Results Not Typical

In this episode, Nikki chats with Pilates teacher, mechanical engineer, and founder of Flexia Kaleen Canevari about the unique benefits of the Pilates reformer and how it can be modernized and brought to more people with tech.

They discuss:

• Pilates versus strength training and how the two complement each other
• Why the Pilates springs are a unique form of resistance training and how they can be helpful for decreasing pain and improving flexibility and control
• How the Flexia smart reformer's sensor will help people track their progress in strength and flexibility, while also quantifying quality of movement
• Why how you feel is as important as the exercise that you do
• Why it was important to Kaleen to design a reformer that was easy to set up and use at home that could be adjusted to comfortably fit larger and smaller bodies

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Website: Flexiapilates.com

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In this episode of the Results Not Typical Podcast, Nikki chats with yoga teacher Caitlin Doherty about the importance of slowing down and how it relates to self car, self acceptance, and yoga.

They discuss:

• How capitalism, hustle culture, and perfectionism encourages us to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of productivity
• The power of learning to slow down and be more intentional with your workouts, movement practice, and life
• Why the most "productive" life isn't always your best life
• How to find self worth outside of what you produce and what you look like
• Ways to cultivate a yoga practice that is built on self acceptance and rest instead of performance

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Instagram: @caitlindohertywellness

Website: https://www.caitlindohertywellness.com/

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In this episode, Nikki chats with Zach Anderson and Sarah Lacour about the commonalities between diet culture and purity culture.

They discuss:

• How both cultures conflate diet, exercise, and weight with morality
• The emphasis on weight loss and policing of women's bodies in both cultures
• How purity culture shows up in the language of fitness culture
• How this narrative contributes to body dysmorphia, disordered eating, and eating disorders
• Zach's experience as a gay man who grew up in the Mormon church and now works in the nutrition and fitness space
• Sarah's experience growing up in the evangelical church and the work she has done to deconstruct it

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Instagram:

@deconstructingpurityculture

Connect with Zach:

Instagram: @motionsustained

Website: https://www.motionsustained.com/

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In this episode, Nikki chats with strength and nutrition coach Steph Gaudreau and fitness coach for women over 40 Robin Legat about why strength training is such a powerful tool to help women in all stages of life.

They discuss:

• The benefits of pursuing strength training as we age if we want to maintain muscle mass, bone mass, and improve our quality of life.
• Why the small pink dumbbells have limitations in what they can do for you
• The importance of eating enough protein if you strength train and why this advice is often given
• Strength training for women myths that we shouldn't believe
• The power of focusing on something other than weight loss as a fitness goal

Connect with Steph:

Website: https://www.stephgaudreau.com/

Instagram: @steph_gaudreau

Podcast: Listen to Your Body Podcast

Connect with Robin:

Website: https://www.robinlegat.com/

Instagram: @robinlegat

Podcast: Seasoned Athlete Podcast

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In this episode, Nikki chats with strength coach Isabelle Barter about how social media and celebrity plastic surgery creates unrealistic expectations for what our bodies are supposed to look like.

They also discuss:

• The supernormal stimulus and how why it results in our attraction to exaggerated features such as large breast with a small waist
• The difference between pursuing aesthetics and health and why they don't always overlap
• How our society doesn't have a realistic perspective of what health looks like

In this episode of the Results Not Typical Podcast, Nikki chats with Kevin Moore and Beck Beverage from the Reembody Method about moving beyond the chronic pain identity.

They discuss:

• The intersection of biomechanics and pain science and why the two are not mutually exclusive
• The purpose of pain, why it happens, and how we can address it physically and psychologically
• How practitioners can hold space for themselves and their clients who have pain and why "anti healing" may be a better approach to helping people move beyond pain
• The role of trauma in the experience of pain
• How grind culture can contribute to pain and how our society contributes to us experiencing pain

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Reembody Website: https://reembody.me

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In this episode of Results Not Typical Nikki chats with nutrition coach Jordana Edelstein and strength coach Isabelle Barter about body autonomy, self trust, and weight loss.

They discuss:

• Diet culture versus education around nutrition, energy balance, and habit change
• The problematic aspects of weight loss within our culture, but why people should still have autonomy around their goals and what they choose to do with their bodies
• Their own experiences with weight loss and what they learned from them
• Why self trust is an essential element to repairing your relationship with yourself and food
• Why black and white thinking doesn't work and the benefits of living in the middle
• Why the scale is what should be a neutral data point, but how it goes sideways for many of us

Connect with Jordana:

Instagram: @jordanaedelstein

Website: https://www.jordanaedelstein.com/

Connect with Isabelle:

Instagram: @stronger_human

Website: https://www.strongerhuman.com

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In this episode, Nikki chats with Pilates teacher Brian Linton about his experience attending his Pilates teacher training remotely during a pandemic and what it's like to be a male in a female dominated industry.

They discuss:

• His experience pursuing his Pilates teaching training during a pandemic
• What originally drew him to Pilates when it's typically marketed to women and why he decided to become a teacher
• His insights as a new instructor

Connect with Brian

• Say hello on Instagram @brian.a.linton

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In this episode, Nikki chats with registered dietician and author of Good Food, Bad Diet about how much diet can actually affect your hormones and the lack of scientific evidence around many popular alternative medicine hormone tests.

They discuss:

• Why the idea of "balanced" hormones doesn't actually make sense
• The lack of evidence behind the Dutch test and why you should save your money
• How to spot red flags when someone is selling you a diet that is supposed to address or solve a hormone related issue
• Why the marketing behind "hormone helping" diets is typically too good to be true

Connect with Abby

• Follow her on Instagram @langernutrition
• Visit her website abbylangernutrition.com
• Read her review of Dutch Testing
• Purchase her book Good Food, Bad Diet.

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In this episode, Nikki chats with Muscle Activation Techniques™ Rx specialist and strength coach Jennifer Simone Schwartz about the scientific purpose behind why we have muscle and fat, as well as the physiological effects of exercise on our system.

They discuss:

• The metabolic properties of muscle and fat
• What the research says about the effects of strength training on hormone regulation and body composition
• The "Goldilocks Principle" and why it's important that we get the right "dosage" of exercise to stimulate these hormones without creating excessive inflammation
• Why taking an individual approach to exercise that goes beyond a generic program or "pop" fitness will yield better results

Connect with Jennifer

• Follow her on Instagram @jennifer_simone_schwartz
• Visit her website impactyourfitness.net
• Listen to her podcast Think Fit Be Fit

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