100. The Best of the Running Lean Podcast
In this “best of” edition of the Running Lean podcast, I feature a dozen or so of your favorite moments – and mine – from the first 100 episodes. I wanted this 100th episode to be my way of saying “thank you” to all of you for listening and for allowing me to be a part of your health and fitness journey. I am beyond grateful for all of the love, support, and encouragement I’ve received since I started this podcast back in January of 2020. And I can’t wait to share the next 100 episodes with each and every one of you.
99. Overcoming Your Limiting Beliefs
One of the biggest problems I see with people who attempt to make big changes in their life is a total lack of belief in themselves. In this episode of the podcast, I’m taking a deep dive into limiting beliefs – what they are, how they’re keeping you stuck, and I’ll offer some practical tips on overcoming your limiting beliefs.
98. Marathon Recap: What Worked and What Didn’t
The 2021 Flying Pig Marathon is officially in the books! I did some things differently this training season from a fueling perspective. So in this episode of the podcast, I’m going to go over how I fueled differently this training season and for the race itself, what worked and what didn’t, and what I would do differently next time.
97. Eliminating Expectations
We all have expectations, every single one of us. You expect things to go a certain way and when they do, it’s amazing and you feel great! When things don’t go the way you expect them to, you get frustrated and you feel terrible. In this episode, I explain why having expectations is the cause of most of your frustrations, and how eliminating expectations just might be the answer to achieving everything good you want in your life.
96. The Ultimate Guide to Sugar Substitutes
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions around this topic of sugar substitutes. Questions like, “Which sugar substitutes are best?”, “Which ones should be avoided?”, and “How will these affect my running performance?” These are all great questions, so in this episode of the podcast, I decided to put together the ultimate guide to sugar substitutes.
95. Getting Your Family’s Support with Your Weight Loss Plan
One of the hardest things about losing weight is feeling like no one is supporting you in your weight loss journey. Why is this? How can we get the support that we need to be successful with being healthy, and with this new way of life? In this episode of the podcast, I’ve got some helpful tips for getting your family’s support with your weight loss plan.
94. Which Diet Is Best?
There’s a lot of chatter out there in the world about which diet is best. So in this episode of the podcast, I’ve decided to make things a little bit easier for you. I’m going to explain why there’s so much conflict around which diet is best and offer up some actionable tips on how to make the right choices to help you reach your health and fitness goals.
93. How to Tell When You’re at Your Natural Weight
I talk a lot about losing weight and eventually getting to your “natural weight” but I’ve never really taken the time to explain what your “natural weight” is. So in this episode, I’m going to talk about some of the standards we use to determine ideal weight, and why they don’t work for everyone, what “natural weight” means, and how to tell when you’re at your natural weight.
92. Preventing and Treating Running Injuries with Brodie Sharpe
Runners seem to get injured pretty often. Why is this? Why do runners get injured so often? What are the most common injuries that runners experience? How do we treat these injuries, and how can we prevent getting injured in the first place? In this episode of the podcast, I brought in a very special guest to help answer these questions. Brodie Sharpe is an experienced physiotherapist and host of the popular The Run Smarter Podcast and today, he’s talking all about preventing and treating running injuries.
91. Breaking the Habit of Being You
One of the most important principles that I teach here on the podcast, and work on with my clients is the principle of becoming the best, healthiest, most badass version of yourself. In this episode, I’m going to show you how, more than anything else, your habits are responsible for who you have become up to this point in your life. And if you to change who you become in the future, it requires breaking the habit of being you.