Ep 136 - Dr Michael Mantell: How you can help remove barriers to fitness.

Someone may have obesity, but they're not obese. This episode is a lesson in language, understanding and mindset. Discover why you should be thinking about more than just getting back to normal after coronavirus; what the next big opportunity is for health and fitness and why most business will miss it, and why the fitness industry has not been delivering on its promises. A writer, consultant, presenter and billed as one of the 100 most influential people in health and fitness, Dr Michael Mantell has been at the forefront of wellbeing for over four decades. For more information on the Escape Your Limits podcast visit https://escapefitness.com/podcast Video – https://youtu.be/gS9TFba8Iec Escape Your Limits homepage – https://escapefitness.com/podcast   Dr Michael Mantell is the co-founder Plus Size Certified. In addition to also being a writer, author, presenter and thought leader, since Dr Mantell earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, he has served as chief psychologist for San Diego Children's Hospital, created the nationally recognised Psychological Services programme for the San Diego Police Department, served on the faculty of UCSD Medical School, taught at the School of Public Administration at USC and served as the senior fitness consultant for behavioural sciences for the American Council on Exercise, where he helped author the Health Coach certification and the Behaviour Change certification. He is also a member of the Science Advisory Board of the International Council on Active Ageing. Plus Size Certified is an evidence-based, behavioural science-anchored, consulting and educational organisation. A business that does not support or promote any lifestyle, but rather instead helps to create environments that are accepting of all individuals, no matter their size. The Plus Size Certified Programme is a certification awarded to a business, building, professional service, or similar entity that wishes to support the physical and psychological wellbeing of persons living with obesity and overweight. The programme is based on standards created by Plus Size Certified, through a consolidation of medical, government and health research data. From making adaptable changes to a physical environment's fixtures and fittings, to anti-stigma and anti-bias training, our experts at Plus Size Certified will help ensure that a business becomes and maintains a safe haven for every individual of any size. For more information visit https://www.plussizecertified.org/   Episode highlights: The real actionable points to overcoming low frustration tolerances to the COVID climate, and how you can free yourself from negative thoughts to get through it. Understand your own self worth through physical, emotional, mental and spiritual capacity and how you can embrace your life as a corporate athlete or just grow to be a better person and grow. The difference between training and coaching, and which is more beneficial to growth and understanding in wellbeing. Why it's better to say that people have obesity, rather than that people are obese. Diet and exercise doesn't work on its own. We have to work on what people think. How there is no such thing as motivation and why progress is more about taking away the blocks to progress. Why the term "personal trainer" diminishes the experience and knowledge that most fitness professionals have, and what the better alternative is. Why it's important to be inclusive of everyone, especially in healthcare facilities and gyms, to remove bias and stigma so that a facility is inviting people in instead of making them feel unwelcome. What would happen if gyms became the aftercare centres for surgeries, and how this would truly embrace fitness as both recovery and prevention for long term conditions. Why someone can have obesity and be fit, or conversely be thin and by unfit. How a healthy lifestyle and self acceptance is much more important. What you can do as a fitness professional in order to promote holistic healthcare and really make a difference on a local level through the experience in yourself / your staff at your facility or in your business. How to create these integrated healthcare opportunities for yourself in order to create a real preventative approach. If you want to know why more effective long-term healthcare initiatives have not been put in place, follow the money. Cure is more lucrative for governments than prevention. We have to work as an industry to change this for as many people as possible. What will bring success from gym leaders thinking in the long term and how clubs can become more fully-functioning to touch the lives of more people. Why the next version of the gym is going to be about education and training, socialisation, camaraderie, preventative health and no longer just about lifting weights. How faith is anchored in trust and hope, and why this can lead you to a life of no limits.   Join Matthew Januszek in conversation with Dr Michael Mantell…