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  • Fitness Machine 004 - Kettle Bells
    Why Kettlebells are a good idea to have on your exercise regime.

    Kettlebells can be used anywhere, including business trips. They are the most versatile and useful tools for anyone at any level, and are good to have around when you need something portable that can keep you exercising.

    Exercises:
    • The Hinge: If done correctly, it should really be working your core and hips without harming your back, as many believe it could do. Good exercise for weight loss.
  • The Carry: This can be done with many things, though a Kettlebell is more useful and easier for this exercise.
    • Jump rope is another good exercise to do because it:
    • Helps improve posture.
  • Brings back muscle mass and bone density.
  • Is good cardio if you can't do much of that anymore due to an injury.
    • Which Kettle Bells should the average person start with?
    • Men: 16 or 24 kilo Kettlebells is what you want to get to. If just starting out, then go for the 12 kilo to begin.
  • Women: 8, 12, or 16 kilo Kettlebells are what you want to go for. 8 and 12 would be good for Presses and Rows. 12 may also be for Swings and Goblet Squats. 
  • Ages 55 - 70: Kettle Swings are good depending on mobility and joint stiffness. Can generally begin a Kettlebell Deadlift exercise after making sure body is ready for it, then can add weight to it based on how you're improving.
    • 12 min
  • Business Machine 0044 - Tom Schwab
    Today on the Business Machine we have Tom Schwab. Tom is a Michigander Navy Veteran who is a self-identified "Marketing Engineer." He is an author, speaker, and teacher who helps you get more traffic, leads, and raving customer fans by being interviewed on podcasts--like this one!

    Mission:

    He hopes to show people the importance of podcasts and how they can help spread the word of what you're doing as a business, and turning listeners into leads by connecting with them on more of an one-on-one basis.

    Mistake: 

    He wishes he didn't have such a strong case of "Superman Syndrome" when he first started out, and instead allowed others to do what he really couldn't do all the time.

    Recommendations:

    Book: Thou Shalt Prosper

    Quote: "What's ordinary to you is amazing to others." Derek Sivers

    Tech/App: Rev.com

    Eat With: Marshall Fields

    Contact: interviewvalet.com/businessmachine
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmschwab
    https://twitter.com/tmschwab

    Legacy:

    Tom hopes his employees and team members will tell others about the skills they had learned, and how those skills helped their lives and families in the long-run. He also hopes that his clients will tell stories of how his business had a positive impact on theirs and helped them grow. He really hopes he uses the gifts he's been given to better others' lives.
    54 min
  • Business Machine 0043 - Elizabeth Dukes
    Today on Business Machine we have Elizabeth Dukes. Elizabeth is a partner and executive vice president of iOffice Incorporated. iOffice Inc. has provided innovative facilities, management, and solutions to hundreds of Fortune 1000 incorporations since 1989 and focuses on the marketing sales, customer solution implementation, and ongoing customer satisfaction. 

    Mission:

    She hopes to deliver software that helps the workspace become a more productive and engaging environment so workers will feel more comfortable moving around within their work environments.

    Mistake:

    In the beginning, she wishes she had asked more questions to those who are leaders within specific areas of the field so she could understand what to do more easily without relying on them so much. She also wishes she didn't go for a consulting deal thus couldn't produce much of anything for the software.

    Recommendations:

    Book(s): Good to Great and Purple Cow

    Tech/App(s): Maps, Weather, Telecast, and Flightview

    Eat With: Sara Blakely

    Contact:
    twitter.com/iofficecorp
    linkedin.com/company/iofficecorp

    Legacy:

    She wants to happily contribute to her family, friends, and community. She wants to be remembered as a joyful resource who could be counted on for what was needed to be done.
    39 min
  • Fitness Machine 004 – Forming Healthy Eating Habits

    Forming Healthy Eating Habits

    Taking the First Step

    • Pick one thing that you need to either eliminate or start today
  • Start with a simple goal such as drinking 70 ounces of water a day
  • Form an attainable goal such as 21-Days
  • Eventually forms a compound effect and helps you set more goals

    • Digestive and Gut Health

    • Eat fermented foods such as sour kraut or whole fat organic yogurt
  • Red Wine has good gut benefits
  • Probiotic supplements

    • To Diet or Not to Diet

    • Take ideas and concepts from diets but they tend to set unattainable goals
  • Cut out sugar and process carbohydrates out with a two-week detox
  • Eat vegetables and proteins
  • Diets tend to lure people to transition back to pre-diet habits
  • Use a habit based formula

    • Fats: The Good and the Bad

    • Essential nutrients are things our body needs to operate efficiently and effectively
  • Proteins contain essential amino acids which means they only come from an outside source
  • Essential Fats are the same
  • No such thing as an essential carbohydrate

    • Not Fast-Food that Fills You Up

    • Eggs are loaded with good fats and proteins
  • Grass fed beef
  • Salmon
  • Starchy vegetables such as potatoes, root vegetables, beets, and squash are great natural sources of energy
  • Coconut oil, fish oil, almonds, avocados, and bone broth are all loaded with great nutrients
  • Plant-based items such as wheat grass, and corella

    • Late Night Snack

    • Nuts
  • Protein shake
  • Eggs and Peppers
  • Whole fat yogurt with berries

    • Your Homework

    • Make a list of 10 things you can do every day that will improve the way you feel and operate that are nutrition and movement based, then master that list.  Tweet Your 10!!!
    14 min
  • Fitness Machine 003 – Why Lifting Weights is Beneficial to Your Exercise Routine
    Why Weight Lifting?
    • The body is meant to lift heavy objects.
  • Building muscle tissue and bone.
  • More functionality in moving up and down.
  • Feeling better in how you can do more tasks through the strength training you've done.
    • Myth about Weight Lifting:
    • It will bulk you up immediately.
    7 Fundamental Human Movements and Lifting Weight Exercises to Go With:
    • Push Things
  • Pull Things
  • Squat in any way, shape, or form.
  • Hinge (Bending in a way that is getting ready to jump.)
  • Carry Weight (Loaded Carry)
  • Resist Rotation and Rotate (Trunk and Core)
  • Groundwork (Turkish Get-Up, Crawling, etc.)
    • How to Measure Success:
    • Are you feeling or moving better?
  • Are you functioning in a max capacity in life and at the gym?
    • 12 min
  • Fitness Machine 002 - Fundamentals of a Sound Morning Routine

    Starting Your Day

    -Don’t hit the snooze button

    -Start your day with water

    -Get your body moving

    -Bullet-Proof Coffee: Add coconut oil to your morning cup to get immediate nutrients into your body.  Boost your energy, fat burning potential, and immune system.


    Simple Ways to Incorporate Coconut Oil into your Diet

    -Chocolate Flavored Coconut Butter

    -Stir into coffee

    -Add to your shake

    -Spread onto toast


    Afternoon Fasting

    -Take time to let your digestive system relax and reset

    -Give your insulin level a break

    -Use water to fill your hunger void


    www.mystateoffitness.com

    1 min
  • Business Machine 0042 - Taylor Welch

    Taylor is the co-founder of Traffic and Funnels where they help entrepreneurs scale their businesses to six figures and beyond.  His campaigns have helped multiple clients break the seven-figure mark and is consistently growing his clients endeavors to six figures in a matter of months.  


    Mission- To help produce client based businesses produce systems to get more clients.  


    Mistake- Waited to long to hire people as a result of wanting to keep their business lien.  


    Recommendations:

    Quote- “The fellow who never makes a mistakes takes his orders from the one who does” - Herbert Proshnow

    Book- They System Club Letters - Ken McCarthy 

    Tech/App- GoogleDrive and Cloud Beats

    Eat With- Nick Sabban 


    Contact: 

    www.trafficandfunnels.com/client/funnels

    www.facebook.com/taylorawelch

    http://trafficandfunnels.com/our-top-10-life-business-tenets/

    View Traffic and Funnels most popular webinar HERE


    Legacy- Taylor wants people to be different because of his business and how it helped them achieve their goals.

    53 min
  • Business Machine 0041 - Chris Evans

    On today’s episode of the Business Machine we have Chris Evans. Chris is the co-founder of Traffic and Funnels and they help entrepreneurs scale their businesses to six figures and beyond.


    Mission- Chris’s mission is to help establish systems in their clients businesses in which they will never have to worry about getting clients or an inconsistent of income again.  They achieve this by bringing in high-quality leads via quality traffic and use of sales funnels.


    Mistake- A notable mistake made by Chris was not hiring a mentor to show him the path to quicker results during the start of his business as well as not focusing on one quality product to offer.


    Recommendations:

    Quote- “The opportunity of a lifetime must be ceased in the lifetime of the opportunity”-Leonard Ravenhill   

    Book- Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz

    Tech/App- Slack

    Eat With- Donald Trump

    Contact: 

    www.trafficandfunnels.com

    facebook.com/chrisaevans

    www.trafficandfunnels.com/contact

    View Traffic and Funnels most popular webinar HERE

    Legacy- Chris wishes to be remembered as a man who loved and his family.  He wishes for his kids to be the reflection of his legacy as well as remembered as being humble and having built something beyond financial success. 

    55 min
  • Fitness Machine 001 - How and Why to Start a Fitness Journey

    Daily Habits to Maintain Fitness

    -Walk more and walk faster

    What Makes State of Fitness Different

    -Hold ourselves to a standard to deliver the best service

    -Develop a group mentality

    What Does Exercise Do For Us

    -The human body was meant to move so if you don’t use it you lose it

    Favorite Exercise

    -Loaded Carry- The ability to do work over a period of time.  Helps posture.


    www.mystateoffitness.com

    12 min
  • Business Machine 0040 - Mike Sutton
    Today on our podcast we have Mike Sutton. Mike runs a podcast entitled Be Build Have, and teaches entrepreneurs and business owners how to feel happier, more successful, and more fulfilled within their business and lives. 

    Mission: Happiness and fulfillment are vastly important to him, so he strives to help small business owners grow, make more time and money, and have a clear path forward within their business to gain that happiness.

    Mistake: He wishes he could have trusted himself more with what he could do within his business.

    Recommendations:

    Quote: "You can't solve a problem using the same thinking that you used when you created it."
    Book: The Pumpkin Plan
    Eat With: Joe Polish
    Tech/App: Calendly or ScheduleOnce

    Contact:
    facebook.com/ZenMike

    Legacy: To be a leader in the movement of success for the small business owner economy.
    46 min

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