26. Chris Wissman on Maintaining Peak Performance as a Real Human
Chris Wissman considers himself more of a holistic health coach than a personal trainer. His approach to health and fitness is a lot like mine – it’s not just about lifting weights or eating right, there’s so much more going on. In order to get to your ideal body weight and maintain peak performance, you have to consider the whole human.
25. Why Diets Don’t Work
Why don’t diets work? Every one of them claims they are the answer to our weight loss problems, and basically every one of them fails to produce lasting results. Today, I’m going to dive into the five biggest reasons why diets don’t work and give you a few options for what you should focus on instead.
24. A Weight Loss Coach? For Runners?
A lot of people, especially non-runners, believe that running is a cure-all for every health ailment out there today, especially being overweight. The truth is very different though. Running is NOT the magic pill for weight loss. It’s just not. Today I’m going to talk about why I decided to become a weight loss coach for runners, what this means for you, and the AHA moment I had that completely shifted my thinking around running, health, fitness, and diet.
23. Eating Fat Does Not Make You Fat
In this episode, I’ll be diving into one of the physical aspects of becoming lean and dispelling the myth that eating fat will make you fat, and how fat will actually HELP you get lean and become a better runner.
22. Colin McGilvray on What It Takes to Hit a Big Weight Loss Goal
I recently sat down to have a candid conversation with one of my favorite clients – my son Colin! Colin has struggled with his weight his whole life. He finally reached out to me a couple of months ago and asked for my help. I know you’ll be inspired by Colin’s story. He’s faced this challenge with courage and determination and his results are nothing short of amazing.
21. How to Become a Lean Running Machine Part 3
In this episode, I’m going to cover the often-overlooked mental and emotional aspects of weight loss. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to completely change the way you think and feel about food. You have to develop a whole new relationship with eating.
20. How to Become a Lean Running Machine Part 2
This is the second episode of an eye-opening podcast series I’m doing called How to Become a Lean Running Machine. In this episode, I explain the important role your hormones play in your ability (or inability) to lose weight. I also share some tips on how to get your hormones back in balance so you can become a fat-burning machine.
19. How to Become a Lean Running Machine Part 1
This is the first episode of an eye-opening new podcast series I’m doing called How to Become a Lean Running Machine. My goal is to help you learn how to stop struggling with your weight and start becoming the lean runner you were always meant to be. Over these next three episodes, I’m sharing everything I know about becoming a lean running machine… right here on the Running Lean podcast!
18. Making Decisions Ahead of Time
Today, I have a cool little brain hack to teach you. When you commit to making decisions ahead of time, you will build confidence and trust in yourself, you will create momentum toward your goals, you will become more motivated, and you will be able to get more done.
17. Making Peace With Uncertainty
Constantly thinking about all of the uncertainty in the world is creating a lot of unnecessary internal suffering. What if you could make peace with all of the uncertainty? What would that look like for you? How would you feel? What would you do differently? Take a listen and let me know how you intend to make peace with all the uncertainty.