Dealing with lower back pain? Your workstation might be to blame! Ergonomics expert Darcie Jaremey shares tips to help you improve your posture so you can reduce and prevent discomfort that might be caused by working at a desk. Despite popular belief, adjusting your workstation for neutral posture and improving the ergonomic layout of your workstation doesn’t need to cost a lot of money. Learn tips for improving the ergonomics of your workspace and Darcie's take on the trend of using standing desks and stability balls in your office. This episode is part one of our conversation. Subscribe to enjoy part II tomorrow where Darcie talks about gaming chairs and more key principals of ergonomics. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 168

Seasonal recipe creator and founder of Proportional Plate, Candice Walker, stops by to share what inspired her to start her blog where she offers free meal plans with grocery lists. If you're wondering how to have time to balance a full time career and cook every day, you will enjoy this episode as well as Candice's free weekly meal plans. Candice wants you to know that eating healthy, delicious food doesn't have to feel hard or like it takes too much time. You can all nourish yourself, with a little help, by spending less than 30 minutes in the kitchen each day - less than it takes your take-out order to be delivered. Get inspired to kick the new month off in the kitchen and making more small changes that will lead to a big impact by listening to today's episode. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 167

Yesterday, Vanessa Kerner stopped by to share her running journey and why she started running marathons. Today, she shares more tips from her marathon journey. She also discusses some of the ways she stays motivated to complete her running workouts. Whether you are running the LA Marathon this weekend and want to get re-inspired by another Los Angeles area runner or you are looking for some running challenge ideas to mix up your own routine, you'll enjoy hearing from Vanessa. Not a runner yet? Vanessa should also ease some of your concerns about getting started on your own running journey even if your current goal is to complete a 5K or 42K. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 166 | Find part one of this conversation HERE.

With the LA Marathon coming up this weekend and both the Boston Marathon and London Marathon happening next month, you may wonder what motivates people to voluntarily sign up to run 26.2 miles. Today's guest, Vanessa Kerner, shares what motivated her to sign up for the LA Marathon, which was her first marathon race. She also discusses what it was like to complete that event and why she encourages you to consider running your own marathon one day. Get ready to be inspired! Today's episode is part one of my conversation with Vanessa about her running journey. Tune in to tomorrow's episode to learn about some of the fun ways Vanessa stays motivated to log her miles as she works to achieve her goal of a Boston Marathon qualifying time. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 165

Want to tone up from the comfort of your home or favorite park? Today's episode is part II of a 3 part series covering exercises you can complete with minimal equipment. Episode 158 covered cardiovascular fitness moves, today's episode covers upper body strength training exercises, and next Wednesday's episode will review lower body strength training exercises that require no more than your own bodyweight and a step, park bench or sturdy chair. Hit the show notes for the video that accompanies the audio version shared on the podcast. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 164

After one too many sleepless nights and feeling stuck in her life, cofounder of MOX Life, Midori Verity, took a time out and worked back through a program she'd love before by Brad Davidson. When she combined his metabolism tips with mindset work, she found herself feeling reenergized and enjoying life again. This led her to reach out to Brad as a business partner to create MOX Life. Learn more about this program that's focused on guiding busy women through a mind/body reset so they can easily lose weight, feel unstoppably confident, and soar personally and professionally. Tune in to learn more about the power the mind has to help change your life and why you a mind and body reset can help you transform your lifestyle.  Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 163

As a Park Lane Jewelry area manager, Nelly Gonzalez Venhaus definitely leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes! Today, she stops by to share how staying active helps her sparkle from the inside out, make friends, and grow her business. She shares tips for staying motivated to work out and we also discuss how making time for fitness as an entrepreneur has made a huge positive impact on her life. Nelly is full of passion and energy. Tune in to enjoy what will feel like a fitness pep talk from a friend to help you start your week off on the right foot.  On Wednesday of this week Nelly will host a live online party and you're invited. Head to FitArmadillo.com/MarchParty to RSVP and enjoy some virtual styling if you share outfits you want to enhance with some new jewelry. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 162

Live near Newport Beach, CA? You don't want to miss the Newport-Mesa Spirit Run event this weekend! Race organizer Diane Daruty stops by to share more about the several races that will occur this weekend on Saint Patrick's Day. Each year the Spirit Run has added more fun features and it now includes over 10 races. There is literally a race for everyone even your four-legged friends! This might be the first year the Spirit Run has fallen on Saint Patrick's Day, but they've even included some costume parties and have turned finisher's medals into lucky charms. Not feeling like racing? You can complete a walking event or stop by one of the expos. The Spirit Run hosts a dog expo and a youth and fitness expo. Spirit Run is presented by Newport-Mesa Spirit Run, Inc. (NMSRI), a California nonprofit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation. Spirit Run's net proceeds benefit youth education and fitness. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 161

Most people go to New Orleans to have fun drinking on Bourbon Street, but I went there to run! Learn more about my experience trying out New Orleans Jogging Tours with founder Marcus in today's episode. Marcus shares some background on the jogging tours he hosts in this great Louisiana city as well as insights from his own fitness journey. Learn about some of his favorite spots in the city and get inspired to book your own jogging tour with Marcus, a New Orleans native, who has had family living there since the 1780s. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 160

Claire Richmond's business, Hello and High Five, started with a vision -- a line of greeting cards for runners. As a runner and coach, she loves to support her friends who finish races all over the country, but could never find greeting cards that adequately conveyed the good luck message she wanted to send. So she decided to create her own cards. Hello And High Five, a line of fitness-inspired greeting cards, was born on her couch. It was there that she designed her first card, a T-Rex dinosaur chasing a runner, which paid homage to the "I only run if I’m being chased" sentiment shared by many of her new runners. She posted it on her personal Facebook page and was blown away by the response. Within hours, she had people wanting to purchase the card as well as requests to create cards for cyclists, yogis and CrossFit athletes. She started Hello And High Five to support others, but she feel it's saved her. Claire lives with a rare metabolic disorder that forces her to seek life-stabilizing infusions for three hours every week. Over the year and a half she's built her business, she is also learning how to balance her new health regimen and greatly modified fitness goals. Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast The Fit 15 by Fit Armadillo® #TheFit15 @TheFitFifteen @FitArmadillo Ep 159