Episode 12-Move More – Your Life Depends On It

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MOVE MORE – YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT Movement is very important yet people are dying younger than ever. Has convenience become more important to us? And if so, are we now paying the price with poor health and early mortality? Amanda Sterczyk’s slogan is “Move More-Feel Better” because as a people, we opt to push buttons and have things delivered to us – from groceries to clothing to lifestyle gadgets. We’re no longer getting out and moving. Amanda has some simple ways for us to move without having to go to a gym, crush it at a boot camp, or even breaking a sweat! Amanda Sterczyk is an author, ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Essentrics® Instructor, and Creator of The Move More Institute™, an initiative to promote healthy active living by adding more movement/activity/motion to individuals’ daily lives. Her first book, Move More, Your Life Depends On It: Practical Tips to Add More Movement to Your Day, is available for sale on Amazon. She has been teaching group fitness classes since 2010. Amanda has taught men, women and children of all ages, as well as elite athletes. She offers in-home and/or in-office personal training, Essentrics group and private sessions, and movement coaching and workshops in central Ottawa, Canada, as well as online personal training via Skype or FaceTime. Amanda specializes in helping retired older adults and sedentary office workers maintain strength, flexibility, and mobility. Her slogan is: Move more, feel better. Amanda holds a Master’s degree in social psychology from Carleton University (1993). Before her career in fitness, she worked for over 10 years in health promotion research and human resources. Move More, Your Life Depends On It: Practical Tips to Add More Movement to Your Day is available for sale on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/amandasterczyk Contact Amanda Sterczyk: c: 613.304.5128 | e: [email protected] Ottawa, ON | AmandaSterczyk.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter • YouTube • Blog • LinkedIn • Newsletter INTRO 1:47 Amanda shows us the copy of her new book – Move More, Your Life Depends On It. (See it on YouTube) Author’s Note: For those of you listening, you can watch this video on YouTube 2:27 Why Amanda started the Move More Institute in Ottawa, Canada and how it ties into why she wrote the book. It’s focused on non-exercise activity and just moving more during the day 3:16 How her Essentrics classes had students come in that she calls “Professional sitters” and she started running workshops for people who were too busy “sitting” 4:56 How adding small little bouts of movement to your day can help you to have a better and more pain-free life 5:51 World Health Organization ranked physical inactivity as the 4th cause of mortality. Adults from 18 years of age and up are dying prematurely due to not moving their bodies 7:16 Ordering online and using apps – convenience has become our enemy when it comes to moving 8:21 A parking tip for better health 9:00 Common sense is not so common anymore and how you can take baby steps to change your lifestyle for the better 9:10 Move More – Feel Better. Even people who work out once a day can become active couch potatoes and Amanda talks how to get around this for a healthier life...