Hey Team! Welcome back to a slightly different type of podcast this time out! We are joined by the wonderful Krissy Foster-Pullen who delivered an incredibly valuable talk to some of our members on everything Fitness and Pregnancy!

There is a lot of useful insight in the coming 40 minutes and will be useful to almost everyone at some point! We want to thank Krissy for sharing her time and knowledge and we know those that joined the call took so much from the time so we couldn't not share it far and wide!

As always, if you have any questions, feedback, ideas or thoughts we would love to hear them! All links are below and if you know anyone that might benefit from listening to this, please send them a link. See you all next time!

Look for us here: instagram.com/ellievalesco || instagram.com/jamesadiles || instagram.com/krissyfosterfit || instagram.com/valescofitnesscollective

Hey Team! I hope everyone is feeling good and looking forward to getting stuck in to our next episode! Stew is back for more this week and is here talk about a pretty big topic this time around - Mental Health.

There are so many things that can help move the state of Mental Health and it's place in society forward and up there with the best of them? Talking about it! So that's what we are here to do. Is it getting better? What has been the catalyst for change? Why is it ok not to be ok and why do men seem to struggle more than women? We discuss and share our thoughts across the board. Disclaimer on this one - none of us have any qualifications whatsoever to offer actual advice and we would always recommend seeking the help of a professional if you think you need it so everything we share are our own thoughts and feelings. 

I want to extent a huge thank you to Stew for being so open and vulnerable and encourage everyone to ask themselves what more they can be doing, in all the relationships and functions they exist, to help the people around them feel comfortable sharing and talking about the things we often don't want to.

It goes without saying, if anyone ever wants to talk, we recommend getting the right help from the right people but we are always here to listen.

Thanks for coming back team! Take care, tell someone you see them and have a lovely day.

To find all of us? Look for us here: instagram.com/ellievalesco || instagram.com/jamesadiles || instagram.com/stewartjeenes || instagram.com/valescofitnesscollective

Hey team! We are back and this time we are here to talk about stress! Viki is here to help us understand a little more about what stress really is and what is going on physically to cause us 'stress' - both the seen and unseen!

Is our CNS manageable? What is HRV? Is pre-workout OTT? WTF? Feel like you need some answers? You're in the right place. This was a really fun and insightful conversation about the little things that contribute to our overall health and, when put under the spotlight, can help to define a truly healthy lifestyle.

As always, we would love to hear your thoughts and if you think someone would benefitting from gaining a better understanding of stress to support their work-life balance and daily decisions, send it over!

Thanks for coming back! Have a lovely day!

Ellie: instagram.com/ellievalesco

James: instagram.com/jamesadiles 

Viki: Instagram.com/vikinunnnutrition

VFC: instagram.com/valescofitnesscollective

Hey team! We are back to have another conversation and this one is a little different as we are joined by a real life Sport & Exercise Psychology Consultant! Connor has taken some time out to join us, answer some of our questions and share his thoughts on present moment training - or mindfulness to the mass-market. 

As you can probably tell, we thoroughly enjoyed having Connor with us this week and if you guys get even half the value from this conversation that we did, we'll be very happy with our efforts! Connor is hugely knowledgable and very humble - as well as being a super nice guy! - so I am sure this won't be the last you'll hear from him on the podcast. If there is anything you want hear his Sport-Psych views on, let us know!

As always, your thoughts and feedback are incredibly valuable and we are, genuinely, forever thankful for your time and feedback! See you next time team - have a lovely day!

To find all of us? Look for us here: instagram.com/ellievalesco || instagram.com/jamesadiles || instagram.com/connorbru_93 || instagram.com/valescofitnesscollective

Hey team! Welcome back! We are joined this week, for another Coach debut, by Meg! She is joining us this morning to have an open and honest conversation about the role fitness plays for her and how it allows her to maximise on the things she enjoys as part of her happy and healthy lifestyle.

We talk full-time jobs, take-out food, Saturday Ciders and the balance of everyday life with a purposeful training schedule. There is a lot of relatable conversation in today's episode and I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as we did recording it!

As always, let us know your thoughts and if it helps you in any way, i'm sure Meg would appreciate hearing about it! Thoughts, ideas and feedback are always welcome and we hope we are continuing to provide something you all look forward to listening to!

Thanks team and have a lovely day!

To find all of us? Find us here: instagram.com/ellievalesco || instagram.com/jamesadiles || instagram.com/meggharrison || instagram.com/valescofitnesscollective

Hey team! Thanks for coming back and we hope you're enjoying the recent episodes! We have some great conversations continuing to come your way over the coming weeks, which brings us nicely to today...

We are here to focus the conversation on how coach Johno balances fitness, wellbeing and childcare. As a topic that some will know much better than others, this episode will offer different perspectives to many different people. We talk about nutrition, routine, sleep and making the most of the unpredictable training program that you more-often-than-not sign up to when you have little people running around your house. Childcare is a big part of a busy lifestyle and parent or not, there are a lot of parallels to draw from today.

As always, if there is anything specific that you would like to hear talked about let us know! No matter how involved the topic might be and regardless of how much we may or not know - or if you have something to offer and want to be the one to come and educate us whilst the VFC Podcast world listen in - give us a shout! 

Thanks team and have a lovely day! J, J & E.

Hey team - we are back! Again! We hope you are enjoying the more regular commitment to the podcast and that, wherever possible, we are helping to keep you entertained, informed and curious during this lockdown!

We are back with Vikki this week and are talking, rather timely, about goal setting! For many, the new year kickstarts a habit-reform and whether January 1st is that 'everything-change' reset button or simply just anther day on your calendar, it can prove as a useful check-in and point of review for how you feel, where you are at and how you're going about achieving the goals you may already have. 

If you enjoy the episode, please let us know and share it with anyone you think may benefit! As always, thank you so much for taking the time to listen in and we hope you find it helpful in one way or another!

Thanks guys - have a lovely day!

Hey Team!

For this episode we are joined by Coach Stew, who is here to talk everything motivation! Becoming (and remaining!) motivated - no matter what for - isn't easy and can be just as quickly knocked as it is achieved! The good news? That's normal for everyone; even those people that never seem to be short on energy! In this episode we talk about the things we do to overcome the more challenging days, how we embrace the good days, how being conscious and purposeful with your decisions can help maintain motivation and more. We loved having Stew join us and you can expect to hear him on a lot more episodes in the future so if there is anything you want his view on, let us know!

As always, give us a shout with your thoughts and #helpushelpyou with any topic suggestions and ideas you would like covered - by us or someone else! We are here to find the right people to talk about the right things!

Have a lovely day!

Hey Team! We really hope you enjoyed our last episode and being a part of our collective look back over the last 12 months!

For this episode we're being joined by another one of our coaches - this time Viki Nunn - in an effort to talk normally about the normal! We are here to talk about the female cycle, how women can learn to work with their bodies and how a better understanding of the female cycle can be used to actually support fitness goals - for both men and women! We are really looking forward to having Vicky join us for more episodes in the future and have no doubt that after hearing her talk and the extensive knowledge she has to share, you will be too.

As always, please let us know your thoughts and help us help you with any topic suggestions you would like covered! Even if you feel like you're the expert we need to have on the Podcast! We are here to find the right people to talk about the right things!

Bye for now - have a lovely day!

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