Marriage Fit

In this episode of the "Marriage Fit" podcast, we explore the challenges many people face when starting a new fitness journey or making significant lifestyle changes. We all begin with a burst of motivation and excitement, but why do some people stick with it while others start to falter?

We'll break down the common phases people go through—from the initial excitement to the inevitable fatigue and the justifications that start to creep in. More importantly, we'll uncover the secret to staying on track by asking: "What do successful people do differently?" Drawing from John Maxwell's insights, we'll discuss the three crucial steps needed to shift from simply knowing what to do to actually doing it.

Join us as we dive into the importance of setting real goals, learning from your experiences, and pushing through discomfort to achieve lasting change. Whether you're new to fitness or have been working at it for a while, this episode will inspire you to stay committed and make meaningful progress.

Listener Challenge: This week, identify one area where you tend to lose motivation—whether it's your workout routine, healthy eating, or another habit. Set a small, actionable goal to push through that challenge, and commit to sticking with it for the next 7 days. Share your progress with us on social media, and let's keep each other accountable!

Connect With Us:

• Follow us on our NEW Instagram account @MarriageFitPodcast
• Join our Facebook communities SISU Fit and CPMFITNESS for more tips and support
• Subscribe to the podcast on Apple and Spotify and leave us a review if you enjoyed this episode!

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

In this episode, we're diving into some critical strategies for maintaining your health and fitness as you age, especially for those hitting the big 4-0 and beyond. We'll discuss the importance of prioritizing recovery, nutrition, sleep, and daily movement to keep your body in top shape. If you're feeling frustrated with your current routine or struggling to see progress, these tips might be exactly what you need to make a positive change.

It was fun to go back and forth about the difference of training and mindset in your 20s when you are now in your 40s.

Listener Challenge:

• This week, try scheduling one extra recovery activity into your routine and see how it impacts your overall energy and workout performance.
• Take a close look at your diet. Are you fueling your body with enough nutrients to support your fitness goals?
• Make a commitment to go to bed 30 minutes earlier each night this week and notice the difference in how you feel.

Connect With Us:

• Follow us on our NEW Instagram account @MarriageFitPodcast
• Join our Facebook communities SISU Fit and CPMFITNESS for more tips and support
• Subscribe to the podcast on Apple and Spotify and leave us a review if you enjoyed this episode!

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

After we completed a very successful Rucking Challenge Annie and I can't help but wonder why do so many people succeed within fitness challenges to yet fall back into their old habits after the challenge is completed.

We unpack the importance of how a "Beginners Mindset" could be a game changer for someone to continue to build off of the good habits they've developed in the confinds of a challenge.

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

"Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your work/life balance.

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In this episode we tackle one of the BIGGEST buzz words in the health and fitness space... Metabolism!

Join us as we unpack this very important topic and not only how to get started with improving metabolism but how to sustain it for the long term.

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

"Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your work/life balance.

Lets talk about something that really starting to lack more and more these days. Accountability!

Join us as we make this complex topic become as simple as possible.

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

"Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your work/life balance.

Simply put, rucking is backpacking: carrying weight while walking.

Humans aren't the fastest or strongest animals, but we have high levels of endurance and the ability to carry with our hands while walking. Rucking is a modern adaptation of this functional activity: carrying a load over time and distance using a backpack (or weight vest).

• It's Fun!!!
• It's Great Exercise: Engages multiple muscle groups and burns more calories than walking.
• It's Adaptable: You can do it almost anywhere.
• No Complicated or Expensive Equipment Needed
• Improves Posture
• Better Than Walking: More core activation and muscle/bone stimulation.
• Better Than Running: Lower impact, making it more sustainable for longer distances.

The purpose of this challenge is to give our CPM community a healthy focus and a push that works with a summer lifestyle versus against it. Walking (especially with weight) is the most underrated form of exercise that also perfectly complements our CPM workouts.

Show Notes:

• Sign up for the Challenge Here
• Bust through a Weight Loss Plateau
• Where to get a Weight Vest

June is here and summer is happening this month. Join us in this conversation on not only how to get ready for your summer body but THRIVE through this summer season.

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

"Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your work/life balance.

Religious leader David O. McKay said,

"The world steps aside for the man or woman who knows where he or she is going"

If being crystal clear on your goals and dreams is a superpower then the opposite to destroy your goals and dreams is DISTRACTIONS!

Join us as we unpack this POWERFUL topic on how to minimize distraction and 'strength train' focus for the greater good.

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

"Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your work/life balance.

The number thing with anything in your life; fitness, finances, relationships, career, or any aspiration you may have is... HONESTY!

In world of bright lights, fast techonolgy, information and motivation at our fingertips it can be so easy to get lost in all the noise and hype and not really understand what we want and why we want it.

Just because it looks like everyone around us is winning doesn't mean we have too (and really they aren't winning anyway).

When we meet with a prospect initially one of the questions we always ask is on a scale of 1 - 10 what is your priority and your TRUE COMMITMENT level in accordance with your goals.

If you are an 8 they don't act like a 6. If you are a 10 then what are you willing to sacrifice to change all the poor habits, self talk, and patterns of behavior that it takes to win.

Join us in this transparent conversation!

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

"Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your work/life balance.

The best way to lead others, i.e. your family, company, friends, community is by leading yourself first. We tackle this topic with a Sioux Falls expert (and our friend) John Meyer.

John Meyer has a decorated history in leadership roles as the founder of 9 Clouds, Lemonly, and now Leadmore and Leadership South Dakota. In this episode we unpack...

• Are Leaders born or made?
• How your superpowers are a blessing and a burden.
• Why there is no finish line in living a life of leadership
• And much more!

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Show Notes:

• More info on Leadmore
• John Meyer Instagram
• Leadership South Dakota

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Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼

"Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your work/life balance.