Fit and Fierce on the Mic.

On this episode we pass the mic to fitness professional, mother, wife extraordinaire, Colleen Freese, as she gives her top 5 quick and dirty tips for keeping balance while handling multiple life responsibilities and circumstances.

About Colleen—Colleen developed a deep-rooted love for group fitness over ten years ago as a student, and knew that she had found her calling as an instructor when she certified in her first specialty format. Colleen is Nationally certified through ACE Fitness where she also holds her Sports Performance Specialist certificate. Additionally, Colleen is certified in HIGH Fitness and Balletone, Extreme HIIT Chaos, and is a Master Trainer for both Barre Above and Tabata GX. Colleen’s classes are fun, tough, and all-inclusive. It is her passion to make sure each of her students feel safe, cared for, and challenged. When Colleen isn’t teaching classes and working on getting people moving, she and her husband love spending time with their two young sons, hiking, being outside (when it’s not raining), cooking, being with family, and exploring their home state of Washington.

Education

ACE Group Fitness Certified

ACE Sports Performance Specialist

Certifications

Master Trainer for Barre Above™

Balletone™

HIGH Fitness

Tabata GX

Schwinn Indoor Cycling

Connect with Colleen

Instagram: @colleenfreesefitness

Facebook: Colleen Freese Fitness

YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/ColleenFreese

In this episode, we are joined by industry expert, Pete McCall. Pete McCall is a strength coach, fitness instructor, author of Ageless Intensity: Effective Workouts to Slow the Aging Process and Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple, education consultant, public speaker and host of the All About Fitness podcast. Get ready to learn a lot as Pete debunks long standing fitness myths both on the business side and science side! 

Connect with Pete on Instagram!

Check out the latest episode of the All About Fitness Podcast here!

Learn more about Pete on his website here. 

Pre-order Ageless Intensity: Effective Workouts to Slow the Aging Process. https://www.amazon.com/Ageless-Intensity-Effective-Workouts-Process/dp/1718200757/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ageless+intensity&qid=1620175474&sr=8-1

This episode, we sit down with Crystal Chang, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in Texas with over 10 years of experience working in the mental health field. 

Connect with Crystal Chang:

Psychology Today: https://sessions.psychologytoday.com/mrs-crystal-chang-carter

Website: www.crystalcleardfw.com

Email: [email protected]

IG: @crystalclearcounselingdfw

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In this episode Lauren and Kia share their best tips, tricks, apps, and philosophies for keeping up with multiple jobs, developing new projects, running their households, and maintaining their social calendar (aka zoom happy hour) while attempting to stay sane!

When you are mastering a new class format or teaching multiple formats at the same time, it can be easy for your brain to become overwhelmed! In this episode, Kia and Lauren share their best tips and tricks for creating and memorizing choreography.

On this episode, we sit down with fitness industry expert and icon, Lawrence Biscontini, https://www.findlawrence.com/thebigdeal. Lawrence Biscontini shares his wisdom and advice on the importance of community, reasons for meaningful connections, and ways of remaining socially and spiritually connected despite physical distancing. 

Lawrence Biscontini, MA, has made fitness history as a Mindful Movement Specialist winning the highest number of awards from ACE, IDEA & Inner IDEA, Can Fit Pro, and ECA since 2002.  Lawrence travels the world offering world-class secrets in mentoring, fitness and spa consulting, and presenting for professional conferences, and working also on the Advisory Board for the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA), Senior VIP Consultant for Power Music®, and reporter-in-the-field for the International Spa Association’s #ispaDoyou campaign creating #ispaInterviews worldwide.  He has programmed for Equinox, 24 Hour Fitness, Gold’s Gym International, Bally, and more, and his creations received the Conde Nast Traveler Awards‘ Top Ten Awards placement for innovative spa programming worldwide. Lawrence as Mindful Movement Specialist enjoys celebrity clients like cast members of ABC TV’s soap opera “General Hospital,” and appears on news (CNN Headline News) and television (“LIVE! With Regis and Kelly”). He is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher (E-RYT 500), an AFAA Certification Specialist and Contributing Author and Content Specialist for industry publications like SCW Fitness Education Certifications and AFAA’s American Fitness, IDEA’s Fitness Journal, and the Spa Industry’s Pulse Magazine. His books include the most recent fiction Stories of Color and nonfiction Active Aging SCW Certification Manual: The Life in Our Years specializing in active aging research and practical approaches to movement for people over 50.  He has also authored for charity a cookbook, Meals & Musings, a fitness textbook used at universities worldwide, Cream Rises: Excellence in Private & Group Education, and one of the only customer service books written for the spa and fitness world, “Running the Show.” Lawrence created Fitness Group 2000 (FG2000) at the turn of the century whose profits benefit several charitable endeavors, including the outreach work of the Sisters of Saint Joseph and the Biscontini Scholarships he has created for most major international conventions.  Over 80% of all revenue from sales generated at www.findlawrence.com support these programs.

In fitness there is an array of evidence and examples that demonstrate the presence of racial, ethnic, gender, and other disparities in representation, inclusion, diversity, equity, and more. In this episode, we challenge the fitness industry to do better and to lead the charge of positive and sustainable change for other industries to follow. 

Our host, Kia Williams, contributed to the writing of the 2020 IDEA Health & Fitness Association Equity & Inclusion Pledge that we encourage our listeners to read and reflect on as it serves as a means for growth in the fitness industry. https://www.ideafit.com/equity-inclusion-pledge/

The hosts share their TOP 5 Quick and Dirty Tips For Rebounding and Reopening Your Fitness Doors post COVID-19.

In this episode, Kia and Lauren pull back the curtain on how Covid-19 and isolation is affecting them both on an emotional level and from a career perspective. They share how they are trying to continue thriving amidst the chaos, keep their businesses going, manage isolation, and what they expect to see when we return to the gym.