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Strong & Simple Podcast
by Strong and Simple Podcast
A podcast dedicated to cutting through the bullshit of the wellness industry to present you with the fitness and nutrition information you need to make the best decisions for you.
Episodes
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8 Tips for Navigating Holiday Events
Hey Strong and Simple peeps! Bringing you an episode after this long hiatus that is actually a recording from Michelle for her Countdown to 2024 Challenge folks last weekend. Thought this could help all of you too, so wanted to share! If this episode is helpful to you, please share with your...
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To Take the Rest Day.... or Not?
Some days we just don't feel like exercising - this is totally normal! But how do we find that line between recognizing when we should be taking a rest day, when we should just do the thing and the days when we just check the box. Because we are surrounded by so much toxicity in the fitness world...
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How to Spot the MLM Pitch
MLMs are sneaky and it can be hard to tell you're about to get pitched before it happens. In this minisode, Marissa shares some things to look out for to hel you avoid that awkward moment when you have to tell someone you may or may not know that you're not interested.
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What Happens When We Leave the Running Gadgets and Expectations Behind?
Technology and having an event to train for can be so useful when helping us reach our fitness and wellness goals. But at some point, it can also become something we overly rely on and forget how to actually connect with our bodies. As someone who loves data, Michelle shares her experiences with...
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The Diet Noom Gave a Bad Review To
Michelle and Marissa are back after a longer than expected hiatus and are digging in deep with the ChiroThin diet; a diet that only licensed chiropractors are allowed to purchase form the company and then sell back to their patients. In this episode we explore: The components of the ChiroThin…
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Navigating the Adventures of Dating in 2023 with Lisa Acker
Part of healthy living is healthy and fulfilling relationships: friends, lovers, family, and life partners. In this episode of the Strong and Simple Podcast, Michelle dives into all things dating with love, sex and dating coach, Lisa Acker. Tune in for: What a match maker is and how this is...
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When Injuries Happen ...
There's never a good time for an injury but it can be especially sucky when training for a special event. In this episode, Marissa shares her recent experience with hurting her back while training and how she is navigating not only the physical recovery but the mental and emotional piece of...
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We'll be back next week!
Hey friends! It's been a bit of a busy week for both Michelle and Marissa this week but we'll be back with 2 amazing guest episodes the next two Fridays! Stay Tuned!
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See ya, Jenny Craig
After four decades of providing over priced and under nourishing diet meals to those seeking weight loss, Jenny Craig is shuttering it's doors - making this a perfect time for Michelle and Marissa to dig in for a #DietDeepDive. Tune in for: A brief history of the Jenny Craig diet What made the…
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Why Unilateral Exercises Matter!
Strength Workouts help us to grow muscle, gain strength and maintain bone density among many other benefits! When planning strength workouts, it's important to think about movements that work our bodies unilaterally, or one side/limb at a time in a addition to bilateral as often seen with barbell...
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Fitness is for Everyone with James Norris
In this episode Michelle and Marissa chat with their special guest, James Norris, the CEO of Handicapable Fitness and author of Feeling Left Out. In this episode they chat about The power of visibility and representation of folks with all bodies and abilities in fitness spaces: in person and…
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Group Ex or Personal Training? Which should you choose?
Marissa delves into some of the great things and drawbacks about group fitness classes and what you should know when choosing between personal training and these classes. Progress typically is limited with group fitness classes because your workout cannot be progressed in a way that continually...
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When Diet Ads Invade ....
The spring time can be a tough time to protect our peace and navigate all of the summer diet culture marketing that we are bombarded with, especially on social media. In this week's episode, Michelle shares a story of how old feelings about her body bubbled up while doing a morning a scroll…
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Hiring a Trainer? Ask These Questions!
When you hire a trainer/coach, you are entering a relationship. And like any relationship, it should feel good! You should be able to trust them, feel comfortable and feel supported. And because not all trainers are the same and not all folks who hir trainers are the same, it can take some time…
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Our 6 Favorite Gym Accessories!
If you have been anywhere on the internet, then you have probably received numerous ads for items that are marketed as ways to up level your gym game. Some are legit and some are a bunch of B.S. In this episode, Michelle and Marissa chat about their 6 favorite gym products/accessorries that LEGIT...
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Probiotics: Possibly Worse than Useless
After getting all her poop euphemisms out of her system, Marissa digs into the latest data about probiotic supplements, which shows they are not only unhelpful, but possibly harmful as well. Many Americans take probiotic supplements believing they will improve their digestion, relieve various...
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What is the Best Fitness Program for You?
It's the second biggest season for fitness and wellness (after the New Year rush) and if you are thinking about starting a new or updated fitness routine, you might be feeling overwhelmed with the options and phrases that trainers and coaches use to describe their methods and programs. The best...
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The Fuss about Fiber
In this super quick minisode, Marissa gives you the quick and dirty on what you need to know about fiber! The overwhelming majority of Americans don't eat enough fiber The average American only hits half of the daily recommendation for fiber intake Fiber plays a number of important roles in our...
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Feeling Burnt Out?
Are you experiencing fatigue that doesn't seem to alleviate with rest and sleep? Are finding yourself overwhelmed, forgetful or uninspired by tasks that typically bring you joy ad satisfaction? You might be experiencing burnout. In this episode Michelle chats about her own experience with burnout...
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Smash or Pass: Alternative Therapies Edition
Michelle and Marissa explore Red Light Therapy and Near Infrared Therapy, Muscle Testing or Applied Kinesiology, and cold showers sharing their thoughts on each and having some laughs along the way. They're not here to yuck someone else's yum, but they do want to offer some considerations before...
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Bariatric Surgery for Youths
Marissa has been doing some thinking about the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations on children with BMIs in the overweight and ob*se range and it's made her want to share some thoughts about the recommendations around weight loss surgery in particular. In this minisode, she resurrects...
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How to Reframe Disordered Fitness Thoughts When They Pop Up
If you are working on reframing your relationship with fitness from one that kept you chasing weight loss and burned calories you might find that those old thoughts and habits die hard. This is super normal - and workable! In fact, this mindset reframe is more like a light dimmer than light…
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When You Do What You Never Thought Was Doable
In this episode we continue to explore our theme of the past few episodes of having a beginner's mindset and discovering how much we can enjoy something new if we allow ourselves to be stretched outside our comfort zones. Michelle discussions with us her life long experiences with fitness and the...
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Moving Beyond an All or Nothing Mindset with Coach Tina Tang
Michelle and Marissa welcome back Coach Tina Tang for this episode and dig into MANY fitness and nutrition topics that so many women can connect too! The social impact and aspect of fitness Navigating fitness marketing and lingo The impact of hormones on building muscle The role of the patriarchy...
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How I started weight lifting in my mid-30s
In this minisode, Marissa shares her story of how she got started with weight lifting in her mid-30s - a continuation of the theme of this month's episodes of getting into fitness modalities later in life. She talks about overcoming your fears and anxieties around judgment and gymtimidation. And...
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Reframing the Purpose of Sports for Women with Casey Westbrook
In this episode of Strong and Simple Podcast, Michelle and Marissa have the great pleasure to chat with Casey Westbrook (she/her) a strength and conditioning coach for women who love the outdoors, adventure, and recreational sports! During the episode they dig into many topics including: Finding…
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When to Increase the Weight You are using for an Exercise
A very common question Michelle receives from folks is "how do I know when it's time to increase the weight I'm using for an exercise?" In this mini-side, she answers this question and chats about: What is progressive overload? What is RPE? What does "reps in reserve mean? Other ways to measure...
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What's the big deal about collagen?
Collagen has had a huge rise in popularity over the past few years: is it really all that? Should you be supplementing with collagen? In this episode we discuss: What is collagen? What collagen does for our bodies. Different forms of collagen. If bone broth is really the bees knees or overrated…
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What you need to know about calories
What is a calorie? How do we use them? What are the biggest calorie-burners we do as humans? What is a calorie deficit and how long is it OK to be in one? Marissa answers your burning questions about calories in this week's minisode!
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Herbalife Deep Dive
Michelle and Marissa dive into this controversy-riddled MLM covering their products, business models, and multitudinous lawsuits. They cover the questionable ingredients of Herbalife products, the health issues they've been linked to, the accusations the company has faced of being an illegal...
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10 Tips to Start Strength Training!
If you are looking to start strength training but are overwhelmed by all the options and suggestions and advice out there, tune into to today's episode where Michelle walks us through 10 tips to get started! If you are seeking a structured program designed specifically for beginners facilitated…
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Smash it or Pass it: Tic Tok Edition
Michelle and Marissa chat about trends they have been finding on Tik Tok and other social media apps and discuss if they "smash or pass" on them and why. Some of these trends are relatively newish and others are remakes of the same old diet culture that's been floating around for years! In this...
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A Matter of the Heart: Recognizing Heart Attack and Stroke Symptoms and Ways to Decrease Your Risk
Happy Valentine's Day! Is there really anything better to chat about today than heart health? 💜 In this episode, Michelle discusses: Signs of a Heart Attack Signs of a Stroke Ways to decrease your risk of a heart attack or stroke Recommended weekly amounts for physical activity What is RPE (Rate...
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Diet Deep Dive: Noom
You've probably heard the ads for Noom, a weight loss app that proclaims to be not a diet. An app that uses "science and personalization to help you lose weight and keep it off for good." Maybe you've wondered what makes them different but you go to the website and can't actually find much out -...
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Cottage cheese in coffee? There are better ways to get protein at breakfast
Diet culture has gone wild this week...again. Marissa talks about the disgusting TikTok she saw this week and shares some better, more delicious ways to get some solid protein in at breakfast.
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Please hold...
While we work on a really episode detailing Michelle's experience "undercover" using a popular diet app! In the meantime, we suggest you listen to some of our earlier episodes you may have missed!
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5 Ways to Make Your Strength Workout More Challenging!
If your workouts are feeling too easy or if you stop feeling and seeing progress, you might not be challenging your muscles enough any more to get stronger and build muscle. Your first impulse is to increase the amount of weight you are using. If you are working out at home or if the gym is…
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Simple Joyful Movement with Coach MJ Francis
In a fitness world that aims to make movement more complicated than it needs to be, Coach Marjorie Francis strives to simplify it while making it more accessible for her 9 to 5 crew! In this episode we chat: Simple ways for folks who are short on time to incorporate more movement into their lives...
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Will training obliques make you "wider"?
In this week's minisode, Marissa dissects a video trend making its way around social media where trainers claim training your obliques will make you "wider." Is this really true? Why is advice like this problematic and counterproductive? What are some red flags to look out for from social media...
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Let's Discuss Cardboard Sh!t Snacks: Optavia
Hey friends! It's January and the diet ads and mlm huns are hitting the ground HARD this season! One diet/mulit-level marketing company that is creeping out and about on social media right now is Optavia - you may have seen folks you know posting about this or even sliding into your DMs with...
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Should You Be Counting / Tracking Macros?
Content warning: Discussion of calories and calorie manipulation in this episode as well as weight loss Over the past few years, there’s been quite a bit of buzz around counting macros and how this is a non-diet, non-restrictive solution for weight loss. So you might be asking yourself, is this...
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What is RPE and Does it Matter?
This episode was originally recorded as a YouTube video which can be found on the Straight Up Strong YouTube channel as of 1/17/2023. Some parts of this episode might be better illustrated in the video format so tune in over there if it's most helpful or for a double dipping of knowledge!...
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Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?
We've all heard it - from the media, from our parents, even from health practitioners. But is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? Where did this idea even come from? Marissa breaks down where we got this notion from and whether or not it's actually true. Does eating breakfast...
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New Year Diet/Wellness Trend Predictions
In this episode, Michelle and Marissa break down what they think will be trends in the wellness and diet industries in the new year. From weight loss drugs to sneaky marketing to new diets, they break down what you need to know about them. Not to be Negative Nancy's, they also share what they are...
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Reframing and Rethinking Resolutions
Happy New Year, Strong and Simple fam! Are you someone who is pro new year' resolutions or do you think they are waste a time? Maybe your opinion falls somewhere in the middle? Where ever you fall, there might be a better way to frame resolution making - and it's not necessarily a do it or don't…
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Season 1 Wrap Up
Well, we had different content planned for this episode but we digressed...a lot... and kept it as our episode this week. But hey! It's fun! This is our last episode for 2022 and we are recounting some of our favorite moments and episodes.
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You Must Do THIS to be Healthy
In Michelle's weekly email Strong Sunday Newsletter that she sends with her co-coach and partner for Straight Up Strong, Tina Tang (check Tina out in Episode 7!) Tina sent out an email titled "you must do this to age healthy" that really resonated with folks. In this episode, Michelle chats about...
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Take a Tea Time Out with Amandine Ayala
Are you feeling overwhelmed and unmotivated to do the things that you love doing? These might be signs of burnout. While the symptoms and signs of burn out can vary from individual to individual and even in various instances for the same person, there are some common signs and also some simple…
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Why Training Barefoot Is Amazing!
Have you ever been to a gym and seen folks lifting barefoot or watched a YouTube video or instagram video and someone was training with bare feet and wondered why someone would decide to go without shoes for strength training? In this mini-side, Michelle highlights the ways training barefoot is...
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The Big Guide to (Fitness) Gift Giving this Season!
Not sure what to give a friend or family member who loves fitness this holiday season? Be sure to tune into this episode for Michelle and Marissa's top 10 (and some bonus ideas!) non-diet fitness, wellness, and nutrition to give this year! Hear something you'd love to receive? Send this episode…
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