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Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). This week, we’re getting up close and personal with Nicole, The Blemish Queen (9:48). A few years ago, Nicole decided to document her journey clearing her skin on Instagram. Now with over 48K followers, she shares what she’s learned about social media, the acne positivity community, and herself along the way. Nicole debunks some acne myths (17:55), explains her observation that there is a “socially acceptable amount of acne” (23:24), and shares what she wants to change about the beauty community (31:54). What we love about Nicole is that authenticity is at the heart of every piece of content she creates. Follow Nicole on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3oJOLvD) and @TheBlemishQueen on all socials.

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). AND WE’RE BACK! Grab a coffee, beer, water (we don’t know when you’re listening to this) and get ready for an episode that has it all. This week we’re bringing you our conversation with the Unfit Podfather & our mentor, Brendan Clancy, Executive Producer and creator of Barstool Sports’ KFC Radio (17:52). We truly have a sampler platter of topics to discuss including how Brendan created Barstool’s longest running podcast (22:50), overcoming imposter syndrome and anxiety (31:55), the Super Producers Facebook group (41:14), and 40 for 40, Brendan’s commitment to physical fitness for 40 minutes a day before he turns 40 years old (59:11). That last one we may have forced him into launching on our show... Sorry BC! Follow Brendan on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3q0l5e0) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/2XklH1T). Request to join the Super Producers Facebook group (https://bit.ly/2XrnL89).

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). Unfit Fam, this is our last episode of 2020! Thank you for being a part of this journey with us for the past 8 months. We wanted to end the year on a hopeful note, and we’re so excited to have Kate Glaser on to do just that. Kate is an award-winning journalist and storyteller from Buffalo, New York. In 2017, she founded Hope Rises, an organization that aims to ignite hope through stories of love and goodwill from around the world. Today Hope Rises has over 110K Facebook followers and a growing Instagram and Twitter audience. Kate knows a thing or two about hope–at 39 weeks pregnant, she was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this year (13:46). Spoiler alert: she and her newborn daughter are healthy and thriving! We’re talking about how Kate created Hope Rises (24:11), the Western New York spirit that’s at the core of her organization (36:19) and her recent collab with 26 Shirts (39:09). You’ll definitely feel the Buffalove and the spirit of the giving season after this one. Happy Holidays! To learn more about Kate and Hope Rises, head over to their website (https://hoperisesnews.com). Follow Hope Rises on Facebook (https://bit.ly/37tL9rv), Instagram (https://bit.ly/3myqirf), and Twitter (https://bit.ly/2KB8lvb) to get some good news in your timeline. Shop the 26 Shirts x Hope Rises Josh Allen tee through December 27, 2020 here (https://bit.ly/34n9Xj6).

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). Happy Unfit Friday and happy Hanukkah to our Jewish listeners! This week we sat down with Chris Murch, a friend of ours pursuing music under the stage name Nigel Roxbury. Chris shares how he got into rap music and got over the fear of putting himself out there (17:10). This year was tough for all of us, and Chris explains how the pandemic and being quarantined pushed him mentally and creatively (28:17). You know you’re doing something you love if you can fall in love with the process instead of the results. Rap has been that process for Chris, and the work he’s put into his music has not only enriched his day-to-day life, but has also led to more fulfilling work opportunities (37:32). According to the Psychology of Wellbeing class Ali is taking (it’s a Yale class & you can enroll on Coursera: https://bit.ly/3qNfCZ8), studies show that having more time makes you happier than having more money (44:25). Our passions outside of work help us maintain and improve our mental health, so make sure you’re finding the time to do what makes you happy! Listen to Nigel Roxbury’s new song “Haha,” featured at the end of this episode on iTunes (https://apple.co/39Zudek) and Spotify (https://spoti.fi/373qAlt), then slide into his DMs to show him some love (https://bit.ly/343d4wn).

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). Trigger Warning: Eating disorders and eating disorder recovery (44:42 - 48:26). We are back with our most informative episode yet! This week we sat down with Caitie Corradino, a Registered Dietitian, yoga teacher, certified personal trainer and podcaster (5:28)! Through her company, Full Soul Nutrition, Caitie offers holistic nutrition coaching and eating disorder recovery counseling. Starting with the basics, Caitie explains the key differences between a dietitian and a nutritionist (6:36). After years of study, Full Soul Nutrition was born (12:45) with the goal of bringing elements of spirituality, mindfulness and movement into Caitie’s nutrition counseling (25:52). Sounds great, right?! We were shocked to hear that sometimes this idea to merge the two is met with resistance. After having survived an eating disorder herself, Caitie speaks to some of the misconceptions about them (39:29) and why trigger warnings in content are important (48:51). You’re definitely going to want to take out your pen and notebook for this one. Unfit Fam game: Take a shot (of water) every time you hear the word ‘movement.’ Let’s get hydrated!!! Follow Full Soul Nutrition on Instagram (https://bit.ly/36BJ2S0) and head to Caitie’s website for more information on her nutrition counseling services (https://bit.ly/3qs4Ck4).

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). It’s almost Thanksgiving and you know what that means: food, family and football (go Bills!). This week we welcome Indoor Football League wide receiver JJ Brania-Hopp. JJ and Sam go all the way back to their middle school musical (10:17). JJ walks us through his journey going to school in Brooklyn, Maine, and ultimately playing football at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas (11:51). After years of hard work and literal sweat, he’s been signed to the Arizona Rattlers of the IFL (21:48), with dreams of going to the NFL (33:23). JJ shares his strategy to stay motivated and why he created a vision board years ago (36:18). Turns out he’s a big affirmations guy, and we would argue those affirmations are working. Follow JJ’s journey on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3pNhnFe). Happy Thanksgiving! We’ll be back December 4 with a brand new episode featuring Caitie Corradino of Full Soul Nutrition (https://bit.ly/3kVBrSx).

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). Welcome back to Unfit, a healthy-ish podcast. This week we talk to multi-hyphenate superstar Maria Scherer about the future of fitness (12:19). Maria is a performer and group fitness instructor who’s coached pilates, dance cardio, Orangetheory, and HIIT. Sam and Maria met in college through BODYMPUMP, a Les Mills strength training class (15:49). After booking a role in a production of Mamma Mia (22:20), the pandemic quickly shut down Broadway and Maria found herself home in Pennsylvania, searching for creative ways to satisfy her craving for group fitness (36:47). Now back in NYC she teaches classes at Prehab, a fitness company dedicated to creating routines for athletes to “prehab” so they don’t need rehab. We geek out over musical theater and dance, then explain how important it is for group fitness instructors to share their personality and create a welcoming environment for class participants (51:09). Digital workout classes are already ushering in a new age of virtual fitness (53:44), and Maria shares where she thinks the industry is headed. Zoom and Obé and Peloton, oh my! Tune in for some laughs, inspiration, and motivation to move! Follow Maria’s IG here (https://bit.ly/2JW4zMo) and click here to sign up for one of her classes (https://bit.ly/3pnMlUn).

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). This week has been A LOT. If you meditate, that’s great. We don’t...well we try, but inconsistently. Take a break with Unfit today to learn about LADY (11:10), a donation-based zine for the female identifying entrepreneur. LADY was created by Seattle-based designer and friend of the pod, Stephanie Pieper. She is the genius behind our gorgeous logo! We talk to Stephanie about her journey bringing a community of female entrepreneurs together (14:04), then jump into LADY Volume 2: Feminism in Food (31:28). Ali reads an excerpt from one of the essays included in the zine (36:09) and we discuss the way diet culture trains us to want to look a certain way, fostering complicated relationships with food for many women in the process. We want to challenge the Unfit Fam to think about the reason why they want to make changes to their body. More often than not, it’s our relationship with food that needs changing. Follow LADY on Instagram (https://bit.ly/36di4ic). Donate and read LADY Volume 2 here (https://www.ladyzine.org/).

Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD) and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Welcome back to the Unfit Book Club. We’re wrapping up our discussion of Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid with our good friend Dana–who started the book after us, but finished it before we did. We reflect on the story’s ending (13:58), continue to fangirl over Reid’s masterful writing (18:23), and talk about what we learned about the internal monologues of people of color (37:06). Ten out of ten would recommend.

Like, rate, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! (https://apple.co/2Nq9und) Follow Unfit on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3hxTUnD). DRUM ROLL PLEASE. We are so excited to share our conversation with 18-time NCAA Champion, three-time USA Olympian, four-time Olympic Silver Medalist, (and now friend of the pod) Kara Lynn Joyce (9:50). Kara takes us back to when she first got her start in the sport (17:23), her impressive collegiate swimming career, and what it was like to compete at the Olympics...THREE TIMES. Training to qualify for her third Olympics looked very different from the first two—she moved to Colorado to train with another swimmer who was on her way to global stardom, Missy Franklin (25:18). Their training and friendship is captured in the documentary, Touch the Wall. After two decades of competing at an elite level, Kara had to transition to normal life, and struggled figuring out what she wanted to do (33:48). She began working with young female swimmers and soon discovered the coaching she was able to provide them outside the pool was more transformative than her actual swimming instruction. That’s when she created the LEAD Sports Summit; an annual, all-inclusive event connecting female athletes with Olympic champions and experts in sport and mental health. In May 2020, Kara and her team launched a project two years in the making: the LEAD Sports Academy, a suite of online courses for building skills in confidence, leadership, mental health, nutrition and more (40:34). We chat about the importance of providing teenage athletes the resources to help them through their adolescence, and how the moments in between competitions and training often have the most impact (45:45). Check out the brand new LEAD Sports Company website (https://www.leadsportsco.com/) and stick around through the end of the episode for some piping hot Olympic tea. Follow Kara on Instagram (https://bit.ly/3jI6cJT), Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jGkdI2), and watch Touch the Wall on Prime Video (https://amzn.to/3oEdj9X) or Vudu (https://bit.ly/3kFyk1r).