Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez, a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick continues his weekly breakdown of joint health and strengthening with the Knees. Find out the most common ways that knees are injured and how you can try to recover both physically and mentally after such an injury, find out how the knee functions and ways to strengthen it, as well as stretches and exercises to keep your knees and all of the muscles that help around them strong and healthy.   Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey.   Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk   Join On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick begins his weekly breakdown of all of the joints starting from the bottom with Foot and Ankle Wellness. Providing you with information as to the importance of good foot and ankle health. He then goes over a few stretches and things that can be done to deal with foot pain. And finally details a few stretches and workouts to help with strengthening your feet and ankles giving you a solid base to build your fitness journey upon.   Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey.   Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk   Join On Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over the importance of Warming Up before a work out as well as cooling down after a work out. With some examples of each and how they can help you in your recovery after exercise. Nick also takes the time to discuss the importance of proper nutrition while discussing the book "The Obesity Code" how that connects to childhood obesity, as well as commenting on Planet Fitness' new promotion to allow high school students free gym access over the summer. All this and more on this week's episode.   Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey.   Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk   Join On Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over K.I.S (Keep It Simple) and how it can be applied to all of the Dimensions of Wellness. Keep It Simple is a way of thinking and plan of action where instead of creating complicated and complex goals you keep your goals simple and more easily obtainable. These simple goals that can be met, exceeded and replaced with new goals help a person develop a more healthy and maintainable relationship with achieving whatever goals you set out for yourself be it on your physical wellness journey or even in your professional or social life.   Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey.   Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk   Join On Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over the Importance of Proper Breathing. From it's effect on how your face looks to the effect it has on how your body distributes oxygen to your muscles. Breathing is the simplest and most base step for life and it is something that most people are doing wrong. In this episode Nick will highlight why you need to fix how you breathe, as well as going over a few techniques to gauge where your at when it comes to breathing and how to improve it.   Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey.   Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk   Join On Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over the importance of Exercise Adherence as well as the Social Dimension of Wellness and how it can negatively or positively impact your health and life. Finding ways to stay motivated is difficult so Nick highlights a few tips, tricks and methods for finding the strength within to stick to whatever it is in life you are trying to accomplish. Also taking a moment to go over "Greasing the Groove" an exercise philosophy geared towards helping you accomplish your workout goals by utilizing other low impact exercises that work the same muscle groups. Finishing off this episode Nick highlights the proper form to do a squat for beginners and veterans alike.   Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey.   Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk   Join On Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over Joint Health. Going over everything from what is the medical definition of a joint to who needs to focus most on joint health. Nick goes over how as people age joint health is one of the most common areas of wellness that decline. After going over some of the most common injuries and conditions can cause a deterioration in a person's joint health Nick goes over a few easy things people can do to ensure they have improved or prolonged joint health. Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk Join On Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over the the importance of The Mind Body Connection. A theory and practice that links your mental connection to an action's direct correlation to an increase in the efficacy of that action. Nick highlights how the Mind Body Connection can not only help maximize positive gains made on your wellness journey physically but also applying to the other Dimensions of Wellness. He then finishes off going over the importance of proper breathing and your daily friendly reminder to drink more water! Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey. Mind Body Connection Resource: https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/what-is-the-mind-body-connection Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk Join On Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/groups/290421739906507/

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over the the importance of Cardio and it's direct connection to a persons health and mortality; he will help you understand what constitutes as cardio and help you begin to put together a cardio routine that will help you achieve a more active lifestyle. Also Nick goes over the different types of Motivation: Extrinsic and Intrinsic. Outlining how knowing each of these types and utilizing the appropriate motivation type can help improve both your health and your life in general. Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/fittalk

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over the differences between Physical Activity (i.e. Activity with a Purpose) and Occupational Wellness (i.e. activity that you accomplish over the course of doing your job). He details the WHO's guidelines regarding activity and provides some suggestions to stay active and healthy. Nick closes out with an easy to follow Core Workout Guide to help you start building a stronger Core targeting each of the major muscle groups in your Core. Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey. WHO Physical Activity Guidelines: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this episode Nick goes over how to get a work out and stay active and healthy at home. From setting up your own gym, to tips for staying focused and motivated, and some alternative methods to just keep yourself in motion and active. Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com

Welcome to Fit Talk with Nick! Join Nick Rodriguez a professional trainer and expert in the field of Wellness and Fitness. In this introductory episode you will all meet Nick and hear about his credentials on guiding you on your wellness journey. From their Nick covers the 6 Dimensions of Wellness overviewing and detailing the 6 Pillars of a healthy body, mind, and life. With a easy to follow breakdown of these 6 Dimensions, together with Nick you will learn how each aspect affects your wellness and better understand how each of these aspects can affect each other and change over time. Join Nick every Monday to help you on your fitness journey. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on: www.rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com