating
Why a caloric deficit doesn’t necessarily mean weight loss
Leading with health
The importance of weightlifting specifically when your goal is weight loss
Running a business while being a mom

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S6 EP22: "It's Better For Everyone If I Workout In Pants" Apr 05, 2022

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What are you most comfortable working out in? Do you choose your workout clothes for your own comfort or because of the preferences of the people around you?

Many people feel a type of imposter syndrome based on how they look or how they think other people perceive the way they look. You may feel like appearances or clothes single you out as someone who doesn’t belong, or who at least looks like they don’t belong. But there are different ways to think about it. Listen to today’s episode to learn about showing up as unapologetically yourself, saying what you might want someone to say to a younger version of yourself, and changing your negative thoughts by countering them with more empowering views.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Murder podcast stories
Cues during running
Using the Air Runner
Thoughts about what you’re wearing to the gym
What you prefer to work out in versus what you wear for everyone else
Testing out what you would say to a little girl or a younger version of yourself
Imposter syndrome about belonging and looking like you belong
Meeting your negative thoughts with something great that you see
Changing the lens you see yourself through

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S6 EP21: This Will Change How You Treat Your Body Mar 29, 2022

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You’re feeling pain. That means that the place where you feel the pain is the problem, right? Actually, no! In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea discuss muscle imbalances. You may be surprised to learn that your pain is likely to be coming from a different set of muscles than where you think it’s coming from.

Confused? Today’s episode will help you make sense of it. Listen in to learn about how muscles work in groups, where muscle imbalances may occur, and what to do when you find out which group of muscles you’re overcompensating with.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

What leads up to an injury
When the root cause may be different than the pain signal
How muscles work in groups instead of singularly
Why you don’t just work the injured or painful areas
Knowing your Achille’s heel
Muscle imbalances between the lower back and hip flexors
Muscle imbalances in your legs
What to do when you figure out which muscle group you’re overcompensating with
The importance of warming up muscle groups
Common imbalances and corrective exercises

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S6 EP20: Secrets To Improve Your Running Mar 22, 2022

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Do you get excited about the idea of running? Does it seem like an accessible activity that anyone can do, including you? Or do you dislike it and associate it with pain and injury?

Different people have different impressions of running, but running can have more benefits than you think, especially if you’re also building and maintaining muscle. In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea discuss TTSL’s new run cycle, and they’ll also explain some of the things that you may not know about the relationship between running and the muscle-building that you’ve already been working on. Other topics include how strength training changes your body and yourself as a runner, and who the new running cycle is for and what benefits you’ll see from it.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Finding cardio movement that you love and that works for you
TTSL’s run cycle
How often running needs to be done to make progress
Pain related to running
Why you need to strength train when you run
Moderately intense cardio
How to think about high-intensity training
How slow-rate cardio steals from your muscles
What happens when you’re lacking in the muscle department
The injury rate of running
Who the running cycle is for
Why your running days aren’t behind you yet

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S6 EP19: Shit We're Talking About Today Mar 15, 2022

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In today’s wide-ranging conversation, Rachael and Kelsea discuss several different things. They discuss why you should immediately stop making judgments about a person’s health based on their appearance, and they talk about why you shouldn’t give up on a workout in the middle of it. Listen to the episode to hear all of the things that Rachael and Kelsea are talking about today.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

The way people display emotions
Fluctuations in weight
Starvation mode
Muscle weight and fat weight
Metabolic adaptation
Taking the quality of what’s going into your body into account
The different workout levels you can choose from
Sticking with a workout
Competing against yourself
Tired or injured?
Checking your ego at the door

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