Think Fit. Be Fit.

We are in interesting and uncharted territory, so this episode is about keeping immunity high and being there for one another.  This pandemic is bigger than YOU - and requires action for the community at large... and aren’t we all curious on how the immune system works and how we can  keep life as normal as possible? 

We are all experiencing deep fear of the unknown and anxiety about what’s to come.  While I don’t have an expertise in immunity, I do believe that if we take a step back and learn about our immune system that we can better navigate in this tumultuous time.

  Supplement your at home fitness with Movement Pathways   Resources for learning about your immunity:   Dr Rhonda Patrick with the Sonnenbergs on the gut   Balaji Srinivasan on The Knowledge Project    Dr Rhonda Patrick on the importance of micronutrients   How to buffer chronic stress with meditation   Rhonda Patrick’s top 11 supplements, doses and fav brands   Red Light Therapy and it’s numerous benefits   What are cytokines?    Resources for navigating COVID19   People with chronic pain   Anti-inflammatory effect on the virus    John Hopkins feed on COVID19   High Intensity Health video on the features of survivors and non-survivors of COVID19 

Our nervous system truly is exquisite, and our exercise is orchestrated completely by this system.  We are far from understanding all that this system is capable of, but one thing we know for sure is that our brain is wired for healthy movement.  

Jenn has been exploring what it means to align your exercise with the nervous system since her first neuroscience education course in 2009.  

This short scientific synopsis of Neuro-Aligned exercise will have you thinking differently about injuries and how to train your body for longevity.  

What you’ll learn in this episode:

•What the most precise and educated trainers know how to do with their clients 

•The 2 strategies Jenn uses to teach her clients to move and exercise pain-free.

•The 5 concepts of Neuro-Aligned Exercise

Links of interest:

• Receive bonus information on Neuro-Aligned exercise when you sign up for the newsletter
• A lot of this content was inspired by Myotopia education 
• Feb 24, 2020 episode
• Podcast episodes with Rui, October 9, 2019 and June 26, 2019 
• Muscle Activation Techniques

Our nervous system truly is exquisite, and our exercise is orchestrated completely by this system.  We are far from understanding all that this system is capable of, but one thing we know for sure is that our brain is wired for healthy movement.  

Jenn has been exploring what it means to align your exercise with the nervous system since her first neuroscience education course in 2009.  

This short scientific synopsis of Neuro-Aligned exercise will have you thinking differently about injuries and how to train your body for longevity.  

What you’ll learn in this episode:

•What the most precise and educated trainers know how to do with their clients 

•The 2 strategies Jenn uses to teach her clients to move and exercise pain-free.

•The 5 concepts of Neuro-Aligned Exercise

Links of interest:

• Receive bonus information on Neuro-Aligned exercise when you sign up for the newsletter
• A lot of this content was inspired by Myotopia education 
• Feb 24, 2020 episode
• Podcast episodes with Rui, October 9, 2019 and June 26, 2019 
• Muscle Activation Techniques

Exercise content cannot help us if we don’t know when to use it. The interplay of what is good for us and what is harmful might be confusing you.  

This episode is the scientific synopsis for 'self awareness' and 'the science of you'.

Things you'll learn in this episode: Changing the Allostatic Load is a concept that will help you execute better decisions about exercise.

Tips on measuring your progress

Links of interest: 

Movement Pathways registration

Paper on Allostatic Load

Jenn on instagram

Video on Allostasis 

Exercise content cannot help us if we don’t know when to use it. The interplay of what is good for us and what is harmful might be confusing you.  

This episode is the scientific synopsis for 'self awareness' and 'the science of you'.

Things you'll learn in this episode:
Changing the Allostatic Load is a concept that will help you execute better decisions about exercise.

Tips on measuring your progress

Links of interest: 

Movement Pathways registration

Paper on Allostatic Load

Jenn on instagram

Video on Allostasis 

Here are our tips to adjust your exercise for a THRIVING muscular system that will award you in decades and in the mirror a few months from now

• Get specific with strength training
• Don’t exercise too much
• Use isometrics. 

    If you are exercising with diminishing strength, tight muscles and achy joints you need to be here for this episode.   Join Jenn for this 24 min. solo-cast on what she believes to be the most useful type of exercise: isometrics.     What you'll learn in this episode:

• how Jenn has been teaching this type of exercise to athletes and clients for a decade.
• an outline of important details and tips on how to use them
• the bone building capabilities of isometric exercise

Links of interest:

Register for Movement Pathways

Local Motion Project

Sign up for the newsletter and receive free content on isometric exercise

Jenn on instagram

Here are our tips to adjust your exercise for a THRIVING muscular system that will award you in decades and in the mirror a few months from now

• Get specific with strength training
• Don’t exercise too much
• Use isometrics. 

    If you are exercising with diminishing strength, tight muscles and achy joints you need to be here for this episode.   Join Jenn for this 24 min. solo-cast on what she believes to be the most useful type of exercise: isometrics.     What you'll learn in this episode:

• how Jenn has been teaching this type of exercise to athletes and clients for a decade.
• an outline of important details and tips on how to use them
• the bone building capabilities of isometric exercise

Links of interest:

Register for Movement Pathways

Local Motion Project

Sign up for the newsletter and receive free content on isometric exercise

Jenn on instagram

The EXERCISE SCIENCE-focused topic for today is also the FOUNDATION of every single benefit of exercise and everything that optimizes our lifespan. It is the foundation for almost all biological processes in the world….

This solo-cast Jenn gets into the mitochondria and the energy of your body. 

These new shorter episodes of 'Think Fit. Be Fit.' are designed to support you to be your own best advisor and design your own fitness.  

Supporting academic information

Highly recommended: What is Mitochondria? HarvardX 5 min video

 

Stressed mitochondria leaks DNA, Science Magazine Digital

 

Found My Fitness

Frontiers in Neurobiology, mitochondria and stress

An Energetic View of Stress: Focus on Mitochondria

Register for Movement Pathways

The EXERCISE SCIENCE-focused topic for today is also the FOUNDATION of every single benefit of exercise and everything that optimizes our lifespan. It is the foundation for almost all biological processes in the world….

This solo-cast Jenn gets into the mitochondria and the energy of your body. 

These new shorter episodes of 'Think Fit. Be Fit.' are designed to support you to be your own best advisor and design your own fitness.  

Supporting academic information

Highly recommended: What is Mitochondria? HarvardX 5 min video

 

Stressed mitochondria leaks DNA, Science Magazine Digital

 

Found My Fitness

Frontiers in Neurobiology, mitochondria and stress

An Energetic View of Stress: Focus on Mitochondria

Register for Movement Pathways

Welcome to Exercise Science Insider #7 with Rob DiDinato, whom is my classmate and colleague in the elite MATRx program and a previous guest from October. (here's our first episode)  

There are discussions around targeting vulnerable areas for strengthening in all types of athletes.  I’ve always entertained the idea that enhancing muscular foot strength works incredibly well for most athletes- for many reasons. In this episode you’ll hear our theories on this, I hope you find it as fascinating as we do! 

The theme of this episode is ‘mindful motion’.  This is a conversation built off our first one in regards to isometrics and Muscle Activation Techniques™.   Please enjoy and let us know if you have any questions or are interested to learn more about foot muscles and athletic performance.   Links of interest: Rob on instagram Jenn on instagram   Belt squat  Pitch squat  Eccentric wheel that scares us both   Learn all about the brain map and homunculus  brain area that meant to serve as a proportional system of processing touch and changes with pain and stimulus    More brain and muscle science   If you enjoyed this, you might love my free mini course on hamstring strength and tightness, click here