So many dads are out of shape, but your host Erik Smith is determined not to be one of them. Find out why Erik chose to be in shape for his kids and to take better care of himself from a health perspective.

• How Erik’s dad not being able to keep up with him inspired him to be a fit dad. 
• Erik quit optometry school to pursue business. 
• Erik knew that his health would impact his relationship with his child and his child’s relationship with health. 
• During stressful times like after the birth of a new child, it can be easier to exercise at home. 
• How Erik continued to improve and push himself. 
• What Erik will be talking about in upcoming episodes. 

1. Your choices can determine your health and longevity. 

2. Your personal health impacts your children.

3. You need proper sleep, nutrition, and fitness.

• “I want to be around for a while for my kids, and I want to be healthy.” –Erik

• “Feeling results with my body gave me much more confidence.” –Erik

• “When you get confidence you feel more excited to continue on that journey.” –Erik

• Schedule a time to talk with Erik 
• Find Erik on Instagram and Facebook

Won Dolegowski is the owner of DexaFit, a bikini competitor, and a health and nutrition coach. Won has left the comfort and stability of her career as a pharmacist to pursue her true passion in health and wellness. At the age of 45, she did her first bikini bodybuilding show. Won talks to your host Erik Smith about.

• How Won’s move from Michigan to New York inspired her to delve into fitness and inspired her passion. 
• Jane Fonda’s fitness workouts helped inspire her to love fitness at an early age. 
• At the age of 44 Won hired an online coach to help with nutrition and exercise. 
• Won totally transformed her body and was in the best shape of her life – her husband encouraged her to compete. 
• After a successful first year competing she discovered that it was something she truly loved doing. 
• How Won found a higher purpose for her Triathalon training. 
• Won’s journey with scoliosis and fused vertebrae in her fitness and competition training. 
• Why Won made the decision to move from OT to a pharmacy. 
• All of the skills Won acquired have allowed her to be successful in her current work. 
• Won is passionate about health and fitness because it allows you to have control over your health. 
• What the Dexa scan and Fit 3D measure, how they’re used in studies, and how doctors use them. 
• Dexa scan separates bone from soft tissue and breaks down body composition. 
• Fit 3D takes more of an external measure to show body shape changes over time. 
• Why the Vo2 Max test is also important and what it checks. 
• How Won incorporates all the tools and DexaFit to create a comprehensive fitness program. 
• You can improve your Vo2 Max, but usually, you do that by improving your cardiovascular fitness. 
• How Won educates clients and puts them on specific plans to meet their goals. 
• If you want to make a change there will have to be some sacrifice – you have to plan ahead. 
• Be aware of what you’re eating and track your food. 
• When you weigh your food and track it, it’s an educational process. 
• Eventually, you should not have to track your food and you can eat intuitively.  
• Tracking your food is key as a competitor. 
• It’s important to not associate food with emotions such as guilt, have when you like and then get back on track. 
• What “the greatest wealth is health” means to Won and her mission.

1. It’s never too late to start your fitness journey.

2. Focusing on health and fitness gives you a level of control over your health.

3. The slower you go the more sustainable and long-lasting the effects.

• “When you don’t have information it will take you longer to meet your fitness goals.” –Won 

• “A lot of health issues that people like to treat with a pill can be prevented with health and fitness.” –Won 

• “You might think that you need to be training harder, but you’re actually overtraining.” –Won

• "Prioritizing nutrition is a huge component of the success of your fitness program.” –Won  

• Schedule a time to talk with Erik 
• Find Erik on Instagram and Facebook
• Find Won on Instagram
• For more information on Won’s coaching, visit www.wondolegowski.com

Fitness and Finance is your guide to maximizing all areas of health and wealth to give you the quality of life you deserve. Hear from your host, Erik Smith, about his own personal weight loss and the financial journey that started it all.

• Erik’s fitness journey began after a moment of truth in May of 2012. 
• Why consistency is key to weight loss and fitness. 
• The simple change Erik made to take a step toward weight loss. 
• Erik lost 30 pounds over the course of a couple of months. 
• How Erik began making an impact on the financial world. 
• The general changes that impact finances and retirement. 
• Why health and wealth are intertwined and lead to a better quality of life. 
• This podcast serves to prevent common pitfalls and to make your life better. 
• The podcast will include all sorts of medical and financial professionals.  

1. Dropping weight doesn’t happen overnight, you have to be consistent.
2. One of the best ways to have an impact on people’s lives is to help them financially.
3. Health and wealth are intertwined and inseparable.

• “If there are things I can control as far as my diet, I want to take control of my health for a better quality of life.” –Erik 
• “I thought, what better way to help people than with their finances and retirement.” –Erik
• “Let’s do this together so we can all have a better quality of life.” –Erik 

• Schedule a time to talk with Erik 
• Find Erik on Instagram and Facebook